c/cat-meme-lab

Spent $60 on a cat meme template bundle and it was a total waste

Everyone swears by those pre-made meme templates but I bought a $60 bundle last month and all the cats looked weirdly photoshopped. Does anyone else prefer just making your own from scratch?

2 comments

michael693•5d ago

Back when my cat Ollie was the king of meme material

I was digging through old photos on my laptop from 2018 and found a folder of about 50 shots of my cat Ollie making the same stupid face. That one week I caught him tangled in a measuring tape 3 times and posted each one to this forum. I think I got my highest rated meme out of that tape incident, but now he just sleeps in a box all day and refuses to cooperate for any photo.

2 comments

henryf53•5d ago

I laughed at the 'cat tax' meme trend until my own cat pulled a stunt last Tuesday

I always thought those 'pay the cat tax' memes were just a lazy way to get likes, you know? But my orange tabby, Finn, knocked a full cup of coffee off my desk right onto my keyboard last week. I snapped a pic of him sitting in the guilty spot with this smug look, and when I posted it with a caption, people actually started sharing their own coffee disaster stories. Has anyone else had a meme format they hated suddenly work out for them in a weird way?

2 comments

ninal91•6d ago

Hot take: spending $200 on a cat water fountain was either genius or a total scam

I dropped $200 on this fancy ceramic cat water fountain that filters and has a UV light. My cat went from drinking barely anything to lapping it up all day, which saved me a vet trip for dehydration last month. But then I had to clean the thing every 3 days or it got slimy, and the replacement filters cost $15 a pop. My buddy spent $30 on a basic plastic one at the pet store and his cat's fine. So did I get lucky or just waste cash on hype? Has anyone else dropped serious dough on cat gear that either paid off or flopped?

2 comments

leohart•8d ago

Paid for a meme generator app and it actually paid off for my page

I used to make all my cat memes in the basic photo editor on my phone for free. It took forever to add text and I could never get the font to look right. Last month I shelled out $12 for a meme maker app called Meme Studio Pro on a whim. I figured I wasted the money at first but after using it for three weeks I am faster and my posts get way more likes. The templates save me time and the text tools let me match the meme format exactly. My cat page went from 200 likes to 800 on a few posts since I switched. Has anyone else tried paying for a meme tool and seen a real difference?

2 comments

willowc60•8d ago

Tried to make a meme with motion text and it took me 3 hours to get it right

I wanted to add moving text to a cat video meme for a joke about my cat chasing a laser pointer. The text kept disappearing or lagging behind the action because I didn't know you had to keyframe each letter separately. Anyone else waste half a day on something this simple?

2 comments

lane.drew•9d ago

Appreciation post: That one week my cat became a meme goldmine

Back in July 2022, my cat Whiskers decided to park his butt directly on my laptop keyboard while I was in a Zoom meeting. I snapped a photo and posted it here, and within 3 days it got over 2,000 upvotes. Then he did the same thing the next day but with his paw on my mouse, and that one hit 4,500. I still think about that week when I open my meme folder and see those two, wondering if I'll ever get that lucky again. Anybody else have a random string of perfect cat moments like that?

2 comments

price.tyler•11d ago

Finally figured out why my cat memes got no engagement after 3 months of trying

I was spending all this time making fancy layered memes with multiple panels and text effects and getting like 2 likes. Then I noticed one day that a blurry cell phone pic of my cat sitting in a cardboard box got 200 upvotes. Turns out the best meme format is just a single clear photo with one line of text on it. All those edits were actually making the jokes harder to read. Has anyone else found that simpler is better for cat memes or am I just bad at text effects?

2 comments

gavin_allen48•12d ago

Just hit 1,000 cat memes saved on my phone and I'm honestly scared

Ngl I was just scrolling through my camera roll to free up space and realized I've got over 1,000 cat memes on this phone alone. Tbh I didn't even notice it creeping up like that. It started as like 10 or 20 funny ones I'd grab from Reddit to send to my sister. Now I've got folders sorted by format like "angry cats," "blep faces," and "cats doing dumb stuff." My phone storage is literally crying at me right now. Has anyone else hit a crazy number like this and had to start deleting or did you just accept your fate?

2 comments

the_robert•13d ago

Template memes are way overrated for cat humor

I used to spend HOURS making perfect cat memes with the same tired template formats. Grumpy Cat, woman yelling at cat, all that stuff. About 3 months ago I just started snapping random pics of my own cat Bella looking confused and adding a single line of text. No fancy editing or templates at all. Now I get way more laughs from friends with these simple raw photos, and I can make one in under 2 minutes instead of 30. Has anyone else ditched the templates for original cat pics?

2 comments

laurabennett•16d ago

I found a free cat meme template site that actually works

I was stuck making memes with Canva templates that all looked the same, so I tried Imgflip's blank cat photo library last week. It had 200+ fresh poses I'd never seen before. Has anyone else found a hidden meme resource that isn't just the same 5 templates?

2 comments

park.troy•16d ago

Talked to a shelter volunteer about cat memes and it hit me different

She said most viral cat memes show stressed cats, not happy ones, and now I can't unsee it. Do you guys think about the cat's mood when you make a meme, or is it just about the laugh?

2 comments