I want GARFI to trump Grumpy 😉 In other words I’d like Garfi, who is a new but better version of Grumpy Cat, to take away some of Grumpy’s celebrity. This is because Garfi is a normal traditional Persian type cat whereas Grumpy’s fame comes from an accident of cat anatomy. If we are to have celebrity cats I’d rather the cats had normal anatomy as it better celebrates the domestic cat rather than exploits an “anatomical defect”.
Garfi has been described as the angriest cat on the internet or “menacing”. He looks p*ss*d off and grumpy too. None of it is true. It is just the way he looks. He does not feel these emotions all the time.
Garfi lives in Turkey so he may be a Turkish Angora for all know (on second thoughts, no I don’t think so) although he looks very much like a traditional Persian. That said genuine Turkish Angoras look quite like traditional Persians! Heavens, he may even be a purebred Persian.
Garfi has an FB page and a Flickr photostream.
I don’t really want to write anymore because for me it is boring 😉 However, I realise for some people cat celebrities are interesting. Personally I’d much prefer if they did not exist because ultimately it is a form of cat exploitation.
Here are some embedded pictures from the FB page and Flickr photostream. These may disappear in time because when pictures are embedded the source is not on PoC so I have no control over whether the photo is deleted or remains in place.
I just hate to see cats or any animal for that matter used as a commodity its just so sad. Grumpy cat is grumpy because he is just used. I hope Garfi becomes more famous that Grumpy as well because at least Grumpy may get early retirement
HAHAHAHAhahahaha RIGHTly explained RUTH 😀
I think it is because cats are more independent and considered “outsiders” and fair game to ridicule. That is just a vague theory. People do like to ridicule other people who are outsiders.
Straight from the mouth of this exploited cat to those who laugh at her and pose with their ridiculous faces trying to mimic her!
I wonder if the small minded people who get pleasure out of seeing cats exploited would laugh if it was dogs being exploited instead?
It has to cool down one day. The good thing is that people are very fickle. They bounce from one thing to the next. I expect cat celebrity to die out in the too distant future.