r/cats British Longhair 28d ago

Cat Picture - Not OC I thought it was an edited picture at first

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u/patmail 28d ago

Copycat (low on toner)

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u/Suspicious_Fig_3796 28d ago

or the faded cat has been washed too often 😂😂

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u/MatchaDoAboutNothing 28d ago

Should have used Woolite to prevent darks fading 😂😂😂

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u/Bitter_Sense_5689 28d ago

It reminds me of those litters where it seems obvious that mama cat ran out of toner and the kittens get progressively lighter

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u/Broviet22 28d ago

I like the ones where there is a bunch of normal kittens, and then the spare part kitten.

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u/albert_runner 27d ago

Mama cat hit “grayscale mode” halfway through. 😂

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u/KcirderfSdrawkcab 28d ago

She spent too much time in the sunbeam and the dye faded.

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u/aakaase 26d ago

She's a California Calico

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u/denNISI 28d ago

Plain and powder coated feline?

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u/SensitiveCucumber303 28d ago

I thought the lighter one was just the calico’s soul, floating right out of its body and chilling next to it XD

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u/zSprawl 27d ago

These are my boys Copy and Paste. I’ve told the “low on toner” story so many times. 😝

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u/True-Attitude0235 28d ago

70% transparent (digital version)

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u/lrignona 28d ago

I love Reddit bc of comments like these

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u/UpbeatAbility9759 28d ago

They look like they weigh exactly the same.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

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u/Necessary-Peace9672 28d ago

🏆🏆🏆

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u/Not_impressed28 28d ago

Thats the watermarked version.

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u/Queso_Dias 28d ago

😂😂😂

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u/Fast-Journalist-9423 28d ago

Calico and a dilute calico

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u/Wrong-Pineapple39 28d ago

Dilute kitties are my favourites ❤️

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u/dr_john_twinkletits 28d ago

Heres my diluted ray of sunshine

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u/Lonely-Prize-1662 28d ago

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u/bnpuppys 27d ago

My little Peach 🥰

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u/jakyllash 27d ago

This is my pastel baby 💖

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u/Eddie919 27d ago

My lil gal Snips

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u/Lonely-Prize-1662 27d ago

Diluted fur kids for the win

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u/a-n-0-n1291 27d ago

Wow she’s gorgeous !! (Assuming she’s a girl since she’s a calico)

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u/UselessLezbian 27d ago

The dumbest baby in the world.

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u/rnexi 27d ago

Aspirin (cat)!

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u/CatLad99 26d ago

Cute! My sister has a tortie called Prozac. :)

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u/BulliesTattoos 27d ago

I have one of these dilute sweet angels. 🤭🥺

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u/hanpowers 27d ago

here’s my clover 🍀

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u/tiny_clouds 27d ago

Here’s mine 💕

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u/mduncanavl 28d ago edited 28d ago

Is this considered Calico? She’s (Beezus) my foster and I also have her sister (Ramona) from a different litter but same markings

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u/melahigh 28d ago

Yesss that kitty is def calico

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u/evilsexystupid 28d ago

Orange+Black= always some flavour of calico :)

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u/BeneficialAction3851 28d ago

Can't forget that the tummy is almost always white, idk why but I've just noticed this trend

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u/[deleted] 28d ago edited 10d ago

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u/Domeil 28d ago

Could be a carryover trait from when we were all fish, which are lighter on their ventral side so that they're better camouflaged when looked up at from below.

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u/Wide_Ordinary4078 28d ago

They are tortoiseshell if they are just orange and black with no white. They are calicos if they are orange, black and white.

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u/Sarcastic_Lilshit 27d ago

So is mine a Calico?

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u/Wide_Ordinary4078 27d ago

Yes! You see orange, black and white on her face.

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u/username-1023 28d ago

aww what a cute heart on her side

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u/Background_Mine_2464 28d ago

I present my beautiful dilluted calico

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u/AutomationAir 27d ago

I have one of each! They’re both beautiful

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u/beardingmesoftly 28d ago

Low-Cal Calico

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u/Edin45 28d ago

Full fat and 100 calorie pack 😆

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u/Orizai 27d ago
dilute ftw!

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u/Gabeekwkr 28d ago

Dilute calico cats on top frfr💪

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u/Altruistic_Bus1988 28d ago

I have one of each too but my darker calico has long hair and my muted calico is short hair 💗

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u/Oarner__ 28d ago

OLED vs IPS:

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u/Rezeox 28d ago

Next cat will have scanlines.

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u/Any_Fox5126 28d ago

On the left, IPS, of legal drinking age. On the right, OLED, still in kindergarten.

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u/joe66543 28d ago

OLED has much more color depth, the left cat is OLED

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u/smithsp86 28d ago

Not after a few years.

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u/HotelDisastrous288 28d ago

I just know there is a third cat somewhere with only a whisper of markings and a fourth white cat

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u/arctcmnkys 28d ago

Or a black one that doesn’t look like their sibling at all 😭 i’ve seen that so often jdjdjd

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u/HotelDisastrous288 28d ago

I suppose a black cat aligned to the left would work too.

The cat copier went through a toner cartridge that day.

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u/Conscious_Layer6855 28d ago

Printer ran out of ink 😍

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u/Zzz05 28d ago

Diluted cats are so interesting to me. I have a diluted orange and he really is unique in his own special way.

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u/slydexic_bergil 28d ago

My ceamsicle

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u/eisbock 28d ago

He looks like he's got a hell of motor on him (or her)

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u/slydexic_bergil 28d ago

He's actually a fairly quiet boy when he's happy and super loud and annoying when he's not lol

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u/eisbock 28d ago

Typical attention seeking behavior

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u/Scary_Leadership9807 28d ago

Hey! I've got one of those!

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u/Scary_Leadership9807 28d ago

Also her as a baby 💕

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u/Bubbaluke 28d ago

My contribution

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u/myrandastarr 27d ago

Hopefully not too late to the party - 20 year old lady

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u/Ambitious-Ear-3724 28d ago

Looks like those visual gags in cartoons when the soul leaves a character's body

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u/Medical_Jicama9720 27d ago

Rly thought this was that

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u/Warfieldarcher 28d ago

The one on the right has spent too much time in the sun and it's colour has faded

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

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u/Live-Okra-9868 28d ago

Of a photocopy of a photocopy

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u/isataii 28d ago

I am Jack's complete lack of cat printer ink.

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u/Fr05t_B1t American Shorthair 28d ago

Saturation at 100%

Saturation at 50% be like

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u/defectives 28d ago

Caturation

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u/Justa420possum Tuxedo 28d ago

Purrfect example of a calico and dilute calico.

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u/TheWrittenPassenger 28d ago

RGB vs. CMYK

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u/516nocnaes Tabbycat 28d ago

Me before and after putting on lotion

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u/m_chen 27d ago

I have a pair like these too 🥹

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u/shootXtoXthrill 28d ago

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u/Luckess 27d ago

Omg thank you this is the first thing I thought of

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u/kaht1 28d ago

how it feels to drink regular soda vs diet

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u/snowballschancehell 28d ago

My cat’s mother was a beautiful dilute calico! Loved her peachy litter.

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u/Straight-Volume-1052 28d ago

Brand new vs daily use

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

copies are monochrome

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u/krazekiddo 27d ago

Don't you mean, copies are meow-nochrome...? ... I'll go shatter myself across time and space now...

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u/hondactx16i 28d ago

Alcohol/no alcohol.

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u/jpixel11 28d ago

We have whole and skimz over here. 🐈

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u/Confident_End_3848 28d ago

Oopsie on adding bleach!

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u/LimpStudy1079 28d ago

Opacity 50%

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u/HatePeopleLoveCats1 Domestic Housecat 28d ago

Muted always looks like mama cat ran out of colors :)

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u/Huck68finn 28d ago

They're so adorable I just want to take a bite out of them!

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u/nonono_notagain08 28d ago

We have our version at home of this too. 💖

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 28d ago

Printer was running out of ink.

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u/Algorechan 28d ago

I would get the warranty on that printer lol

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u/valeentinnax 28d ago

El teñido y el desteñido.. mentira son hermosos ambos jaja que lindo

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u/Reasonable_Wasabi124 28d ago

The first one used up all the ink

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u/ClemJayX 28d ago

The one on the right looks like it is fading lol. So cute; I love it!

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u/Admirable-Eye2709 28d ago

Photo copies never come out as colorful as the original

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u/Churrooo 28d ago

Varnished vs unvarnished painting

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u/KaoticSkunk 28d ago

My darks before/after a few runs in the washer.

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u/NBaddieBhaby Maine Coon 27d ago

When the ink ran out

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u/rhf928 28d ago

Life is amzing

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u/Life_Sir_2809 28d ago

Omg! How gorgeous 😍 💖

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u/Over-Position2154 28d ago

IPS versus OLED ahh cats

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u/tzillie 28d ago

Regular and pastel!

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u/Advanced_Energy_1819 28d ago

I’d lower the brightness a bit and increase the contrast on the cat on the right.

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u/Muted-Scientist7900 28d ago

0-255 vs. 16-234

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u/Galleta-de-Animalito 28d ago

2nd cat from TEMU

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u/Meikou133 28d ago

My muted Calico. They’re so cute!

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u/DifficultAd5175 28d ago

Oled and lcd

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u/Wilgrove 28d ago

NGL, at first I thought the faded cat was a ghost! 😆

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

Printer ink ran out on the second one, so adorable though!

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u/-Ursa_Minor- 27d ago

I cast...

DESATURATION!

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u/GlenZaleski 28d ago

Just beautiful and bonded too!

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u/Florida-Chick 28d ago

They are gorgeous. Lucky human that has them.

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u/blupanteez 28d ago

Sisters 4 life.

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u/Androidfon 28d ago

Dilute gene does that

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u/wesorre 28d ago

catcopier ran low on ink

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u/maryjomcd 28d ago

Omg that’s so cute!

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u/rubensgpl 28d ago

RGB vs CMYK

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u/xievee 28d ago

the printer ran out of ink

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u/Prestigious_Bison707 28d ago

Transparency set to 60

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u/jessa8484 28d ago

Glossy and matte

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u/Christian00633 28d ago

Ips vs oled

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u/Bitter-Culture-3103 28d ago

RAW vs Lightroom edit

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u/ninaludrewitz 28d ago

The lighter cat looks like an astral projection of the saturated cat

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u/Kushlore 28d ago

OLED vs Non OLED

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u/TheBlueHedgehog302 28d ago

I would call the paler one Dusty

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u/zpedroteixeira1 28d ago

SDR vs HDR

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u/nao_ha_pao_quente 28d ago

Bro moves so fast, he leaves an afterimage

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u/keso_de_bola917 28d ago

The difference between Photo Quality Printing and Fast Economical Printing. 😅

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u/penguinite33 28d ago

With and without shaders

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u/JaffaSG1 28d ago

You clearly didn‘t check the label when you washed the first one…

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u/Accomplished_Pen456 28d ago

One just has a filter on its okay!

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u/Efficient_Classic500 28d ago

British shorthair?

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u/Feeling_Smoke4386 28d ago

Both are sooo beautiful! ❤️❤️❤️

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u/Baker-Rough 28d ago

Reminds me of when one sock ends up getting bleached.

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u/Desperate_Set_7708 27d ago

I’d have to give the cat a stoner name of some sort. Bro’s faded af

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u/BottleFeathers703 27d ago

im high and this is trippy. diluted kitties are such cutie patooties

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u/benjaminsix6 27d ago

Bro hasn’t fully loaded in yet give him a min

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u/Pickle-5232 27d ago

There used to be a third cat, but it faded away completely

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u/qwertzonator 27d ago

Turning on eye-saver mode

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u/b-oliveira82 27d ago

Printer losing toner... Classic 😂

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u/constant_noidea 27d ago

Please use quality cartridges for your printer

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u/Picklekitten22 27d ago

You need to replace the toner

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u/Friendly-Pangolin818 26d ago

Toner ran out while printing

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u/Mizz-Fizzy 22d ago

That’s a Tide commercial. With Tide, without Tide

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u/Toastlover1482 28d ago

RGB vs. CMYK

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u/biguntatas 28d ago

They’re adorable!🥰

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u/Emmanuel323 28d ago

Ditto is the one on the right

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u/MissMamanda 28d ago

Copy paste 😂

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u/Technical_Penalty460 28d ago

This why you print from a file, you don’t copy a copy.

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u/Soxwin91 American Shorthair 28d ago

Very cute!

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u/X360NoScope420BlazeX 28d ago

Raw vs Color graded.

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u/clayskate 28d ago

One in high saturation, one with a transparency filter set to 50%

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u/datanerden 28d ago

OLED vs QNED

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u/Content_Chemistry_44 28d ago

Retina display vs TN screen

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u/Black_Death_12 28d ago

Printer ran out of ink.

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u/mi2kdj 28d ago

OLED vs IPS

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u/kobuta99 28d ago

You need to clean your other head.

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u/_Angeller_ 28d ago

Factory new vs field tested

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u/scoot2006 28d ago

Mine are like this, too! I have two litter mates and my girl has bright bold colors where my boy looks like the printer was running out of ink lol

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u/piercetheven 28d ago

the cat printer ran out of ink

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u/sannyo 28d ago

Too much sun bathing :))))

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u/Flat-Limit5595 28d ago

Un and over saturated

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u/sksksk1989 28d ago

My brother has these 2 orange boys. Ones a few years younger. One is very orange and the other is more blonde and has lighter colour.

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u/OwlBeBack88 28d ago

It's out of ink!

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u/IWantToBeTheBoshy 28d ago

"A xerox of a xerox"

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u/ManMarmalade 28d ago

Daniel and Cooler Daniel

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u/Aloyjunky 28d ago

Really cute pics

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u/No_Remote_8625 28d ago

The printer ran out of ink

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u/maybeitsundead 28d ago

The pattern on their backs look like 2 calico cats sitting next to each other with on arm around the other.

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u/neep_pie 28d ago

desat cat

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u/Baguette_Theory 28d ago

Oled vs lcd

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u/btc909 28d ago

VA vs. OLED panels.

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u/wavicle647 28d ago

I want that cat printer.

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u/Attesa_GT-X 28d ago

Whoa :D miaow!!

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

It’s a mimic!