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Jorts the Cat

You've probably seen this by now, but it has come to my attention that not everyone has!

Read the story of Jorts in two parts, here:

AITA for “perpetuating ethnic stereotypes” about Jorts?

UPDATE: aita for perpetuating stereotypes about Jorts?

A of my favorite Jorts the Cat bits from the net since then...

Time's cat of the year? https://twitter.com/no_dead_weight/status/1470929434962243590

An animal shelter put up this sign: https://twitter.com/BARC_Houston/status/1471255841135341571

Jorts sea shanty: https://twitter.com/JortsTheCat/status/1471953638176137219

"Billie Jean implies the existence of Billie Jorts, who is not my lover." https://twitter.com/LShalott/status/1471925138958520328 - someone added some lyrics: https://twitter.com/Macchupeach/status/1471947788414029827

In the comments, add some of your favorite Jorts the Cat content?

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Lightly butter the cat! *Dies*

This made my day! I also see you got some decent internet points from your cat care suggestions on the update. :)

There's a third post now!!

All available here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/rgm462/the_saga_of_jean_and_jorts/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Not a short media piece, but an essay I liked:

https://graniteandsunlight.wordpress.com/2021/12/16/jean-and-jorts-the-extended-metaphor-for-workplace-accommodations-nobody-needed-but-my-brain-insisted-on/

This is totally the kind of thing I was looking for. I'd been hearing about Jorts metaphors taking off for disability & accomodation at work, before I saw this post, but I wonder if this post was a big part of popularizing that.