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My cat's pottery wheel antics turned me into a meme overnight
I started doing pottery at home to chill after delivering mail all day. Last week, I was live on TikTok trying to make a simple bowl when my cat, Buster, leaped onto the spinning wheel. The clay splattered all over my face and the wall, and I yelled 'OH COME ON' which got captured perfectly. I uploaded the clip thinking only my friends would laugh, but it got shared like MAD. By morning, it had a million views and people were making edits with music. Now random folks stop me on my route to ask if I'm 'the clay guy' from online. It's WILD because I just wanted to make mugs, not become a viral sensation. Honestly, I'm still processing how a five-second fail changed my whole hobby vibe.
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the_sarah1mo ago
Honestly used to think those viral moments were all staged or super planned out, but your cat just launching himself at the wheel is too perfectly chaotic. That clip would totally change my view on how random real life can blow up online. Maybe it's just me but getting recognized on your mail route over a clay splatter sounds so surreal.
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morganhill1mo ago
That cat is actually my neighbor's, not mine. The clay splatter recognition happened at a street fair, not on my mail route.
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