# Woman yelling at a cat

> A Twitter pairing of a TV still and Smudge’s photo drew over 78,000 retweets.

- Owner: null
- Kind: Meme & format
- Sector: Culture (no sector)
- Seed date: 2019-05-01
- Milestone date: 2019-08-12
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 26 (Niche, provisional), v1.3
- Mechanics: Remixable template, Creator relay, Platform jump, Press loop, Controversy

## Summary

A Twitter user paired a Housewives still with a Tumblr cat photo. Reddit users added labels; Smudge gained an Instagram account and merchandise. The peak anchor records an August retweet milestone. A Shorty Award and plush followed.

## Timeline

- 2019-05-01 — @MISSINGEGIRL (X) — MISSINGEGIRL posted the Armstrong still beside the cat photo with “These photos together is making me lose it”.
- 2019-05-27 — Miranda Stillabower / @smudge_lord (Instagram) — An Instagram account for Smudge opened with a crop of the dinner-table photo.
- 2019-06-02 — u/PerpetualWinter (Reddit) — PerpetualWinter labelled the pair as Knicks fans and Kristaps Porzingis in r/Mavericks.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/woman-yelling-at-cat

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Woman yelling at a cat.” Case HIS-01562. Spread Score v1.3: 26/100. Updated 2026-10-23. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01562