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Re: Grumpy Cat has died

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The owners say the name is “Tardar Sauce” but is this backsplaining why they called her Tard? I remember the early meme as only Tard, but can’t find references to any other reason for calling Grumpy Cat Tard. Is Tardar Sauce a non-offensive explanation for why the car was called Tard?

Re: Grumpy Cat has died

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post #2

The owners say the name is “Tardar Sauce” but is this backsplaining why they called her Tard? I remember the early meme as only Tard, but can’t find references to any other reason for calling Grumpy Cat Tard. Is Tardar Sauce a non-offensive explanation for why the car was called Tard?

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Re: Grumpy Cat has died

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post #2

The owners say the name is “Tardar Sauce” but is this backsplaining why they called her Tard? I remember the early meme as only Tard, but can’t find references to any other reason for calling Grumpy Cat Tard. Is Tardar Sauce a non-offensive explanation for why the car was called Tard?

if it was then it was a smart way of spinning it.

Re: Grumpy Cat has died

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post #2

The owners say the name is “Tardar Sauce” but is this backsplaining why they called her Tard? I remember the early meme as only Tard, but can’t find references to any other reason for calling Grumpy Cat Tard. Is Tardar Sauce a non-offensive explanation for why the car was called Tard?

You're not the only one who remembers it like that:

http://downwitdat.blogspot.com/2012/11/why-im-not-fan-of-tar...

> "Grumpy Cat's" owners chose to call her "Tard".

> Once this factoid became a little more well known, it was retracted and changed. The official story now, a few months later is that although they call her "Tard", her actual name is "Tardar" as in "Tardar Sauce".

Re: Grumpy Cat has died

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At least she was well loved. I'm going to use this as a reminder for me to give my kitty urinary tract support supplements. They aren't super expensive and are basically cranberry or root extracts.

I had a scare years ago where my kitty wasn't able to go to the bathroom and was becoming lethargic and she looked miserable. I took her to the veterinarian and I was shocked by how few options they had. They were very experienced and genuine people, but it was clear they had a very limited set of options and sadly most roads don't lead to great places. What the vet did determine by poking a small plunger thing up her butt (no joke) is that what very likely happened is that she jumped from something and fell onto something which caused temporary swelling. The plunger thing pulled some discharge from her rectum that shouldn't be there and is basically what causes the swelling. Thankfully she was back to normal in a day and I've never seen her that miserable.

(For anyone wondering, she is an outdoor kitty with fields and trees to climb and mice to hunt)

Obligatory cat photos of her now:

https://i.imgur.com/W1M2hzW.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Jz9K65a.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/DFPpFfy.jpg

Re: Grumpy Cat has died

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post #2

The owners say the name is “Tardar Sauce” but is this backsplaining why they called her Tard? I remember the early meme as only Tard, but can’t find references to any other reason for calling Grumpy Cat Tard. Is Tardar Sauce a non-offensive explanation for why the car was called Tard?

http://downwitdat.blogspot.com/2012/11/why-im-not-fan-of-tar...

> "Grumpy Cat's" owners chose to call her "Tard".

> Once this factoid became a little more well known, it was retracted and changed. The official story now, a few months later is that although they call her "Tard", her actual name is "Tardar" as in "Tardar Sauce". The spelling error was explained as she was named by a small child, at least on the talk shows.

Don’t know how true it is.

Re: Grumpy Cat has died

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post #2

The owners say the name is “Tardar Sauce” but is this backsplaining why they called her Tard? I remember the early meme as only Tard, but can’t find references to any other reason for calling Grumpy Cat Tard. Is Tardar Sauce a non-offensive explanation for why the car was called Tard?

> why the car was called Tard?

Tard car is tard?

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