OK CAT IS
OFFICIAL

THE LORE

Known officially as Thumbs Up Crying Cat: a cat with photoshopped teary eyes giving a thumbs up. It means “okay” when absolutely nothing is okay. Here's how it got here.

1. Jun 11, 2014Meme Generator

   The Crying Cat template is born — a photoshopped Serious Cat with glassy, watery eyes. Everything later is built on this.

2. Aug 26, 2017Discord

   The earliest known version of the cat appears as an emote called "JabGood" in the JabGood server. Later that year, people start adding tears.

3. Jun 17, 2019Reddit — r/sadcats

   Redditor IAMAdumbgirl posts the photoshopped thumbs-up version captioned "sad thumbs up". It picks up 1,700+ upvotes at 99% approval.

4. Apr 18, 2020Twitter

   @SaoryEmanoelle replies to a @RespectfulMemes post with the image captioned "They not thinking about us though lmao" — the tweet that sends it everywhere.

5. Jul 27, 2020Reddit — r/dankmemes

   A captioned version pulls 47,000+ upvotes in three days. Officially a core internet reaction: saying it's fine while very much not being fine.

Lore sourced from Know Your Meme