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An orange tabby cat named Suki became the first honorary feline graduate of The University of Texas at Austin. According to FOX 7, UT student Francesca Bourdier spent most of her college career at home like any other college student, on Zoom with her cat by her side.

Bourduer said Suki attended every class she had online so she knew she had to include the one-and-a-half-year-old cat when graduation came around.

Through a quick search online, Bourdier was even able to buy Suki her own cap and gown.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Funny if the cat was called Desmond.

Not sure if it's the same across the pond but in the UK a 'Desmond' is the score 2.2

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Imagine applying for a job and having a cat get the job instead of you

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Better temperament than me by far I’d wager

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

'graduates' is how they wrote it. I hope they honoured a bunch of students for their actual accomplishments.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Wait until his student loans come due

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait, can you graduate from uni just by turning up? No exams?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Cats have pretty privilege in levels humanity can't reach.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Plot twist: the cat did most of the actual work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It was all in ventinary science and mouse psychology

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm unable to get the jokes about orange cats and low braincell count. My orange cat is a genius.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I've met both, but they often tend to towards the idiot side of the spectrum.

Have a Russian blue who probably has a novel solution to fermats last theorem though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't get that either - is it a blond thing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I don't think so. Probably a trend that started from some biased material that went viral.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

That erudite-looking sonofabitch!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Remember the lawyer who said he wasn't a cat?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Suki will be the least annoying UT Austin grad ever

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Aw what an adorable way to get easy publicity.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"University" of "Texas" (derogatory)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Doctor of Divinity degree

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Was this an expedited degree? The cat is only a year and a half old. I think this might be fraud.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

How did that cat even get through admissions?! I smell a bribery scandal.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It seems the owner is selling fashion on Instagram and training to be a Pilates teacher. Maybe the degree wasn't that expansive.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

A cat teaching Pilates? I thought it was an MBA or something, but this no longer sounds believable.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It only attended lectures, but did no tests or quizzes? Even if it negotiated pass/fail grades on attendance and not exams, the degree should probably have stipulations requiring some number of credits be from letter grades.

At best, this cat was auditing classes. I do not believe it earned this degree and I would not hire it in the field based on it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I find these statements discriminatory and have decided it's best we make sure they vote this cat to be Governor of Texas.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Cat's overqualified for that position.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Maybe an Associate degree?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

oh that's where all the braincells went

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gets college degree, remains an unemployed leech.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Unemployed by choice I guess

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

OMG I hate these fake headlines. The cat can't graduate. She only audited the classes.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, it's true! The cat's already got recruiters putting job offers in her inbox.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Her inbox is also her outbox, though

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I support this.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Imagine being 40 and still paying off your dead cats student loans

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Grim, but relatable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I support this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Whoops, wrong spot for reply.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We had a black lab graduate yesterday!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why you got to bring race into it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Another DEI graduate 🙄

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

That cat refused to wear that cap lol

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

What a smart kitten