That Zoom Call with the Lawyer-Cat, Explained | The New Yorker
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- The surprising reason why the “cat” filter, made famous by the lawyer Ron Ponton’s cameo during a court hearing, was installed as the default on thousands of Dell computers.
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That Zoom Call with the Lawyer-Cat, Explained | The New Yorker
That he felt he had to tell the Judge that he was not a Cat is priceless.
And kind of suspicious, it's exactly what a talking cat caught on camera would try and say!
My cat's been saying he's not a cat for years. Maybe I should take him seriously.
It’s illegal to lie to the judge.
YES!!! AMERICA IS TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING !!! @@MewmewGrrl
What gets me every time is that the cat lawyer was willing to proceed with the cat filter on if he couldn’t get rid of it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Exactly, thats the funniest part
He’s a professional!
@@mkuti-childress3625 purrrfessional
Funny laughing 😂 so much
You made my day 😍
I'm surprised the two gents during the original video didn't burst out laughing when the cat came onscreen! The guy with the beard smiled at the "I'm not a cat" line, but I would've lost it before then! I keep that clip in my Saved list like for when I need a laugh and it hasn't failed me yet ☺️
They're lawyers, they've seen it all. He was probably thinking skeptically, "SURE you're NOT a cat. I'll need 2 witnesses and notarized testimony before I believe that!"
@@randomaxe662 🤣🤣🤣
I am NOT a cat!
Objection, your honor. This man is clearly a cat!
OBJECTION!! HERESAY!!
This is the doc we didn't know we needed. 🤣
"The cats out of the bag" great sense of humor.
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣I wasn't expecting a serious+hilarious LONG documentary!!!
I'm convinced cats are agents of comedy. Unintentionally, sure. I mean, they are very serious creatures and would no doubt be incensed if they understood the meaning of the names we give them, and how much we laugh at videos of them, but they do bring us so much humour that it almost seems like that is their purpose.
then you clearly haven't met Behemoth before.
Great story. Lawyer cat was an immediately relatable experience that drew upon our natural empathy while at the same time providing a great moment of innocent, harmless fun.
The lawyer himself has a voice that could easily inhabit animated characters on screen. New career??
What got me was the cat's expression. It reflected what the lawyer was feeling.
I don't know what's funnier: the meme, the origin, or the seriousness of this whole thing...
😹😹😹😹😹😹😹
I'm torn between laughing and feeling bad because that's stressful 😭😭😭
Still here in June 2022! A fond memory of the Covid era.
Always worth repeating. The judge was awesome on Oz tv. Still the best.
I'm impressed that someone found the cats origin.
it saved a relationship with someone and their mother, i can only imagine they couldn't be taken seriously as a cat.
Talk about a paw-sitive message
Your Honour may I meow my case.
"The cats out of the bag" rotflmao
Mr. Ponton you sir are hilarious!!!
How did this actually get out? There's that note in the upper left corner saying that livestreaming or recording is prohibited. :-D
The judge ignored it anyway and posted it on his Twitter account.
As you can see, the judge himself was hidden on this video. But you know...Texas.
I’m sure the judge made sure not to post anything about the actual proceedings. But, man, how could anyone resist posting this?
The upper left was the judge’s part of the screen, too. He said he had to get off camera because he was laughing so hard.
I don't think it's a filter. It's cats actually trying to rule the world.
had to watch it again. COMEDY GOLD!!! lolol
Eldest Mouse, cattorney at paw.
I swear I laugh to tears 🤣🤣🤣🤣...that cat looks so scared..."Judge I'm not a Cat"
Sorry I’m probably just easily distracted…. Does the computer expert at 5:44 have a mullet?
This cat destroys lives and leaves a wake of unfulfilled dreams lol
That was hilarious, thanks a lot for that big smile in my face rn! :)
This story is the cat's pajamas!
How in the actual sh#@ did the judge not burst out laughing?!? This is priceless.
Structured like a murder documentary
I thought the guy losing out on a job interview was a parody at first. 😹
I'm not a cat..I'm a kitten
I laugh every time I watch this. Just cracks me up
Notice at 4:58 the CTO of dell has a fury yet scruntchy pigtail on the back of his head. Lol
Thanks for the doc. Was awesome when it hit the public like that.
Wait, so the cat that was posing as a lawyer, also used to be a mouse?! 🤯
This is a masterpiece
Honestly interesting backstory
A Must Watch!
Such a fun story!!
Such a cool film
I FINALLY KNOW!
THANKS.
I feel bad 😞 that he lost the opportunity to be interviewed 🥹🙃🥲
Those job interviewers have an abysmal sense of humor... lucky you didn't get that job!
Love it ...so innocent 😇😂😂😂
Why does that Dell rep look like an AI creation?!?
Funniest moment of 2020 😂😂😂
This was BoJack Horsemen’s lawyer. 🐴🙀
"I'm not a cat"
Yeah... that's exactly what a cat would say... nice try 😏
can you hear me meow?
That was a cat-astrophic interview!!🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀
Aaagh! Can you hear me Judge?
yes I can mr. cat lolol.
The sudden deluge of feline clients has him reconsidering his position.
Dell’s CTO defending their choice is hilarious but he should be fired...
Hahaha that's precious 😍
The cat is out of the bag… lol 😅
Yes, it was a funny incident but webcam shouldn't have a filter cutesy default. Rather than give a history of webcam/video clarity, Dell's CTO should have explained how this happened; was a cat filter purposefully (and stupidly) set as the default or was it an engineer's prank (more likely)? The story highlights the negative impact it had, especially on those using the camera professionally, but the failed to show how and/or why it happened in the first place.
I wish they could have found lawyer cat
I remember when...
LMAO 😂😂😀 hilarious✌
How did cat avatar become cat lawyer? Was lawyer using old software hardware add on camera? Dell software imposed on Zoom app?
Does this need an explanation?
Couldda been worse
Couldda been a skunk or a snake
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
How did The New Yorker manage to make a video about the Lawyer Cat so boring... And it's 10 minutes long? Learn to edit down...
8:17 whoa, whoa john - do NOT play with my heart like that! ... "a little bit of tragedy" is not what happened -- merely being sold to the pet store is par for the course for that cutie cohort. i thought i was about to learn the kittens were eaten by crows. jfc, i need a paper bag, a nap, or a kitten.
It probably what happened seeing that pet stores don,t care for animals and give them to anyone.
3:10 It's very annoys me how people can hate a cat that much.
Those people are the worst!
Lmao
Elder mouse most likely ended up in a pot in a restaurant.
I am not a cat person. I had 2, they died of old age. I feed a couple strays, that's it. A lot of drama over a cat Avatar. Dell computers are quite bad. I steer clear of Dell.
OMG é Power-Phull Orrrsé-Strâylêan
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I've literally rewatched lawyer-cat 10 times over a month and I laugh as hard the last time as I did the first...the eyes looking panicked plus the full blown adorable kitten is simply BRILLIANT 👏😍
What most people don't know is, whoever won that case, got their law license without having to pass the bar. He really is a cat, and he was looking for his human filter. Cats can't take the bar.
"I'm not a cat" is a dead giveaway.
To think eldest mouse would be 19 now... For some reason the last 3 mins of this video brought on sad feelings.
Is it just me or Dell's CTO is grooming some "business in the front, party in the back"?
Pet raccoon is back there?
He has a party in the back of his office??
Just a party on the one side!
I wonder now if the person who adopted Eldest Mouse knows how famous their cas is/was.
i know
It was a simple question and they literally gave us their life story
sound like a boomer thing to do ..
Who cares? It was fun!
lol 😹
Oh i loved it
This video answered questions I never asked :D
How fun. I don't believe the lawyer; you could hear the anxiety & stress in his voice 'in court.' Classic nerd backstory!🤓 Tks. guys.
Definitely, otherwise why would he say he wasn't a cat? You'd have to be super stressed or crazy to say that. Or maybe it's a lawyer thing to be uber factual because someone might dispute the case later by saying it was unlawful for a talking cat to be in virtual court.
It sucks that that guy may have lost out on a job opportunity bc of the cat but I’m sorry I laughed so hard at that story
🤣🤣🤣😩😩😩It does suck, but I literally cannot stop laughing LOL
He win the case🤣🤣🤣
He won the case. And the video was posted by the judge who also found it very funny. I don't think there is anyone in this world who would not find that funny. If anything I think the lawyer promoted himself even more than he could have done by a hard working career. I didn't knew there was a lawyer called Ponton in Texas untill I saw this video and if I ever need a lawyer there he would be my first option for sure. (cat filter mandatory)🤣🤣🤣
@@Gamerlife-cv2tn I meant the other guy in the vid lol
So Dell made it the default? How many others interviewing for jobs lost out through no fault of their own? Very not funny.
They could at least notify them
Yay Lawyer cat! Gave us all the belly laugh we needed😉❤
I have discovered the secret of the universe in deciphering ancient Japanese cat metal. A song called 'Neko No Wakusei 「猫の惑星」. It tells us that this is the planet or star of the cats and if the cats are happy, everything will be alright.
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Happened to me with an outer space galaxy background. I left it.
And Catgate was born🤣👏🐱
This is why I love the new yorker
The other guy was sleeping 😆😆until he saw it
What is scary is that New Yorker subscribers need to have this explained to them.
May his legacy continue
The dell guy trying to spin it like a good thing lol
It DID end up being a good thing 👍🏼
Like a warm little hug all who were watching needed 🐈
Cat is the default setting in the Dell webcam.
Yet another reason to use Linux - especially on Dell computers.
Excellent!😊
#ReleaseTheSnyderVerse
actual journalism
2:41 lololol
Thank you
Paw-nton??
This is so time-consuming unnecessarily time-consuming video to explain a 22 second clip just oh God