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submitted 5 days ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

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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[-] plantmoretrees@lemm.ee 66 points 5 days ago

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

[-] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I support this

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Grim, but relatable.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Whoops, wrong spot for reply.

[-] Randomocity@sh.itjust.works 48 points 5 days ago

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

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

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.

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

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Cat's overqualified for that position.

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 days ago

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

[-] Uli@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 days ago

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

[-] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago

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

[-] CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Maybe an Associate degree?

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 35 points 5 days ago

Gets college degree, remains an unemployed leech.

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

Unemployed by choice I guess

[-] xorollo@leminal.space 18 points 5 days ago

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

[-] MissJinx@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago

oh that's where all the braincells went

[-] celeste@kbin.earth 22 points 5 days ago

That cat refused to wear that cap lol

[-] Lexam@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 17 points 5 days ago

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

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Her inbox is also her outbox, though

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

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

We had a black lab graduate yesterday!

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

Why you got to bring race into it

[-] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago

Another DEI graduate ๐Ÿ™„

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago
[-] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

"University" of "Texas" (derogatory)

[-] laserm@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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

[-] chelatna@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago

What a smart kitten

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago

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

[-] superduperpirate@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Suki will be the least annoying UT Austin grad ever

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 5 days ago

I support this.

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days 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

[-] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

That erudite-looking sonofabitch!

[-] Pnut@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

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

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