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Edges2cats web app turns your catlike doodles into realistic cats … or horrible monstrosities

Well, it’s sort of a cat

So I’m still all flu-ed up, but I thought I would share one amazing internet thingy that’s cheered me up a bit: It’s called edges2cats, and it transforms your drawings of cats into photorealistic-looking cats.

Well, that’s what it does if your drawings are actually in the shape of a real cat. If you doodle something that’s only vaguely catlike you get a vaguely catlike creature that is equal parts adorable and terrifying.

So naturally I’ve been making a lot of these sort-of cats.

If you check out the hashtag #edges2cats on Twitter you can find some even more horrific-yet-endearing results.

https://twitter.com/DaggestNabbits/status/834265904280170496

https://twitter.com/noronorii/status/834484336812556295

Other versions of the applet make building facades, purses and shoes, if you’re into that.

Post your own here!

H/T — Skiriki. Thanks!

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Arctic Ape
Arctic Ape
7 years ago

Ottery, Love your Tumblr!

Also hello.

Imaginary Petal
Imaginary Petal
7 years ago

My kitty turned into a creepy fish. 🙁

http://i.imgur.com/lDKj7C0.jpg

Falconer
Falconer
7 years ago

Happy birthday to me,
Happy birthday to me,
These will now haunt my daymares,
Happy birthday to me!

@Alan Robertshaw,

I wonder though what Gorsuch will have to say about this if a case reaches the Supreme Court.

Well, conservatives all liars, so I’m sure he’ll decide in favor of the NRA.

TZer0
TZer0
7 years ago

Here’s a hellcat I made.

http://i.imgur.com/NGVhEHJ.png

LG
LG
7 years ago

OT, but does anyone else here follow The Real Face Of Men’s Rights Activism on Facebook?

They’re actually how I found WHTM, because they post links from there all the time.

Well, they’ve gone full, nasty TERF in recent days. It hurts my heart. It seems like more and more feminist groups I follow are coming out as TERF assholes, almost as though they’re doing it in response to the Republican bathroom attacks.

Jesalin
Jesalin
7 years ago

School Asks Teachers To Take Down Pro-Diversity Posters, Saying They’re ‘Anti-Trump’

“WASHINGTON ― School administrators in a 93 percent white Maryland county recently asked high school teachers to take down pro-diversity posters from classrooms because they perceived them as “political” and “anti-Trump,” a school spokesperson told The Huffington Post.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/school-pro-diversity-posters-trump_us_58ac87b9e4b0e784faa21446

Pie
Pie
7 years ago

@Jesalin

take down pro-diversity posters from classrooms because… perceived as “anti-Trump”

Well, strictly speaking, they aren’t wrong.

Y’know, requiring schools and colleges to employ an accredited political officer would be a great way to create loads of new jobs. Especially given the need to select and train said officers, and validate their loyalty from time to time.

numerobis
numerobis
7 years ago

Oh wow I know the head of that research group!
https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~efros/
(He’s at Berkeley now? Man I’m out of the loop!)

His research agenda is basically to do things badly that were previously declared obviously impossible to do at all.

He is the most unassuming guy I’ve ever seen and all his friends are weird and awesome. I have no idea how he collects these people. But I’m pretty sure it helps him come up with his crazy ideas.

numerobis
numerobis
7 years ago

TZer0: your cat is the cat I’ve seen that works best for me. The others nail the deep dark recesses of the uncanny valley.

Karalora
Karalora
7 years ago

@IP

That looks just like Gyorg from Majora’s Mask!

Moggie
Moggie
7 years ago

Jesalin:

“WASHINGTON ― School administrators in a 93 percent white Maryland county recently asked high school teachers to take down pro-diversity posters from classrooms because they perceived them as “political” and “anti-Trump,” a school spokesperson told The Huffington Post.”

Where does this end? There are other things which schools teach or promote which could be perceived as anti-Trump, such as honesty, fairness, vocabulary, and grammar.

PreuxFox
PreuxFox
7 years ago

@LG

It seems like more and more feminist groups I follow are coming out as TERF assholes, almost as though they’re doing it in response to the Republican bathroom attacks.

Probably existing TERFs in these groups who were keeping their heads down before, now feel emboldened to come forward. And most people are just abandoning ship rather than confronting them, like you did; so it seems like the whole group went TERF.

(Not that I’m blaming you for getting out of there. I probably would have done the same.)

Jesalin
Jesalin
7 years ago

More and more often I have to wonder why I bother reading comments on many articles, especially if sex/gender is in any way related. Especially at a time when my will to live is under constant fire.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/life-expectancy-lancet-1.3993213

The link goes to a CBC article on how life expectancy is increasing (mainly in countries that are not the US). Browsing through the comments I’ve seen several along the same lines as this one:

While it is a good to see life expectancy increasing, I would like to know how the government plans to rectify the gender lifespan gap. At this rate, it will take over one hundred years(!!!) to reach close to parity. This should be a public health emergency.

(same person replying to another)

We have men dying off much sooner than women. The fact that someone’s sex at birth condemns them to die earlier is repulsive. I am stunned that the government does not have commissions furiously studying this, quite literally, life or death issue for men. Closing the lifespan gap should be one of our highest priorities.

What is even the point in living in a world where this kind of stupidity seems to be thriving, not to mention the sheer amount of hate for anyone who isn’t a white cishet male?!

[matrix] If any machines are listening, can I please get my own custom ‘life simulation’ program? [/matrix]

LG
LG
7 years ago

Preaux – this group’s mod definitely went full TERF, though. She’s not even talking about MRAs anymore, but is all over the spreading of TERF bullshit.

PeeVee the (Noice) Sarcastic
PeeVee the (Noice) Sarcastic
7 years ago

Falconer, is it your birthday??

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Dormousing_it (formerly RoscoeTCat)
Dormousing_it (formerly RoscoeTCat)
7 years ago

That Mensez product…the first thing that comes to my mind is, Toxic Shock Syndrome. If anyone is interested, look it up in Wikipedia, and its link to tampon use. In the early ’80s, this actually killed people, and still does today, although it’s rare. It was a major news story in the US. I remember it, because it coincided with my going through puberty. It seems to me like, bottling up menses like this product would do, could possibly lead to TSS. But, of course, I really don’t know.

Also, what about allergies to whatever is in this “labia glue”? It wouldn’t surprise me, if it’s latex based. It reminds me of a time when I worked in a drugstore, and a man came in, wanting to return some condoms. He said he experienced intense pain when he put on one of them, to the point where he said he was ” screaming.” (Must have also been embarrassing as hell!) He talked to the pharmacist about it…I guess the pharmacist wasn’t too sympathetic to him, because this customer’s
parting words to the pharmacist were, ” Well, YOU go put on one of those damn things, and see how YOU feel!”. After the guy left, the pharmacist said he was most likely allergic to latex.

I’m on a mobile device, so I can’t use that kitty drawing app. I’ll have to give it a try on my personal (not work) laptop.

Falconer
Falconer
7 years ago

@PeeVee, yes it is! I am 38!

DL
DL
7 years ago

I cannot stop laughing every time I look at thiscomment image

numerobis
numerobis
7 years ago

Jesalin: the gap in life span *is* an issue worth looking at — why do men die so young? After all, women should normally have the more dangerous life, with childbirth.

Last I checked the answer was, essentially, toxic masculinity. Men smoke more, drink more, have more accidents.

Alan Robertshaw
Alan Robertshaw
7 years ago

@ numberobis

Last I checked the answer was, essentially, toxic masculinity

Isn’t testosterone a big factor? I thought it was well documented that, all other things being equal, eunuchs have the same life expectancy as women.

ETA: ooh happy birthday Falconer!

Jesalin
Jesalin
7 years ago

Isn’t testosterone a big factor? I thought it was well documented that, all other things being equal, eunuchs have the same life expectancy as women.

Yep.

weirwoodtreehugger: chief manatee

I thought males of other mammal species beside humans tend to have shorter lifespans than females too.

LindsayIrene
LindsayIrene
7 years ago

In most species with XX and XY sex chromosomes, females live longer. Having two XX chromosomes provides valuable back-up against harmful mutations, such as the one that causes hemophilia.

Jesalin
Jesalin
7 years ago

I thought males of other mammal species beside humans tend to have shorter lifespans than females too.

Yep, again. Nature is (apparently) misandrist.

Also: Happy Birthday Falconer!

Falconer
Falconer
7 years ago

Fanks for the birfday wishes!

Sadly, I didn’t get my biggest wish: Perp walks for certain clear and present dangers.