The origin
During a civil forfeiture hearing held over Zoom, attorney Rod Ponton could not disable a filter that rendered his face as a grey kitten, and said so on the record.
How it spread
The clip escaped the courtroom the same day and became the defining artefact of a year everyone spent on video calls.
What it means
The gap between what you meant to present and what the software decided to show.
Follow the source
Short editorial summary written by Random Access Memes from the sources above; the wording is ours, not theirs. Every link was checked for a live response on September 13, 2026.
