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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Turtlegrandmacore on 2026-03-28 03:29:08+00:00.
This memory haunts me. I need to get it out. Some very important context. I’m a 20 something white girl and my neighbor is a 70 something year old black woman.
One day, my very sweet neighbor invited my girlfriend and I over for dinner. We were having a wonderful night chatting, and somehow got onto the topic of cats. My neighbor mentioned that years ago she had a massive cat with long fur.
Something clicked in my head. Growing up, my dad always talked about how he had a cat with long fur that was huge. He had a Maine Coon. So, I asked her if the car she had was a Maine Coon.
That’s when I was met with an awkward stare for a few moments before she asked me “are you trying to call my cat something?” I frantically went to google and reassured her that no, dear god no, it’s a cat breed I swear. Thankfully my girlfriend changed the conversation, but man that stare haunts me.
TLDR; there’s a lowkey racist cat breed name and I never connected the dots before speaking.