SleepyCatten (Barely Surviving Arc)

We felt we had to make this  🤭

Edit: Added additional alt text to describe the fediverse symbol 🩷

Edit 2: Added more description to the alt text. Hopefully this is helpful to folks who wanted more details about the girls and the room they're in  

#WhatPrideFlagIsThat #SoAreYouGayOrSomething #sarahmhops #meme #memes #fediverse

Jul 5, 2025 at 1:32pmWeb
Show threadMarkAssPandiJul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten honestly with that the gay question is very warranted
Show threadDarwin WoodkaJul 5, 2025

@MarkAssPandi @SleepyCatten

It's just catgirls all the way down

Show threadMarkAssPandiJul 5, 2025
@darwinwoodka @SleepyCatten ngl in my experience I saw more puppygirls (including me) but yeah
Show threadCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠Jul 5, 2025
@darwinwoodka @MarkAssPandi @SleepyCatten :3
Show threadOmega   Jul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten  so, are you like gay or something?
 i mean, yeah, but what does this have to do with anything?
Show threadSleepyCatten (Barely Surviving Arc)Jul 5, 2025

@purplerabbit Feels like the early setup for a queer webcomic 🥰🤭

We'd totally read that.

It'll be hard to top the very sapphic opening episodes of Girly though.

Girly by JAQQQLN

That webcomic

itch.io
Show threadBrynnbo the FrogMxstressJul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten I genuinely never thought to look up what the fediverse symbol was, I've been like "ah yes, the queer pagans" this entire time
Show threadSleepyCatten (Barely Surviving Arc)Jul 5, 2025
@FrazzledBrynn LMAO 🤣  
Show threadIrenes (many)Jul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten @FrazzledBrynn honestly, that seems like an extremely positive connotation and makes us more favorably inclined to the symbol :3
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Jul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten the #fediverse is very out and very proud, so yeah, we the #gaydiverse
Show threadBryan Redeagle Jul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten I would like a team of lesbians to develop the ClamBook that the girl is using.
Show threadGinevraCatJul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten I had not encountered this meme before! I love it - and your clear and complete explanation too.
Show threadℂ𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖@world: /# Jul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten And they were federation-mates 😋
Show threadSleepyCatten (Barely Surviving Arc)Jul 5, 2025
@celeste_42bit 🤭
Show threadOlympia Coppélius 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten TIL fediverse has a flag?!
Show threadSleepyCatten (Barely Surviving Arc)Jul 5, 2025

@debuggingolympia It's actually just the fediverse logo on a white background for simplicity and quickness 🩷  

We did go looking for a fediverse flag though first.

Show threadOlympia Coppélius 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten so what you’re saying is that it’s the new Fediverse flag?
Show threadJon [🇺🇦,🏳️‍🌈]Jul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten Its for gay people, furries, etc who also identify as non-billionaires and/or are sexually attracted to non-billionaires.
Show threadsirlan <( rawr )Jul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten not too far off
Show threadmwguyJul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten Huh, the fediverse, now known for its pentigay-m.
Show threadRobin Syl 🌸 Jul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten poly
Show threadSleepyCatten (Barely Surviving Arc)Jul 5, 2025
@robinsyl In fairness, so many of us are polyam or ambiam 
Show threadKim ScheinbergJul 5, 2025

@SleepyCatten
In anyone ever wonders why alt text matters, this is a perfect example of the form

It is not only clearly descriptive, it also taught me that the fediverse has a symbol, and a super cool one at that

Is there an alt text Hall of Fame I can nominate this for?

Show threadAhimsaJul 5, 2025

@kims @SleepyCatten

I don't know, but there is a user account with that name!

cc @alttexthalloffame

Show threadSleepyCatten (Barely Surviving Arc)Jul 5, 2025
@ahimsa_pdx 🥹🩷
@kims @alttexthalloffame
Show threadAlt Text Hall of FameJul 5, 2025

@SleepyCatten @ahimsa_pdx @kims Yes, very nice!

My only one small nitpicky suggestion would be including a description of the fediverse symbol for those who might not be familiar with what it looks like.

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112877928952629197

Stefan Bohacek (@[email protected])

Well? [ ] Yes! [ ] Looks familiar [ ] Not sure [ ] Not really

Stefan's Personal Mastodon Server
Show threadSleepyCatten (Barely Surviving Arc)Jul 5, 2025

@alttexthalloffame Thanks for the suggestion n 🥰 We'll add a description of that in 🩷

@ahimsa_pdx @kims

Show threadAlt Text Hall of FameJul 5, 2025

@SleepyCatten Nice, thank you!

@ahimsa_pdx @kims

Show threadℂ𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖@world: /# Jul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten That's the federated-queer-furry-computer-scientist-train-loving-autistic-anticapitalist-generally-amazing-people-with-attitude-flag.
Show threadDarwin WoodkaJul 5, 2025

@celeste_42bit @SleepyCatten

CS train loving autistic here, one furry queer kid and one enby kid

Show threadJul 6, 2025
@celeste_42bit @SleepyCatten or FQFC+ xd
Show threadHippo 🍉Jul 5, 2025

@SleepyCatten the Fediverse is definitely "gay" as in the older meaning of lighthearted, carefree, and full of joy 

(And if someone told me the more modern meaning of the word applied too, I wouldn't dispute it 🤪)

Show threadDarwin WoodkaJul 5, 2025

@SleepyCatten

fedipride!

Show threadBarbara SliwinskaJul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten gay and occultist (because pentagram)! 😁
Show threadNeville ParkJul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten "you don't recognize the trans flag??"
Show threadLog 🪵Jul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten [Looks around.] Yeah. This one's the Site Admin Pride flag.
Show threadGreg BellJul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten just a pentagram for summoning inclusive demons
Show threadDerek Caelin is writing a bookJul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten I mean, kinda...
Show threadSector9Jul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten
It's the Happiness flag, duh!
Show threadSepia FanJul 5, 2025

@SleepyCatten

#FediPride 🤷

Show threadPinkJul 5, 2025
The answer is yes, but that's not what the flag says
Show threadTadhgJul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten "just because a lot of queer folks use it does not make me queer. I mean, I am queer, and I use it, but shush"
Show threadcynthia rose is desirableJul 5, 2025

@SleepyCatten
I swear I thought that rainbow pentagram was gonna mean queer witchcraft

Symbols are fraught with symbolism…!

Show threadOdradekJul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten fediverse - getting cat ears is unavoidable
Show threadIris VolkJul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten 😂
Show threadJo Dusepo  جوهانا دوسپوJul 5, 2025
@SleepyCatten I'd never seen the original sauce of this meme, so thanks for telling me what that flag was in the original. TIL!
Show threadSleepyCatten (Barely Surviving Arc)Jul 5, 2025

@dusepo Glad we could help 🥰 We try to find the source of memes and artwork whenever possible.

You can read more about this meme here:

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/what-pride-flag-is-that

What Pride Flag Is That? | Know Your Meme

What Pride Flag Is That? or So Are You Like Gay Or Something? refers to a webcomic depicting a woman hanging an Italian flag on her wall, her roommate aski

Know Your Meme
Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machinesJul 5, 2025

@SleepyCatten

THE FEDIVERSE IS INFILTRATED BY THE GAY AGENDA!

- Signed.
All the big social owners

Show threadhideosnesJul 6, 2025
@smyselle
Show threadStefan Rother-StübsJul 6, 2025

@SleepyCatten

FeDiverse

#WhatPrideFlagIsThat #SoAreYouGayOrSomething #sarahmhops #meme #memes #fediverse

Show thread🔐 PwMgmt-InfoManJul 6, 2025
@SleepyCatten
😂
Show threadbetalars  @homeJul 6, 2025
@ueckueck ich glaube ich habe ein Bild von dir gefunden!
/Joking
Show threadÜckück  ​ Jul 6, 2025
@betalars
Thihi. Das hab ich heute auch in meiner Timeline gesehen und musste grinsen xD
Show threadJul 6, 2025
@SleepyCatten jajajajajjajaj
Show threadcuan_knaggsJul 6, 2025
@SleepyCatten "what pride flag is that?" yes, it is
Show threadTillJul 7, 2025

@SleepyCatten

I think it's the trans-furry flag...

Show threadАнгел ПредохранительJul 7, 2025
@SleepyCatten LGBTQ+FOSS
Show threadVenty 🇨🇭🫕Aug 3, 2025
@SleepyCatten Just don't ever mistake.the trans-flag 🏳️‍⚧️ for a strip of bacon!
Show threadSleepyCatten (Barely Surviving Arc)Aug 3, 2025
@Venty That's only the lesbian flag that happens for 🤭 
Show threadVenty 🇨🇭🫕Aug 3, 2025
@SleepyCatten I'm sorry, I'm not very good at this kind of social-sexual geography. I don't even know what the flag for straight people that feel to be in the correct body looks like.