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[–]QualityEnforcer 89 points90 points ago

Higher-resolution version 5,754 kB (4,272 x 2,848) 2,753%

usernameblank [OP] may directly remove this comment by clicking here.

[–]Sextopus 29 points30 points ago

Here is the softened version that was in the comments when this pic was posted last year. Sorry, I don't remember who altered it.

[–]Pays4Porn 4 points5 points ago

Anyone know how this was done? The picture looks much better than the original. I would love to use the same technique to improve some of my noisy pictures.

[–]kynapse 2 points3 points ago

Looks like just a blur effect applied to the background to cut the noise on the original. That, and it's much higher resolution.

Actually, running it through an error level analyser, it seems that this image is the original.

[–]liamsdomain 0 points1 point ago

No, the "softened version" is not the original, the text on the left is blurred. It looks like it's just a blur effect and maybe a little darker.

[–]tinker-tailor 0 points1 point ago

Admit it. You don't know what the error level analyser actually means.

Hint: It doesn't mean anything.

[–]Invisible_Friend1 1 point2 points ago

Probably just played with the noise reduction slider in Lightroom.

[–]ultimapanzer 4 points5 points ago

MY GOD, IT'S FULL OF STARS!!

[–]tellmebiologyfacts -1 points0 points ago

so much better without the grainy-ness

[–]ishitmypants2 14 points15 points ago

You should make a bot that posts links to the other 462 times this picture was posted.

[–]potatoaster 2 points3 points ago

Good Guy Karma Decay lets users do that easily and keep the karma!

[–]desouza3 9 points10 points ago

the details in the eyes is awesome!

[–]dudealicious 6 points7 points ago

Ug, I guess I'm just way too big of a photo geek, but that's way too much noise for me. With a lower ISO (or better camera) this would have been a way better shot.

[–]chedabob 7 points8 points ago

[–]Tomvl117 4 points5 points ago

That is not the original. Not the true original. There are some differences between this version and QualityEnforcer's version (softening, brightness around the eyes).

[–]nexusscope 1 point2 points ago

I don't think that's because you're too much of a photo geek I think that even to a total amateur (e.g. me) that picture looks too noisy. The softened version (blur filter with super small radius??) looks pretty nice though

[–]adikid89 4 points5 points ago

[–]TheDerrs 3 points4 points ago

BUTT HOLE BELOW! BUTT HOLE BELOW!!!

[–]phishroom 5 points6 points ago

Here is a darker version.

[–]palahjunkie -3 points-2 points ago

BUTTHOLE ALERT

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[–]SlapnutsGT 7 points8 points ago

Nice! Thanks for this!

[–]nickpinkk 10 points11 points ago

THATS NOT A KITTY AT ALL THAT IS YOUR BUTTHOLE SIR

[–]EvoMethod 4 points5 points ago

Warning! Check the username!

[–]Nokwatkwah 1 point2 points ago

What...what is the username? I keep seeing butthole alerts everywhere but it's always deleted by the time I come around..What's going on here?

[–]EvoMethod 3 points4 points ago

Dude is posting pictures of his butthole.. simple as that

[–]tphys 3 points4 points ago

FUCK

[–]bitshoptyler 90 points91 points ago

It's a repost, and it's way too early for Christmas pics, but I love that picture way too much not to upvote.

[–]BimbelMarley 39 points40 points ago

But this isn't a christmas pic, it's a "holiday" pic!

[–]usernameblank[S] 43 points44 points ago

Those could be Columbus Day lights, for all I know.

[–]Jonny_Watts 22 points23 points ago

Labor Day Lights

[–]TRiPgod 10 points11 points ago

Thanksgiving Day lights

[–]whiskeytango55 11 points12 points ago

Friday Night Lights

[–]jkayak 10 points11 points ago

Boogie Night Lights?

[–]wepreyaswolves 6 points7 points ago

Saturday Night Lights?

[–]esimpnoxin 8 points9 points ago

Leif Erikson Day lights! Hinga-dinga-durgin!

[–]Jonny_Watts 0 points1 point ago

Christmas turkeys?

[–]SujithV -1 points0 points ago

Silence dirty reporter!

[–]Wihakayda 2 points3 points ago

Yes, Sinterklaas is allready here!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas

[–]AyChihuahua 0 points1 point ago

As a quarter-step-Mexican Jew, thank you.

[–]MrsLulzzy 3 points4 points ago

What on the internet isn't a repost anymore? All the cute has been posted =/

[–]WeLoveKanjimari 62 points63 points ago

Christmas lights. They are called christmas lights.

Nobody puts up multicolored LEDs on their house for hannukah.

[–]bobstay 5 points6 points ago

Quite. Stop that politically correct bullshit, OP.

[–]darkrom 12 points13 points ago

Absolutely correct. I wouldn't look at a menorah and call it a holiday candle.

[–]usernameblank[S] 7 points8 points ago

What about Festivus?

[–]ESPguitarist 5 points6 points ago

How are you going to put lights on just a pole?

[–]whenuseeit 1 point2 points ago

Where there's a will there's a way.

[–]gryts 2 points3 points ago

Only for the restivus.

[–]TRiPgod -3 points-2 points ago

A Festivus for the rest of us!

[–]drewsy888 -2 points-1 points ago

There are not enough Seinfeld references around here. You have made my day :D

[–]ATomatoAmI 1 point2 points ago

Some of us put colored LED lights just for the shit of it, so speak for yourself.

Also, those Christmas tree balls? Some company makes those in color-changing light form. Perfect for music visualizations. You can bet those babies went up next to the sound system and never came down.

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[–]WeLoveKanjimari 1 point2 points ago

I didn't say there was a war on christmas.

I said if you think people put these lights up for anything other than christmas, you're dumb.

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[–]WeLoveKanjimari -3 points-2 points ago

Nobody puts up multicolored LEDs on their house for hannukah.

We're talking about putting multicolored lights on your house.

[–]Nisas 0 points1 point ago

Some people put up their lights before thanksgiving and keep them up straight through new years. That's at least 2 extra holidays.

[–]fluxity 1 point2 points ago

I bought some orange and purple ones for Halloween this year.

[–]WeLoveKanjimari 6 points7 points ago

Those are halloween lights ಠ_ಠ

[–]fluxity 2 points3 points ago

Right... Or generically - holiday lights.

[–]WeLoveKanjimari 6 points7 points ago

Nobody uses orange and purple lights for anything but halloween! You guys are so bad at this

[–]fluxity 0 points1 point ago

I don't understand what you're arguing, you said nobody puts small colored lights on their house for anything but Christmas, and I put them on my house for Halloween. So there's a perfectly good reason that you can call them holiday lights without everyone getting all riled up.

[–]Gunslinger86 13 points14 points ago

My God, it's full of stars...

[–]DoylePTB 2 points3 points ago

Instantly thought of Independence Day when I saw OP's picture. Glad I wasn't the only one. "PEACE!"

[–]MyGodLivesOnKolob 4 points5 points ago

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. And now, he has 8 lives.

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[–]drewsoft 9 points10 points ago

she wrapped up her damn cat

[–]TheInsaneDane 3 points4 points ago

This was all i could think about when i saw the kitty.

[–]fletcherchase 2 points3 points ago

was hoping someone shared my sense of humor.

[–]MUSTY_BALLSACK 9 points10 points ago

Reminds me of avatar

[–]mick3690 1 point2 points ago

Who has Christmas lights out in November?

[–]namehere12 2 points3 points ago

It case you haven't noticed, Christmas starts in October these days!

[–]Nisas -1 points0 points ago

They're holiday lights. November has holidays.

[–]fractured_phallus21 5 points6 points ago

"If that thing had nine lives, it just spent them all."

[–]Jesustron 3 points4 points ago

"she just spent them all" ... Even still, great scene

[–]saome 9 points10 points ago

This subreddit needs a way to block cat pictures. They belong in /r/aww.

[–]AlxHand 1 point2 points ago

No, they belong in /r/cats.

[–]jedadkins 2 points3 points ago

¿por que no las dos?

[–]AlxHand 4 points5 points ago

My Spanish is a little rusty, but yeah sure, they can go in both.

[–]buckbo1604 1 point2 points ago

Great picture but the kitten doesnt look so fond of the lights.

[–]TheOceanWalker_88 0 points1 point ago

MEW!

[–]powpowbang 2 points3 points ago

First thing on my mind:

"If that cat had nine lives, he just spent 'em all."

[–]MikeDMesser -1 points0 points ago

Looks familiar.

[–]TheShruggingBubble 0 points1 point ago

Looks like he's rewiring the meowthership.

[–]chijourno 1 point2 points ago

These kittens in the holiday lights photos come earlier and earlier each year.

[–]dg3 2 points3 points ago

This reminds me of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

[–]Grazsrootz 0 points1 point ago

poor cat it looks like he/she is sad because he/she is tangled in some lights

[–]HighSpeed556 2 points3 points ago

Reminds me of the scene from Christmas Vacation where the cat bites into the lights and gets fried.

[–]Mousel 2 points3 points ago

I'm assuming by holiday lights you mean Christmas lights? Surely we can skip the political correctness on reddit.

[–]RubberShoes 0 points1 point ago

This looks like James Cameron's entire visual motivation for Avatar

[–]freakball 0 points1 point ago

[–]Dankycheese 6 points7 points ago

What is this r/aww

[–]JamoWRage 4 points5 points ago

If I wanted to see cat pictures, I would still be subbed to /r/aww

[–]Nisas -2 points-1 points ago

Someone who doesn't want to see cat pictures...

Next Hitler identified.

[–]JamoWRage 0 points1 point ago

They know...

[–]Lateralus_13 6 points7 points ago

I think you mean Christmas lights...

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

[–]Xipeify 0 points1 point ago

[F]uck you ignorant theist. May le lord Sagan smite you with the power of a mi[le]lion Ron Tysons.

[–]Sowy 2 points3 points ago

wat

[–]Lateralus_13 0 points1 point ago

No thiest here my friend, I just really dig Christmas

[–]Xavierwest 1 point2 points ago

Woah there buddy, about 5 weeks early.

[–]Nisas 0 points1 point ago

Why would someone post christmas pictures in november? They're clearly thanksgiving lights.

[–]stvns_mtthw 2 points3 points ago

Raver kitty is not sure what she just took.

[–]DressingOnTheSide 2 points3 points ago

I love the way his/her eyes are all glittery due to the lights. Very cute!

[–]welchyy 9 points10 points ago

Down voted for the use of 'Holiday'

Can't stand this PC bullshit.

[–]Durpulous 8 points9 points ago

Who gives a shit? If someone wants to say Merry Christmas let them say Merry Christmas, and if they want to say Happy Holidays then that's fine too.

[–]fluxity 8 points9 points ago

I have said Happy Holidays for years - not because it's PC, there are just multiple holidays in the season, and it nicely covers them all. I'm not offended if anyone wishes me a Merry Christmas or any other holiday that isn't my personal religion because they're trying to be nice to me. It's funny to me how riled up people get about this stuff, but in the end - aren't we all just trying to wish each other good tidings?

[–]Sowy 5 points6 points ago

Would I get mad if someone said happy Hanukkah to me? No. I know what they are saying and that they mean well.

[–]guitar_vigilante 4 points5 points ago

See I don't have a problem with this, but the lights in the picture are Christmas lights, no other holiday uses them and so there's no point in calling them "holiday lights" because there aren't multiple holidays that need covering.

[–]Nisas 1 point2 points ago

I'll have you know that I use these lights to decorate my festivus pole every year.

[–]guitar_vigilante 0 points1 point ago

nice one, that doesn't make them festivus lights though. I mean, c'mon, do festivus lights have a wikipedia page like Christmas lights do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_lights

[–]Nisas 0 points1 point ago

It's called the holiday season after all. I always assumed people said Happy Holidays because it also covers the new year.

[–]spiffyclip 5 points6 points ago

Happy holidays! :)

[–]XenomorphSB 4 points5 points ago

Merry Christmas, from an unapologetic American!

[–]Nisas 1 point2 points ago

Happy Thanksgiving Season, from an unapologetic American!

IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS YET

[–]XenomorphSB 1 point2 points ago

True, but this is all about Merry Christmas vs Happy Holidays.

[–]Nisas -1 points0 points ago

Happy Holidays, from an unapologetic American!

BECAUSE AMERICANS HAVE MORE THAN ONE HOLIDAY

[–]Jonny_Watts 1 point2 points ago

I'll just stick to what networks did on their football scorebugs in the 1970s, since you can omit the word Christmas without acting all atheist-y because it was a time when most of America was Christian. Seasons' Greetings!

[–]MistaT33 -2 points-1 points ago

I was gunna say the same thing.

[–]VanGroovy 3 points4 points ago

CHRISTMAS lights....

[–]ukrainianstud 1 point2 points ago

i still have this as my desktop background

[–]RyanGee 1 point2 points ago

This was one of the pictures I had to edit for a Gr.12 project and I just got right damn nostalgic looking at it. Thanks for posting it :)

[–]Bugurk 1 point2 points ago

Those are Christmas lights.

"They come to our country, and think they'll do as they please"

[–]spiffyclip 0 points1 point ago

Happy holidays! :)

[–]mvw2 -1 points0 points ago

Well, this is quite old. Thanks for digging it up again. I haven't seen it in a while.

[–]AngryGoron -1 points0 points ago

The party doesn't start until RaveKitty shows up.

[–]lic05 -1 points0 points ago

Actually it's a screenshot from The Asylum's knock-off Avatar movie.

[–]divinesleeper -1 points0 points ago

"How long must this imprisonment of mine in festive lights and cheerfullness go on?"

[–]BorderHusky -1 points0 points ago

This is the most amazing picture I have ever seen

[–]saltnotsugar -1 points0 points ago

Raver cat is trippin bawls

[–]denialerror -1 points0 points ago

That's my desktop background sorted for the festive period then!

[–]tigolbittiez -1 points0 points ago

Those eyes...

[–]gh_speedyg -1 points0 points ago

This looks like the cover of a trance album.

[–]bignastyv -1 points0 points ago

Promethehiss

[–]awha -1 points0 points ago

Funny, I have had this image as the background image on my desktop pc for months, and today I changed it so something else, only to have this thread come up a few hours later :)

[–]g000dn -1 points0 points ago

I want to live in this picture

[–]RnRaintnoisepolution 0 points1 point ago

No Christmas stuff until after thanksgiving, 4 days early...

[–]pattydoom -1 points0 points ago

Rave kitty took too many hits.

[–]nismomonkey 1 point2 points ago

The amount of not yours this picture is: famous stock photo.

Stop feeding the trolls.

[–]Wiinate -1 points0 points ago

Is...it alive?

[–]AlphaDub 0 points1 point ago

"Sometimes your entire life boils down to one insane move..."

[–]HookDragger -2 points-1 points ago

My God! Its full of stars!

[–]ShadowInTheDark12 1 point2 points ago

Reddit is so liberal it calls Christmas lights "holiday lights"

[–]alexshowfield -1 points0 points ago

Is this a still from the kitten remake of Avatar?

[–]Hyphnip -1 points0 points ago

Tron Cat!

[–]theaccidENT 0 points1 point ago

Christmas lights.

[–]RussianBeagle -1 points0 points ago

[–]hellsgates 0 points1 point ago

Dat noise.

[–]Tr0llphace 0 points1 point ago

Repost so old that people first saw this on AOL dialup.

[–]ThroughTheForests 0 points1 point ago

What ISO was this shot at? 102400?

[–]bugzrrad 0 points1 point ago

[–]V1bration -1 points0 points ago

Reminds me of Mewtwo.

[–]vicktacular 0 points1 point ago

Shitters full.

[–]naewpaks -1 points0 points ago

Cat is tripping balls look at his eyes

[–]AlexEpidemic -1 points0 points ago

UPVOTE ALL THE KITTENS!!! :D

[–]darwyn4 0 points1 point ago

I remember this from last year.

[–]wibble536 1 point2 points ago

Fuck you man. Fuck you.

[–]Lebau5ki 1 point2 points ago

They're christmas lights, OP.

[–]cheezitsmithr -1 points0 points ago

well normally i don't really go for the cat pics. But i do like holiday lights!

[–]mkeogh22 -1 points0 points ago

This has been my Desktop background for months :) its a great pic

[–]DopeboiFresh -1 points0 points ago

I can smell the pine through the pooter

[–]Capn_Fapn 1 point2 points ago

All I can think of is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. I hope the cat doesn't bite them...

[–]clearier 0 points1 point ago

And then I get the call at 2 am to remove the Christmas lights from that adorable kitten.

[–]BrajMahal 0 points1 point ago

makes me think of independence day aliens

[–]waltzly15 0 points1 point ago

The Rise of Nyan Cat!

[–]bieldly86 0 points1 point ago

Tard does not approve of such frivolity!

[–]watchly39 0 points1 point ago

Nicatla Tesla

[–]wahlbanger99 0 points1 point ago

Cat photography at it's finest.

[–]BF3_awesome 1 point2 points ago

The word you are looking for is Christmas

[–]jtylerroth 2 points3 points ago

came here for this! reddit always delivers :)

[–]thephoenicians -1 points0 points ago

You should all know that the minute I see an awesome cat/baby sheep pic on reddit, i place it as my phone's background...

http://oi45.tinypic.com/108b77k.jpg

yes i tried to use imgur but i kept getting "an error"

[–]ankhr 0 points1 point ago

This is not /r/aww

[–]Bazy0 1 point2 points ago

Stop posting/upvoting cats please

[–]Kingroudy -3 points-2 points ago

go post to /r/aww you faggot.

[–]TheCloudDancer -3 points-2 points ago

Raver kitty.

[–]DAngelo_Barksdale -2 points-1 points ago

I can haz electrocuteion?

[–]yzyzyz 1 point2 points ago

This is not r/aww. Take your shitty cat pictures there.

[–]usernameblank[S] -4 points-3 points ago

This is r/pics. Just because there is a more-specific subreddit, does not mean that all applicable posts belong there.

[–]yzyzyz 1 point2 points ago

It actually does. /r/pics is for pictures that can be considered "uncategorized". I don't know why the rules section doesn't have "no cats" clause yet. 99% of reddit posts are imgur links, but this doesn't make it OK to put them into /r/pics.

[–]TybaltsAndBits -2 points-1 points ago

My god, it's full of stars.

[–]0011002 -3 points-2 points ago

[–]AjdinSamurai 1 point2 points ago

What the fuck....

[–]0011002 1 point2 points ago

Never seen National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation? Cat chews on the lights from the tree and gets fried.

[–]XenomorphSB -2 points-1 points ago

Reminds me of something else that is blue with feline features: http://nimolkhwriter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/avatar_dvd_custom_cover_by_gandiusz.jpg

[–]necromancy -3 points-2 points ago

This reminds me of 2001: A Space Odyssey

[–]AjdinSamurai -1 points0 points ago

.....