![]() Now use the search bar to look for a filter you like. I also confirmed that the cat filter is extremely challenging to switch off. Clicking over to the Avatars tab, I found a cat filter that appears to perfectly match the one Ponton used. I confirmed this by firing up an old Dell laptop from the late ’00s, and loading up the Dell Webcam Central program. ![]() While it’s not 100% clear exactly what app Ponton mistakenly engaged, there’s a theory that the filter is linked to an ancient Dell program, and an old post on the blog ChemBark depicts a seemingly identical cat filter running during a Skype call. Snap Camera has at least 20 similar filters, so you can take your pick of cat faces. But what if you, too, want to be a cat on your next Zoom meeting (or court appearance)? It’s great fun to watch Ponton’s transformation. ![]() Unsurprisingly, Ponton’s Zoom fail became a meme within hours, and a search for “ lawyer Zoom cat” on Twitter already returns thousands of results. And in our post-pandemic world - where absolutely everything seems uncertain - it’s even more delightful that Ponton felt he had to reassure Ferguson he had not, in fact, actually transformed into a cat. It’s delightful to see a grown man - testifying under oath in a serious legal proceeding - transformed into an animated LOLCAT. Those words may well go down as one of the iconic one-liners of the pandemic era.
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