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advertisement advertisement advertisement A viral video on Tuesday in which a Texas lawyer is seen hilariously trying to disable a cat filter had millions of people asking the question of the century: How can I be an adorable kitten during Zoom meetings too? advertisement advertisement Sadly, the answer is more complicated than it sounds. A few savvy internet sleuths were quickly able to determine that the filter in question was part of very old, no-longer-supported software for Dell laptop cameras, and in fact a blogger complained way back in 2013 about how difficult the filter was to disable. Rod Ponton, the now-famous attorney who fell victim to the furry glitch, would have to agree. “I’m not a cat,” he says in the video, despite the fact that he clearly was a cat. The YouTube clip posted by the 394th District Court of Texas has been viewed more than 5 million times in a little more than a day. Although the filter was … [Read more...] about Still can’t find that lawyer’s viral cat filter for Zoom? Here’s why

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