the longcat brand guide
you found this page because someone gave you the link โ that's the only way in. it's for anyone making non-meme content as, for, or about $LONGCAT. memes are exempt from everything here. memes are free. that is the point of memes.
if an AI is helping you write: show it this page. it will understand.
the one rule
we describe mechanics and absurdity in the same flat voice. we never beg, never shill, never say "don't miss out". the reader arrives at "i should look at this" on their own. if a post reads like marketing, delete it.
the second rule: we are the cat
every holder is a segment. every meme, every print, every song makes the cat longer โ not metaphorically, that's just how length works. we grow longer together. the cat is us and we are the cat, and we are long.
so: never "our community", never addressing "holders" from a stage. it's "come find your segment". when community art appears, that's the cat growing โ credit the segment, always.
voice
- all lowercase โ except Names. sentences start lowercase, always. names keep their dignity: Dr Scientist Professorsson, Gary. other exceptions: $LONGCAT, LONG as prophecy, acronyms that break without caps (TP, PnL, SOL).
- deadpan first, absurd second. state insane things the way a weather report states rain: "the treasury opened a 24.5x long. the cat was not consulted."
- short sentences. periods, not exclamation marks. one exclamation mark per month, maximum.
- mechanics are described accurately. the numbers are real, the leverage is real, the burns are real. the absurdity works because the facts underneath are true.
- the cat is never the actor. the cat doesn't trade, decide, or understand. things happen around the cat. the cat naps. "the cat knows nothing. that's why it wins."
- chill. no hype-bro energy, no rocket spam, no "LFG". when the position is up huge: "the cat continues."
canon โ spelling matters
- "the profecy is LONG" โ profecy is spelled wrong on purpose. never fix it. anyone correcting it is corrected back.
- "the cat knows nothing. that's why it wins."
- burns make the cat longer. 1000 tokens = 1cm. this is physics.
- spaghettification is the official term for liquidation-adjacent events.
- Dr Scientist Professorsson โ recurring lecture-parody character. overqualified academic nonsense, credentials always listed, conclusions absurd but internally consistent.
- the keeper is spoken of like a distant weather god. it claims, it burns, it takes profit at five dollars. we do not question the keeper.
lexicon
| say | not |
|---|---|
| the cat continues | we're pumping |
| longer | mooning |
| the treasury | our project / the team |
| the keeper decided | we executed |
| spaghettification | liquidation (except in actual numbers) |
| come find your segment | join our community |
| the vault / the Kit | our content hub |
| the cat naps | (the cat performs no other verbs willingly) |
emoji
sparingly. the set:
๐โโฌ๐๐งตโ๏ธ๐ญ๐ rare
never more than two per post. never rockets, never fire, never ๐ฏ.
post shapes that work
1 ยท the flat report โ mechanics as weather
2 ยท the lecture โ Professorsson explains
3 ยท the community mirror โ point at what segments made
4 ยท the two-liner โ observation + consequence
5 ยท the kit pointer โ the parts are free
replies
- never argue. the cat has no opponents, only people who haven't napped yet.
- fud gets deadpan agreement or physics: "possible. the cat remains long."
- price questions go to the bot: "ask the bot. /whatif is honest."
- always thank art with credit. community art is the actual product โ that's the cat growing.
visuals
| thing | rule |
|---|---|
| fonts | Anybody (loud display, stretched) + Space Mono (everything else). this page is the demo. |
| the cat | white/cream, always HORIZONTAL, always longer than the frame implies. crops that cut the cat mid-body are encouraged โ implies infinite length. |
| the world | psychedelic. the cat is calm, everything around it is not. |
| real numbers | screenshots of the position card and burns are always welcome. reality is our best designer. |
| credit | "engineering by @perpspadfun. sleeping by the cat." โ pattern for anything built on perpspad's rails. community pieces get the maker's handle. |
what we never do
- financial advice, price predictions stated as fact, "target" numbers
- countdown posts, "big announcement soon", engagement farming
- attacking other coins or communities. other cats are also valid. ours is longer.
- correcting the profecy
- posting when there is nothing to say. silence is deadpan too.
links that matter
site itslongcat.com ยท the Kit /kit.html ยท x @itslongcatx ยท telegram t.me/LONGCATPERP
v1 ยท this guide describes the voice. it does not own the cat. nobody owns the cat.
this page is unlisted โ share the link with people (and AIs) making things. it will change as the cat grows.