Holy wall of a catpost. I wasn't really claiming OP's cat was a Main Coon. I was expressing admiration for the American Main Coon since its my favorite breed of cat. And OP's cat looked closeish.
It does look closeish and I was going to just mention that I thought it looked more like my Siberians. Though this is posted in /s/EverythingAmerican and might be a Maine Coon or just thought to be a Maine Coon, I wasn't sure which it was as it looked so close to my Siberians. I've been meaning to dig into more about the differences and histories of the two and I had some time and decided to just do a little bit. After also coming across the Norwegian Forest cat and the histories of the three, I figured I'd just post some of the stuff from there in case others might be interested too.
I don't know or really care what breed he is, to be honest. He's my buddy. That's what matters to me.
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