Cat "parents", cat ladies and similar weirdoes

[Chicha Drinker]

This reminds me of when the man-hate thread caused half the forum to seethe and make woman-hate threads as a response.

Tbf cat owners are a lot easier to make fun of compared to dog owners (pit mommies (the "cat owners" of dog owners) notwithstanding)

 

[Spunt]

A non-zero percentage of the men who hate cats and the people who like cats have had sex with their cars.

 

[Local FloRida-man]

This reminds me of when the man-hate thread caused half the forum to seethe and make woman-hate threads as a response.

People have been shitting on insane cat ladies since at least the 19th century, back when they were so annoying people just drowned them as witches. If anything your multiple threads alogging dogs makes you the coattail rider.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Don't know if there's a lot of point when cat lady mocking is decades old. At least the dog hating jeets have an unpopular opinion.

At 18 I was put in charge of a severely dysgenic cat by my dad and sister who both heckin love cats but cant be asked to take care of them. This thing was allergic to everything, pissed everywhere all the time, was constantly sick, and then because they couldnt do the bare minimum when they had the money, the fucker got pregnant and subsequently abandoned its kittens, who were also dysgenic abominations who never had a chance at life. Ofc when they all kicked the bucket I had to bury them and so many other failed attempts at empathy.

Irl mewgenics.

 

[vinrock]

I like cats but ngl the 6+ toed ones bug me out.

I see people worshipping these genetic abominations and it's weird.

 

[Chicha Drinker]

6+ toed ones

The what now??

 

[vinrock]

The what now??

I got the fuckin heebie jeebies searchin for this pic.

 

[toe_schnitzel6969]

This is why they exist

 

[Sweetpeaa]

I don't even consider cats to be particularly friendly. They snap on you way too easily. Our cat used to swat me when I sat in her favorite spot on the couch. How anyone can treat a cat like a child is beyond me. I can see treating a cute little Yorkshire terrier that way but a cat? Nope.

 

[agent_donkey]

I know this single gay guy who's indoor cat of ~20 years died recently and he is acting like its the end of the world.
As I understand it, the cat has been blind for the better part of the last 10 years and was on like 4 kinds of medication and had multiple surgeries.
Now, his pet-parent lifestyle is creeping me out, but frankly, if this is what is required to keep him occupied and away from worst kinds of degeneracy, I ain't too bad.
This however is the exact opposite of the lady with a dozen half alive cats destroying the local fauna stereotype.

Their overtly emotional and recently AI-aided online presence is what their donators listen to, but I am afraid that if I gave money to a cat rescue, they'd drown it in expensive and pointless surgeries of an 18yo terminal cancer patient with a tumor that ate away half of its head or something that horrible.

I do wonder tho, are those surgeries so expensive because they have to be or its a market condition of the "if you are dumb enough to pay for it, you deserve to be scammed" variety?

I don't even consider cats to be particularly friendly. They snap on you way too easily.

I've fed the local "wild" cats a few times with expiring meat.
They ain't too friendly, but I noticed that some of them would rub themselves against the door, the same way you expect a cat to rub against your leg.
A mate told me that's just the way they leave their scent on things for ownership reasons.
Not that I ever attributed any sincerity to cats, but that makes me feel even more cheated somehow.

 

[PeachDream]

Maybe so, but there's a reason cat owners are stereotyped as unwashed weirdos living life in a veneer of cat piss and cat smell. Something about cats attracts them like an unpissed corner of carpet attracts cats.

Wait until you meet Ferret owners…..

 

[Jean ValJean]

I like cats. And I don't care for people who don't.

 

[2mm and 99 others]

I think certain humanization of cats is quite inevitable, as they are baby-sized and in the parts of the world with no apes and monkeys they are the closest thing to a human.
But also a lot of disappointment with cats and resentment of them can be attributed to holding practically wild carnivorous animals up to behavioral standards that are expected from non-autistic human children, or even adults. And them not keeping up, unsurprisingly.
If you see cats as still mostly unchanged animals formed by different conditions, who somehow decide to live with giant beings about 20 times their weight, they can only surprise positively, and what is ''wrong'' and ''selfish'' about them should be just sort of expected.

I do wonder tho, are those surgeries so expensive because they have to be or its a market condition of the "if you are dumb enough to pay for it, you deserve to be scammed" variety?

Given how much do cost animal hospitalizations even tho no surgery is done yet, the latter can be assumed to be true.

 

[⋖ cørdion ⋗]

Cats are perfect for autistic people because you can literally hold up a pictogram to read their body language, and STILL you got grown-ass CEOs wondering why this cat standing with its side to you and huge pupils scratched them. It's the smallest of litmus tests to whether a person is capable of understanding other living creatures and the consequences of their behavior.

They ain't too friendly, but I noticed that some of them would rub themselves against the door, the same way you expect a cat to rub against your leg.
A mate told me that's just the way they leave their scent on things for ownership reasons.

Exactly things like this. Obviously it's not things you google or read up on for fun, but I've seen several posts going "Uhh it rubbed against me, why did it get mad I touched it?". It's not an invitation. I could be sitting with a fucking spoon and I let my cat rub its cheeks on it. She's a pussy but still has the need to mark things with her cheeks and she does it before she even understands what I'm holding towards her.

I know this single gay guy who's indoor cat of ~20 years died recently and he is acting like its the end of the world.

The good thing about cats is that once one kicks it, you can get another and get an entirely different experience. Mine is autistic as shit, doesn't jump into anyone's lap, doesn't step on ANYTHING, especially soft things, and while I'd hate to see her dead one morning, the thought of getting another cat who -does- want to sit on me all the time is exciting. Until it gets annoying and I get a second cat to distract it or something. Dogs? They all roll over. I know they got personalities too but there's no sense of having to earn its affection. Those mf'ers would roll over just for a thug to get a cleaner stabbing in its gut.