The thing about cats is that their concept of boundaries and interaction are wildly different from people and dogs. Cats seem like they know exactly who is allergic to them and seem to be laser guided right to them because a lot of the things you’d do if you’re allergic to them come off as being respectful of their boundaries. What seems like disinterest to us seems like an open invitation to them.
I dislike cats because the vast majority of their owners let them roam free, killing native wildlife.
So from my experience in my country, cats are attractive to irresponsible people who show disinterest in protecting the environment around them and want a pet they don’t need to maintain much.
There are of course many cat owners who keeps their cats indoors or in cat runs and I have no qualms with them, they’re great pet owners - but they’re a tiny minority of cat owners.
That is like, your opinion, man. The idea of an ‘indoor cat’ is only about 30 years old.
The vast majority of pet cats worldwide are allowed to roam, and when they do they breed and create strays and ferals. It is such an epidemic problem that there are trap and spay programs running in most of the world.
Several neighbors had cats, all roamed free. Spent many hours cleaning bird carcasses and shit from the backyard. Needed to check daily to ensure my dog didn’t find said carcasses and choke on bones.
Roommate’s adopted cats. Shit all over the house because owners never cleaned the boxes. The smell of ammonia is burned into the back of my nose. The cats loved me because I was always the one to eventually clean their boxes and feed them, but they disgusted me and I was out of that place ASAP.
Now as an adult I have a deep dislike of both cats and their owners. If you have an indoor cat, I wonder why you didn’t choose a dog but respect your choice. If you have an outdoor cat, get fucked. Now when I see a cat waking along my fence I run outside screaming at it and fire airsoft pellets at the fence (to scare, never to actually shoot the cat).
I don’t dislike cats because I can’t control them, I dislike cats because their owners tend to be shitty and I’m left to deal with what I perceive as another person’s problem.
Now I’ll let the downvotes roll over me like the tide.
Yeah this isn’t true, this is standard BS repeated by people who don’t have cats and know nothing about cats.
Cats have a hunting success rate of like 20% at best so no they don’t litter the environment with carcasses, most interactions between cats and birds result in the bird flying off and the cat sitting there looking sort of stupid. Otherwise birds would have gone extinct long before humans developed language.
Most of my cats hated birds. they always scared them away, so they wouldn’t alert the rats and pheasants they were hunting. They were rarely successful (about 3 or 4 rats in their resp. lifetime, no pheasants, that would have been wild.) For my well fed cats it seemed never about the kill, only hunting.
Well except when they brought me mice whenever I was on a diet, I think because I was malnourished. Helped me figure out the best vitamins tho.
I dislike cats because they don’t respect my boundaries. Maybe they need a lesson in consent?
Excuse me, I think you mean their boundaries. One does not own their own boundaries in the presence of cats.
The thing about cats is that their concept of boundaries and interaction are wildly different from people and dogs. Cats seem like they know exactly who is allergic to them and seem to be laser guided right to them because a lot of the things you’d do if you’re allergic to them come off as being respectful of their boundaries. What seems like disinterest to us seems like an open invitation to them.
Yeah you can do the same thing with dogs. It’s not a logical position, it’s an emotional one.
Dogs are clingy in always want to lick you, gross. At least if cats lick you it’s nice and dry.
There are nice and dry cat tongues? All our cats had well lubed razors in their mouths. cute, but not a good feeling for more than one lick.
Yeah well that was the point really. It has the same level of logic as the original comment just flipped around the other way.
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I dislike cats because the vast majority of their owners let them roam free, killing native wildlife.
So from my experience in my country, cats are attractive to irresponsible people who show disinterest in protecting the environment around them and want a pet they don’t need to maintain much.
There are of course many cat owners who keeps their cats indoors or in cat runs and I have no qualms with them, they’re great pet owners - but they’re a tiny minority of cat owners.
But this doesn’t describe your opinion towards cats at all, just people.
I also dislike feral cats and would gladly euthanize them all for the good of local ecosystems.
Before some genius 'um actually’s about cats being native in some areas - yep, genius, and then they’re not feral cats are they.
This is, like, laughably false
That is like, your opinion, man. The idea of an ‘indoor cat’ is only about 30 years old.
The vast majority of pet cats worldwide are allowed to roam, and when they do they breed and create strays and ferals. It is such an epidemic problem that there are trap and spay programs running in most of the world.
My experiences with cats:
Several neighbors had cats, all roamed free. Spent many hours cleaning bird carcasses and shit from the backyard. Needed to check daily to ensure my dog didn’t find said carcasses and choke on bones.
Roommate’s adopted cats. Shit all over the house because owners never cleaned the boxes. The smell of ammonia is burned into the back of my nose. The cats loved me because I was always the one to eventually clean their boxes and feed them, but they disgusted me and I was out of that place ASAP.
Now as an adult I have a deep dislike of both cats and their owners. If you have an indoor cat, I wonder why you didn’t choose a dog but respect your choice. If you have an outdoor cat, get fucked. Now when I see a cat waking along my fence I run outside screaming at it and fire airsoft pellets at the fence (to scare, never to actually shoot the cat).
I don’t dislike cats because I can’t control them, I dislike cats because their owners tend to be shitty and I’m left to deal with what I perceive as another person’s problem.
Now I’ll let the downvotes roll over me like the tide.
That’s why I got my cats neutered. Now I live in the country side with no neighbours, so having cats taking care of the mice and rats is a must!
I have an indoor cat. I don’t have a dog because I don’t own a house.
Yeah this isn’t true, this is standard BS repeated by people who don’t have cats and know nothing about cats.
Cats have a hunting success rate of like 20% at best so no they don’t litter the environment with carcasses, most interactions between cats and birds result in the bird flying off and the cat sitting there looking sort of stupid. Otherwise birds would have gone extinct long before humans developed language.
Most of my cats hated birds. they always scared them away, so they wouldn’t alert the rats and pheasants they were hunting. They were rarely successful (about 3 or 4 rats in their resp. lifetime, no pheasants, that would have been wild.) For my well fed cats it seemed never about the kill, only hunting.
Well except when they brought me mice whenever I was on a diet, I think because I was malnourished. Helped me figure out the best vitamins tho.
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