😻 The Emergency Cute Things Thread
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You were actually rather polite, which is saying a lot for a cat person.
Take note, @CarrieVS, this is how you dickweed.
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Take note, @CarrieVS, this is how you dickweed.
I feel that instruction through demonstration is often helpful.
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I feel that instruction through demonstration is often helpful.
"Show, don't tell" is how someone who actually wanted his student to understand what he was getting at might say it, even thought that might be confusing, because you'd be telling, not showing.
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"Show, don't tell" is how someone who actually wanted his student to understand what he was getting at might say it, even thought that might be confusing, because you'd be telling, not showing.
Well… strictly, in this case you'd be doing both simultaneously. Which is cool when you can bring yourself do it.
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That is one weird mammal
When the first specimens were brought back to Britain, people were convinced they were badly made hoaxes. The platypus: nature's troll
He's probably making sure the cute things stay off his lawn
I had a puppy tied to my belt, which was the style at the time
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Cute dog. With triangular whiskers. And ears.
Ok - saw the typo before hitting Reply but thought I'd leave it in.
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You were actually rather polite.
I was intentionally trying to be brusque, superior, and impolite about it. That's as non-polite as I get! I suppose I'm just not built for it. I'm a cat person you see. Cats are typically cautious and reserved and avoid conflict if possible. Have you ever seen a house with two cats? Sometimes they fight and sometimes they're best friends, but most often they'd much rather have their own space but just keep out of each other's way to avoid arguments.
Dogs of course, are a different matter.
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I was intentionally trying to be brusque, superior, and impolite about it. That's as non-polite as I get! I suppose I'm just not built for it. I'm a cat person you see. Cats are typically cautious and reserved and avoid conflict if possible. Have you ever seen a house with two cats? Sometimes they fight and sometimes they're best friends, but most often they'd much rather have their own space but just keep out of each other's way to avoid arguments.
I've got two cats - nest sisters. Most of the time they're fine with each other, even sitting together in the same chair watching me play video games. But occasionally they lead me to remark "Could you not kill each other?"
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Littermates is a bit different, and you always get oddballs, in either direction. A typical pair of cat housemates will carve the place up into two separate territories, probably on a time-share basis and with some neutral zones where they're both allowed to be together.
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Yes, I probably would not have gone for two cats that were not from the same litter.
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As a person that has taken care of many cats throughout his life (7 in total as of now), I'd just like to clarify a couple of points:
- Their personality (and intelligence) can vary a lot from one to another. Some cats are incredibly cuddly and won't leave you alone, others won't let you ever get within petting distance, some won't mind approaching strangers, others won't trust you until you've been with them for years, etc.
- Cats are not actually selfish bastards like the internet likes to call them. They can and will bond with you, they do miss you when you're not around, they often greet you when you arrive home, they demand cuddles, they generally enjoy playing, etc. The reason they seem colder is that they are much more independent than dogs, and they generally won't act friendly to you until they've bonded (like people!).
- I've never actually seen a cat act like an asshole just for the heck of it. Yes, they often throw objects off the table, but that's only because they are amused by seeing objects move.
And now for the cute
http://i.imgur.com/j4lQdEM.gif
http://i.imgur.com/lJbv0gH.gifv
Edit: and a cat with an unlikely friend
http://i.imgur.com/fCTvqsj.gifv
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've never actually seen a cat act like an asshole just for the heck of it
i've seen that a time or two. in every case it was a male cat that was either unbonded to me and asserting dominance or pissed off by something "i'd" done (such as the addition of a puppy to the household where the first i knew of the puppy was i got home from work)
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Dogs think their pack is more important than their territory; cats think their territory is more important than their pack.
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i've seen that a time or two. in every case it was a male cat that was either unbonded to me and asserting dominance or pissed off by something "i'd" done (such as the addition of a puppy to the household where the first i knew of the puppy was i got home from work)
I've seen the females be assholes too, mostly to male cats who are bothering them before they're “ready”.
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@accalia said:
i've seen that a time or two. in every case it was a male cat that was either unbonded to me and asserting dominance or pissed off by something "i'd" done (such as the addition of a puppy to the household where the first i knew of the puppy was i got home from work)
I've seen the females be assholes too, mostly to male cats who are bothering them before they're “ready”.
TL;DR cats are dicks.
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I've never actually seen a cat act like an asshole just for the heck of it.
I was visiting my uncle once and one of his cats kept biting and scratching me whenever I wasn't petting him. Damn thing wouldn't leave me alone unless I was attending to his wants. Seems pretty assholish to me.
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Isn't there that thing where if you glare at a cat, they misread your body language and think that you're signalling approval of them, which is why they like to hang around people who hate cats?
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Isn't there that thing where if you glare at a cat, they misread your body language and think that you're signalling approval of them, which is why they like to hang around people who hate cats?
I don't have a clue. I try not to learn a lot about cats.
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Isn't there that thing where if you glare at a cat, they misread your body language and think that you're signalling approval of them, which is why they like to hang around people who hate cats?
I don't have a clue. I try not to learn a lot about cats.
Thereby setting yourself up as the perfect victim.
Understanding Cats 101: cats don't like having attention called to them. So if you're a cat lover you fuss and call "here, kitty, kitty" and reach out to pet them they get defensive and try to avoid you. If you're a cat hater you try to avoid making eye contact and they're comfortable with that and will approach you. Act like a cat instead of a person and you'll find their behavior perfectly sensible.
My stepfather didn't really care for cats, so he studiously avoided my mom's Siamese tom. Yang read that as an invitation to friendship, and eventually they were best buds. Ralph would watch TV and Yang would sit on his toes (back to Ralph's impassive face) and watch right along with him.
It probably helped that Mom had chosen to marry someone the cat could call by name. "Ralph", as luck would have it, is extremely pronounceable for a male sealpoint.
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I would bite your ankles, but that would prove your point.
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live and learn?
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Weren't you the one with the mediochre[sic] topic?
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More cute pics!
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http://i.imgur.com/fDNmoWS.jpg
I'm ready for work!
(original title "Take your Daughter to Work Day")
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@accalia to steal in 3…2…1…
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The two of you have been on your current avatars surprisingly long.
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The two of you have been on your current avatars surprisingly long.
@Abarker did such a good job with out hattening we decided to go antoehr week before swapping.
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I do have to agree those base avatars are extremely cute. And those hattings raise them to another level.
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now i need to find one of those for you
I found it on DeviantArt IIRC; can't recall the artist's name though.
Also surprised you're not the first like on that post… :P
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Also why is this thread in Meta? (out of curiosity...)
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since i started doing it?
But is it fair to say that yours aren't real questions so much as statements ending in question marks?
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But is it fair to say that yours aren't real questions so much as statements ending in question marks?
Maybe?
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Cute, but a bit grumpy.
This guy's happier: