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[-] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 93 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It was bringing you your food and sharing it. Much more advanced than my cat which brings food neither one of us wants (giant spiders) and not eating it (it's still alive and under my bed) and then shouting about it (please send a team to help extricate the arachnid)

[-] T156@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago

Maybe the giant spiders are meant to be a way for you to learn to hunt, before graduating to actual food?

They could be meowing at you like a drill sergeant.

[-] flicker@lemmy.world 46 points 3 months ago

My cat also prefers to eat when I'm nearby. I think it's a comfort thing.

[-] Grimy@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

In the wild they are probably vulnerable when eating so maybe it's for protection. I'm no expert though.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I recall reading that cats in the wild are considered semi-social, so while they usually don't hunt together, they do like to eat and hang out together with animals they like during down time. You're part of their in group.

[-] T156@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Eating as a family is often better than eating alone. Especially when you're going to be sharing the food like cats do.

[-] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 46 points 3 months ago

I love my cat, and if he did this, I would be absolutely flattered that he felt safe to eat a meal on top of me. Plus it’d be so freaking hysterical to wake up to such an absurd scenario you’d never expect to happen! One of those things you wish you got on video

My cat will carry his toys to me and drop them at my feet when he wants to play, for context.

[-] MissJinx@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

True story. I woke.up wirh my.cat touching my face, like intentionally trying to wake me up, when I opened my eyes she droped a LIVE cockroach In my face. I guess she was trying to warn me or give me.a gift but that was traumatic

[-] cheddar@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

Bro that was traumatic to read. Please accept my condolences. I hope you will recover.

[-] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

Did you scream immediately? ...the cockroach didn't enter your mouth doesn't it?

[-] MissJinx@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

omg no!!!! I did scream and jumped, and slaped the roach far away. Then my cat killed it and left a mess for me to clean

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[-] chumbalumber 12 points 3 months ago

Username checks out :P

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] Nougat@fedia.io 44 points 3 months ago

This is the cat's way of telling you, "I am looking forward to consuming your flesh when you die in the house."

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 36 points 3 months ago

Why was there pizza sitting out in the open unrefrigerated after they'd gone to bed? Seems gross.

[-] Dhs92@programming.dev 10 points 3 months ago

I was floored when I learned that some people do this. It's disgusting and a good way to accidentally eat botulism

[-] weker01@feddit.de 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Do you have a source on that? I'm pretty sure pizza does not go bad in 24h at room temp and normal humidity. While I agree that food safety is important not everything needs to be stored in fridge temperatures.

Well it depends on what one considers normal temperature and humidity I guess, now that I wrote this.

[-] Muscar@discuss.online 12 points 3 months ago

Anything cooked goes in the fridge or freezer, that's something that everyone should be expected to know but humans are really good at proving how dumb they are. Thousands of people get sick every year from leaving food out in room temp. It's not that it will always go bad quickly, it's that the chance of that happening compared to keeping it in a colder environment is so much higher. And who the fuck likes sweaty room temp anything? It's disgusting.

[-] weker01@feddit.de 9 points 3 months ago

I guess people just fucking died before refrigeration...

And in regards to pizza: I mostly order pizza when hosting a party, so the fridge is full with other party stuff and at the end I'm tired anyways. Knowing that the leftovers will not survive the next 24h anyways it's more convenient to just leave them covered by the pizza carton at room temp. Also I warm the pizza up anyways when I eat it.

Also sweaty? That's actually something that happens when I leave certain stuff in the fridge because of condensation. I have more of a problem that it dries out outside the fridge. What climate are you living in? That could explain the difference in our world view.

[-] Zoot@reddthat.com 6 points 3 months ago

Where the hell do you live where your environment will dry it out more than a fridge?!?

Midwest here, so that's just not even a possibility haha.

Also yes, people did just simply die before refrigeration, or they used salt, holes on the ground, or any other way to keep certain foods cold and safe to eat.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Due to the way relative humidity works, most environments where the inside of the fridge is cooler than the outside should work like that. Cooler air has a lower water capacity than warmer air and all the air in your fridge came from outside of your fridge.

If humidity is very low, then temperature won't make as much of a difference and you might see similar drying inside and out, at least as far as relative humidity is concerned. But with more light and higher temps outside the fridge, I'd still guess you'd see more drying outside the fridge.

Maybe it seems the other way because you allow food to sit longer inside the fridge than outside? Or, if you experience high humidity and fluctuating temperatures, maybe you see more condensation outside of the fridge?

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Before refrigeration? They probably ate it all, because it was there.

No idea if it's accurate, but I'm guessing they weren't gorging themselves like one person vs. pizza would usually involve

I don’t think they tried to preserve leftovers, they simply ate it or gave the rest to the animals.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Honey

Salt

Sugar

Vinegar

Olive oil

[-] Kratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago

Do you also store bread in the fridge?

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago

I knew people who got drunk, woke up next day, and ate the pizza left out from the previous night for breakfast. Didn't even heat it up. I don't do it because bugs are opportunists.

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Er doesn't botulism specifically develop in oxygen-free alkaline environments? Seems like it's unlikely on a day old pizza left on the table...

Besides, I always leave pizza out for days before consuming it all. To be fair, this is mostly in the winter when the house is cooler. And I don't eat meat.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

a good way to accidentally eat botulism

Not particularly likely; Clostridium botulinum doesn't like oxygen. Still a good way to get food poisoning of some sort, just probably not that particular sort

[-] Dhs92@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Hm, you're right. I remember hearing that a long time ago and I guess I never disputed it.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 3 months ago

Bro thinks there's going to be leftovers the next day

[-] IdleSheep 3 points 3 months ago

I hope you never meet my family. Literally everyone aside from me just leaves leftover food in the pan/oven instead of putting it in the fridge. Sometimes for more than 24 hours (time depends on when I find it and put it in the fridge, because lord knows they won't)

Yes I've yelled at them a million times and told them they're ruining the food and risking health problems. No they don't care.

[-] MudSkipperKisser@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Someone skipped college years entirely it seems. Or just general adulthood in my case

[-] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Who said it wasn't in the fridge? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

If it was, that cat deserves to eat it wherever the hell it wants.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 32 points 3 months ago

I always wanted to be one of those nude models that have sushi served on them. That would be rad.

[-] Asclepiaz@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

It would be so cold 🥶

[-] Retrograde@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Your most memorable comment yet in my eyes, Kolanak

[-] BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago
[-] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 28 points 3 months ago
[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 22 points 3 months ago

Poor kitty wanted a warm pizza andthis was the only way it knew how. Get a cat-operated microwave now.

[-] match@pawb.social 20 points 3 months ago

He wanted to ask permission 🥺

[-] KaiReeve@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Maybe the cat was a Japanese businessman in a former life.

[-] match@pawb.social 6 points 3 months ago

I Was A Businessman But I Was Reborn in Another World As A Pizza Stealing Cat?!?

[-] KaiReeve@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I think I saw that on Crunchyroll

[-] norimee@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

At least it was pizza from their own kitchen and not something they found outside.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

The cat is being merciful by only eating your pizza. Make sure it is always well fed.

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