amazingly effective post for making unpleasant people out themselves
the fact that anyone can find cats unpleasant is absolutely incomprehensible, they're walking fluffy pillows that lay on your lap and rumble like an engine, literally living stuffed toys.
You have never met an asshole cat?
Listen, I've had some great cats. One in particular was so chill and cuddly when he got diabetes and I had to give him insulin injections twice a day, he would jump up and then snuggle and purr after. Greatest cat ever. That cat had his own cat who was super skiddish with people. If you looked up scardy cat you wouldn't see a picture of this cat because he would run and hide if you pointed your attention in their direction, let alone a camera. They had radically different personalities. There are also asshole cats. Frankly a lot of them (kinda like people).
I think some people have interacted mostly with the assholes and choose not to continue, it's at least a bit understandable.
I have in fact not met any asshole cats, the worst i've experienced is cats outdoors who scurry away when approached.
If a cat is "an asshole" then something is probably wrong, maybe it has an injury/disease that no one realizes because cats instinctively hide that, or it's being mistreated somehow without people realizing it.
All the cats i've gotten close to have been lovely, not necessarily actively cuddly at all times but if they don't want snuggles it will be quite obvious and then i just leave them alone and that's that.
Replace “cat” on that argument with “person” and it sounds a lot like dating someone because you plan to “fix them” or think “if I just love them enough”
I don’t like like cats because they remind me of shitty people I’ve dated.
Edit: and the immediate downvote (or arguments in real life) reminds me of times when you say “hey… your partner is kinda mean to you sometimes” only to hear “YOU DONT KNOW THEM LIKE I DO!!! THEY LOVE ME!!!”
Wrong guess again.
I have two cats, sisters from the same litter. One is an asshole that only shows affection for the two hours before feeding time. The rest of the day is pure asshole.
The other one who grew up in literally the same situation from birth is generally pleasant.
The only asshole cats I have met were assholes because they lived outside and taught other animals daily, or they had been abused by a human. Otherwise they are just skittish.
But as a percentage, I would say of the cats that I have met, I have been able to pet 95%.
To be fair just like all things some cats are lovely and some are jerks. I babysat a cat once while its owner was out of town for the week and it decided it didn't like me so it peed in the bed again and again. It was a studio apartment too so it's not like I could just shut it out of the bedroom.
I agree with you but in the exact opposite way you’ve described. People who pretend that everyone who dislikes cats are unpleasant are the ones outing themselves here. You sound like children.
As much as I love cats (literally in my username), there are certain valid reasons, at least for outdoor cats. In most countries they are not a native species and are thus predators the ecosystem isn't built for. If you keep them inside, though, it's all good!
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.
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.
the vast majority of their owners let them roam free
This is, like, laughably false
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.
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 don't necessarily hate cats, but I can't stand to be around them because I am wildly allergic to them
That is a completely valid reason. There's always the ballsack cats if you want to experience one.
The problem with cat allergies is their saliva, not the fur, so hairless cats are still a problem.
I remember reading something a long time ago about parents telling their kids they were allergic to cats to keep from having a cat as a pet, and the kids growing up believing that only to one day discover it was never true.
I sure as hell didn't give consent to being scratched and to be heavily allergic 🤷♂️
I hate cats because they kill wildlife for sport
Wait till you hear about humans.
Mine live indoors, sometimes we take them on our patio on a leash.
I also hate cats because no matter how much you try to hide it, your house smells like cats and cat litter 😂
I guess you only met cat people who never air out their house and/or don't clean the litter boxes frequently enough. Also cats don't smell nearly as much as dogs, they literally wash themselves constantly. Which does make them smell like their (terrible) breath for a few minutes but it doesn't stay.
And no, I'm not just used to the smell, I've lived with and without cats for long periods of time, and have experienced the terrible smells at some people's houses (and never at some others, even though they had several cats)
They are expensive but automatic cat boxes are life changing.
Cats need to eat quite often. They usually (wild ones or the ones living outside) need to hunt 10 to 20 times a day to get all the food they need. So cats which were excited about hunting, had a better chance of staying alive. It’s not that they “kill wildlife for sport”, it’s their biology which helped them survive.
Yes but we're talking about domesticated cats that are fed all the food they need and who people decide to unleash on their local ecosystems
Then why don’t you hate those people instead of hating cats?
My cat can easily be commanded to love who ever brings snacks
It's a double-edged sword though. The cats now love you and want to sit on your knee all of the time but also like to secure themselves with their unnecessary razor claws.
I think you can't expect anything from cats. They historically lived on the farm with farmers, chasing rats and other annoying small animals, and that's it. You weren't supposed to interact with them much, they do their thing, you do yours. Maybe the children play a bit with them, but that's it.
If you want a companion, get a dog.
I don't think my cat consented to being dressed up as a banana and have their photos shared for likes but I don't think that makes me a horrible person.
Only a controlling person would say such a thing.
Only a cat would say such a thing about a person.
My mom's cat will literally punch you if you look at her funny not to mention saying her some shit. No chill at all. Cuddly as hell though.
I wish I wasn't allergic to cats because I love them so much
Maybe not the concept of them knocking stuff off of shelves for the hell of it necessarily, but everything else makes up for it
While your always be allergic to cats, you can desensitize enough you your own cat that you're effectively not allergic to it.
I'm full blown went to the hospital with a jelly eyeball because a cat hair got in it type allergic, with asthma to boot, and have a cat. Took months to get acclimated though.
Pro tip there is food called live clear or something you feed it to a cat for thirty says and they stop producing the enzyme that causes allergies. Life changing for my house.
I don't like cats because the feel gross. I feel an invisible layer of fur and grime on my hands after I touch them, I have to wash my hands after. Yuck.
More like a lesson in vanity & superiority complex. She has it in spades
Try having a baby.
That's why the optimal move is to dislike all animals - that way you cant have your personality be read from various animal related biases by Twitter users
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