• brrt@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Now we need this but with a cat and the last panel reading “where the fuck have you been and where’s my damn food”

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      3 months ago

      Do people who perpetuate this stereotype have cats? Because it seems like they don’t. My cat is psyched and affectionate as hell when I come home. All of my cats have been the same way.

      • marmotworks@lemmynsfw.com
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        3 months ago

        Fully agree. Mine runs out to meet me, does the same arm stretch greeting, and isn’t hassling me for treats or anything.

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          3 months ago

          Mine also. He waits in the windowsill looking for me, and when he sees me coming he gets super pumped up and races to the front door

          Once I set up a motion detecting webcam inside once when I had to go away for a day (32 hours to be precise lol). Looking at the footage later, I saw him pacing back and forward between windows, clearly pining for me. I’m sorry buddy!

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          3 months ago

          Both of mine stay outside waiting for me at the time I usually arrive. They greet me afectiously, follow me inside and ask for pets and belly rubs. Then they tell me to go fuck myself and leave.

          When I come back at a random time I just yell their names at the door, a inter-dimensional portal opens on the far side of the street and they each come running to greet me, love me and, you guessed, tell me to go fuck myself.

          I love those little bastards.

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        3 months ago

        I think a lot of people just don’t know how to read cats as well as dogs. Cats can be very aloof but still very loving and most people just know how to read body language from dogs more than cats. Knowing that when a cat gives you that narrow eyed glare and slow blinking is actually a sign of affection is a good indicator that cats are just weird little things.

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          3 months ago

          A lot of people also just treat cats as they would dogs and are surprised they don’t get the same responses.

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        3 months ago

        It’s more a case of me assuming that it’s obvious that it’s a stereotype. You might say I dropped an /s which in this case has a different meaning.

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        Especially if we’ve been away longer our cat will just go nuts for us for days. Even just coming home from work she’ll come say hello and maybe give us a couple roll-arounds to greet us. I get that it’s not quite as obvious as dogs though and previous cats I’ve had were not so affective.