However you feel about cats, whatever loathing or goodwill already exists in your soul for the Felis catus, it is likely to be increased by watching these videos.
Okay, I'll tip my hand. Isn't it fascinating how cat lovers can watch a video about a cat destroying property or waking you up in an annoying way at a ridiculously early hour, and say, "Ooooh, that's SO cute! My cat does that! This makes me love her even more!"? (Check the comments on the videos.) Well anyway, let's just say I generally have the opposite reaction. These videos, though they are well animated and have very good sounds, make me like cats less. Interestingly enough, Lolcats elicit the same bizarro-responses from cat people and non-cat people.
And before anyone clumsily points out that some dogs eat poop (cat lovers appear to believe this is some kind of pet argumentation trump card), I'd just like to point out that no dog owner in history would see a video of a dog eating poop and like his dog more as a result. That kind of "logic" is reserved for cat owners.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
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I might be able to excuze the broken Englizh captionz-but what'z with the Z'z? I bet the caption writer ztole it from zome zany kidz miniztry...pretty cool if you azk me
I'd like to note that I've never said destroying property or waking me up is a cute thing for a cat to do. It isn't a cute thing for MY cat to do. But I can certainly enjoy the "character" that is ascribed to cats in our culture, and enjoy the creative endeavors that are a result of that.
It's like the genre of "uncomfortable comedy" that is so widely enjoyed. In any real life situation, events that would occur in shows such as Arrested Development or Freaks & Geeks would not be funny at all. But in the setting of entertainment, we all get a good laugh out of them.
I can enjoy cat videos like these, but no, I wouldn't want my cat destroying my full-length glass door.
In sum, your argument doesn't hold water. Q.E.D.
hey scottish ... on a somewhat unrelated subject: let me know if you need help with your cat's previous incident. i work for a cleaning and restoration company and can probably give you some advice and/or help if you need it. ;)
I would like to point out that cats live by a different set of rules than most other pets. They are allowed to sit on your face, dig their nails into your body, rub their fur on your clothes, and lay on and scratch your couch. Oh, and they generally aren't required to stay in their own yards; why should they when the birds are prettier in someone else's?
It's interesting to me that these are all reasonable and maybe even desirable behaviors from a cat, but would rarely be tolerated from a dog.
Hmm.
Hahah, thanks for the offer, Todd, but I did a pretty good job cleaning it up myself, since I caught it so quickly. Immediately sprayed the sheets and mattress protector with the pet stain spray, then stripped the bed and laundered them. Sprayed the mattress itself with the pet stain spray, and let it sit overnight while I slept on the couch. I also made sure to keep the cat out of the room so she didn't get used to it and think it was okay. The next day, I made sure the mattress had dried, and then flipped it over and put the mattress protector and sheets back on the bed.
No lasting effects that I can tell. She's been in there plenty since then and never peed on it again.
For those who don't know, "Q.E.D." is Italian for "Please don't decimate my feeble argument."
The thing is, all cats do crap like that. (In fact, I was just hanging out with Scottish last night, and a cat destroyed his drinking glass.) So it's actually not very much like watching uncomfortable comedy—by definition, it should hit closer to home.
It's not that dogs never bust anything; it's that dog lovers would never watch a video of it an enjoy it. That wouldn't make sense to us.
Mattress protector eh?
They're hygienic, you know. Not just for bed wetters ;)
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