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[–] [email protected] 72 points 11 months ago

I mean it's not so different from myself when I say I'm bored but I don't want to do anything.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

My cat knows exactly what it wants when it yells at me. I just had to learn how to speak cat.

The meowing is just to get my attention. Once walk over to him, he'll walk over to the place he wants me to go. At that point I have to figure out what he wants me to do there, but it's usually food dish/water dish/couch for lap sitting.

[–] setsneedtofeed 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One of my cats will sit on my lap but only if I put the special sitting pillow on top of myself. She will scream until it is done.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

This is exactly why I usually say it means "Something's wrong" instead of "I want something" because the cat is perfectly capable of occupying un-pillowed laps, it just chooses not to.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I earn a lot of good will for listening to his cues.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I suppose in that respect, it does mean "I yearn!" but I've taken it to mean "Something's wrong!", with the nuance being that he'll want his food bowl filled even if he's not hungry or me on the couch even if he doesn't immediately want a lap.

[–] RozhkiNozhki 50 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

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[–] Aggravationstation 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's been their business model for the last few millennia and it's worked out pretty well so far.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Lol that just made my picture a caveman just chilling and a little cat walks up and yells at him.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

You just described my mom

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Same, same.

[–] joystick 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Do you blame them? Half of ‘em don’t even get to go outside at all much less when they want to. How would you feel if you were on house arrest for your whole life?

[–] kemsat 2 points 11 months ago

I would like to see this tweet in interpretive dance mode.