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• nesc@lemmy.cafe ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Cats on the other hand are domesticated despite being cunts and we absolutely adore them.

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  • mech@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We didn’t domesticate cats. They domesticated us.

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    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They kept rats out of our food storage and we viewed it as adequate enough to not kick them out.

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  • Krauerking@lemy.lol ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh, no. As the scientist of the Smithsonian put it,
    “scientists think the house cat is only domestic when it wants to be”

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  • GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Humans can have unconditional love for cats, but the opposite is not true

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  • limer@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We only adore cats because of the parasites controlling our minds.

    There is a distinct correlation between cats taking over homes and the spread of that thing

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    • angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’ve been tested - don’t have it, and I love cats. Part of the cat magic is they’re not really cunts and many people can see it. Also, the parasite doesn’t need you to love cats, it just needs you to not run away from them and to go get eaten by them. If you have a paper showing the correlation, I’d be really interested though - I have a soft spot for this topic, because I got close to a research group focused on it at the uni.

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      • limer@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Honestly I was only being snarky. There is definitely more parasites the more cats there are, but probably are not responsible for me finding then cute

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  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I bet house cats would never have been a thing if they didn’t house-train instinctually.

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    • nesc@lemmy.cafe ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They are extremely useful and adorable. I think it’s the violence that makes them so magical, like they are extremely cute cold blooded killing machines.

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      • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The usefulness is dubious for most house cats. Most households don’t have mouse infestations, and cats who go outside actively endanger wildlife (and yes, that is an issue for humans as well). Being cute and relatively friendly is useful on its own, but more in a psychological way.

        I do agree that they’re extremely cute, and honestly I don’t know any other cute pet animals that are as cleanly with their feces (dogs can relatively easily be trained to not shit on the carpet, but not to shit in a dog toilet).

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