Oh, no. As the scientist of the Smithsonian put it,
āscientists think the house cat is only domestic when it wants to beā
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nesc@lemmy.cafe āØ8ā© āØhoursā© agoCats on the other hand are domesticated despite being cunts and we absolutely adore them.
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GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world āØ6ā© āØhoursā© ago
Humans can have unconditional love for cats, but the opposite is not true
limer@lemmy.ml āØ6ā© āØhoursā© 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
angrystego@lemmy.world āØ5ā© āØhoursā© ago
Iāve been tested - donāt have it, and I love cats. Part of the cat magic is theyāre not really cunts and many people can see it. Also, the parasite doesnāt 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, Iād 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.
limer@lemmy.ml āØ3ā© āØhoursā© 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
rumschlumpel@feddit.org āØ6ā© āØhoursā© ago
I bet house cats would never have been a thing if they didnāt house-train instinctually.
nesc@lemmy.cafe āØ6ā© āØhoursā© ago
They are extremely useful and adorable. I think itās the violence that makes them so magical, like they are extremely cute cold blooded killing machines.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org āØ6ā© āØhoursā© ago
The usefulness is dubious for most house cats. Most households donāt 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 theyāre extremely cute, and honestly I donāt 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).
BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works āØ4ā© āØhoursā© ago
The usefulness is dubious for most house cats. Most households donāt have mouse infestations, and cats who go outside actively endanger wildlife (and yes, that is an issue for humans as well).
Iād say our cats are useful. These are their stats:
Number of birds killed by cats in my household over the last 5 years: 1
Number of birds killed by going full speed, beak first, into a closed window, then tried being passed off as a successful prey: 2 Number of mice killed: +500
Other wildlife known to have been affected: 1 moleCan other wildlife have been affected? Possibly, but weāre confident with regards to birds. And the only other weve seen cats go for are mice. Not even rats, I guess theyāre too big.
nesc@lemmy.cafe āØ6ā© āØhoursā© ago
Most households where? Even in rich modern nations mouses and rodents were a problem very recently. Like in the lifespan of some users on this network.
mech@feddit.org āØ6ā© āØhoursā© ago
We didnāt domesticate cats. They domesticated us.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca āØ6ā© āØhoursā© ago
They kept rats out of our food storage and we viewed it as adequate enough to not kick them out.