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stux⚡️Washy and me
Black Chic with the Red Truck@stux It’s the same at my house except it’s me pretending to talk to the trucks.
StoneBear 
Miakoda 
@stux I talk to my cat. Those who think him and I can't talk to each other have poor listening skills.
Mx. Luna Corbden 🐸@hellomiakoda @stux And if you use words consistently and think about what would be important to them when you talk, you can actually convey a lot of meaning. And set up a system of meow/no questions.
Joe W@corbden @hellomiakoda @stux A friend has some sort of button thingy that their cats can press to tell what they think or want it expect.
The cats even use it to mock them, it's a bit harsh to be called a visitor in your own home...
The cats even use it to mock them, it's a bit harsh to be called a visitor in your own home...
@drchaos @hellomiakoda @stux Yeah I've seen videos of those! Can't afford a setup of my own so we make due with English and meowin.
Partially domesticated raccoon@stux what's the point of having a pet if you can't do this?
Natsura 
⁂ Fish Id Wardrobe@stux i talk to my cat. my cat talks to me.
admittedly, 75% of the time, neither of us have any idea what the other is saying. but.
María Arias de Reyna@fishidwardrobe @stux Talking to my cat and being able to understand each other (to some extent) was the perfect training for being able to understand a baby that can't talk but wants to communicate.
@fishidwardrobe @stux Always! And my cat makes a good job at it, too!
People are usually surprised when I told them that my cat has a specific meow for being stuck somewhere and needing help. Just by the sound of it I know if she is in stress and needs my immediate help, if she's just bored and wants to play, or if she's entertained with something else (like meowing to birds across the window).
@delawen @stux right! and some (not all) of those meows are actually universal, apply to other cats!
you do have to wait for the cat to figure out that they have to use kitten meows to talk to humans, rather than "if i hold my tail just so…"
also, i've known multiple cats who pointed with their chin. easy to miss until you know it's going on.
RevPudDudley@stux since childhood, my ex voiced what cats 'would say'
Conversation didn't stop when we weren't speaking to each other...