Mastodawn

I don't trust people who don't like cats.

(Before I get a lot of arguments here, not liking cats is not the same as avoiding them because you're allergic).

I don't trust people who don't like cats because the reason almost always boils down to some variation of cats not being obedient and unfailingly fawning. It feels like a personality litmus test if your requirement for enjoying a creature is that it must always obey you and adore you.

(And before I get a lot of other arguments, being neutral on cats is not the same as not liking cats. I specifically mean people who say, "I don't like cats")

Emily Velasco 2d ago

And before I get yet other arguments, this has nothing to do with dogs. If you love a dog, cool. I think dogs are awesome. I'm not saying it's bad to like dogs.

Felis_Catus_Domesticus 2d ago

@MLE_online yes but what about fish? 🤔

Emily Velasco 2d ago

@hobbs is it a catfish?

@MLE_online nah, the US is overrun with swai these days. a good catfish fry is pretty rare, even if they retain the name.

Emily Velasco 2d ago

@hobbs I believe there are still catfish in the pond at the farm my parents inherited from my grandparents

Neil E. Hodges 2d ago

@MLE_online 100% with you on this.

Earthshine 2d ago

@MLE_online or the "I'm a dog person, not a cat person" type... yeah, it's because dogs are subservient while cats require you to learn to tolerate others for who they are not not what they can do for you.

Stinkie McPhee 2d ago

@MLE_online I worked with someone who hated cats.
He was really, really, really not a nice person.
He's now serving life in prison from what I've been told.

Matthew Dockrey 2d ago

@MLE_online I could not agree more! It's so, so very telling that men are "supposed" to like dogs instead of cats.

Toughest Bastard on the Fedi 2d ago

@MLE_online
I just don't like cat litter boxes. While most of my senses are getting old, my olfactory senses are as sharp as ever. There's something about cat feces and/or urine that burns my nose. If cats stay and poop outside, I'm fine with them.

Emily Velasco 2d ago

@TTFKA_Tay0 Understandable. I would lump this more or less under being allergic even if it's not an allergy. It's not disliking them because of their independent personalities

(🖬🖫). ₍^. .^₎⟆2d ago

@MLE_online cats are the best people, once you get to know them and they've approved your membership into their domain.

Emily Velasco 2d ago

@discatte They are! Though, like other people, some of them are awful people. But they have the right to be little turds like anyone else

misternineham 2d ago

@MLE_online my dad didn't like cats, but i found out much later that he never had a cat, so i think the anti-cat lobbyists got to him with their vile lies

Emily Velasco 2d ago

@misternineham Independent voter swayed by propaganda!

misternineham 2d ago

@MLE_online i like to think he would have come around if he properly met the genuine article - so easy to hate what you don't know

Emily Velasco 2d ago

@misternineham There are many stories of some gruff dad not wanting some stray kitten in his home, and then three months later, there are a bunch of photos of him holding his new best little friend while he naps in his recliner

Greg Bell 2d ago

@misternineham @MLE_online accept no counterfeit kitties

Emily Velasco 2d ago

@ferrix @misternineham viverrids seeing this post are going to be so sad

Emily Velasco 2d ago

@ferrix @misternineham Fossas, too!

Johnny ‘Decimal’ Noble 2d ago

@MLE_online I don't like them because they eat birds.

(It's their owners I don't like. Cat's gonna cat. Looking at my douche of an ex-neighbour, Chad. His name really was Chad.)

Stormgren 2d ago

@MLE_online So, do you also take the opinion of cats that don't like certain people seriously? I know I do.

Emily van Lidth de Jeude 1d ago

@MLE_online Offering up an argument you didn't already mention 😂. I have been convinced by my many scientist/naturalist friends that cats are about the worst pet a person can help proliferate, as they're objectively linked to some serious biodiversity destruction.
But my own cats hunt outside regularly; they hate giant collars & bells, and remove them without hesitation.
My cats observing our chicks, for your entertainment. They kill all kinds of things, but love me & would NEVER eat my chicks.

Emily Velasco 1d ago

@emilyvanartist I know cats are bad for birds, but my cats never kill birds. They only ever catch rats and bugs.

Emily Velasco 1d ago

@emilyvanartist Also, i love your back yard!

Emily van Lidth de Jeude 1d ago

@MLE_online Thank you! It's a work in constant progress!!

Emily van Lidth de Jeude 1d ago

@MLE_online Mine, sadly, kill birds. And every rodent, moth, butterfly and lizard that they can get their claws into. 😐
In fact, our daughter's dog used to have those speaking buttons, but of course had no button for "bird". So when the cats brought a bird in and released it into the house, the dog proudly used her buttons to announce: "food toy". How embarrassing!!!