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ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
E. C. Bigribs@benroyce Planning, execution.
Andrew Deacon@benroyce Scanning for target, Target acquired
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Sparrows
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The Sleight Doctor 🃏🍉@benroyce The first one means it vaguely tolerates you, and even quite likes you for about two minutes of every other Tuesday if you're lucky.
Fishercat@ApostateEnglishman @benroyce Unless you have treats. Or skritches.
exactly
the first in human terms, the narrowed eyes mean "i'm going to fuck you up": anger, suspicion, disgust
but in cat terms it's "i am contented and relaxed"
the second in human terms is super kawaii cute, so much so that deadly nightshade that can be used to widen the pupils is also known as belladonna- beautiful woman, because medieval italian women used to do that
but in cat terms it's "i am going to fuck you up": maximum light inputs engaged for deadly precision
@benroyce Therein lies the explanation of why people who don't like cats, often attract cats. The human body language (recoiling, narrowing of eyes, etc.) signalling we don't like something, is misunderstood by the feline to mean almost the opposite. 😆
human/ cat bad chemistry
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE@ApostateEnglishman @benroyce I think our local cat was more cunning than that.
It knew my father didn't like it, and kept away from him.
Except when we kids were around - then it would jump onto his lap, knowing that he couldn't do anything nasty to it whilst we kids were watching.
it's also weird that for humans bared teeth is a smile: it communicates happiness
but elsewhere in the animal kingdom bared teeth is pure aggression
Toast, Anonymous Fedi Fungus@benroyce @ApostateEnglishman It’s funny… I have a reflex to smile when I’m angry or threatened and have even gotten in trouble for it.
@ShiitakeToast @ApostateEnglishman
i find myself yawning sometimes when feeling in danger. i don't know if it's a personal quirk or if other people do that too. of course, yawning at someone aggressive is not wise
♿ 🏳️🌈 La pantera roja@beckermatic @ShiitakeToast @ApostateEnglishman
we're either geniuses throwing aggressive people off, or idiots who are about to get punched
ジギーくん@benroyce @ApostateEnglishman I often smile like that to show aggression. Ditto for "eye contact".
Licho@benroyce we also say something is sick when we mean great. @ApostateEnglishman
Carolleisa
woe2you
Rehana Rodrigues@benroyce The ONE weird thing??
fixed:
:eno dnoces eht tub ,otohp tsrif eht t'nsi "edom redrum" taht si stac tuoba gniht driew eno eht
best i can do:
:ǝuo puoɔǝs ǝɥʇ ʇnq 'oʇoɥd ʇsɹıɟ ǝɥʇ ʇ,usı "ǝpoɯ ɹǝpɹnɯ" ʇɐɥʇ sı sʇɐɔ ʇnoqɐ ƃuıɥʇ pɹıǝʍ ǝuo ǝɥʇ
wedz
Pseudo NymAs a couple who have had cats for many years, as my wife learned years ago, in an office setting it is considered bad form to hiss at one's human coworkers.
Flipper 🐬🏳️🌈@benroyce Does anyone actually own cats? I've had several and I've never been in denial about the direction of the ownership relationship.
Except maybe gingers - some of those definitely have no concept of... well anything really.
Darwin WoodkaIf I'm REALLY pissed at you, I'm gonna be smiling.
sheislaurence@benroyce well pic 2 is more AI mode but hey 😅
Andrew Furrow@benroyce with my cat, all modes are 0.0001ms away from being murder mode. She's a nut.
xs4me2
Shamhatt
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David Nash@benroyce In our house, the second mode (eyes wide open, target *definitely* acquired) is known as “fizzy mode”. Fortunately, the “fizz” in our case is generally directed at fuzzy toys instead of live humans.
Em & future cats 🇺🇦🐈🏳️🌈@benroyce 💯💯💯💯💯‼️😹
Yup! Kitty got to get ALL that light into that little brain of theirs in order to “see EVERYTHING” 😹 (which makes you wonder if they also have X-ray vision !😹🤣, jk 😹)
Yup! Kitty got to get ALL that light into that little brain of theirs in order to “see EVERYTHING” 😹 (which makes you wonder if they also have X-ray vision !😹🤣, jk 😹)
@benroyce yeah that first image is pure judgment 😹🤣🩷
Martin Vogel