# Be afraid, be very afraid **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 19, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-afraid-be-very-afraid/564750 "2010-12-19T20:56:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 109
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-afraid-be-very-afraid/564750/109 "2010-12-22T20:54:49Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Except that he didn’t do any of those things. I, personally, can quite clearly see his intentions, as I’ve explained them to you after having just skimmed his posts in the thread. I’ll explain again, and I strongly suggest that you go back to the original thread and read along and you’ll see what I mean. I’ve read it, and I get what you’re saying. But seriously, how many rude remarks does somebody have to make in an IMHO thread about talking to pets before it’s reasonable to moderate that behavior as threadshitting? I think _one_ comment is plenty, depending on what it is. I’d say he acted like a jerk throughout the thread, and not just in the posts that were moderated. > [@Do you ever tell your pets about the first time you saw them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-tell-your-pets-about-the-first-time-you-saw-them/564703/3): > > Don’t listen to those nutjobs btw who will tell you that you’re acting like a lunatic for sharing conversational subjects you indulge yourself in with household pets–any sensible person understands that cats do benefit greatly from hearing your discourse on certain specific subjects, just as human children learn from being spoken to. The cat is IN NO WAY a poor substitute for a child, and you should never listen to (or even tolerate) some unkind person suggesting otherwise. > [@Do you ever tell your pets about the first time you saw them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-tell-your-pets-about-the-first-time-you-saw-them/564703/10): > > Did I say that? I thought I was saying that people who act crazy around their pets are crazy. > [@Do you ever tell your pets about the first time you saw them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-tell-your-pets-about-the-first-time-you-saw-them/564703/11): > > BTW, **Diana** , I also think people who go down on their pets are a little nutso. > > If you’re still determined to annoy me, please practice safe sex. > [@Do you ever tell your pets about the first time you saw them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-tell-your-pets-about-the-first-time-you-saw-them/564703/16): > > Yes, and I denounce anyone who would do such a thing. You don’t mind me sharing my views on crazy behavior in a thread whose OP asks if she’s a little crazy for telling narratives to her cats, though, do you? > > So we don’t hijack **Kyla** ’s thread too much, would you mind starting a Pit thread if you want another thread about me and how much hostility you have for me to share? Kthxbye. > [@Do you ever tell your pets about the first time you saw them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-tell-your-pets-about-the-first-time-you-saw-them/564703/25): > > I’ll start what I fucken well feel like starting, kay? **pseudotriton ruber ruber** may feel he was simply disagreeing with the OP, which is fair game, but he was consistently nasty throughout the entire thread. I don’t think ‘he didn’t literally mean she should blow her cat’ is an adequate defense for that. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-afraid-be-very-afraid/564750)._