# Hey cat people-Netflix doc about cats **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** netflix, documentary-bio\ **Created:** [August 21, 2022, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025 "2022-08-21T07:38:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025/1 "2022-08-21T07:38:11Z")
My brother recommended this Netflix show to me. I haven’t seen it yet, am thinking about other things at the moment, will see it another day. There was a line in the trailer - “Cats are wild animals living in your home.” Yes they are, in some ways, but this is what I have always thought - Cats are moving works of art in your home. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rZN2i8P13Ww/maxresdefault.jpg "Inside the Mind of a Cat - Trailer Netflix") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZN2i8P13Ww) ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025/2 "2022-08-21T14:05:43Z")
Thanks for posting this; I’ll check it out. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025/3 "2022-08-21T14:08:23Z")
I already have it on my list to watch. **Mrs FtG** is very much a cat person. (But maybe not so much for the current feline which is … problematic.) Maybe learn something helpful. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025/4 "2022-08-21T16:19:55Z")
Me and my cat watched it last night. We both enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025/5 "2022-08-21T16:31:36Z")
I asked my dog, and he told me it was just cat propaganda and not to watch it. I always do what my dog tells me to do. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025/6 "2022-08-21T17:05:58Z")
Unrelated to this tread, I just finished it. As a cat liker I found it interesting if not very scientifically accurate. It is about cats after all, and much of what the show tells us they are thinking seems fanciful - especially since no two cats are alike. However, it was enjoyable to watch. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025/7 "2022-08-22T00:12:33Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > I asked my dog, and he told me it was just cat propaganda and not to watch it. I always do what my dog tells me to do. You are a wise dolphin boy. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025/8 "2022-08-22T01:44:27Z")
Of course the dog doesn’t want you to watch it! They’re not stupid. They know cats are smarter. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025/9 "2022-08-22T02:57:58Z")
I loved the concept of FRAP - Frenetic Random Activity Periods, aka “the zoomies.” ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025/10 "2022-08-22T13:26:17Z")
I happened to watch this over the weekend. Not much I didn’t already know, but still fun to watch. Some research is showing that cats living in America have different behaviors than cats living in Japan; apparently due to cultural differences in the humans. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025/11 "2022-08-22T14:36:33Z")
Thanks for the recommendation. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025/12 "2022-08-22T15:10:19Z")
Watched it last night. Most of it was “meh”. A few good points once in a while. There was too much generalization. E.g., a cat that bares its teeth and hisses. Angry, right? Sometimes. We have a cat (and had others) where this was a sign it wanted to play. Not nearly enough about cat language. E.g., the “b-yip” they make when they jump up on the bed. Or the “tr-EE” they make when they greet you coming in. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025/13 "2022-08-22T18:09:16Z")
I saw it yesterday, and it is great! I consider myself a cat person, but I learned a number of things that I didn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025/14 "2022-08-23T04:50:46Z")
I looked up the American’s Got Talent video they showed a couple of clips from [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8e0z3-iZ_TY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Savitsky Cats: Super Trained Cats Perform Exciting Routine - America's Got Talent 2018") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e0z3-iZ_TY)