# Housecats: too stupid to learn tricks, or simply too aloof?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 17, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housecats-too-stupid-to-learn-tricks-or-simply-too-aloof/550561 "2010-08-17T19:51:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housecats-too-stupid-to-learn-tricks-or-simply-too-aloof/550561/61 "2010-08-23T02:16:36Z")

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I am a cat person (picture of [cat](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/3239270127_70057c81ba_z.jpg)). I generally have deep reservations about doing what I am told. This obviously means I am either stupid or aloof or both, as no other possibilities present themselves when we’re confronted with failure to hop to.

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