# I don't get cat psychology.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 14, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-cat-psychology/658297 "2013-05-14T04:39:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-cat-psychology/658297/41 "2013-05-16T21:04:03Z")

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> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#):
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> To your dog, you are the FOOD GOD.
> 
> To your cat, you are just FOOD.
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> In this context, you will find that nearly everything about canine and feline psychology makes almost perfect sense.
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> Stranger

To my cat, we are also the soft, warm furniture. 🙂

> [@Helena330](#):
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> I don’t understand the animosity here towards cats by supposed cat owners. ?? I’ve had many cats and also volunteer at a shelter. In that time I’ve run across very few cats who actually like their tummies rubbed. \*So I don’t do it. \* If you’re getting your hand attacked, your cat doesn’t like it and has humored you for as long as they can stand. _So don’t do it._
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> Like one poster upthread, I’ve never gotten myself mangled or chewed up, not even by scared shelter kitties. Maybe because I appreciate and respect cats for being cats, are and don’t think of them as evil or monsters.
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> And Cat Whisperer, I’m really surprised at this:
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> She has her reasons for what she does, and they’re not to piss you off. She’s a cat and does what accomplishes what she wants. That it doesn’t please you has nothing to do with it. With your ID, I thought you’d understand this. She’s not an asshole, she’s a _cat._ Doing cat things.

You understand we’re being facetious, right? I know she’s not doing things on purpose to piss me off; I get that she has her own agenda and her own needs and desires. The end result, though, is that sometimes she acts like an asshole by my human standards.

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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-cat-psychology/658297/42 "2013-05-16T21:49:33Z")

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[While incorrect, this funny clip plays to the cat-hating crowd.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbycvPwr1Wg)

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