# Mundane pointless things you do anyway **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682 "2021-11-20T18:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682/41 "2021-11-22T00:03:42Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’ve been contemplating starting a “Comfortable Bra” thread. Do it! Do it! > [@LurkMeister](#): > > Does talking to my cats count as mundane and pointless? If so, I expect there’s quite a few of us. (Raises hand.) I even tell them that they’re cats. Which I strongly suspect they already know; and, if they don’t, my telling them isn’t going to get the information across. > [@abcdefghij](#): > > That depends. Do they talk back? They do. But not in Human; they talk back in Cat. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682/42 "2021-11-22T01:09:58Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’ve been contemplating starting a “Comfortable Bra” thread. Where we can also discuss Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster. But if you do, be prepared to post pics of lingerie-clad Yeti, Bigfoot, and Nessie, as we will surely demand! ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682/43 "2021-11-22T01:16:55Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Does Alexa say “You’re welcome” ? Never yet, but when the machines gain sentience and rise up, she’ll tell the others to spare me because I was always polite to her. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682/44 "2021-11-22T02:14:30Z")
If my cats ever start talking back to me in Human I will be sure to post it here. The aforementioned Rascal is very vocal. Particularly at 6:30 in the morning, when I’m reminding him that I’m retired and am allowed to sleep late. And then when I point out to him that if he wants me to get out of bed and feed him, he needs to get off the blanket. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682/45 "2021-11-22T18:51:49Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Mudjokivis That lead me to "[Hiawatha’s Photographing"](https://youtu.be/Z2ix86S2WuE) by Lewis Carroll. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682/46 "2021-11-22T23:32:50Z")
That was fun! ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682/47 "2021-11-26T19:18:38Z")
I have entire conversations with my one cat. I have no idea what they’re about, however… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682.md?page=2)