# My cats want to join SDMB. If they talk but I type, is that considered a sock puppet? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 21, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990 "2010-12-21T19:18:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990/21 "2010-12-22T03:34:50Z")
Tabby or not Tabby. That is the question. ---
**Author:** ![mere\_mortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mere\_mortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mere_mortal)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990/22 "2010-12-22T05:58:47Z")
I think what needs to be done is to create a new "cat"egory. Otherwise, everyone and everything could post and that would cause a "cat"astrophe. Love it…absolutely phenomenal. You would be acting as a host or vessel of communication - otherwise known as a "cat"amaran. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990/23 "2010-12-22T08:26:57Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > This is discrimination against nonhuman sentient beings! > > > [@Czarcasm](#): > > > > I’m sorry, but we have enough trouble dealing with non-sentient human beings as it is. 😃 the board’s acceptance of sentient non-human beings is to be applauded though thanks [ARCHY](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy_and_Mehitabel) ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990/24 "2010-12-22T08:34:32Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Can you imagine a cat putting aside its pride long enough to claim to be anything else? > I can’t. If asked, my cats would inform you that they are people. And a better class of people than you or I, to boot. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990/25 "2010-12-22T17:14:53Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Please don’t literally use the cats as sock puppets. That’s gross. That’s why you use a glove silly. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990/26 "2010-12-22T17:20:15Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > If asked, my cats would inform you that they are people. > And a better class of people than you or I, to boot. And _I_ am quite sure that any cat will tell you that, at best, people are merely an inferior class of cat. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990/27 "2010-12-22T17:26:08Z")
I knew a cat who was a tennis fan. He had two brothers in the racket. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990/28 "2010-12-23T10:45:15Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Please don’t literally use the cats as sock puppets. That’s gross. And the cats really, really hate it. See first pic: [I Can Has Cheezburger? - 2010 in Review - Funny Animals Online - Cheezburger](http://icanhascheezburger.com/tag/2010-in-review/) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990/29 "2010-12-23T10:56:08Z")
Jesus, **Lynn**! Those are hilarious! 🙂 Thanks for the link! Q ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990/30 "2010-12-23T11:44:50Z")
I do not understand what the problem is here. Cats can, and do, type. They play the piano too. > [@Quasimodem](#): > > Jesus, **Lynn**! Those are hilarious! 🙂 Thanks for the link! > Q :dubious: Quasi, are you telling us that you have just now discovered lolcats? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990/31 "2010-12-23T21:33:09Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Please don’t literally use the cats as sock puppets. That’s gross. They do however, make great shop rags. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990/32 "2010-12-23T21:42:18Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > I do not understand what the problem is here. Cats can, and do, type. > > They play the piano too. > > :dubious: Quasi, are you telling us that you have just now discovered lolcats? I’ve led a very sheltered life of late. 😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990/33 "2010-12-23T22:05:22Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > I’ve led a very sheltered life of late. 😉 Oh! You must be a rescue doper! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990/34 "2010-12-24T02:39:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Can you imagine a cat putting aside its pride long enough to claim to be anything else? > I can’t. It’s not that they claim otherwise. It’s that they don’t say whether they’re a cat or not. They just let you draw your own conclusions. Sneaky bastards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-want-to-join-sdmb-if-they-talk-but-i-type-is-that-considered-a-sock-puppet/564990.md?page=1)