You’re the one that started and are camping out in a thread telling people to get lives after reading threads you’re not even interested in and getting offended by people taking pleasure in their pets and I’m the unstable one?
Oh dear, Rooves, you’re making my brain hurt, but I suppose I really shouldn’t have opened this thread, now should I have. I’m not certain what cats or stories about cats have to do with your insecurities about your intelligence or the intelligence of others, but I’m concerned for you, hon. So far in this thread you’ve made unsupportable and downright inaccurate generalizations about cats, dogs, and the folks those animals own. And then you’ve the utter gall to start spouting off some nonsense about how dog owners know how to tell stories that can educate and/or are more interesting. Both generalizations are utter tripe, and I take issue with you for spouting such ignorance on this board. :mad:
[celestina getting out her virtual paddle and whacking Rooves on his virtual behind]
Anyone with a modicum common sense–and certainly anyone who’s ever taken the responsibility of caring for a pet–should realize that each pet just like his/her owner is an individual. Pets come in an array of sizes, shapes, and personalities, and whether or not they can be trained to rescue someone, help a blind person cross the street, or just provide companionship for someone, they are an invaluable resource for learning life lessons. You have no right to sit up here in this thread and tell folks that they can learn nothing of worth in reading stories about cats or any other pets for that matter. In trying to take of pets, I and no doubt plenty of other folks have learned more about personal responsibility, selflessness, creativity, and effective communication to name a few. And, certainly in hearing stories from other pet owners, it is not that difficult to learn plenty about the human condition.
Until you learn to write something that makes some actual sense, I’d suggest you refrain from posting, and/or ask a moderator to close this most unfortunate thread before you further embarrass yourself.
Same here. I also click on just about every kitty pic link. In fact, I’ve even saved a few pics to my hard drive.
Why?! It’s someone else’s boring ball of fur.
As the owner of two dogs and two cats, I demand that you recant your divisive language. It’s people like you who have caused the eons of strife between these two fine species.
Lynn, you like catpix? Cool! Here’s a link to my Webshots album full of 'em!
I thought about riposting the more glaring of Roove’s logical fallacies, but so many others have already done it, and so well, it would be like beating a dead dog.
My darling Squash FETCHES! And he taught himself how! Isn’t that CUTE??? 
Oh, and fizzygoodmakefeelnice – what’s wrong with looking at other people’s catpix? I like to look at pictures of other people’s cats because they’re lovely, or funny, or striking, or… And I like to look at other people’s horse pictures, even though I own two of my own, and have burned through many rolls of film and memory chips taking pix of them. I like to admire other people’s cats and dogs and horses when I meet them in person – should I restrict my admiration only to my own menagerie? I like going to museums to see paintings and sculptures, too – should I look only at stuff I’ve created? Why must one’s creatures/kids/whatever be the only things worthy of one’s attention? Huh? Huh?
Cats = Rodents.
Huh.
Learn something new every day. 
My GF has a seeing eye cat. Lots of fun. I love playing with her pussy.
What?!?
Well somebody was desperate for attention weren’t they?
Are you basking in it? Does it validate your pathetic existence?
Posting an “anti-cat” thread in the Pit, yeesh talk about your transparent cries for attention.
Hopefully the scornful replies have validated your existance.
Now the 4+ knock-off “versus” threads in Cafe Society, now that’s stupid. Still, I developed a handy method for dealing with those inane knock-off threads. I DON’T READ THEM.
But, we know that’s not what this is really about, don’t we.
Some sort of 1920s style death ray.
How many cats do you HAVE? That’s a lot of cute kitties! Our Achilles will play fetch. In fact, he initiates the games most of the time…he brings a milk jug ring to my daughter and drops it on her lap. If she’s asleep, he drops it on her head until she wakes up. I, personally, think this is hilarious. She doesn’t find it quite so amusing when she’s reading or sleeping.
I really couldn’t give a flying monkey’s fuckbucket about what whassisname (the hamsters are fucked, and I can’t be bothered to go back to the OP to find the poster’s name) thinks about cats. Lots of people hate cats. Whoop-de-fucking-doo.
But cats aren’t rodents. Did you mean to say “critters” or “vermin”? Rodents are those little vegetarian things with long front teeth. Like rats and er our very own hamsters, in fact. Actually, they’re not all little - coypu and capybaras are quite big, innit. But anyway, cats aren’t rodents. They’re cats. Dubber dubber durr-brain.
Well, the cats ARE Special and people LOVE their cats.
You obviously need to go back to school and learn what a rodent is. Cats don’t fit into this category.
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Thank you for properly naming your thread and all that but get a life! Your cat stories are even more boring on the internet than in person which is barely tolerable.
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This thread is barely tolerable.
Again, cats are NOT rodents. No one ever talks about their cat’s turds in the litter box.
Cats are loving creatures, and they give plenty of people plenty of company. People without chidlren normally get cats for company. And far as I am concerned, any cat is smarter than you.
If you don’t LIKE reading cat threads, DON"T READ THEM!!
Awwwww you guys are so cute! I love kitties!
Kitties kitties kitties!
It’s really not so difficult to avoid reading the threads if they’re so bothersome. I agree with you about people who tell endless, mind-numbingly boring stories about their cats though. I work with many people like that. They seem completely unable to understand that I don’t care about their precious little furry piss factories. I disagree with your solution though, I don’t want to hear peoples stories about their children either.
Why don’t you look in the mirror?
My roommates cat must not have gotten the memo on that.
Awwwwwww I love the kitty in the sink in EddyTeddyFreddy’s photo album.
Please spare me your condescending attitude - the guard dog qualifies as a working dog IMHO. Can all dogs fill that criteria? No. I don’t see a min pin as being a big deterrant to criminals. You do see where I listed what I considered to be a ‘working’ function of cats, right? Riiiight.
I was speaking of day to day companionship.
Did you have something to add? Or did you just hop in here to nitpick?
Ok, I didn’t literally mean that cats were rodents. Christ people! Get a hold of yourselves.
Actually, I did state somewhere in this thread that I am able to avoid the “Cat threads” because they’re usually properly named.
In fact, I havn’t opened one up yet.
Last night I was bored and I know how defensive cat owners can be so I created this thread for some fun.
I do believe dogs are better but I honestly have nothing against stupid cats or their stupid owners.