# What is up with all the Cats?... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542 "2006-09-21T12:12:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/1 "2006-09-21T12:12:12Z")
I have randomly lurked on the board for a year or so, then finally bucked up and am now a member… Can someone explain what is up with all the cats on here? There is more pussy talk on this board than some porno sites… I do know the rule of cat = pic, but what is this facination with felines? Someone please help direct this newb to the answers that we all seek… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/2 "2006-09-21T12:24:52Z")
I’ve noticed the same thing, but I have no idea what the answer is. (I live with two cats, but they’re my roommates’.) Maybe there’s a correlation between geeky people and cat people? And welcome to the boards! ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/3 "2006-09-21T12:32:30Z")
Cats rule! Duh. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/4 "2006-09-21T12:44:14Z")
Yeah, I don’t really get it, either. I love animals - dogs, cats, whatever, but I don’t personify them, share pictures of them, etc. I would venture that many, if not most, of the folks who do this don’t have kids, and they’re just doing the same sort of things proud parents would do - I reckon it’s in our nature to love something and be all gaga and proud of it. Nothing wrong with that! ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/5 "2006-09-21T12:46:28Z")
Please don’t get me wrong, I am not a cat hater by any means. I was just wondering the connection with dopers and cats… ---
**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/6 "2006-09-21T12:57:47Z")
I post my cat because she is very cute and she makes people go “Squee!” and make goofy words up. I can’t resist a cute cat on the board or IRL, so I will always click on a kitty thread and hunt for pictures. I think that most people fall into that category rather than they are recluses who think that their cat is the cutest most pweciousest thing ever that must be showed to the world. If I post it, they will click. If they didn’t, I wouldn’t take the time. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/7 "2006-09-21T13:03:39Z")
I think it just comes down to the fact that there are a lot of animal lovers here. I can’t resist a kitty thread, but I’d be just as happy to swoon over puppies. Kittens & puppies = cuteness, which makes me happy. And yeah, I can’t resist posting pictures in most of those threads. Everyone thinks that their pets are the cutest and many of us want to show them off. Just like everyone thinks that their kids are the cutest, smartest, etc. As **An Arky** said, it’s in our nature to be all gaga and proud of something. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/8 "2006-09-21T13:09:14Z")
In their quest for universal domination, felines often seek out the most highly intelligent of a species. Once they dominate the creme de la creme, the rest of the population will be a snap. I have to go, kitty demands to be scritched behind the ears. ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/9 "2006-09-21T13:40:12Z")
This reminds me of a shirt I saw: “At one time, Ancient Egyptians thought of cats as gods, cats have never forgotten this.” ---
**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:** [September 21, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/10 "2006-09-21T13:45:44Z")
Can’t find the cite, but somewhere there’s a piece about blogging that says cats are the ideal blogger pet, seeing as they’re so idiosyncratic and usually don’t get out much. YMMV. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/11 "2006-09-21T13:46:03Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] Yeah, I don’t really get it, either. I love animals - dogs, cats, whatever, but I don’t personify them, share pictures of them, etc. I would venture that many, if not most, of the folks who do this don’t have kids, and they’re just doing the same sort of things proud parents would do - I reckon it’s in our nature to love something and be all gaga and proud of it. Nothing wrong with that! [/QUOTE] Eh, I have a daughter…and I love cats, too. I go to Cute Overload at least once a day, to go squee over the cuteness. I don’t do the same to human babies. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/12 "2006-09-21T14:03:29Z")
Pictures? Pshaw… s[ome dopers rent rooms to take care of their cat’s emotional needs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=388579). But sometimes there is a tipping point. [How many cats is the tipping point from cat lover to crazy cat collector?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=305724) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/13 "2006-09-21T14:25:40Z")
Of course the biggest irony is that Cecil Adams hates cats. ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/14 "2006-09-21T14:28:50Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia] Of course the biggest irony is that Cecil Adams hates cats. [/QUOTE] Now see, that is the kind of answer that I am looking for. All this pussy play is just a devious way to piss off the Man of All Knowing… The rest of us don’t really care one way or another about cats, but we do it in spite.. Kinda like a 2 year old… ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/15 "2006-09-21T15:28:13Z")
Don’t forget that more people in the US and the UK own cats than dogs these days, too, and it seems that most people who have cats have more than one, as well. So there’s millions of cats out there and this board just shows that. I’m still a dog person (haven’t ever owned a cat and probably never will), and that’s kind of unusual among pet owners these days. ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/16 "2006-09-21T17:18:21Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] Eh, I have a daughter…and I love cats, too. I go to Cute Overload at least once a day, to go squee over the cuteness. I don’t do the same to human babies. [/QUOTE] I have kids (love 'em!) and a grandson (love 'im to pieces!), and am still an animal freak. I have cats, dogs, hamsters and fish. And like **Lynn** , I have to have my daily dose of Cute Overload. Sometimes I think my head’s gonna explode from all the cute. I go there whenever I need a brain break. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/17 "2006-09-21T17:25:35Z")
Just get used to it, the Dope is full of cat-loving liberals. ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/18 "2006-09-21T17:42:09Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Just get used to it, the Dope is full of cat-loving liberals. [/QUOTE] Are they the far right or far left cat-loving liberals?.. Want to make sure I am on the correct side… ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/19 "2006-09-21T18:40:37Z")
[QUOTE=Boscibo] Cats rule! Duh. 😉 [/QUOTE] Yeah, they do! \>^..^\< ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542/20 "2006-09-21T19:03:00Z")
[QUOTE=934spe] Can someone explain what is up with all the cats on here? [/QUOTE] nothing wronG with pEople posTing pics of their cats. i’m sure they do it of tHeir own frEe will and are not coerced in any way, i Love Phelines. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-all-the-cats/373542.md?page=2)