You missed my point. Which wasn’t that cats don’t smell like cats. My point was that a (healthy well-cared for) cat doesn’t stink.
Of course cats smell like cats. Dogs smell like dogs, humans smell like humans, etc. Which is what gives every dwelling it’s own unique scent. Maybe you’ve never experienced (or noticed) this, but it’s been my experience that every home I’ve been in smells unique. Just because a person has pets doesn’t mean that that unique smell will be a stench.
Since this ostensible purpose of this message board is to fight ignorance, I have to take exception to your statement. Comparing a cat licking itself to a human licking himself is absurd and inaccurate. Cats have natural deodorants and disinfectants in their saliva.
http://www.metpet.com/Reference/Cats/Grooming/grooming_in_cats.htm
My god, the idiotic lengths people will go to in order to justify their irrational prejudices.
Because all the ones i’ve met have been bastards. they don’t give a fuck about me, so why should I care about them. I wouldn’t go as far as to kill or torture them, but I did punch one once.
Me and my ex were looking after a house with 6 cats. she got up one morning to go for a shower and left the door open, with me still asleep in bed.
And if you woke up to a big fluffy grey bastard called Jason using your bare chest as a scratch pad, you may well do the same.
And no, it didn’t land on its feet either.
I hate cats. I hate them. Hate them with every fiber of my being.
I don’t know how it is with you guys, but where I come from the cats are allowed to roam the streets at will. This means we have a lot of stray cats and cats climbing in through your windows and doors to leave their little moist gifts.
I hate the way they smell, I hate the way they always walk right in front of you so you almost step on them and I don’t trust people who own cats. I’ve had quite a few cat-owner girlfriends and they were all at least a couple of prostitutes short of an orgy. I keep finding the same cats in my apartment, hitherto I’ve usually just tossed them out into the street or into the neighbor’s garden but the next one is going into my garbage bin. I think the owner might sue me if I nail it to his front-door, otherwise I wouldn’t have a problem with it.
The way I see it, cats are just another stupid animal. I might just as well keep a rat or a cactus as a pet, and they have about as much character and affection as a can of paint. I have a nice, big fur coat that I can pet if I want to feel something soft, and it doesn’t shed hairs. In fact, the inner layer might well be made of cat skin, I’ll have to find out.
Cat-owners say that guys who don’t like cats are insecure macho-types but I say cat owners are suffering from some kind of dementia. Why else would they be attributing feelings, characters and even a sense of humor to a stupid animal? Sure, we all need a comforter from time to time but I, for one, like people - you know, these big bags of flesh and bone that can emote and even communicate. All people are great in their own way and I’ve never met a man or woman I hate.
Cat owners… :rolleyes:
God, I feel like a big man now. A Big Man!
Now I just have to decide on dinner - Veal, Reindeer (sp?) or Whale steak…
Congratulations for having a very accurate username. Why don’t you get some screens for your windows? Don’t other, even less pleasant things get into your house as well? If you don’t want random wildlife in your house, do something about those gaping holes in your walls. These “stupid animals” don’t understand the idea that it’s YOUR house and you don’t want them there. It kind of falls to you to establish and maintain that boundary.
I think you need psychiatric help if you are remotely serious about this.
Human beings don’t have a lock on feelings and “characters” as you call it, which I would call personality. Cats as well as other animals are capable of more depth than you’re giving them credit for.
Again with the delusional anthropocentrism. Animals other than humans can communicate, and some cats and dogs can communicate better than some people, and I would infinitely prefer the company of my cats to the company of any number of human beings. People fulfill certain needs and pets fulfill others. My pets love me unconditionally, and I don’t have to worry about their agendas or their trustworthiness. They provide a visceral companionship; I go elsewhere for intellectual companionship but I have a need for both. You don’t have to understand that, but I think you could be a tad less judgemental about where people find their comfort in this life.
Cat haters… :rolleyes: (see how effective that is as a dis? yeah, exactly.)
This poor hijacked thread has finally swung back around to the topic!
Obviously, no one can talk you into liking something if you don’t. But I don’t understand the hostility. So far in this thread people have mentioned kicking, punching, and nailing cats to doors. (Whoosh?) I mean, does anyone really think abusing an animal, any animal, is okay?
Thanks, I’m quite fond of my username.
So I’m not allowed to open my windows anymore? If people have a cat (or any other damned pet, for that matter) it is their responsibility and they should keep it inside. End of story. If I find another cat in my apartment I will make sure its owner does not let his next cat out.
Parent: “Your insane Doberman ate two of my children!”
Dog owner: “Why weren’t they locked up in your house, how is my dog supposed to know they are your children and not just snacks?”
Parent: “Good point.”
See what I mean?
Your advice is duly noted. I could say that if you need to talk to youself through a furry ball of urine and excrement to feel better you might need psychiatric help yourself, but I don’t know you from Jack and I’d rather not be rude and personal about this.
I’m sure they do, since I give them credit for zilch. Sorry for the misunderstanding, my [language’s] word for personality is Karakter - honest mistake.
It sounds like you’re saying that when real people show affection you question their agendas and trustworthiness. That is not particularly healthy in my opinion, and I’m sure my opinion means the world to you.
I know - I hate the rolleyes smiley, too. It was meant as some sort of irony or joke but I can’t even remember the point so just keep considering me an idiot.
I do believe the OP asked why some people hate cats. These were some of my reasons for hating cats. I am glad we could have this reasonable chat without being overdramatic, personal and sentimental. God bless.
I don’t hate cats, but I sure don’t love 'em. I’m a recently converted dog lover - before dating jeevwoman, I was pretty indifferent to them. She came with a dog, so I adjusted, and now couldn’t really imagine my life without the dogs, early wake-up calls on weekends and all. My love of dogs is a bit surprising, actually. I was bitten somewhat seriously by a dog when I was cutting through its yard on the way to school, and was scared of them for some time afterwards. But later I realized, hey, fair cop, he was pissed off that I was on his turf.
For cats, I remember being at a friend’s house in the summer. I was wearing shorts, and his cat jumped on my lap to snuggle in. OK, pretty cool, I think. Then it digs its claws into my bare leg. I really don’t have much use for an animal that inflicts pain when it’s trying to show affection. Had I met and married a cat lover, I probably could have adjusted, but I didn’t, so I don’t have to.
Also, a dog gives me more range of things to do, and more ways to involve them in my everyday activities. I can take our dogs to a number of restaurants in Chicago in the summer and get served with them at the table. I can take them to open air markets and fairs. I can take them to the lake. I can take them hiking. Yes, you can theoretically do all those things with a cat, but it isn’t nearly as much fun for them or for you.
For those of you that think cats don’t particularly like or love their human counterparts, I tender this story. I have two cats.
On Tuesday morning, I went in to the dental surgeon to have all four of my wisdom teeth removed. Seeing as it was covered, I opted to have the gas and anesthesia all in one fell swoop.
Needless to say, when I got home, I was very, VERY ill.
My youngest cat (now 3) is not a particularly social cat. She’s friendly, but definitely not a lap cat. She also has a habit of eating approximately every 15 damn minutes.
When I got home, I went right to bed. This was 9:00am. I was sick and throwing up and generally not much fun to be around.
This cat, who normally would sleep in a warm sunbeam in the living room…who normally would go find something to play with…who can’t stand to be away from the food bowl and the litter box for longer than 20 minutes…laid down next to me and did not leave my side all day, and all night.
At last around 7:00pm I got up to pee. Only then did she get down, and get some food and a drink of water for herself. I was back in bed by 7:10pm, and she was back in the room by 7:15pm.
She’s a good kid. 
Sorry for multiposting - just realised that I forgot to add that I would of course never nail a cat to a door, just think of the children for crying out loud (Won’t someone think of the children etc…).
I’m not a monster as such, I’m pretty sure I was just raised in a different way than you guys. I just don’t feel as sentimental about animals in general, I’d probably kill a rat rather than a cat but I don’t really see the difference between rats and cats or cows and seals. You decide that one of them is more “loveable” than the other and then everyone who dares to kill a seal is a monster whereas killing cows is A-OK.
I’m allergic to them.
Plus, one clawed my penis while I was tied up once.
I don’t think killing animals is A-OK. I don’t eat them and try as hard as I can to both live in the modern world and avoid harming other animals. So there goes that argument.
If my post seemed excessively angry, it was in response to your assertion that you would nail a cat to someone’s door. There was no indication that you were being anything other than serious about that, and I think most people will agree that such an action is criminal at best and evil at worst. I don’t know you and I don’t need to know you in order to say that I lost any respect I might have for you when you said that. I’d feel the same way if you said it about any other animal.
Yes, people DO have agendas. They have complex motivations, and deep-seated psychological issues that generally prevent them from offering unconditional, uncomplicated love. Note that I said “generally.” My cats, by virtue of them being, as you put it, “stupid animals,” are incapable of having any ulterior motives or of hurting me for anything other than the most empirical of reasons. When I need a snuggle I know I can get one from my cats, no questions asked (I’m sure it would be the same if I had a dog, and someday, I might). I can’t always get that from people without doing something that would be counterproductive for the rest of my life, if you know what I mean, and it most assuredly would be complicated. Comparing my relationship with my cats with any relationship I might have with a person is just ridiculous.
And I will reiterate my advice that you get screens in your window. Someday something worse than a cat could crawl in…
I have often found that the way in which people treat animals is a good indication of their true personality.
I’ve learned some things from reading this thread:
Cats are the only creatures in the world who urinate and defecate
Cats are the only creatures in the world who destroy stuff that belongs to humans
Cats are the only creatures in the world who are capable of inflicting injury on a human
I had no idea they were such evil beasts
Some attitude.
At the risk of sounding like I’m just joining a pile-on, I really want to know. Is it a cultural thing? Do Icelanders not like to keep pets generally?
And are the cats that roam your neighborhood somebody’s pets, or are they strays?
OK, see, this is exactly the kind of thing I’m referring to. Excuse me for being a little melodramatic here to make a point, but can you imagine how it would feel if someone spoke these exact words to you in reference to your childen?
I say that because to some people, their pets are their kids, and calling them names or judging them to be mentally impaired because they feel that way (as some people do) only shows bad manners and intolerance.
I knew a woman once who kept pet fish; she was in tears one day because her favorite fish (some big exotic thing, I can’t remember what it was called) had died because something caused the tank to fall down & break. I have no understanding of getting that attached to a cold-blooded animal with what I presume to be almost no higher mental abilities, but that doesn’t matter. She was attached, and I can relate to caring about another creature that much, so I felt and expressed sympathy.
Talking about wanting to harm someone’s pet (or all animals of their species) is so insensitive that I lack the ability to comprehend it. I highly suspect such people of being sociopaths. But that’s just my opinion. I thought I’d see if anyone could provide evidence one way or the other if my conclusion is close to the truth.
Thanks.
Sorry about dragging the thread afield. I really didn’t mean to do that.
I can totally understand why people might not like cats or even be afraid of them. When I was a kid we had a doberman that tried to rip my brother’s arm off-30 years later he’s still got the scar. Consequently I’ve been a bit leery of big dogs a large part of my life. However I’m trying to get over that. My sister has this huge rottweiler mix that really spooked me at first. But she (the dog) is a real cream puff and I can feel fairly comfortable around her. I try not to judge all dogs based on my experience with just one.
I work with a woman who was scratched by a cat when she was young. She’s a bit afraid of them. I get this and wouldn’t force her to be around my cats.
But I don’t think I’ll ever understand people hating cats. Or any animal really. Of course, I don’t think I’ve ever really hated anything so maybe that’s it. But I do think people sometimes hate what they don’t understand and cat behavior isn’t as obvious to us humans as dog behavior is. Cats aren’t some weird alien creatures. Their actions are understandable if you want to take a little time and trouble. Frankly, I found it easier to comprehend them than I ever have human behavior. I still have a lot of problems in that area.
People who consider animals, even pet animals, to be on the same level as a human child are (excuse the technical jargon) fucked up. I have a beautiful three year old daughter, anybody who tries to tell me that any animal is in any way equivalent to her will, at best, be told to seek psychiatric help. We won’t go into what might happen at worst. This thread is drenched in anthropomorphism. Animals may or may not have emotions. Their emotions, if they exist, may or may not be analogous to human emotions. Nobody knows and anybody who claims he does is lying or indulging in wishful thinking. No matter how much you may think your cat/dog/parakeet/gerbil loves you, you are just projecting your own emotions onto it.
My undergraduate degree is in biology and I find animals fascinating and I’ve even owned pets over the years. I never, however, lost sight of the fact that they were only animals. People who get emotionally involved with animals need to re-examine their lives and how they deal with people.
Cats really are tasty when properly prepared. I’ve also had cat in a spicy Szechuan-style stirfry that was delicious. The marksmanship aspect of it is just a personal preference because I enjoy hunting and the season is always open for cats.
You. Need. Help.
You know, the last time I noticed a post of yours it was when you came into a thread on rabbits and got your kicks out of talking about eating them.
A fixation with expressing a desire to cook and eat other peoples’ friends is (excuse the technical jargon) fucked up.
Seriously. You are trying to hurt people with posts to a message board. You aren’t trying to express an opinion. You’re trying to hurt them. Us. Invest in a little self-evaluation, won’t you?