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The only time a cat scratched me was when I pulled its tale when I was 2

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[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

Part of the cultural perception is that cats have different communication style to humans.

Part of it is only interacting with other people's cats at their house, which may not necessarily be comfortable with guests.

Part of it is a legacy perception that cats are a feminine or queer pet to have, though I think internet culture has actually changed this a lot. I still encounter old dudes that think having a cat is weird though.

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

Dogs are pretty thoroughly domesticated and have behaviors/communication tailored towards interacting with people. Cats still kinda just treat us like they treat other cats, so there's almost a language barrier there and it can take some getting used to.

[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

I think cats thinking we're big graceless cats is cute

[-] Vode_An@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Didn’t cats self domesticate? Whereas dogs domesticated us /jk. We domesticated them, but they are probably the most in-sync with us out of all other species.

[-] forcequit@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

learning cat language is a superpower tbh

[-] raven@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

I think it's pretty sus when people love dogs but hate cats. Never had a good experience with a cat-hater owl-pissed

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