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[-] chris@l.roofo.cc 72 points 1 year ago

I mean it's not so different from myself when I say I'm bored but I don't want to do anything.

[-] Spuddaccino@reddthat.com 63 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My cat knows exactly what it wants when it yells at me. I just had to learn how to speak cat.

The meowing is just to get my attention. Once walk over to him, he'll walk over to the place he wants me to go. At that point I have to figure out what he wants me to do there, but it's usually food dish/water dish/couch for lap sitting.

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

One of my cats will sit on my lap but only if I put the special sitting pillow on top of myself. She will scream until it is done.

[-] Spuddaccino@reddthat.com 15 points 1 year ago

This is exactly why I usually say it means "Something's wrong" instead of "I want something" because the cat is perfectly capable of occupying un-pillowed laps, it just chooses not to.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I earn a lot of good will for listening to his cues.

[-] Spuddaccino@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago

I suppose in that respect, it does mean "I yearn!" but I've taken it to mean "Something's wrong!", with the nuance being that he'll want his food bowl filled even if he's not hungry or me on the couch even if he doesn't immediately want a lap.

[-] RozhkiNozhki@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago
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[-] Aggravationstation@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

That's been their business model for the last few millennia and it's worked out pretty well so far.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

Lol that just made my picture a caveman just chilling and a little cat walks up and yells at him.

[-] tetris11@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

You just described my mom

[-] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Same, same.

[-] joystick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] SuiXi3D@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Do you blame them? Half of ‘em don’t even get to go outside at all much less when they want to. How would you feel if you were on house arrest for your whole life?

[-] kemsat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I would like to see this tweet in interpretive dance mode.

this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
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