• @bunkyprewster
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    351 month ago

    People get mad if you don’t like dogs, but you never read stories about people getting mauled by cats.

    • @Lumisal@lemmy.world
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      That’s because they kill in different ways. Cats are more like Rogues - you get a scratch one day and then later you’re dying a slow painful death of Cat Scratch Fever, or silently end your pregnancy with Toxoplasmosis.

      Dogs on the other hand are more like Barbarians, they just brute force your death in person as fast as they can.

      Edit: Parrots are Bards. That is all I will say.

    • @RBWells@lemmy.world
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      I know someone mauled by a cat and was there when it happened. It was quite dramatic. My friend had an old lady cat who was an absolute bitch, she was an interesting character if she liked you, would usually hiss and hide if she didn’t. Friend brought home his girlfriend, cat got jealous and attacked her while they (the couple ) were naked in bed. She was quite torn up, and I was in another room when it happened, was hearing loud music then suddenly screeching then screaming then this naked bloody woman comes running out of the bedroom.

      So now you have at least one story.

      I will say I am a cat person with dogs, much more than a dog person, but if housecats were as big as dogs, they would be more dangerous than dogs.

    • @mhague@lemmy.world
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      I think we should compare dogs and cats to good pets to own, rather than pretending the choices are “big powerful dog” and “environment destroyer 3000.”

      After all, both are safe in theory, but irresponsible pet owners ruin it. You can’t expect everyone to correctly take care of certain dog breeds, you can’t expect the majority of cat owners to give up the “proud to roll coal” attitude towards their cat + the environment.

      Let’s just have pet spiders or something.

      • @Otkaz@lemmy.world
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        21 month ago

        How are cats bad for the environment? Sorry, first time I’ve ever heard someone claim this.

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          Cats that are allowed to go outside are an absolute menace to small wildlife. They hunt and kill to play, so no matter how well fed they are they will still do it, and they are quite good at it. This is why only indoors cats are allowed on some islands with a fragile ecosystem

            • @Sylvartas@lemmy.world
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              21 month ago

              Yeah the comment you replied to is hyperbolic for sure, but even as a cat person I can see where they’re coming from. At the very least a lot of cat owners have a hard time recognizing the (iirc, scientifically proven) fact that the average outdoors cat kills a lot more small wildlife than they would ever require to survive, and by these numbers, it doesn’t take a ton of them to have a noticeable impact on an ecosystem, especially if you take into account the fact that they usually easily outnumber their natural predators since they are such a popular pet.

            • @mhague@lemmy.world
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              By roll coal types I mean people who feel indignation when told they’re doing something harmful to the environment. There’s usually a bit of eye rolling involved.

    • FuglyDuck
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      11 month ago

      Maybe it’s just that they’re Parisians, rather than being cats.

      (Sorry. Couldn’t resist.)