Cats: What does your opinion say about you?

Its Behind You!

So you hear some folk say "I don't like cats, they're selfish, dogs are loyal" and the reverse I've heard said too, "Cats are independent and clever, dogs are dumb and needy".

Well I reckon opinions like that reveal more about the persons character than the natural characteristics of an animal...what ya reckon?

CianRyan

I like both, animals are deadly.

suicide_circus

i like cats and dogs
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp179/bonsanmig08/big-dog-and-happy-cat.jpg

Its Behind You!

CianRyan wrote: »

I like both, animals are deadly.

Superb answer Cian, says a lot about you!

splendid101

I completely agree.

When someone doesn't like cats, my I instantly lose a bit if respect for them. Especially if they feel cats are untrustworthy or "evil".

omahaid

I reckon that people that reckon opinions like that reveal more about the persons character than the natural characteristics of an animal actually reveal more about the persons character than the person who prefers one animal over the other.

Intensive Care Bear

I do love them both but cats are bast*rds, they always break my heart by just disappearing without a trace, then they just walk back into your life as if nothing happened and think we can carry on as it was, i don't think so, i have too much respect for myself to be treated like that.

Culleeo

I don't like cats or dogs, or any animal for that fact. I don't like calling to someone who has a cat or dog in the house, my clothes are full of cat/dog hair after sitting on their couch. Disgusting to say the least.

movingsucks

I don't get how a person can "love" one and "hate" another.

3ndahalfof6

cats are untrustworthy and evil, they will eat you if you die in their presence, dogs will just protect, I know someone and their house was getting robbed, the cat ran to the front and meooowed, it never phased the burglar.

Wattle

I don't dislike cats I just prefer dogs.

movingsucks

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

cats are untrustworthy and evil, they will eat you if you die in their presence, dogs will just protect, I know someone and their house was getting robbed, the cat ran to the front and meooowed, it never phased the burglar.

I know someone who was attacked and savaged by their own dog, how's that for untrustworthy and evil?
I know someone who was upstairs when they heard their cat bawling and screaming at the window outside downstairs and when they went down to see what the fuss was they found the dinner was burning in the oven.
Everyone has loads of stories like these.

jam_mac_jam

I prefer dogs, they are just more fun.

biko

I find cats to be more chewy than dogs. Frank's sauce helps though.

Mensch Maschine

Funny OP, I had a similar thought and discussion recently. I always hear people saying they love dogs but not cats becuase cats are selfish etc. I thought it was a selfish comment. A dog gives so much love but not cats, it's no reason to 'hate' them.

I like both.

looksee

I prefer cats, but I recognise that this is just a personal preference and does not make any kind of statement about me or people who prefer other pets. Or no pets.

Washington Irving

CianRyan wrote: »

I like both, animals are deadly.

Delicious too.



For the record, I do not eat cats or dogs

Mensch Maschine

SaulGoode9 wrote: »

Delicious too

Terrible in the sack though.

krudler

movingsucks wrote: »

I don't get how a person can "love" one and "hate" another.

You can prefer one to the other alright, I prefer cats but like dogs. Some cats are assholes, some dogs are too. Cats can be hilarious though, a box and laser pointer= endless entertainment.

peterk675

Dogs are the number one pet between Ireland and England, so you can understand as to how there is so much love towards them. As for cats , im not a big fan tbh!

Intensive Care Bear

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

cats are untrustworthy and evil, they will eat you if you die in their presence, dogs will just protect, I know someone and their house was getting robbed, the cat ran to the front and meooowed, it never phased the burglar.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2135664/Starving-dogs-eat-animal-hoarders-corpse-Ohio.html

Maximus Alexander

I like both.

tfitzgerald

I like dogs. I can not stand the purring sound cats make

Spunge

"cats are for homosexuals" - Socrates

Its Behind You!

Mensch Maschine wrote: »

Funny OP, I had a similar thought and discussion recently. I always hear people saying they love dogs but not cats becuase cats are selfish etc. I thought it was a selfish comment. A dog gives so much love but not cats, it's no reason to 'hate' them.

I like both.

Indeed, I wont go too much into what I do for a living, but there seems to be a greater love for dogs and a deep dislike/hate for cats held by people who are a bit more "vunerable", shall we say.

I think that an intense dislike either way, might reveal elements of a persons characteristics or life experience...

ShadowHearth

I used to be a big cat person, but now I am a dog person, though I would never say no to a cat. I love them too, but not as much these two sausages!

Its Behind You!

omahaid wrote: »

I reckon that people that reckon opinions like that reveal more about the persons character than the natural characteristics of an animal actually reveal more about the persons character than the person who prefers one animal over the other.

I would respond but I can't get my head around it...you have me beat:D

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Cats are cool until they put their ass all up in your face.

Dogs are cool until they hump and jizz on your leg.

Goldfish are where its at nowadays.

Biggins

Stealth Recce wrote: »

...Goldfish are where its at nowadays.

Amateur!

Piranha for the win!
Have fun feeding those buggers!

movingsucks

Stealth Recce wrote: »

Cats are cool until they put their ass all up in your face.

Dogs are cool until they hump and jizz on your leg.

Goldfish are where its at nowadays.

I totally agree but I'm fairly sure my canary goldfish would eat me if he could I love that yellow bastard anyway

corktina

I like cats AND dogs, but this Christmas we are sticking to Turkey.

PostHack

People who don't like cats generally don't have any real experience of them. Having a "pet" cat that you occasionally see on the windowsill isn't having a pet. What's the point?

People with the usual (Irish) experience of cats are amazed when they see our cats playing and being affectionate and having individual personalities.

Any cat that gets plenty of attention and human contact from kitten-hood will have a personality to match any dog.

It's like feral children versus "normal" children.

Its Behind You!

Its Behind You! wrote: »

Indeed, I wont go too much into what I do for a living, but there seems to be a greater love for dogs and a deep dislike/hate for cats held by people who are a bit more "vunerable", shall we say.

Thats your opinion of those who dislike cats? That they're vulnerable? No judgement there at all.

I think that an intense dislike either way, might reveal elements of a persons characteristics or life experience...

Comments like the above reveal quite a bit about a persons characteristics too.

I like cats and dogs, but prefer dogs. Cats are fun, but stupid in comparison.

looksee

I don't see how you can say cats are stupid, they have trained me really well.

angeline

PostHack wrote: »

People who don't like cats generally don't have any real experience of them. Having a "pet" cat that you occasionally see on the windowsill isn't having a pet. What's the point?

People with the usual (Irish) experience of cats are amazed when they see our cats playing and being affectionate and having individual personalities.

Any cat that gets plenty of attention and human contact from kitten-hood will have a personality to match any dog.

It's like feral children versus "normal" children.

I agree with this entirely. We always had dogs growing up but I was given a stray kitten and I can honestly say my cat is more affectionate than any dog we had. They all have their own unique personalities and if they are given time and affection you will always get that back.

looksee

looksee wrote: »

I don't see how you can say cats are stupid, they have trained me really well.

As soon as I hear of any:

Police Cats,
Search And Rescue Cats,
Drug Cats,
Guard Cats,
Seeing Eye cats,
Hearing Assist Cats or
Bomb sniffing cats,

I'll revise my opinion of how smart they are.

Odysseus

Its Behind You! wrote: »

So you hear some folk say "I don't like cats, they're selfish, dogs are loyal" and the reverse I've heard said too, "Cats are independent and clever, dogs are dumb and needy".

Well I reckon opinions like that reveal more about the persons character than the natural characteristics of an animal...what ya reckon?

I don't know, should I make it part of formal assessments?


Edit: I'm sitting here with my dragon writing this what does that say about my personality?

looksee

Candie wrote: »

As soon as I hear of any:

Police Cats,
Search And Rescue Cats,
Drug Cats,
Guard Cats,
Seeing Eye cats,
Hearing Assist Cats or
Bomb sniffing cats,

I'll revise my opinion of how smart they are.

Its Behind You!

Candie wrote: »

Thats your opinion of those who dislike cats? That they're vulnerable? No judgement there at all.

No, that's a generalisation, that's not what I'm saying.

Its Behind You!

Odysseus wrote: »

I don't know, should I make it part of formal assessments?


Edit: I'm sitting here with my dragon writing this what does that say about my personality?

I would say the tone of your post would say more about you than your choice of pet.

Odysseus

Its Behind You! wrote: »

I would say the tone of your post would say more about you than your choice of pet.

That's is interesting, tone is very difficult to assess in posts, I think it causes a lot of ill feeling at times. However, you seem to interpreted it in one way, now the question is are you right or wrong.

Teyla Emmagan

looksee wrote: »

I don't see how you can say cats are stupid, they have trained me really well.

Before I got my cat flap my cat would just sit on the front door step and howl until I got up and let him in. When I was lying in at the weekend he would jump onto the bed and shriek at me until I got up and fed him.

Cat had more smarts than I do.

dodderangler

Hate cats
Their sneaky little ba5tards
Dogs are real pets
Obedient and loving
Most people will feel a lot safer having a dog in the house rather than a cat
I'd rather have my ferrets in the house than a poxy cat

Fr_Dougal

Cats are vermin. They're for people who don't really want to look after a pet but want to be able to tell everyone that they're an animal lover.

'I love the way my pet goes off for days at a time', said no normal person, ever.

Odysseus

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Cats are vermin. They're for people who don't really want to look after a pet but want to be able to tell everyone that they're an animal lover.

'I love the way my pet goes off for days at a time', said no normal person, ever.

TBF not all cat owners let their pet roam free, causing problems for other people. Some owners are responsible and do not let their cat out to roam.

Teyla Emmagan

How come cat lovers never hate dogs but loads of dog lovers hate cats?!

My conclusion is that cat people are actually animal lovers and dog people who hate cats are untrustworthy psychopathic freaks.

It's scientific, innit.

I love cats, I feel like i can understand them.

It might be due to the fact that our family always owned a cat while I was growing up.

I like dogs as well, they're more fun than cats, although they require more effort to keep!

What does my opinion says about me? I guess I'm a sneaky, selfish introvert who doesn't want to rely on anyone

Odysseus

Deleted User wrote: »

I love cats, I feel like i can understand them.

It might be due to the fact that our family always owned a cat while I was growing up.

I like dogs as well, they're more fun than cats, although they require more effort to keep!

What does my opinion says about me? I guess I'm a sneaky, selfish introvert who doesn't want to rely on anyone

I don't think it says much in general; yeah of course it says something about you as a subject; however, I don't think that can then be transfered to all cat owners.

I was a meeting one day, someone felt they needed to add that the client keep snakes; and that this implied
something sneaky about them. I asked then what did it say about me that I keep a dragon and that shut them up.

Keeping my pet says something about me, but that cannot be applied to others who keep dragons or other types of lizards.

To turn back to that meeting, all that person was doing was projecting her thoughts about those who kept snakes on to that client.

Edit: just seen that was your first post, you poor thing!! Welcome to boards

Odysseus

Odysseus wrote: »

I don't think it says much in general; yeah of course it says something about you as a subject; however, I don't think that can then be transfered to all cat owners.

I was a meeting one day, someone felt they needed to add that the client keep snakes; and that this implied
something sneaky about them. I asked then what did it say about me that I keep a dragon and that shut them up.

Keeping my pet says something about me, but that cannot be applied to others who keep dragons or other types of lizards.

To turn back to that meeting, all that person was doing was projecting her thoughts about those who kept snakes on to that client.

Edit: just seen that was your first post, you poor thing!! Welcome to boards

Judging by your vocabulary and writing skill, you are without doubt a thoughtful and intelligent person.

Thank you for the welcome to Boards woo hoo

looksee

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Cats are vermin. They're for people who don't really want to look after a pet but want to be able to tell everyone that they're an animal lover.

'I love the way my pet goes off for days at a time', said no normal person, ever.

Can't say that I ever heard a cat person saying that either.

So I gather you didn't actually read my post...

Originally Posted by looksee

I don't see how you can say cats are stupid, they have trained me really well.

GLaDOS

I love cats I like dogs as well, though sometimes find them a little needy, but that's just me.

People who don't like cats seem to resent the fact that they don't fawn over people as much as dogs do.