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What is wrong with people who express their hatred for cats?

Aongus Von Bismarck

I've had a difficult few weeks. My work and personal life have gone in a direction I could never have contemplated. The two things that have provided some semblance of normality are: a collection of books that I've always wanted to read; my two cats - Hopkins and Pluck.

I didn't grow up around cats. We always had a dog. I still love dogs. I was extremely reticent about allowing cats into the apartment in the first place. Now I love Hopkins and Pluck. Cats are extremely loving and affectionate animals. When I arrive into the apartment they greet me. They'll hop on my lap, nudge my chin, touch their noses' off mine. Fall asleep on a cushion beside me as I check out Bloomberg. Those two dudes rock.

Where has this irrational hatred of cats that some people express so vehemently come from? What is it about our feline companions that make people feel such hatred against them? Is it something people take up alongside hating ginger people and FF?

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Senna

The rule is...you swerve for a dog, you just run on over a cat.
I didn't make the rules, I just follow them.

Decos

This whole 'a cat would eat you' thing...I would class that as an intelligent thing to do. It's something most intelligent humans would do to survive if needs be. It's to be admired.

I respect cats. They make great pets but remain somewhat independent and do their own thing.

A lot of needy people just crave being adored by an animal and a dog gives them that so they can't quite comprehend cats.

Jjiipp79

I hate cats with a passion, deplorable creatures! And there is this one pr*ck cat that keep coming into my garden,but worry not I tagged that cu*n good!
If he flipped once he flipped 10 times!

One up for the humans......

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Decos wrote: »

This whole 'a cat would eat you' thing...I would class that as an intelligent thing to do. It's something most intelligent humans would do to survive if needs be. It's to be admired.

I respect cats. They make great pets but remain somewhat independent and do their own thing.

A lot of needy people just crave being adored by an animal and a dog gives them that so they can't quite comprehend cats.

Yeah I try not to infer too much about what people are looking for from human relationships by their attitudes to pets, but I dunno sometimes...dog people.

Not a NSA agent

Dont get how much hate cats get. I've lived with both cats and dogs and found they to be pretty similar when it comes to being affectionate. Cats tend to take a bit longer to get used to a person so unless you own one or spend a lot of time somewhere which has a cat they probably avoid you.

Chloris

I am 100% biased, because I own the most beautiful cat in the world.
This is Loki, the God of mischief; claiming a free copy of the Daily Mail that I flung on the ground for him. We had a tug of war with it just after this picture was taken.

I can't get the image to show in the thread, but that's the link anyway.

Dogs certainly have their charms, but they're far more needy and often blindly loyal to their owners, even in abusive situations. Then, on the other hand, they're more liable to attack in a malicious fashion if provoked. They need daily grooming, tonnes of exercise and constant approval. They're like a special child you have a lovely relationship with and you appreciate massively, but who will never grow up to be self-sufficient. I can definitely see the appeal, but they're just not for me right now.

Cats, on the other hand, will groom and exercise and entertain themselves, even with complete neglect. If abused, they'll undoubtedly escape with aplomb and probably come back and destroy you psychologically. If you nurture a cat in the most basic of ways (housing, playing, feeding, grooming, cuddling), it will repay you with respectful gratitude while not debasing itself with grovelling.

I've trained my little cutieboots to give me a high five, to play dead and to come when called. When he was a kitten, the vet said he was "a very vocal cat" and we communicate all day; he's an amazing companion. I spent the evening playing chasing and hide-and-seek and play-fighting with the little legend. To a casual observer, he was laying into my arm earlier but because we're buddies, not a single nibble was vicious, claws were retracted and the whole game culminated in my licking me on the nose and kneading me for half an hour before falling asleep in my lap.

I'm sure people have equally rewarding relationships with their dogs. I just love Loki.

SpaceTime

I think you're all doing something wrong with cats!

Our cat is great craic!

Cuddly, plays football and other games, hurtles down the driveway to greet you with and of rubs and purrs when you arrive in, knocks on the hall door with the actual door knocker, can open internal doors on the house with the handle, hurtles down the hall when the door bell rings to see who's there...

Low maintenance, doesn't need walks or major grooming ...

Seriously, what are all you non-cat types doing to cause such aloofness and dislike?!

Chucken

Jjiipp79 wrote: »

I hate cats with a passion, deplorable creatures! And there is this one pr*ck cat that keep coming into my garden,but worry not I tagged that cu*n good!
If he flipped once he flipped 10 times!

One up for the humans......

Please don't presume all humans are as cruel.

ThinkProgress

Dogs are great creatures.

- Endlessly upbeat & positive.
- Always up for an adventure.
- Adaptable/versatile.
- Intelligent.
- Honest & hard working.
- Loyal & protective
- They understand humor
- Can see in the dark
- Stoic & never give up

They're man's best friend. They need us, and we need them. No shame in that.

No cat could ever compete with the attributes of these beautiful creatures that we tamed from the majestic wolf all those years ago.

I feel sorry for all you lovers of satan's little rats!!

ardinn

Kovu wrote: »

Because cats are naturally more aloof and don't normally express the affection towards humans as a dog might. So a cat will not make a person feel so loved and adored but act more like a housemate.

Why would you even comment knowing obviously nothing about cats!???

Chucken

ThinkProgress wrote: »

Dogs are great creatures.

- Endlessly upbeat & positive.
- Always up for an adventure.
- Adaptable/versatile.
- Intelligent.
- Honest & hard working.
- Loyal & protective
- They understand humor
- Can see in the dark
- Stoic & never give up

They're man's best friend. They need us, and we need them. No shame in that.

No cat could ever compete with the attributes of these beautiful creatures that we tamed from the majestic wolf all those years ago.

I feel sorry for all you lovers of satan's little rats!!

Ah would you get away out of it. My majestic wolves were thrown in over a gate in a bag as puppies. 17 years later, they still haven't figured out that they're royalty!

I've 2 cats. The 14 year old has 3 legs and the 5 year old....again, saved from a bag.

At one stage, I had 29 rescue cats. At the same time I had about 10 other animals, ranging from a hare baby to hedgehogs.

Cats, Rats, mice, fish, Hare, dogs, hedgehogs all lived here in harmony.

Chloris

Chucken wrote: »

Cats, Rats, mice, fish, Hare, dogs, hedgehogs all lived here in harmony.

My little Loki has two bunny friends. Half the time, he thinks he's one of them; he eats their food (Spinach and broccoli and carrot tops, the weirdo) and he frolick around the garden with them. The other half, he's pretending he's predator central - he stalks them (they can always see him; they cock their ears and get ready to confront him) and hides and pounces... always landing beside them, more often than not, falling on the ground beside them and playing with them instead of trying to do any damage! They have a lovely relationship where the bunnies are dominant if they're being groomed but cats feel dominant when they're doing the grooming, so they all think they're just magnificent reciprocating in a tremendous fluffy love-in.

ThinkProgress wrote: »

I feel sorry for all you lovers of satan's little rats!!

What a mean name for cats. I never get offended by anything and that actually gave my feelings a pain.

R.D. aka MR.D

I don't hate cats but I wouldn't want to own one. I love being outdoors and dogs love that! They love having a good time!

I mean, I'm sure cats like having a good time in their own way but my old dog (died 3 years ago) was always up for doing whatever. I used to just open the car door and he'd jump in the passenger seat and away we'd go. My dog never once bit or scratched me and from knowing friends with cats, that seems like a common occurrence with cats. I'm sure they don't mean to hurt their own but still.

I think that maybe the reason people have such a problem with cats is that they have had more negative experiences with cats than dogs. You meet those people that hate dogs and it's usually because they've been bitten in the past or their parents transmitted their fear.

ardinn

R.D. aka MR.D wrote: »

I don't hate cats but I wouldn't want to own one. I love being outdoors and dogs love that! They love having a good time!

I mean, I'm sure cats like having a good time in their own way but my old dog (died 3 years ago) was always up for doing whatever. I used to just open the car door and he'd jump in the passenger seat and away we'd go. My dog never once bit or scratched me and from knowing friends with cats, that seems like a common occurrence with cats. I'm sure they don't mean to hurt their own but still.

I think that maybe the reason people have such a problem with cats is that they have had more negative experiences with cats than dogs. You meet those people that hate dogs and it's usually because they've been bitten in the past or their parents transmitted their fear.

Really - Get a cat - see what your missing! Dont comment without having one - you think dogs are playful???

I currently have a dog like you used to - show him a vehicle and he is in it - being a fisherman, he loves coming away to whatever beach or lake im heading to. But experience the different love and joy a cat brings before making a call. Different - but just as satisfying!

ThinkProgress

ardinn wrote: »

Really - Get a cat - see what your missing! Dont comment without having one - you think dogs are playful???

I currently have a dog like you used to - show him a vehicle and he is in it - being a fisherman, he loves coming away to whatever beach or lake im heading to. But experience the different love and joy a cat brings before making a call. Different - but just as satisfying!

We had cats when I was a kid growing up. Hated the little critters!

Don't get me wrong, I never harmed them. I just couldn't stand being around them!

They're sly and sneaky. Mostly only affectionate when they want something.

And they're filthy animals too. That tongue they use to clean themselves with... It's either had a dead mouse/bird on it, or they've used it to lick their ar*e with!

Give me dogs every time, tnx!

ardinn

because a dog has a cleaner mouth ??? ???

Junkyard Tom

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

What is it about our feline companions that make people feel such hatred against them?

At best they're just a bit dim.

Tony Beetroot

ardinn wrote: »

because a dog has a cleaner mouth ??? ???

Because people are having sexual relations with their dogs?

ThinkProgress

ardinn wrote: »

because a dog has a cleaner mouth ??? ???

Cats wash themselves with that tongue!!

That's the bit always amuses me when cat owners say cats are really clean! lol

Maybe if they have a very clean ar*e and you have disease free mice in your area!

ardinn

Tony Beetroot wrote: »

Because people are having sexual relations with their dogs?

What??

Optimalprimerib

Sorry to hear your hours were cut in lidl aongus.

folamh

I don't understand how people can have such strong negative feelings toward harmless creatures that can't even speak, nor do I understand the rigid rivalry between cats and dogs that people have concocted. I like them both.

Ed Winchester

ziggy23 wrote: »

Aw now that is not true one of my furbabies :-) Jasper comes up to me for cuddles anytime I get a migraine which is quite often I think they can sense when you aren't well so can dogs. You can't say he's not cute !

Yes i can.

Wang King

Senna wrote: »

The rule is...you swerve for a dog, you just run on over a cat.
I didn't make the rules, I just follow them.

What animal makes you crash into a wall?

tomwaterford

Wang King wrote: »

What animal makes you crash into a wall?

A cat if it's sitting in front of it :pac:

*i actually don't do this....while I'm not gone on cats...don't care enough to be cruel

Dr Strange

Decos wrote: »

This whole 'a cat would eat you' thing....

Dogs do this too in equal measure. Look at any forensic pathology/medicine textbooks and atlases and you will see that both, dogs and cats start eating a dead owners if locked in the same room, house etc. Once you are dead and the chemical composition of your soft tissues changes (and the finer odour changes that go with it in the first hours) the animal's brain will register you as "meat" and a source of food. Survival instict is quite natural so they will eat what is in front of them if no alternative presents itself.

ziggy23

Ed Winchester wrote: »

Yes i can.

Ah you must own a Labrador so.

Dr Strange

Saw this and had a chuckle. Rented a $4,000 per month apartment in the Trump Tower just for his cats:

Feline-Loving Fat Cat Who Sparked FIFA Crisis

And before anyone uses this as evidence that only cat owners are evil people I remind you of Hitler and his alsatian Blondie (thereby Godwinning my own post)

ziggy23

I've 4 cats here now. 3 of them were feral but there is no better feeling than gaining a cat's trust .2 of the ferals are really friendly now but one still very nervous. They are neutered and well looked after.

Pumpkinseeds

Yes cats are cold and have no loyalty:rolleyes: Take a look at this cat protecting his little human from a dog attack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBW5dfRoG7Q