So why do my cats dive in front of mine so frequently!?
Edit: 36 feet, not 36 inches XD
Cats are reeeal dumb animals, but people think they are smart because they are pretty.
If smart means ‘thinks like a human’ then I guess so…
here, smart means “aware enough to not run under a titan’s feet”, a test cats fail to meet regularly.
they’re oblivious little derps
I’ll take that point. But all in all I wouldn’t call cats dumb. There are some dumb specimen, for sure, but that goes for all beings. And this comes back to my initial point: Cats have some unique “smart” skills, they just don’t compute in the same way as we humans do. I’d put cats in the smart … lets say 10% of all creatures
wow, 10%. cats are so unaware i think I could give them top 60%.
Killer whales, primates, crows, plenty of animals seem to demonstrate problem solving skills, true communication, situational awareness. cats do not. they seem to operate solely on instinct and any deviation completely flummoxes system.
They’re good at stalking and being pretty, but that’s about it.
But there’s no way in heckadoo cats are anywhere near the top 10% smartest animals. they tricked ya by looking sleeeek.
I think you might be understimating how many animal species there are. Birds and mammals make up a measly 1% of those. Soo even if we take all mammals and birds, cats are even in the top 1%, I was being very generous ;)
or you are mixing up aesthetics and instinct with intelligence. you are being poop-duped by the kitkats. toxoplasmosed.
… Sure.
I think it’s the toxoplasmosis talking
it has to be.
The fact that they understand dignity hides the fact that they din’t understand much in general
ha, great point
No no. Karmalee was very pretty. Like, model cat.
Dumb as hell. Pretty, but, if she were a human, she’d be a blonde valley girl from the 1980s. The kind the movie Clueless made fun of.
That’s what He said.
It’s not your home.
It’s the cat’s home.
You are its servant and caretaker, and it is training you.
Humans are to cats as cars are to humans: similar difference in weight and size, similar (if not greater) danger—but we walk around them because we’re used to them and we think we can predict them well enough. And because we’re often going to the same places.
But cars freak me out…
The only reason I walk around them is because I have to, not because I want to
I once stepped directly in the middle of my cats back walking down stairs. Instead of putting my weight down I fell backward, landing on my elbow a couple stairs down. All my weight. It took months to be able to lean on my elbow without pain. Pretty sure it was fractured.
Mine also try to kill me on the stairs. As soon as I start to walk up, they run up a few stairs ahead of me and then stop like assholes. Especially in the dark. Thankfully they don’t hang out on the stairs at other times so I know its going to happen because I hear them.
I’ve started walking up them very slowly, so now they continue the game in the hallways and are guaranteed to get kicked at least once, at which point I say “by now you know I can’t see in the dark, you deserved that.” Rather than rewarding them with apology attention.
Your cat will respect that, once she gets over being pissed at your not noticing her camouflaged on the stair. Because how dare you.
Did you get it checked out by a doctor?
Im in America. No.
Shithole country
They are being careful. They’re just so much more agile than you.
Uh mine gets kicked accidentally at least once a day despite me trying to be careful. She is orange, though. She gets so excited for food that shin-headbutts slow down the food-getting process by 3/4ths.
She is orange, though.
That sounds like my orange, and can confirm, he is an idiot.
" inches - two syllables ’ feet - one syllable
- 36 inches is about the height of a human 2 year old.
- Assuming average weight of a 2 year old is 30lbs.
- Assuming average body mass density is the same as water (1g/cm^3 ).
Then average volume of a 2 year old is:
(30lbs * 453.5924g/lbs) * cm^3 /1g = 13607.772cm^3
- Assuming volume is constant, but weight increased to 2 US tons
Then final creature density is:
(2 * 2000lbs * 453.5924g/lbs) / 13607.772cm^3 = 133.333…g/cm^3
That is about 6 times denser than the heaviest measured element and a little over half the density of the solar core.
I sincerely hope my math is right, but this is a shitpost and I didn’t have paper so :shrug_emoji_1:
36’ is 36 feet
You’re right.
When I started writing the comment there were 0 replies and the title read 36".
When I posted what was ultimately the second comment the title still read 36".
Your cats are trying to kill you.
OP, you’re the enemy AT-AT.
Square-cube law, mate. Cats are far stronger per gram than us. It would be more like us living with a 3 meter orc that weighed 500kg. Not great, but not terrible. I’ll run the numbers and get back to you.
For a real answer, they’re claiming the space. They’re demonstrating that they can control it and you
This person knows how to cat.
And then their hubris is punished when they are stepped on.
Because they trust us to not step on them. They see that we try to avoid them, and so, of course we won’t hurt them!
Smart but not quite smart enough to realize accidents happen lol.
They do seem to know if someone is disabled though and tend to either run faster (to clear the person’s path faster) or give a wider birth from what I’ve seen. They have to be near the human for awhile to realize though, that’s a learning curve for them.
they trust that I won’t waffle stomp them.
their trust is misplaced.
What is 36 feet in (centi)meters?
divide by 3.281
I dunno, 36 feet is probably also 36 inches Wink wink
I’m just waiting for the day my cat realizes I can’t see in the dark like she can, and it’s maybe not the greatest idea to sprawl out on the hallway floor directly between the bedroom and bathroom at night…
My cat actually does know that! He doesn’t mess with my legs when it’s dark XD
