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Cats: selfish, unfeeling, environmentally harmful
Bahamut.Aelissa
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By Bahamut.Aelissa 2014-10-20 14:45:58
so... about those parasites...
Guess we now know how crazy catladies are born...
By volkom 2014-10-20 14:47:23
I'm allergic to cats which is probably why we have one. She stays outside unless it's freezing cold then she is brought in to sleep in one of the other rooms. We got lucky with her, she will kill snakes and mice, rarely birds never squirrels (though we will if there are too many, yum) and I once saved a baby rabbit from her...and sneezed for the next two days.
If I had to pick between the cat and the four yorkies, I love dogs but I'd pick the cat, she never makes a damn sound.
Four Yorkies.
Wow.
How do you have the energy to own four Yorkies?
no wonder he mod's all day 24/7. the guy can't sleep
Cerberus.Anjisnu
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By Cerberus.Anjisnu 2014-10-20 14:51:15
I used to put my harness on the cat we had and put my he_man on him go battlecat !
Ragnarok.Hevans
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By Ragnarok.Hevans 2014-10-20 14:56:41
^wut?
By volkom 2014-10-20 14:57:50
lol
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By Anna Ruthven 2014-10-20 14:59:49
lol
That sword is shaped funny.
Ragnarok.Hevans
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By Ragnarok.Hevans 2014-10-20 15:00:33
the power axe obviously
By volkom 2014-10-20 15:01:17
his original weapon was an axe
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By Odin.Strummer 2014-10-20 15:14:06
Valefor.Applebottoms said: »MY CAT IS BATMAN, THIS ARGUMENT IS INVALID.
Bahamut.Nixak
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By Bahamut.Nixak 2014-10-20 15:51:02
Bismarck.Magnuss
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2014-10-20 16:11:08
I want to hug every scientist that has come up with this analysis and buy them a beer. Today and everyday, they are the true heroes.
edit: And by the way, I've been saying this for years.
Caitsith.Zahrah
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By Caitsith.Zahrah 2014-10-20 16:53:02
We need to off-set the cat pics...
By Ramyrez 2014-10-20 17:14:37
lol
That sword is shaped funny.
You're forgetting the origin of He-man. Matel made a bunch of toys for the Conan movie, but decided that it was too violent for children to see, so they couldn't market the toys. BLAM! Cartoons made just to sell toys were born.
Edit: Whoops. I'm wrong. It was based on Conan, and the subject of a law suit, but not intended for Conan, the way I had been told for years.
Quote: In 1980, the rights-holders of Conan the Barbarian began negotiating the character's toy rights with Mattel. They entered in an agreement the following year regarding characters from the Conan movie. Upon Mattel introducing a toy line starring He-Man, the rights-holders sued the toy company claiming the character was a copy of Conan. Mattel eventually won the lawsuit.
By volkom 2014-10-20 17:15:55
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By Anna Ruthven 2014-10-20 17:28:11
Edit: Whoops. I'm wrong. It was based on Conan, and the subject of a law suit, but not intended for Conan, the way I had been told for years.
Quote: In 1980, the rights-holders of Conan the Barbarian began negotiating the character's toy rights with Mattel. They entered in an agreement the following year regarding characters from the Conan movie. Upon Mattel introducing a toy line starring He-Man, the rights-holders sued the toy company claiming the character was a copy of Conan. Mattel eventually won the lawsuit. I would've loved to listen to the arguments in court. I think it'd be hilarious to listen to a lawyer explain one character's mystical powers being different from another character's mystical powers.
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By Ramyrez 2014-10-20 18:00:18
Edit: Whoops. I'm wrong. It was based on Conan, and the subject of a law suit, but not intended for Conan, the way I had been told for years.
Quote: In 1980, the rights-holders of Conan the Barbarian began negotiating the character's toy rights with Mattel. They entered in an agreement the following year regarding characters from the Conan movie. Upon Mattel introducing a toy line starring He-Man, the rights-holders sued the toy company claiming the character was a copy of Conan. Mattel eventually won the lawsuit. I would've loved to listen to the arguments in court. I think it'd be hilarious to listen to a lawyer explain one character's mystical powers being different from another character's mystical powers.
Truthfully, even Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan) could have made an argument FOR Matel in that case. Because according to him, Conan was self-made. He was all that is man. Strong, smart, woman-taking. He didn't need any *** mysticism helping him. He was perfect on his own.
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Fenrir.Schutz
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By Fenrir.Schutz 2014-10-20 22:31:41
I think they're both fine creatures to have as pets, I just don't expect a cat to snuggle, play fetch, or otherwise be a "team player" in the family, so to speak.
That's not to say there aren't occasionally cats like that, but I don't expect it.
I agree...a cat is fine, too.
Oh wait. >.>;;
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2014-10-20 22:57:53
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Pandas cause why the *** not.
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Fenrir.Jeville
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By Fenrir.Jeville 2014-10-21 03:36:31
He wasn't saying otherwise.
Garuda.Chanti
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By Garuda.Chanti 2014-10-21 09:36:38
Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: »Cats are solitary creatures in the wild, why would they be more emotionally invested beside dogs who think of their owner as part of the 'pack' being a social creatures and all? Actually cats can be quite social. Feral cats often congregate in colonies of up to 100. They also will hunt cooperatively.
My cat plays fetch! :3 It is super cute, she only does it with springs though. I have known several fetching cats. They were quite item specific. One would fetch string or shoe laces, another crumpled balls of paper but not foam balls of the same size.
I don't trust anything that poops in a box and thinks it has carte blanche to track fecal particulate across the house or kitchen counter tops. The delights of an indoor - outdoor cat. No cat box.
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By Bismarck.Misao 2014-10-21 09:40:21
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By Ramyrez 2014-10-21 09:42:09
We need to off-set the cat pics...
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By Ramyrez 2014-10-21 09:44:32
Truthfully, most people I know who have pets and actually care for them properly have no problem with cats or dogs.
My family has always been a dog family, but my parents currently live in a duplex with another family who has both cats and dogs, and they've more or less adopted the cat; not by their design or because the "owning" family mistreats it; Roxie (the cat) just seems to like being in the basement area with the dogs more. To the point where they've collectively decided that they comumunally buy cat/dog food and all the pets just eat at one central location now.
So basically, it's the cat's decision where she wants to be.
Which I think was the point of the thread in the first place.
Roxie don't care. Roxie do what Roxie want.
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Caitsith.Zahrah
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By Caitsith.Zahrah 2014-10-21 11:07:27
Despite personal preferences, living without a pet is like being in a room without windows. It feels unnatural.
EDIT: Now I want to go to the shelter this weekend. Thanks, AH! Thanks!
By Jetackuu 2014-10-21 11:08:18
Despite personal preferences, living without a pet is like being in a room without windows. It feels unnatural. To you maybe, I love rooms without windows and without pets.
By Ramyrez 2014-10-21 11:09:09
Despite personal preferences, living without a pet is like being in a room without windows. It feels unnatural. To you maybe, I love rooms without windows and without pets.
Well I like rooms without windows and with pets!
Neener!
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By Jetackuu 2014-10-21 11:09:18
Also to be fair: birds are disgusting creatures that carry diseases, let them be murdered.
By Jetackuu 2014-10-21 11:09:32
Despite personal preferences, living without a pet is like being in a room without windows. It feels unnatural. To you maybe, I love rooms without windows and without pets.
Well I like rooms without windows and with pets!
Neener! ^
Siren.Mosin
By Siren.Mosin 2014-10-21 11:11:02
Now I want to go to the shelter this weekend. Thanks, AH! Thanks!
NO, Z, NO!
I have to turn an animal away from my house like once every three months.
What research says about cats: they're selfish, unfeeling, environmentally harmful creatures
Quote: For years, dog and cat owners have been bickering over the relative merits of each type of pet.
But in recent years, scientific researchers have started to weigh in — and most of their findings so far come down firmly on the side of dogs.
Compared to dogs, scientists have found, cats don't seem to have the same sort of emotional attachment to their owners, and show genuine affection far less often than you might think. Further, they're an environmental disaster, killing literally billions of birds in the US every year — many of them from endangered species.... Personally I wouldn't have a cat who didn't hunt.
I live in a fairly rural but developed area on 3/4 of an acre. If I don't have a hunting cat some other small predator will fill the ecological niche. Last time it was a rattlesnake.
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