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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy cats aren't Republican
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/27/1339526/-Why-cats-aren-t-RepublicanLiving with a cat for the first time, you quickly pick up on its behavioral quirks, many of which are common among other cats. What you soon find out is that cats aren't Republican. Here are 12 reasons why not:
1. Cats are curious about what you do in your bedroom, but they don't try to legislate away your freedom to do it.
2. Cats may take away your cushion, but they'll give it back to you with a gentle push.
3. Cats give you attention and sympathy when you're sick.
4. Females are treated with importance in the cat world.
5. Cats make use of solar power, often all day long.
6. Cats lick their own problems and take care of other cats too.
7. Cats don't blame black and brown cats for their troubles.
8. Cats know how to ration their resources.
9. Fat cats are not at the top of the cat hierarchy, are not cat role models, and have more trouble surviving and thriving, not less.
10. While Republicans blindly follow authority, it is said that getting Democrats to act in unison is like herding cats.
11. Cats don't foul their own nest.
12. Cats are popular and well-liked on the Internet and elsewhere.
MFM008
(19,806 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)1) They yowl loudly at the worst items but contribute nothing to actually solving the problem
2) When they shit somewhere, they expect someone else to clean it up. They're very proud of this fact.
3) If you've ever seen cats screwing, you know what it must have been like for Ayn Rand and her lovers.
4) Cats are often extremely paranoid.
5) They make you think they're affectionate when they nuzzle you, but they're actually marking you as their personal property.
6) They love receiving affection, until they don't, and then they reward you with aggression.
7) They not-so-secretly think you stink.
8) Left to their own devices they will strip their environment of all exploitable natural resources... and then still expect you to give them free food.
9) They like to look collected and rational, but a shiny light sends them into instinctual paroxysms that they literally cannot help.
10) Catnip should be free and abundant but only for them you're not allowed to touch it.
11) They have no concept that other animals they encounter aren't just ugly and stupid versions of themselves.
12) They will bring live mice into your house because they expect you to be self-sufficient and will ruin your life to get you off whatever teat you're living off of.
13) The only beings they hate more than big stupid ugly cats (like you) are normal intelligent cats, with whom they will scream and fight constantly.
14) Toxoplasmosis. It explains a lot.
15) Desperately lonely people seem attracted to them despite all their terrible qualities.
16) When they get stuck in your furniture, they have no idea how or why and expect you to get them loose. If you get stuck in your furniture, they'll eat you.
17) They hate large gatherings. Mostly because they tend to not be the center of attention.
18) If you ever manage to teach them one thing, it's because they forgot something else in the 12mb hard drive that is their brain.
19) Cultures that enshrine them as gods tend to suffer painful collapses.
20) Everything say is "meeee! meeeee! meeeee!"
...I'm more of a dog person
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,000 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)because of the image painted by #3
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Reminds me of this hilarious ad:
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)Thanks for posting this!!!
5. Cats make use of solar power, often all day long.
polmaven
(9,463 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)brer cat
(24,560 posts)however they do know they rule simply by birthright.
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)Response to eridani (Original post)
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Aerows
(39,961 posts)brooklynite
(94,510 posts)I've seen the response when a neighbor ct comes into the yard.
brooklynite
(94,510 posts)Last edited Sun Jun 26, 2016, 10:03 AM - Edit history (1)
...if what you're doing interferes with their ability to be fed or get pets.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Close the bedroom door and one finds out very quickly.