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[–] Asetru@feddit.org 17 points 1 year ago

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Yeah, that was quite sexy.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago
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[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the links!

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't get why people let their cats on their countertops. It's gross and problematic.

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My guess is that if you put up a camera and see what happens when you're not at home to say 'AFGHANISTAN, NO!' then you realise that there's not much you can do to prevent it.

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right, the standard "you can't train cats" argument that's been proven false.

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's an interesting topic. If there's a video or a paper on it I would love to watch/read about it a bit more.

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That seems pretty disingenuous, considering how common it is for cats to be trained for all sorts of things and how easy it is to find evidence that cats can be trained:

https://youtu.be/Uu-hRtkaVLc

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=can+cats+be+trained

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=train+cats+to+stay+off+counter

[–] red@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Specificly what about it is gross, and what's problematic?

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

I let my cats anywhere they want. I hold them in my arms, I cuddle them to sleep. I love them so much. I’ve had cats forever and never gotten sick from them being on the counter/flat top stove/tables/desks. I just do this magical thing called “wipe them down with some cleaner sometimes”