We call that the "baby hold", and our cat hates it more than anything. He also does that with his tail to protect his butthole from inspection/wiping after a failed poop. I don't know why we put up with him.
this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2025
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Toxo-plasma-gon-dii!
Picture this, you're a parasite that can inhabit any warm blooded animal but can only reproduce when you're inhabiting a cat. You start scrambling the brains of mice and rats to make them more likely to run into and provide tasty transport to your feline fuck pads, but that only gets you so far. What's the best way to bump up your gondii count to insane numbers? Do your little noodle-nobbling act on a species of ape with a big ol' brain box, giving them the curiosity to think outside of it, leading to the development of the world altering technology that is agriculture. Now those sowing simians and the one animal you need to propagate live in close quarters, infecting each other with you back and forth. Hell, give it enough time and your shaggy shag wagons start to evolve specifically to manipulate those bipedal bonebags into actively taking care of them and even sleeping in the same damn bed! The monkeys get even smarter and don't need pussy powered pest control anymore? No problem, the population of your kitty cum camps and their custodians has exploded. There's no chance the relationship between both species is ever going to end at this stage as its an embedded part of human culture. Congratulations, you've guaranteed the existence of your kind forever. Or until the whole climate change thing you sort of unknowingly enabled wipes everything out. But hey, not a bad run for an unthinking alveolate.
There's like a literal ton of studies on Wikipedia showing how it affects mammals, and then a third of a ton saying "nuh-uh, we're like, people, so, like, we're way too smart to ever be affected like anything like that".
I'm pretty sure the parasite is responsible for half of those scientists nay-saying this shit.
Actually now that I think of it makes me think of this show I just binged. A solid 8/10. Four season, storylines finish. A great B+ substitute for "The Last of Us", I'd say. The Strain - IMDB
I was extremely lucky that almost all cats that let me pick them up have let me baby hold them. I think they know I'm slow and love holding cats like babies! If they could sigh all but one would have!
As soon as you leave for work this guy opens a secret door and to his super villain lair.
Him: (after going down on me) you're so beautiful, babe
Me:
It's just what happens when Whis wakes him up early from his nap.
why dont they let us love them
Watch out OP. I think you’ve just been hexed.
Sleep with one eye open. That cat will have its revenge.
Going to the doctor does this to me too, kitty.