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Quality time together is important! (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 day ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

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[–] Darcranium@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Ok but not the WHOLE churu right? That's a lot of churu

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is the future liberals want.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 2 points 3 hours ago

It's the future we should all aspire to.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

is it ok for a cat to eat a churro. seems unhealthy.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

if eating churros with my cats is wromg i domt wannt be right

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not sure if trolling, but churu is a cat treat by Inaba.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was not I thought it was the sugary tube.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Churu vs churro - I can certainly see the similarity, lol.

[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I was thinking the same thing as the other person and was hoping that I missed a joke lol. I cap off every night sitting on the floor petting my cat and dog before heading to bed. It’s a nice relaxing ritual that I hadn’t really thought about until reading your post, thank you for sharing 8)

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

similar, but my cats jump on the bed for cuddles before treats and running off and deciding whose bed they are sleeping on for the night. also they will share with me their midnight running up the walls, greebles and assorted zoomies if i'm still up (they really want to fight the outside cat).

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 1 day ago

I wish I had a churro...

[–] elekitty@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

churu~ churu~ ciao churu~

[+] minorkeys@lemmy.world -54 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Replacing friendships with pets is a mental disease.

[–] benderbeerman@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

^jealous because no friends or pets

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

My cat told me to tell you to fuck off.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Hit a nerve, huh?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

treating your pets as less than they are is... i'm not sure what the word is but the first thing that comes to mind is disrespectful? somehow that doesn't feel like enough. what's the word for racist against kittens.

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Agree. Pets are hostages in your house and have no other companionship. Pets should be spoiled with attention and spending time with them, and treats.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

So...emotional slaves, then?

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think that. Your pet knows how to tell you when they want to be left alone, or when they want to play. My fiance's cat uses his paw to push my hand away when he doesn't want to be pet, and I will respect that boundary. When I had ferrets, I would let them initiate snuggles, just because most of them aren't keen on being held. I had one that would sleep in the bed with me, and another that would climb up on my shoulder while I was sitting on the couch and lick my face. I had a cat that would beg to play fetch and meow until I threw her hackey sack.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 47 minutes ago* (last edited 45 minutes ago)

Likewise, we had to teach our sweetie to like cuddles. We call them corporal lovings (a corporal punishment joke) where we pick her up and let her perch on our shoulder or drape across our arm as long as she'd like while I pace around our home. She absolutely loves it and it is all across her face, but she will. not. show. whoever is carrying her.

It went from "she'd tolerate five minutes of corporal lovings a day from me and only me, the human she chose" to give an example from a recent month "my wife and I had an argument (probably about flour) and then the cat took a nap on my wife's lap for an hour half to make me jealous, half to make me envious, and because she's bad at math and a sweetie, half to show me that she loves my wife, the human I chose, as much as or more than me, the human the cat chose, and the cat really wants us to make up or start some mind games and I've been keeping up on her treats so I'm hoping make up."

Sorry that sentence got away from me and I'm tired/high, but if I remember I'll come back and clean up the grandma

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago

A. This isn’t an either/or situation and

B. Making up mental diseases is a mental disease

[–] q181c@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 day ago

Replacing human connections with angsty comments online is a mental disease

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Where does it say anything about replacing friendships?

[–] dajoho@sh.itjust.works 9 points 23 hours ago

I'm unsure. My cat is much less of a dickhead than a lot of people I know.

That's what the voices tell me anyway*.

*The ones that aren't humming the tetris theme.