Comments on: The 1 Purr-cent: Internet fat cats http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: BillStewart2012 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1529744 BillStewart2012 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1529744 One of my cats used to have a Hotmail account.  She'd used her real age when she signed up, so when Hotmail came out with their "You must be 13 and have your parent provide a credit card to approve it" policy, she lost the account.  (Well I certainly wasn't going to let her use the credit card - she'd go sign up with Amazon and start ordering tuna online.)  She's over 13 now, so I suppose she could sign up again. One of my cats used to have a Hotmail account.  She’d used her real age when she signed up, so when Hotmail came out with their “You must be 13 and have your parent provide a credit card to approve it” policy, she lost the account.  (Well I certainly wasn’t going to let her use the credit card – she’d go sign up with Amazon and start ordering tuna online.) 
She’s over 13 now, so I suppose she could sign up again.

]]> By: YourMessageHere http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1529249 YourMessageHere Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1529249 "the animals’ total lack of interest in reciprocating affection" I think that's a misreading of the Wired article. It's not a lack of interest in reciprocity, it's a lack of compromise as to how and when the reciprocity occurs. Cats are social animals in a limited way, and they are predators.  They are quite capable of being totally solitary, or living among dozens of other cats.  Like all predators, they also live or die - in the wild - and breed or not based on their selfishness; this is nothing but a positive for a cat in the natural state.  That's not like humans at all, so their disinclination to compromise is very obvious.  Cat-to-cat relationships are pure power heirarchy, which gets more obvious the more cats you have.  Of course if you come over as desperate to a cat, it's going to have no time for you.  What's in it for the cat? I say: if your cat does not reciprocate affection, either you don't commune with the cat *on its terms* enough, or the cat is messed up psychologically - in which case you need to commune with the cat on its own terms more, to help it get over whatever messed it up. “the animals’ total lack of interest in reciprocating affection”

I think that’s a misreading of the Wired article. It’s not a lack of interest in reciprocity, it’s a lack of compromise as to how and when the reciprocity occurs.

Cats are social animals in a limited way, and they are predators.  They are quite capable of being totally solitary, or living among dozens of other cats.  Like all predators, they also live or die – in the wild – and breed or not based on their selfishness; this is nothing but a positive for a cat in the natural state.  That’s not like humans at all, so their disinclination to compromise is very obvious.  Cat-to-cat relationships are pure power heirarchy, which gets more obvious the more cats you have.  Of course if you come over as desperate to a cat, it’s going to have no time for you.  What’s in it for the cat?

I say: if your cat does not reciprocate affection, either you don’t commune with the cat *on its terms* enough, or the cat is messed up psychologically – in which case you need to commune with the cat on its own terms more, to help it get over whatever messed it up.

]]> By: GregS http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1529215 GregS Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1529215 Just another way that Facebook continues to increase the suckyness to quality ratio. Just another way that Facebook continues to increase the suckyness to quality ratio.

]]> By: YourMessageHere http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1529207 YourMessageHere Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1529207 Domestic cats are domestic predators; it's a spectrum, not a binary. It's perfectly possible to have a cat that goes in and out at will but only occasionally slays something (I'm in the UK so things predating cats is not a concern).  I know this, I've had 20+ cats and over 100 kittens in my life (not all at once, of course).  It's as much a character thing as the propensity for violence in humans; some are born mouse-coursers or bird-worriers, but some cats just want to lie in the sun and/or patrol the garden and sniff stuff. Domestic cats are domestic predators; it’s a spectrum, not a binary. It’s perfectly possible to have a cat that goes in and out at will but only occasionally slays something (I’m in the UK so things predating cats is not a concern).  I know this, I’ve had 20+ cats and over 100 kittens in my life (not all at once, of course).  It’s as much a character thing as the propensity for violence in humans; some are born mouse-coursers or bird-worriers, but some cats just want to lie in the sun and/or patrol the garden and sniff stuff.

]]> By: CloudchaserSakonige http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1528761 CloudchaserSakonige Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1528761 The internet is for cats The internet is for cats

]]> By: A. . http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1528544 A. . Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1528544 by the records of your previous comments, we note that You Have Cat. by the records of your previous comments, we note that You Have Cat.

]]> By: MertvayaRuka http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1528380 MertvayaRuka Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1528380 Domestic cats are not wild predators. They're domestic cats. Outdoors they're either going to kill off large numbers of wild birds or get torn up or killed by native wildlife ranging from raccoons to coyotes. Cats don't really know any better, their humans should. Domestic cats are not wild predators. They’re domestic cats. Outdoors they’re either going to kill off large numbers of wild birds or get torn up or killed by native wildlife ranging from raccoons to coyotes. Cats don’t really know any better, their humans should.

]]> By: SuzanneGoldman http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1528284 SuzanneGoldman Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1528284 Cats rule the world. Most humans just don't get this.  (My cat has her own Facebook Page, it's limited to only a few select friends.  She's intent on running for President one day.  Once she's old enough.  She might win) Cats rule the world. Most humans just don’t get this.  (My cat has her own Facebook Page, it’s limited to only a few select friends.  She’s intent on running for President one day.  Once she’s old enough.  She might win)

]]> By: TotalForge http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1528177 TotalForge Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1528177 Cats pictured with firearms are affectionately called 'tacticats'. >^.^< Cats pictured with firearms are affectionately called ‘tacticats’. >^.^<

]]> By: ImmutableMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1528157 ImmutableMichael Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1528157 Not sad - I neither loathe or pity these cats. Not sad – I neither loathe or pity these cats.

]]> By: nmfo http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1528154 nmfo Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1528154 That's how I used to feel, but after a while of owning different cats, I've found that most are perfectly happy with the stimulation they get in a large enough house. If you go to any shelter, it's easy to find another Yorda the lap kitty who would prefer a warm and safe home to the streets or the woods. And the way I see it, by making sure they are spayed/neutered, you are not propagating these soft cats that have lost their place in the wild - you're just accommodating one of the ones that already exist. That’s how I used to feel, but after a while of owning different cats, I’ve found that most are perfectly happy with the stimulation they get in a large enough house. If you go to any shelter, it’s easy to find another Yorda the lap kitty who would prefer a warm and safe home to the streets or the woods. And the way I see it, by making sure they are spayed/neutered, you are not propagating these soft cats that have lost their place in the wild – you’re just accommodating one of the ones that already exist.

]]> By: onereader http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1528135 onereader Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1528135 That's it. Western civilization is doomed. That’s it. Western civilization is doomed.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1528118 ocker3 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 08:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1528118  You can't have a personal page for a cat, but a Community page dedicated to a cat should be okay.  You can’t have a personal page for a cat, but a Community page dedicated to a cat should be okay.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1528117 ocker3 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 08:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1528117  I think that one would count  I think that one would count

]]> By: Terry Fuller http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1528046 Terry Fuller Sun, 09 Sep 2012 03:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1528046 Is it sad? My first thought was "rich cats of instagram". Is it sad? My first thought was “rich cats of instagram”.

]]> By: Bethany Karn http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1527968 Bethany Karn Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1527968 oh, thank you thank you thank you for this.  I am not crazy, am I? my cat blog is not crazy, is it? we're just trending, right?!  neurotic, sure.  but not crazy.  thank you thank you thank you... oh, thank you thank you thank you for this.  I am not crazy, am I? my cat blog is not crazy, is it? we’re just trending, right?!  neurotic, sure.  but not crazy.  thank you thank you thank you…

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1527919 buddy66 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1527919 I want a cat. I grew up with cats. I like cats. But I live in a part of the country where domestic cats quickly become dinner for larger wild things. And I won't have a house-bound cat because I believe we should let cats be cats and it is a cat's nature to roam, skulk and hunt. So, vicariously, I visit a lot of cat sites... Keep 'em coming.  I want a cat. I grew up with cats. I like cats. But I live in a part of the country where domestic cats quickly become dinner for larger wild things. And I won’t have a house-bound cat because I believe we should let cats be cats and it is a cat’s nature to roam, skulk and hunt. So, vicariously, I visit a lot of cat sites…

Keep ‘em coming. 

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1527917 Robert Baruch Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1527917 I *are* serious cat! This *is* serious Facebook page! I *are* serious cat! This *is* serious Facebook page!

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1527893 timquinn Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1527893 Oh my, they can't allow cats to have pages. FaceBook is serious! Oh my, they can’t allow cats to have pages. FaceBook is serious!

]]> By: Stephen Schenck http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1527856 Stephen Schenck Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1527856  As do I, apparently, when it comes to attaching photos.  As do I, apparently, when it comes to attaching photos.

]]> By: Stephen Schenck http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1527853 Stephen Schenck Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1527853 My cat does it wrong. My cat does it wrong.

]]> By: keize sucks http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1527837 keize sucks Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1527837 mhmmm we believe you. mhmmm we believe you.

]]> By: cjporkchop http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1527824 cjporkchop Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1527824 I once house/cat-sat for an Oscar-winner. The statuette was kept on a desk in the study, and one of the cats would spend most of its time sprawled across that desk, head resting on the hard base of the Oscar. I still kick myself for not taking a picture. I once house/cat-sat for an Oscar-winner. The statuette was kept on a desk in the study, and one of the cats would spend most of its time sprawled across that desk, head resting on the hard base of the Oscar.

I still kick myself for not taking a picture.

]]> By: chuckmacddo1 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1527797 chuckmacddo1 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1527797 Spent twenty minutes trying to find you cat on Facebook.. Interwebz, eff yeahhhhh. Spent twenty minutes trying to find you cat on Facebook..
Interwebz, eff yeahhhhh.

]]> By: edgore http://boingboing.net/2012/09/08/the-1-purr-cent-internet-fat-c.html#comment-1527785 edgore Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179912#comment-1527785 Your cats have the best names. Your cats have the best names.

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