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[–] [email protected] 145 points 5 months ago (17 children)

Where do y'all keep finding all these cats that suck

Ours are fucking stoked to see us and a lot of fun.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If your cat doesn’t have a undertone of “probably has satan on speed dial” your cat is doing a fantastic job of hiding their true nature and you need to be concerned for your safety because that cat has a mission.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I get it's a joke, but I hear it so much, it makes me question what some of y'all are doing to your cats that this is the go-to joke.

I've owned a lot of cats, as have my friends and family. They're all chill, and most open to affection. It's very rare to find one of these "Satan" cats. I legitimately can't keep my cats off me. I almost wish they hated me sometimes because their constant badgering for pets can get a little annoying.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Depends on how they were trained, if they aren't actively used to lots of human touch early on the default mode for cats is "pets on my schedule, if I feel like it".

I don't... think it's bad? Such cats aren't unhappy or evil, they just don't crave affection which kinda makes sense for a barely domesticated species whose wild counterpart is non-social. Raising a cat to be cuddly definitely goes against its innate instincts.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have one of each, both black female cats.

The first is an absolute angel. I've literally never seen her hiss, bite, or claw at another living being. Not even a bug. When she's walking on shelves or dressers, she's super careful not to knock anything over, and she never tries to steal food (but she will go for a sniff at an acceptable distance). She gets so excited to see me when I get home that she drools when I pet her.

Then the newest one is an absolute coin toss. She flip-flops between being the sweet little angel that brings you her mouse asking to play fetch, and a spawn of Satan that will look you dead in the eyes as she knocks a full glass of water off of your nightstand.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Please tell both of them I adore them and that they are both very good at being cats!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

Absolutely! ;3

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I feel like Satan here is more like "yeah, and I made an even better one, pure darkness, pure joy"

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

One of my cats is one of the sweetest animals I have ever met and very affectionate.

The other cat is a complete and utter bitch. A living terror. She will lay in the middle of the floor waiting for you to walk by so she can swipe at your ankles with full claws out. She will pur and get all lovey for dinner, then she'll swipe at you as you put the bowl down, then pur while she eats.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like your monster cat would like more play time. I also have one of each of those, with added nibbling.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Oh I didn't mention, she does not care one bit about toys, she is a lounge around in the sun princess. Even a laser pointer gets a "are you fucking serious" look from her

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mine is more like "MOTHER FUCKER WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! HOW DARE YOU LEAVE MY PRESENCE. NOW WITNESS MY BUTTHOLE CLEANSING!"

MEOW MEEEEEOWWWW meow licks butthole in the middle of the room

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

Great question - during the pandemic there were a lot of memes about how dogs are loving the humans being home all day, while cats were hating it. Our cats were glad to have us home all day (as was the dog, who kept demanding walks at odd times until he settled into the new routine).

When we get home from errands, the dog will of course be at the door - and there's about a 85% chance the one cat will be nearby, too. Another cat will often show up as well. (The third cat, never. He's too busy hiding.)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

I had a pretty awesome cat who was fun and happy to see me, I’d still put him in that final panel though.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

They don't suck. A lot of death metal bands don't suck but they just act a certain evil way. That's cats for the most part. I did have one that would come up to me, roll over and want a belly rub like a dog, but that's not the most typical experience.

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[–] [email protected] 92 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I know this is a joke, but a bad dog is so much more of a problem than a bad cat. (Not counting feral animals)

Bad cat: angry, wants you to leave them the fuck alone, scratches you at the slightest provocation

Bad dog: hyperactive or jumps all over you or barks at you, can seriously injure or kill you.

Our society takes for granted that you can take your dog anywhere (in Australia at least), and I don't think enough emphasis is placed on the fact if you can't 100% control your dog, don't bring it anywhere near people.

The number of people saying "oh he's friendly" as their dog scares someone afraid of dogs because they're jumping up on them is stupid.

This society values dogs more, and I just don't get it.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The number of people saying "oh he's friendly" as their dog scares someone afraid of dogs because they're jumping up on them is stupid.

This makes me angry, when it happens. I happen to be huge, and adore dogs, so I hide it well.

Folks with dogs that jump up on people, need to keep those dogs away from other people. Others didn't sign up to have an out of control animal jumping all over them. Doesn't matter if the animal is friendly or not.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Agreed. While I love dogs like crazy, and personally don't mind it (I'm big enough that it's not a problem), I only think it's OK if it's a puppy who isn't old enough to have learned yet... and even then they need to be trained, or they won't behave later.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I see "good" dogs constantly jumping on people, scratching them, biting their fingers when they get too happy, barking at anything and everyone, and being entirely unpredictable. I personally really dislike dogs and I have never found an owner that actually keeps their dog from jumping on me.

Dogs are not inherently good and most are very dangerous.

I don't have to be cautious with my infant around cats, but I definitely do around dogs.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’d say their owners are terrible, though. The dogs might not be well disciplined, but that really isn’t their fault.

(Unless the dog is aggressive. Then it might be. It also probably shitty owners, too.)

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

You don't get to take credit for that. We've been selectively breeding dogs for 30,000 years to get them to where they are today!

Cats are only sort of domesticated, and they chose to do it. Mostly they stay with us for the benefits.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 5 months ago (2 children)

So what I'm hearing is, we Stockholm syndrome'd dogs into loving us, but cats chose to love us... So who offers the real unconditional love?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think its more we've enslaved dogs and we hire cats on a freelance basis.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

I like thinking about cats as my little contract worker. We have a great relationship, but as soon as I ask him to wear a tie or show up to meetings, I very curtly and loudly am reprimanded and reminded that at the end of the day, he. is. a. contractor. and to go fuck myself

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

We mostly just kept them around for the benefits as well! As agriculture took off, rats and mice became a problem, so we'd let cats hang around to take care of them. This was just a few thousand years ago, vs. the tens of thousands of years of selective breeding of wolves!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Yes, it was a mutually beneficial relationship. But while we've been breeding dogs for so long that they'll die for us, cats are much less obsequious.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You really gotta hand it to cats - they attached themselves to the dominant species on the planet. Smart! Dogs we chose to let live with us.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In the cat/human relationship, the jury is still out on which species domesticated the other...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We'll never know for sure, but just knowing how cats are today, I believe the hypothesis that they initiated it. The idea that people went out and brought in wild cats to keep down the rodent population doesn't seem as likely as cats going where the food is and people tolerating them because they killed the rodents (and the kittens being cute also probably helped).

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

I support the theory that it was the cats who started it. They are also only partially domesticated. When humans began farming grains the rodent population near them exploded. Cats who were less timid around humans got more rodents. Humans seeing the value of having cats fed the cats during times when the rodent population was low.

If you've ever been around feral barn cats this pattern is the same today. They are constantly on the edge of being wild/domesticated.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

At least cats are never cops.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Shit, I'm a dog person and you've got me rethinking things.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As I clicked on this "comic" my black cat tapped me with her paw for scritches. Now she will sit on my lap for a few hours until I have to inevitably get up. I feel bad for people who have this perception that cats are evil, I don't get it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I agree. I know it's mostly just a meme, but still. I love cats and they're such sweet babies.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Go fish (from your port)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

ITT: Cat people getting upset at a dumb joke.

... Classic cat people I guess

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Am a cat person, loved the joke. It is quite accurate.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

I choose the hell demon spawn. I wonder what that says about me? Oh wait, no I don't.:-P

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Dunno where it came about to associate cats with evil but they mustve been severely butthurt and drunk to reach that conclusion

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