Alright, I'm out.

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years ago we went to my folks place for xmas and at dinnertime my cat jumped up on a side table. Ain't no thang cept for the lit candle he straddled when he landed. Unconcerned, and on fire, he took offense when the person nearest him tried to put the flames out. Still on fire he jumped off and beelines for the xmas tree. This raised the consternation level in the whole room but the fire blew out on his run and aside from some singed fur the godam cat was fine... and we have a story to tell unto the last generation.

I spit out my coffee laughing at this story, Thanks

I like cats. They are independant, they can take care of themselves, they aren't clingy and annoying.

Dogs are like having 2 year old children that never grow up.

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I like cats. They are independant, they can take care of themselves, they aren't clingy and annoying.

Dogs are like having 2 year old children that never grow up.

and you can go away for a weekend with a dog sitter

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I like cats. I hate people that think cats should only be indoors. A cat that is allowed to live a real life and spend time in the outdoors is much better. Indoor cats in my experience have always been a pain in the ass.
I'm a big dog person.

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I give a cat a hair cut when I was little. I new I did something wrong so I tryed gluing it back on! Llllick Lick Lick for hours!

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I like cats. They are independant, they can take care of themselves, they aren't clingy and annoying.

Dogs are like having 2 year old children that never grow up.

some days i feel like a k9 concierge

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first rule of cars: get what makes you happy, your the one paying for it!

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All the cats I ever own just piss on my pile of laundry, which might be classified as dirty but fuck if I wasn't planning to wear all of it for another few weeks...
Cats don't detract burglars. Our mastiff on the other hand...

cats are particular about living somewhere clean from what I've always been able to tell and get pretty upset if dirty stuff gets left laying around, it's not very often anything is left on my floor

The most interesting aspect to cats, from a psychologist's point of view, is how they are much more responsive to negative reinforcement than positive. Dogs, for example, are the opposite; like most creatures with a decent amount of gray matter and a developed cerebellum, dogs respond better to positive reinforcement. Once you know this difference, training cats becomes a bit more successful, albeit it's never as easy as with a dog.

Or was that too nerdy a post?

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The most interesting aspect to cats, from a psychologist's point of view, is how they are much more responsive to negative reinforcement than positive. Dogs, for example, are the opposite; like most creatures with a decent amount of gray matter and a developed cerebellum, dogs respond better to positive reinforcement. Once you know this difference, training cats becomes a bit more successful, albeit it's never as easy as with a dog.

Or was that too nerdy a post?

If one understands exactly how SELF-CENTERED and arrogant cats are, then the above makes perfect sense.

I am not making an allegorical statement here - this is entirely about Cats.

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cats are full of spite

but they make me smile

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If one understands exactly how SELF-CENTERED and arrogant cats are, then the above makes perfect sense.

That's close to how I think about it. Cats assume that the world exists to make them happy and their default state should be happy. Hence, anything that annoys them gets their attention, so taking said bad thing away will actually be a reward to them.

Dogs, in contrast, take nothing for granted. Thus, when something good actually happens, that gets their attention.

Even if you didn't want to take this beyond cats and dogs, I will. Back when I was still "shopping," I would try a little positive and negative reinforcement on each new person that I started to date. If they responded to positive, which can be as simple as a compliment, then, OK, let's keep going. However, if only negative reinforcement worked, then let's save ourselves six months plus the nasty ending and just walk away now, OK? Well, we can have sex a few times first, if you insist, but then that's it, OK?

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If one understands exactly how SELF-CENTERED and arrogant cats are, then the above makes perfect sense.

That's close to how I think about it. Cats assume that the world exists to make them happy and their default state should be happy. Hence, anything that annoys them gets their attention, so taking said bad thing away will actually be a reward to them.

Dogs, in contrast, take nothing for granted. Thus, when something good actually happens, that gets their attention.

Even if you didn't want to take this beyond cats and dogs, I will. Back when I was still "shopping," I would try a little positive and negative reinforcement on each new person that I started to date. If they responded to positive, which can be as simple as a compliment, then, OK, let's keep going. However, if only negative reinforcement worked, then let's save ourselves six months plus the nasty ending and just walk away now, OK? Well, we can have sex a few times first, if you insist, but then that's it, OK?

Ah, nothing like utilising Applied Psycho-ology for real-world experimentation on potential "soul-mates"....

;^)

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Keep in mind that my wife won the B F Skinner award back in the 90s. We're a decent match.

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years ago we went to my folks place for xmas and at dinnertime my cat jumped up on a side table. Ain't no thang cept for the lit candle he straddled when he landed. Unconcerned, and on fire, he took offense when the person nearest him tried to put the flames out. Still on fire he jumped off and beelines for the xmas tree. This raised the consternation level in the whole room but the fire blew out on his run and aside from some singed fur the godam cat was fine... and we have a story to tell unto the last generation.

I'm laughing too hard and woke the wife. She's so angry but it's worth reading over and over...

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I like cats. I hate people that think cats should only be indoors. A cat that is allowed to live a real life and spend time in the outdoors is much better. Indoor cats in my experience have always been a pain in the ass.
I'm a big dog person.

Eh, my cat Davey, is the exception to that rule. He wouldn't last a week outside, he belongs inside where he can hunt the wild bean burrito, yogurt, or pack of marshmallows. I'm getting the kid ready for daycare last week and hear this banging noise. I walk into the kitchen and find Dave's face powdered up like Scarface. Bastard got in the cupboard and opened the baby's formula and was going to town. Besides I've never had a dog steal his 10lb bag of food and run it from end to end in the house. Dave's entertaining and he comes running when I call and when I get home from work. And he doesn't annoy the hell out of the neighbors like the wife's west highland terrorist.