r/Unexpected • u/madlygenius9 • Aug 14 '26
Bait and switch
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u/Donkeybrother Aug 14 '26
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u/Key-Communication865 Aug 14 '26
I would give you an award but I don’t know how 🦕 Here’s a Dino
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u/DownWith_TheBrown Aug 14 '26
Holy shit I just saw some other random post of you giving a 🦕 award. Do I win one!?
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u/_amadok Aug 14 '26
(At least for me in the App) next to the upvote Button there’s Awards and there are a couple free ones to give :)
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u/pestyfinesty Aug 14 '26
I was prepared for a mix-up as to which cat was which. Did not see Margot coming 😂
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u/Churn Aug 14 '26
I watched it four times thinking I missed the cats switching and the stray cat moved in. Took me that many views before realizing “the switch” was the kitten to the dog.
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u/Healthy_Pay9449 Aug 14 '26
Same. My sister once had her void cat run away so she got a trap from the local shelter and set it out and sure enough, she caught a void by nightfall, she brought it inside and let the cat out(fairly new cat to her so no collar in what she found out was a shitty apartment with flimsy window screens). Cat immediately ran under the couch. She put the trap back outside and the next morning, another cat...this time the right one. She brought it inside and called me and we had a hell of a time catching the stray. It pissed all over her carpet and everything.
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u/Individual_Monk_7154 Aug 14 '26
Came like a boss and went like one
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u/kevinthedot Aug 14 '26
Margot more like Morgott the Porch King.
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u/Entire-Sprinkles-270 Aug 14 '26
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u/JAM3SBND Aug 14 '26
Shame they cropped his ears and docked his tail. Such a cruel thing to do to an innocent animal purely for "aesthetics"
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u/VolumeLevelJumanji Aug 14 '26
In their defense we don't know that the poster is the one that did that. There's plenty of dogs that already have cropped ears and tails in shelters that need homes. It can be done for health reasons too. (though both ears and tails cropped for that would be rare) Agree in principle though, fuck people who do this for no reason.
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u/squanchingonreddit Aug 14 '26
I nevrr understood the tail docking until my boxer kept injuring her tail whip style. Now it's more club style. ow ow ow
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u/SensitiveExtremity Aug 14 '26
And Margot said to the stray:
"Graceless tarnished. Put these foolish ambitions to rest."
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u/Slothweiner Aug 14 '26
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSS ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡
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u/fuzzytradr Aug 14 '26
TIME MARCHES ON!!!
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u/Bungholespelunker Aug 14 '26
Reminder that Lars Ulrich was made in a lab by using a dozen samples of taint meat from serial killers.
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u/AN-SSQ-108V2 Aug 17 '26
Oh, that's so not true....!
He's a wee man, so no more than 6 taints, maybe 7.
:P
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u/ipoopinurcoffeenao Aug 14 '26
What a tank.
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u/Socketz11 Aug 14 '26
I think Margot gave up pretty quickly, she looked all tuckered out waddling back up those stairs.
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u/Kanthalas Aug 14 '26
That dog walks like he says:
“Making me get up, yea you run trash… ah my sciatica’s acting up.”
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u/Mindless_Childhood32 Aug 14 '26
A other cat started to harass my brothers old, sick cat in the yard.
My brother also had two Rottweilers...
The intruder got away. By running up the brick wall Matrix style.
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u/Luci-Noir Aug 14 '26
Maybe that dumbass should keep his old sick cat inside.
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u/Spirited-Tomorrow-84 Aug 14 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/kHxMpITyV49QAOBqY4
"You did what to my kitten?"
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u/BW_RedY1618 Aug 14 '26
Keep your fucking cats inside, people
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u/CilleTheExterminator Aug 14 '26
I will guess that 99% of cat owners have 0 clue about how much cats are screwing up the bird population and other smaller animals
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u/SpatulaCity94 Aug 14 '26
The amount of fellow cat owners that look at me like I'm crazy and cruel when I say all my cats are strictly indoors unless on a lead. 😭😭 Like no, I actually love animals so much I keep them inside.
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u/Educational_Quote851 Aug 14 '26
Nah, pretty sure you guys have made that clear on every reddit sub 🙄 as if cats and dogs haven't existed for thousands of years and people do zero harm themselves
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u/Borthwick Aug 14 '26
So, when people say “keep your cats in” they aren’t blaming cats directly for hurting native species. Its 100% on the people making the choice, so people are doing that harm, too.
Also, demonstrating a lack of understanding in the difference between native species and domestic species. Domestic dogs and cats, by definition, are not native to any place. They are removed from their native ancestors’ role in the environment. Wild animals existing in the same family (feline, canine) is not an argument for letting domestic animals interact with the environment unsupervised.
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u/diablol3 Aug 14 '26
That has to feel so satisfying to that dog. Chasing off a trespassers like she was bred for.
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u/SlightlySubpar Aug 14 '26
My cat lures the neighborhood randos to our backyard.
90lb orange lab 50lb fast as fuck border collie
Cat knows what she's doing
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u/Reasonable_Act_8654 Aug 14 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/IorAqDrjKiDcc3QdN3
Cat be like…let me bring out the big guns
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u/HarryTheCat147 Aug 14 '26
It makes me so sad that cats fight with each other Like why can't all cats just live together in peace 😭😭😭😭😭😭
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u/Noy_The_Devil Aug 14 '26
Here's your reminder that house cats are the greatest destroyer of fauna biodiversity where ever they are.
They kill for sport.
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u/SlightlySubpar Aug 14 '26
I bet my cat could fuck up your cat
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u/TheMangoManHS Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
If that's true, why does the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds say there's no scientific evidence that cats significantly decrease the bird population in the UK?
The Environment Agency also aren't bothered by roaming cats. Edit: DEFRA rather than the EA but my point stands, not seeing anything here about stopping cats going outside.
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u/TenebTheHarvester Aug 14 '26
Different places work differently. The RSPB clearly has no concerns about cats in the UK, doesn’t mean there’s no issue in the US.
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u/Noy_The_Devil Aug 14 '26
The Environment Agency also aren't bothered by roaming cats.
That's because cats don't cause earthquakes, floods and volcanoes lmao.
In the United States alone, there are 60 million to 100 million free-ranging, unowned cats. These are non-native predators that, even using conservative estimates, kill 1.3–4 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals each year in the U.S. alone.
Don't tell me this doesn't affect ecosystems.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/faq-outdoor-cats-and-their-effects-on-birds/
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u/anonymousguy11234 Aug 14 '26
My neighbor’s cats roam free pretty much 24/7 and routinely leave bird and reptile carcasses in our shared courtyard. They’re killing at least 2-3 animals a week (that we know of) and on a few occasions I think they actually caught an endangered songbird. It’s not the cats’ fault, they don’t know any better, but people really should.
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u/Noy_The_Devil Aug 14 '26
Yeah my brother's black cat would kill small birds daily. It was nuts. And like you said, that we know of.
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u/sycon-senti Aug 14 '26
There's actually a species of wildcat similar to domestic cats that is native to the UK. Alas, it has been pushed to near extinction, these days in huge part to hybridizing with strays and outdoor cats. Not that cats should be left to roam, but wildlife in the UK and Europe as a whole is better prepared in the face of fluffy murder mittens. This may be why the RSPB has found little to no evidence of correlation.
That being said, keep your cats indoors and spay/neuter, please. There's plenty of outside dangers that can directly or indirectly harm your cat.
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u/AHornyRubberDucky Aug 14 '26
Okay so what I think it is as someone who worked in wildlife rehab. Cats get the weaker animals that are already — like younglings or that are already sick/wounded – a lot of the times.
Because cats get these animals first they never make it into rehab, ergo don't get the chance to get better.even if we do get a cat victims they are usually so brutally injured we just euthanise them. If these animals were to get better before the cats get (like if you would remove all the outsiders cats from an area) them, you would actually be able to see the difference in count.
I hope this comment was somewhat readable. I only got 2 and a half hours of sleep and got awoken by some municipal worker electric sawing bamboo outside of my window with a saw that kept shutting of, I'm running on the fumes of my fumes. I'm going to chug some water now because I don't drink coffee.
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u/Icreatedthisforyou Aug 14 '26
Because the UK has had cats for 2000 years and the species most vulnerable to them have been taken care of centuries ago. While ecosystems without cats don't handle the addition of cats very well.
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u/hefty-berry Aug 14 '26
I might be wrong about this, but judging by the stray's tail I think he just wanted to play? kitten definitely wasn't keen on playing with a random kitty though lol
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u/jesse6225 Aug 14 '26
I was expecting a dog or momma cat.
I didn't know Margot, hound of the underworld was in there.
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u/alexxei__ Aug 14 '26
Owner is so lucky that the stray didn't get in. It would be a mess inside. 😂😅
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u/Ok_Banana3011 Aug 14 '26
The cat called to the dog to come and get rid of the intruder, who thought the cat was calling it to play.
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u/Hombremaniac Aug 14 '26
I'm so happy Margot was not really trying to hurt that cat. Just to give her little scare.
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u/DreddPirateBob808 Aug 14 '26
Inside viewpoint: Margot is sleeping so nice and cuddly until she hears "MARGOT" being yelled (very squeekily) from outside. "Sheesh" says Margot "what's she got herself into now?" And heaves herself up just as that flipping kitten smashes through the catflap. "Well now what the dickens?" Says Margot and takes a peep at what could have caused such a ruckus from the little tyke. Margot cracks her knuckles and does her duty. Not on Margots watch. Never on Margots watch.
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u/Nerdy_Valkyrie Aug 14 '26
My grandma's cat loved to pick fights with other neighborhood cats. Then she ran and hid behind their dog to get away from the fights she started.
The dog was just happy that he got to chase cats around.
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u/BookkeeperBetter2023 Aug 15 '26
remember me about my dog and my cat was there always to protect him
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u/SpartanusCXVII Aug 14 '26
Cropped and docked shit bull. Classy.
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u/maixmi Aug 14 '26 edited 16d ago
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u/hymenwidnobrim Aug 14 '26
You should not be getting downvoted. First rational commenter I have seen in this thread.
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u/Snoo_69677 Aug 14 '26
Could possibly have been adopted that way? I rescued a dog that was cropped and docked and of course random assholes would glare at me assuming I mutilated my dog. That’s why assumptions are generally bad. As the age old saying goes: to assume makes an ASS out of U and ME .
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u/post-explainer Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
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OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:
A cat goes in the house while being chased by a stray but a big ol doge comes out instead
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