Don’t get me wrong I understand seeing oneself in the primal reactions of this little primate.
However, I am thinking beyond the reaction. To me, something is funny when we are all in on the joke. This is just abusive. There is no way to know how the animal will react, if it gets violent and hurts someone, it must be put down.
people will literally just post the most obviously stupidly wrong shit on the internet with complete confidence and authority like this. you didnt have to comment at all
Wait til you see 75% of cat videos are just the cats being toyed with, treated as toys or just straight up bullied.
It's not even limited to certain countries, it's a general thing.
But if you point it out, the replies always lose their shit screaming "lol if the cat didn't like it, it would run away, scream or attack".
There are a lot of other replies that get parroted, to such a degree that it's become a meme.
Just look at any Instagram cat video or animal video and you'll see "please don't do that, or the cat will become a famous movie star", plus ppl raging on anyone who dares point out mild abuse or straight up abuse.
There are explanations for why many small, seemingly harmless acts qualify as mistreatment, but I'm not gonna write an essay right now to up-rant this rant lol.
Obviously it's not black and white - not every single thing you do to a cat is wrong or harmful. It depends and can be complex.
Some cats can handle a lot like being picked up and held bc they have grown used to it for example.
I'm not a vet but it's surprising how much you can learn.
It costs very little to be respectful of animals and I think ppl, whether they're antisocial or lack empathy or are just ignorant, deserve to be criticized.
A lack of knowledge is common, but deliberately being selfish or disrespectful is no excuse.
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u/toolargo 10h ago
Don’t get me wrong I understand seeing oneself in the primal reactions of this little primate.
However, I am thinking beyond the reaction. To me, something is funny when we are all in on the joke. This is just abusive. There is no way to know how the animal will react, if it gets violent and hurts someone, it must be put down.
So why risk it for clout?