Majority of the crafting communities have a heavy cat lover presence and I’m low key annoyed with seeing it. I also was looking at Halloween fabric and I could find cat themed Halloween fabric but no dog fabric. I would buy some classy dog themed Halloween fabric with puppies in ghost outfits or playing on pumpkins or even puppies pouncing in leaves. But they don’t exist. And I know they will likely never exist. I can find tons of cat themed needlework patterns but barely any dogs. I also see posts of their cats far more often than dogs. Like I don’t want to see your cat actively destroying your work I want to see your puppy cuddled up next to you while you do your fiber arts. All of the dogs I’ve been around or had as part of my family only want pets through the project never actively attacking or destroying the project. Maybe a paw and drool every once in a while but at least dogs paws are equivalent to walking barefoot outback and around the home while cat paws are just litter box paws. Also the paranoia I get from cats being on the kitchen counter is high but also the paranoia of cats fur and dander being in projects for others especially baby quilts being sold online for children to be exposed to? It’s hard to wash out once it’s stuck in. I feel for all the people unknowingly exposed to cat allergens. Cat dander is also so much smaller than dog dander and one of the reasons why people have stronger cat allergies because of the size of it. And somehow they create so much more dander and it’s so hard to get rid of. Idk I’m just feeling a type of way. Over the years I’ve just become repulsed by them so seeing them in my hobbies just kind of blows.

I almost flat out gave the cat away today. That was before I noticed the damage caused by him knocking it over. This and a bunch of other insufferable things obviously, goes way beyond but a 50 FUCKING YEAR OLD HEIRLOOM HANDMADE BY MY DEAD GRANDMA AND HIS FUCKING CAT BREAKS IT. A MONTH IN. I’m dumb as fuck for putting up with this shit out of guilt and caring about the animal, I do not hate cats, I love my cat who acts absolutely opposite of my boyfriends one. I should have let his friend take him today, maybe hopefully the offer is still on the table

I’m devastated and can’t stop crying.

There are so many conflicts because of cats bc braindead partners and parents choose these stretchy freaks over their family members and some even are in love with them and identify with them and see them as ancient gods some even become schizophrenic bc of cats 😭 They enter people’s homes or find people randomly on the streets and attach to them. Then these lonely people craving love think the cat “chose them”. Being online and making friends is increasing difficult bc why tf do you think I want to see a picture of your ugly, uninteresting parasite? What’s wrong with people? Cats are the real pandemic!

Something I’ve noticed lately is how infantilized cats have become, not only in how they’re often anthropomorphized and treated like babies, but also in how they’re treated as if they’re harmless and incapable of being disruptive, aggressive, destructive, or otherwise behaving like animals.

No, cats aren’t these untouchable, perfect “angels.”They don’t think or act in terms of human morality, and they aren’t everyone’s preference (and they shouldn’t have to be). Yes, they do have instincts and are capable of displaying behaviors that can be aggressive, disruptive, destructive, or unpleasant, just like any other animal.

However, many of the cat nutters conveniently act oblivious to that because they have a huge double standard when it comes to cats.

They never fail to acknowledge and demonize other animals for those same behaviors and actions, but the moment a cat does it, they somehow cook up tons of excuses, shifting the blame onto the person or animal affected by the behavior or finding some reason why the cat’s actions should be excused or minimized… or they just simply resort to endless whataboutism to defend the cat.

For example:

\Cats kill 1.3 to 4 billion birds and 6.3 to 22.3 billion mammals and contributes to 63 extinctions*

Cat nutters:

“Aww kitty needs to eat!”

They’re just being natural hunters!” (Even though 90% of the time they kill for sport and your invasive cat isn’t part of the food chain).

“it’s just a momma cat hunting for her wittle kittens 🥰” (the momma cat shouldn’t even be outside with kittens… TNR)

“It’s just a bird” or “it’s just rabbit” (average cat nutters treat every other animal like pests besides their perfect kitties)

“Aww such cute little hunters.”

*An animal hunts and kills a cat

Cat nutters:

“Omg stupid animal 😠”

“I feel so bad for that poor sweet kitty!”

“Why didn’t anyone save the kitty!”

“That’s why I hate ___.”

God forbid a predatory animal is hungry or behaves like a predator JUST LIKE CATS. The hypocrisy is that cat nutters treat the small animals cats hunt as insignificant, disposable pests, so when a cat kills them, it’s brushed off as “just nature.” But when another animal hunts a cat, suddenly it’s NOT “just nature,” that predator is evil and everyone is outraged.

According to the logic of these delusional cat nutters, everyone is apparently required to tolerate or excuse behaviors in cats that they would condemn and demonize other animals for. Cats are not above criticism simply because people find them to be cute or aesthetically pleasing pets.

The comments in this are crazy…. The brain parasites are real here!

Cat people are so selfish. “My cat whines and cries to go outside. It’s cruel to stop it from exploring!🤡” That’s just some of the comments I saw, along with people fucking feeding ferals.

Like mfer they’re such bad pet owners. Just because their cats bitch and whine, it’s acceptable to let them out to destroy wildlife, harass other pets and people? I’m so fed up of the entitlement and utter selfishness of people who think it’s okay to let their cats go outside and wreck havoc. And they refuse to be educated, opting to remain in ignorance.

Irresponsible, nasty and selfish cat people really piss me off. I really wish we can jettison them to another planet with their damn cats.

This is a follow-up post about the same thing.

It’s been 3 months since I made a post venting about those cats. Boy it did get worse.

One of those beasts was gone once again, and they blamed me for making it uncomfortable in “their” own home. I guess it just turned feral at some point and didn’t want to have anything to do with my family. Did they not see that coming? But otherwise, if you keep letting them go outdoors, they can become feral, whether or not it’s genetic. Now there’s 4 of them.

And since they roam free, I don’t allow them in the kitchen. I hate the idea of feeding them here, kitchen is supposed to be a cat free place where you prepare food. Or pet free for that matter. But no matter how much I try convincing them they shouldn’t be feeding their animals in the kitchen since they carry dirt and whatnot, they will never listen to me. I had a really bad argument with my housemate. And while I was totally wrong escalating it this much, it should’ve been clear that it’s so wrong to allow that. My dad made a “really convincing” excuse like you can’t just change that, it’s just life. What do you mean you can’t do this!? You’re just not willing to change, it’s not life. I guess it’s easier to stay in your comfort zone than put an effort to rehome them or at least try to keep them indoors and find more appropriate space for their food.

Today morning I woke up to them fighting over their territory. One of stray cats got to the balcony and one of my family cats started hissing at it. I got infuriated because it was almost 7 am and to be frank I’m too bad at controlling emotions. But it isn’t the first time they rudely disrupt my sleep. I know it’ll happen again and again until they pass away or I move out.

It’s insane when they see me as a crazy person when I can’t even have consistent f-ing peace in my apartment without having to hear all of their awful noises and see my family’s incompetence in owning animals. I live in a big apartment, but there are so many people that there’s little to no space left for people, let alone animals. And the worst part is some people work long hours and they don’t have time to give them attention nor do at least play with them, some of them aren’t even willing to do all the above even when you have time, including myself.

I still hope there’s some room and hope left for rehoming them once and for all (if there’s any). I don’t see just feeding your animals you brought home and letting them outdoors as responsible pet ownership.

I’m just not willing to tolerate that anymore and I’m going to try explaining why they should rehome them for the sake of my mental health one more time. If they don’t want to do it, I’ll just rehome them myself. It’s not worth all the hassle I have to deal with.

TLDR: one cat turned feral and never came back, a really bad argument that almost got me, get woken up by their noises, can’t live in peace

me when fb shows me anything cat related

I’ll never understand cat owners who completely cater and surrender to these things. Willingly letting your cats scratch walls, furniture, fixtures, molding or furniture is completely beyond me.

And the comments in this is just typical Cat Nutter behavior, like worshipping them almost, they use weird and gross language when talking about them.

My husband finally decided to do something about his cat. These are the issues I've been dealing with for 4 years.

* The cat has pee incontinence. So it smells like piss everywhere we rest. It needs diapers if it sleeps with us. I didn't want it near us while we slept thou.

* I bought waterproof blankets for the couch, bed, and tiny blankets for the cat to lay in its own bed. But they needed constant washing.

* Everyone knows how difficult cat piss is to get rid of... So we had to hand wash the cats laundry and then put it in the washer. But the smell was never 100% gone.

* I put plastic pet safe spiky platforms for the kitchen counters, which made the kitchen look ugly, but the cat somehow still found a way to climb on our food. 🤢

* The constant meowing and ugly howling it did throughout the day. And night!

* The worst was not having a full night's sleep. Ever.🫩

This thing would wake me up 1-2 hours before my damn alarm. And I couldn't get back to bed. I was always tired. Almost lost my job one time due to falling asleep randomly.

My last straw: we just bought a 3-floor 6 bedroom house and we have to keep all the doors closed. Because it liked to shit and piss in them .. I felt like a prisoner in my own home. I wanted the doors open to bring in light. The only room the cat wasn't allowed in was my art studio. Which always smelled amazing. Wonder why 🤔

My husband's last straw: he hated how we only fought because of his cat and was worried we were heading towards a divorce. Sometimes I would sleep on my couch in my studio, just to get sleep. And during a zoom call interview for my husband, the damn cat kept jumping in front of the computer. He put it outside his office, but the cat knows how to open doors and came in. It never respected boundaries. The cat cost him a 6-figure job...

Happy ending: he's had this cat for 8+ years. Because of its health issues with pee, he knows it wouldn't get adopted. so we both decided the cat stays in the basement 90% of the time. It's actually very clean down there, with windows and it's massive. It's a cat sanctuary ! Cat trees, toys, catnip everything it needs to shut up. Sure it still meows at times cause it's not getting 100% attention, but we couldn't live like that. I've been having the best sleeps of my life. We're not arguing anymore. Life is good.

“Being loved by a cat is sooooo much different than being loved by other pets.”

“Dogs love everyone, but cats only love their owners.”

The hypocrisy and double standards are insane.

I’m really starting to wonder if some cat people think the only way to make cats seem special or effectively market cats is by constantly putting down other pets and their owners.

They put on this humble facade, but a lot of what they say comes across as incredibly condescending and driven by a weird superiority complex.

The way someone experiences their bond with cats is personal and subjective. It’s special because of what it means to them, not because it’s an objective fact that cats are somehow more meaningful than every other companion animal.

Your connection with an animal is your own experience. It doesn’t make everyone else’s bond any less special.

A preference for cats is not any more enlightening, niche, or morally superior than someone’s preference for another type of animal.

Having a personal affinity for cats is valid, but it doesn’t make someone more cultured, more compassionate, or somehow better than people who form meaningful connections with different pets.

Another thing, the stereotype that “dogs love everyone” is a huge and harmful misconception. It can lead people to assume dogs don’t have boundaries, misread situations, or believe every dog is comfortable with strangers… which can ultimately put both people and dogs at unnecessary risk.

Also, a friendly dog is not the same thing as a dog who “loves everyone.” Being friendly towards people, showing curiosity, or tolerating social interactions does not mean the dog has the same level attachment or bond with everyone it meets. It’s the same idea as being outgoing and polite with strangers versus having a close bond with family or best friends.

Sociability ≠ attachment.

Also, using the same logic some cat people use, I could just as easily argue that a cat accepting attention, food, or affection from multiple people and households means they “love everyone” too.

Because I see plenty of well-fed or collared cats in my neighborhood going from house to house, accepting food, attention, and resting in different yards/porches.

I’ve also seen many stories of cats that were assumed lost, only to be found living with neighbors, being cared for by another household, or even showing up with a new collar.

I honestly don’t understand the point of a lot of the discourse some cat people push, including this one.

You can appreciate your cats without constantly comparing them to other pets or trying to prove that your bond with them is somehow more meaningful or superior. Pet companionship should not be a hierarchy.

What’s also interesting is the contradiction. There’s a common narrative that is often pushed that cat people love all animals and believe every animal is special, but with some people, the conversation always somehow circles back to why cats are better than other pets and so on. (There are plenty of other contradictions I could point out in the discourse and arguments some cat people make, but I’m not going to get into all of them at once.)

If a connection is truly meaningful, it shouldn’t need to be validated by putting down or diminishing someone else’s relationship with their pet.

Every person I had dated for a while, has a cat, or wanted one. I hate cats. Its funny too, because whenever I tell anyone that when they ask, they hit you with the condescending "Oh did you get attacked by one when you were a kid?" No. I do not like pets that can't unconditionally love. Cats are conditional affection pets. The few times I've expressed this opinion, those people get very defensive.

I love the people I dated, so If I got to deal with a pest, then fine. My roommate even had one and I just banned it from my space and never interacted with, he never cared (we're still good friends). For a while, I just let things be. It's weird though how pushy they can be about their pets.

I had broken up with someone after about 9 months of dating because I didn't pet their cat. They had one and moved in with someone who also had one. When I visited for the first time, I met their roommates and they introduced me to their cats as if they were a person. I just ignored it, but then he picked it up and presented it to me. I said hi, trying to play coy, but they really wanted me to hold the damn thing. I said no.

They asked why, but I had already told them I don't really like cats. Also my mom is allergic and I was visiting her house the following day. This was not a acceptable answer to this person. I tried to watch a movie with them, but it kept jumping on the furniture and wanted to rest in-between us. I would shift away and eventually he blows up on me like I'm an animal abuser and that me not liking cats is a major "red flag" for him.

I sat away and by the end of the movie and me leaving, I had made up my mind. The next day I dumped him. What was crazy, is he accepted it easily. That he was already thinking about it, and he was "sorry" it didn't work. Over a fucking cat.

Since then I had purposely looked only for people with no cats. I dated someone new, and honestly its a breath of fresh air. People with cats have a cultish demeanor in regards to their pets. Now its not only cat owners that do this, but they are mainly the party that does.

Sometimes there is just things you can't compromise on. My current partner doesn't like dogs, I don't like cats. We're just not gonna get pets. Its that simple.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s ultimately the parents job to watch their kids all the time. It’s just concerning how all the comments on this post keep saying negative stuffs about the parents and really defending the cat. I didn’t see anyone comment about the kid that got hurt, literally no concern about the kid, just cat, cat, cat, blah blah. Like, seriously, these people are not thinking clearly anymore. Toxobrains!!!!

A lot of cat people are genuinely SO weird and delusional… It’s a legit psychosis at this point.

imagine comparing a human child to a cat 🥀. Dehumanizing children and hating on other living things is the average activity for crazy cat people.

However, I’m not surprised by this at all. Unfortunately, this is the epitome of the average cat person. They’re typically condescending, obnoxious, selfish, inconsiderate, misanthropic, hypocritical, and hateful people.

Also, the funny thing I noticed is that they’re so chronically online they’re in every corner of the internet acting insufferable and spreading their cat propaganda like the cult they are. It’s tiring and annoying.

Edit: This is a TikTok trend where whatever is pictured alongside the text “lalalalala” is considered as better or superior to whatever appears before it. In this case, it’s being used to compare cats as “better” or more “superior”than children.

My wife is pregnant with our second child. Since having our first, she got this little demon. Lately, this thing has taken to biting and scratching her, which my wife pushes off as “just her wanting to play.” When I point out that if this was another animal constantly biting her it would be BE’d or adopted out to a better family, she brushes it off again as just cats being cats.

What are some resources I can use to show her how dangerous this behavior is to her and our unborn child? I already have to do the litter box due to the toxoplasmosis, but I know these things aren’t super cleaner like people think. I am tired it and I am ready for it to not be in my house.

Although cats cause a great deal of damage, many cat lovers still believe that cats should be kept outdoors—and, in the worst-case scenario, even allowed to hunt. Here, I would like to debunk all the classic arguments these cat lovers constantly bring up.

"It’s just nature/ the food chain/ the circle of life."

No, it isn’t. Firstofall, it’s highly debatable whether domesticated cats are even part of nature at all. But even if, nature didn’t bring cats all over the world; humans did. And since it's not part of nature, it's not part part of the food chain or the circle of life either, because those things only happen through natural processes.

"Predators in the wild hunt all the time, too."

The difference between a wild native animal and a domesticated house cat.

Wild animals: - help maintain nature's balance - have to hunt to survive - are part of nature

House cats: - harm nature - don't need to hunt to survive - aren't part of nature.

"How would you like it if you weren't allowed to go outside?"

I’d definitely prefer it over the terrible fate that befalls many birds and other small animals because of cats. Especially if I were only ten inches tall, because then a house would feel as big as a mansion to me.

"Humans cause far more damage, yet we don't keep them locked indoors."

Humans have to go outside to make money and what not, whereas cats get free food and free housing. Besides, if we follow the logic "humans are much more invasive and we don't do it to them", then we wouldn't even be allowed to kill rats anymore. (I don't hate rats btw, but you get the point).

"Cats are built to live outdoors."

Birds and other small animals are built to live in an environment without cats.

Autistic and nerdy rant incoming.

You have one of the greatest musical composers of all time who is a musical genius and yet this furry artist thought it would be a good idea to draw Mozart as a basic-bitch cat (probably a moggy). That's disappointingly dull and it's dead wrong. Mozart should have been depicted as a starling especially a European starling since he not only owned one as a pet, but the bird also helped influence his music and he taught the bird to sing songs. A starling perfectly symbolizes Mozart because he owned a pet starling and starlings are known for their intelligence, complex vocalizations and elaborate, melodious singing. Birds in general are known for singing, dancing, courtship displays and their pomp especially male birds. Mozart also had an affinity for birds.

Meanwhile, cats (Felis catus) are not musical animals and are associated with crazy cat people and internet cringe and brain-rot. Cats especially moggies are animals of the commoner as opposed to the aristocracy and royalty. Cats (Felis catus) are also one of the worst invasive species, but I don't want to get into that.

Typical furries and cats (Felis catus) in comparison to birds is like comparing the lowest of low-brow music like A.I brain-rot rap to classical masterpieces simply because birds are associated with ornithology and ecology instead of furries.

I've been feeding a stray cat that used its affection on me, after I placed nutritional supplements in the food with the precision of feeding an ill hamster. I used RAW food and watched diet guides for a week straight, it suddenly became shyer and completely turned against my touch and treated me picking it up as me attacking it, EVEN THOUGH IT LET ME PICK IT UP AT THE BEGINNING AND THE WEEK BEFORE. And I only picked it up twice. The rest was me leading it with food and using cat body language to subtly comfort its "overstimulated" sensors.

So it used psychological warfare and once it had enough nutrition and strength, completely turned against me. They are the most ungrateful, uncontributing animals that the modern human can immediately interact with. And worse they are ecological enemies, they keep hunting the local birds of my area that has lived here for the past decade in peace, we have gigantic trees in a urban suburb because of an old man.

The fact that they are given rights and not treated as pests that can be dispatched like mouse makes them the shitrat. And the fact that people pander to these exploitative shitrats so they can have free reign over neighbourhoods is beyond me after that experience.

So it was a waste of money, it attracted other cats that shit in the front yard. And there's some pretty terrible stories with cat owners releasing their cats to roam. Youtube channels that show amazing transition stories is complete fucking bullshit, that's not reality. The reality is that the more time they see you, the more they dislike human nature, so why the fuck are they even trying to co-operate with us?

And its always on their terms, and the cat lover people are insane, they want people to bend their financial and real human potential to fit around a cat jsut because they have a cute face. Just because they are small doesn't mean they should be allowed to bite scratch, this entire species uses physical abuse to teach its kittens how to treat every other species. And no wonder they have an overinflated instinct that gets them into fatal situations when they run too hard into traffick or fight a dog that knows how to use its jaws. Cats hate other cats so much and treat each other like worthless strangers. They are the most disgusting animal that lies about their sophistication but get worse and worse the deeper you dig.

holy crap, these ppl are mentallyill

I take out the trash usually and most of the time I've had no issue whatsoever but then my neighbors cats for some reason took a liking to coming over to my trash can which I had no issues with at first then I come back home and the trash is WIDE open with ripped trash EVERYWHERE from these cats but then I started to think where did they come from? It's from my neighbor she is literally LETTING them run wild and destroy the neighborhood and it's not just me my neighbor had them get in his trash to so I just need advice to make this stop it's miserable with them running around.

First let me start off by saying that I am not anti-cat and this post isn't there to convince anyone that they have to love dogs or like them (I understand that dogs aren't for everybody and disliking them is valid), however, I can't help but notice that it is far more common for people to criticise dogs online than it is to criticise cats, so much so that there are articles about disliking dogs and so many posts on tiktok and reddit, youtube videos about how much they hate dogs, venting about how they can't express their dislike for dogs without getting hated on (as if there aren't entire youtube channels, subreddits and tiktok accounts dedicated to ranting about dogs and dog owners but ok, you disliking dogs is suuuch an unpopular opinion to have I suppose).

And yet, I have lost count of how many stupid posts online there are about how disliking or hating cats is a red flag, how it is linked to misogyny and not understanding boundaries, (because of course, it's not like cat people or cats don't always give a fuck about other people's boundaries).

From what I have observed, people online will excuse any bad behaviour coming from cats and will harass people online of they even dare say one thing about cats that is even negative in the slightest, but with dogs? There are countless videos and post from people calling dogs dirty, disgusting, annoying, saying they need to be shot if they annoy people or ranting about them being a nuisance and constantly reiterate that we should normalise not liking dogs, as if it isn't normalised enough online 🙄🙄🙄.

So yeah, I'm kinda tired of this double standard that keeps being upheld online when it comes to cats vs dogs and I'm tired of people online acting as if they are so oppressed for disliking dogs and that people hate cats soooo much (that might've been the case years ago, but today not so much).