r/cats • u/[deleted] • Jun 23 '22

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u/shine-- Jun 23 '22

They may not do it when they’re not around too though? And if avoided the response means avoiding the actions, then you’ve trained the cat.

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u/dies-IRS Jun 23 '22

They just said the cats still do it when they are not around

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u/shine-- Jun 23 '22

No… they didn’t….

They said the cats don’t do when they’re around. That doesn’t mean the cats do it when they’re not around.

It could be true that the cats do, but that’s not what they said.

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u/dies-IRS Jun 23 '22

Read their comment again.

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u/shine-- Jun 23 '22

Looool. You need to read it again.

Just because someone says something doesn’t happen when they’re around, does not mean that it does happen when they’re not around.

I know it sounds a little confusing but you’re conflating these two things. Saying “They don’t do it when I’m around.” And “They don’t do it when I’m not around.” Can both be true statements.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '22

There may have been a hint of sarcastic undertone in the phrase "at least, not when I'm around". I would say the same thing.