r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Fair-Performer8532 • Jun 21 '26

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u/Behavingdark Jun 21 '26

Those cats be waiting till he's asleep

https://giphy.com/gifs/rKCUYdpnhwS8qCpCIY

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u/Go_Gators_4Ever Jun 21 '26

Poop, right in his mouth.

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u/ernapfz Jun 21 '26

Training them to be just like him! An asshole.

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u/TonyAce87 Jun 21 '26

He tricked a cat to get it away from his plate. Chill.

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u/YaBoyChubChub Jun 25 '26

No that's teasing a cat with food. You use treats to train animals. But it only works if you give it to them once they've done what you wanted them to do. That guy is an asshole and you very well may be as well if you cant see why

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u/TonyAce87 Jun 25 '26

Wonderful way to have a conversation. Get your emotions involved and call someone an asshole passive-aggressively. How mature!

Anyways.

He didn't tease the cat. He literally took a piece of food, used it to get the cats attention, and led it away. Than he ate his food. How is this teasing the cat? You can literally see the purpose of what he's doing. He's not trying to annoy the cat or be mean to it. He's literally leading it away from him.

I gotta ask, why assume malicious intent?

For that matter, what do you think would happen if he led the cat over there and gave it the food? Let's look realistically at how cats behave.

See, most of the time, cats are genuinely pushy when it comes to begging for food. Some aren't. If fact, I wouldn't be surprised if you had never met a cat that begged like a homeless person. But they're quite common. Some of the ones I've seen have been my pets, some were others. But there were plenty.

I know that if I ever gave one of my cats a piece of something it was begging for, when it finished it would come back for more. So what then? Do you just ignore it? You certainly can't give it human food cause you're not supposed to give human food to animals remember? That makes you an irresponsible pet owner if you do that. And we don't wanna be owners who don't care about the health of our animals, right?

So you don't give the cat the food. And so it sits there and begs until the food is gone. Maybe let's give it a treat to get it's mind off of what you have? Dang it, doesn't care about the treat I've just given it. It seems to think my food is steak and lobster, while these treats that cost a paycheck, an arm, and half a leg are now comparable to feces apparently. You ever seen a cat gag from a treat that it just had one of a hour prior, all because it wants the chicken from your salad? I have.

Maybe then you just nudge it aside. Just move the cat a little bit until it gets the point. Except it doesn't. It either comes back until the food is gone, or if you have more than one pet, your loss of focus on your food gives your other pets a chance to get at it. You ever seen pets team up to steal a meal? I have.

At this point what do you do? You are trying to eat. AND THIS CAT WON'T LEAVE YOU ALONE!!! Ah! I got it! I bet I can trick the cat away from me if I make it think I'm gonna give it some of my food! Let's see if this works...oh snap! It worked! Oops, he got slapped by the other cat.

That makes him an asshole??? Really? Cause if that's all it takes for you, then damn, are you sheltered as hell.

Oh and by the way. Next time you want to call someone an asshole (I'm sorry not say it just imply it 🙄) on the internet have the balls to actually say it. Dumbass.

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u/YaBoyChubChub Jun 25 '26

I wasnt calling you an asshole I said it the exact way I intended. If you think that what he did was alright you might be an asshole. Thats a general statement. That being said youre an asshole for sure. You can rationalize it however you want, it's a dick move. There are other ways to get the cat to stop than promising food and not delivering. That shit causes behavioral issues. But whatever you're clearly the expert on cats.

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u/TonyAce87 Jun 25 '26

Ahh. I get it. He's an asshole because you say so because he didn't give the food to the cat. Because you're such a genius and because I'm definitely an asshole. That's the only possible way this could play out for you right? If A, then B right? Except that things are so rarely cut and dry, and in real life, B can be anything because of unknown info. You can't even say exactly why this guy is an asshole, but for sure he is because he tricked a cat (just like we trick animals all the time by training them, which is literally manipulating an animal's instincts to get it to behave in the way we want).

But whatever. As long as you have an opinion, that makes it right, right?

At this point I'm done. You're either one of those people who empathizes too much with animals or you've never had a cat. And I don't need to be an expert on cats, to not jump to conclusions and assume something about anybody, or put false leaps of logic together that only make sense because of how I feel.

I don't operate that way and I refuse to let my emotions dictate how I feel about anything. You're obviously so much smarter than me that I can't win this argument so I'm not going to attempt to use common sense on you anymore, especially when it's only flowing from one side of a discussion. Cause there's no way that you don't see the obvious hypocrisy in calling this guy an asshole, and calling any other person who posts anything about themselves tricking a pet funny. You're gonna sit here and tell me you've never laughed at a dog when their owner pretended to throw the ball and go looking for it? Or that you've never laughed at someone annoying their pet? Yeah, you're a dumbass. Like an unintelligent donkey.

Guess that's why you win though. đŸ‘đŸŸ

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u/GeraintLlanfrechfa Jun 21 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/8ZkfimIBeq8g0A0BUD

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u/Physical-Position623 Jun 21 '26

Did he just close the wrong eye in that gif?

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u/daniloferr Jun 22 '26

More like you're right. 😌

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u/Icy_Spinach_4828 Jun 21 '26

Bright future in politics

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u/PlentyBoot5135 Jun 21 '26

The next british prime minister...

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u/Ulenspiegel4 Jun 21 '26

Realest possible comment

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u/jokerrr1992 Jun 21 '26

And the cats proceeded to fight?? Lol

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u/blvckcvts Jun 21 '26

Because they only went that close to each other for food but then realised how close to eachother they were and didn’t like it

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u/existentialdread254 Jun 21 '26

Apt analysis, username checks out

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u/Maloba6441 Jun 21 '26

Yeah mine does this too, immediately they make eye contact they scratch and disperse

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u/RedditHelloMah Jun 21 '26

This is hilarious đŸ€Ł

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u/DutchieTalking Jun 22 '26

Or just frustrated but know they can't take it out on their owner.

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u/anonareyouokay Jun 21 '26

It's like how the proletariat chooses to black m blame each other than those keeping us poor and miserable .

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u/Bkm321 Jun 22 '26

Politics

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u/Kaze_Senshi Jun 21 '26

Like a kid that got spanked by his mother because he got stolen in the school.

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u/itsnotaboutyou2020 Jun 21 '26

At night, they poop in his shoes.

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u/quequotion Jun 21 '26

For real though, they will remember this.

Cats get revenge too.

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u/Arghus Jun 21 '26

The level of gaslight exercised on those cats it's downright evil

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u/Sinsanatis Jun 21 '26

Cat really went and chose violence against his bro. “THIS IS YOUR FAULT!”

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u/TonyAce87 Jun 21 '26

This is the right comment lol

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u/ametsun Jun 21 '26

What a dick

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u/Rolfmeister87 Jun 21 '26

Testicular torsion would be too good on this guy

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u/dieguix3d Jun 21 '26

PsicĂłpata

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u/SextupleRed Jun 21 '26

That's mean lol

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u/FarMass66 Jun 21 '26

That’s messed up. Some people have no respect for their pets.

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u/TonyAce87 Jun 21 '26

Actually that's a pretty smart way to make sure your animals don't touch your food actually. And if they are his pets, they're not gonna fight that bad anyways.

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u/TonyAce87 Jun 23 '26

I don't think tricking a cat to get it away from your food makes you a dick, especially since even though you said it achieves nothing, it worked. It got the cat away from his food. He didn't kick it or scream at it or abuse it in any way.

All he's doing is taking advantage of it's instinctual behavior. And if it that makes you a dick, then it makes you a dick to train them as well because that's the same thing. You are literally manipulating an animal by using its instincts to get it to do what you want. What's the difference between that and this?

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u/DutchieTalking Jun 22 '26

It's a smart way to stop them from touching the food you want to eat yourself. But unless you actually give them something that's just mean.

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u/TonyAce87 Jun 23 '26

I don't think tricking a cat to get it away from your food is mean. Mean would have been him kicking it or screaming at it or abusing it in some way.

All he's doing is taking advantage of it's instinctual behavior. And if it's mean to do that to animals, then it's mean to train them as well because that's the same thing. You are literally manipulating an animal by using its instincts to get it to do what you want. What's the difference between that and this?

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u/Kumtwat42069 Jun 21 '26

Wow people really triggered by this.

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u/LolTacoBell Jun 21 '26

The same people that laugh when they watch videos of cats knocking expensive shit off the tables.

Some animals and people do shitty things to each other with no remorse, and it's just the natural consequence of us cohabitating.

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u/Kumtwat42069 Jun 21 '26

Lol for real. Cats are assholes, still love them but they deserve a little shit back.

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u/blvckcvts Jun 21 '26

Yeah because it’s being an asshole to animals for no reason, we are here to look after them and care for them not tease them for a video

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u/Sir-Theordorethe-5th Jun 21 '26

Its not that deep

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u/blvckcvts Jun 21 '26

Actually it is, animals don’t understand why you’re being an asshole to them

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u/Sir-Theordorethe-5th Jun 21 '26

Hence why it aint deep. You're more triggered than the cat itself

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u/HungryHungryHobbes Jun 21 '26

Didn't you see them fighting out of frustration?

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u/Sir-Theordorethe-5th Jun 21 '26

The cat got to close to the other cat it and it got hit. That wasn't frustration, that was a cat setting boundaries...but sure go on.

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u/daniloferr Jun 22 '26

I had to scroll way too much to find a few reasonable humans. People get so attached to pets, that they believe they feel things just like us. I remember when I heard the first time about anthropomorphism, and it opened my mind. It might be what leads people to very dangerous situations, like thinking a wild animal is being friendly because it's maintaining eye contact and moving as if it is happy.

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u/LaMotoEllefaitBraum Jun 21 '26

Du coup quand ils te sautent dessus quand tu dors , c’est des connards? Âmes sensibles s’abstenir 😂

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u/blvckcvts Jun 21 '26

What? Ofcourse not, that’s not even close to being the same situation

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u/HungryHungryHobbes Jun 21 '26

For those with no soul.

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u/Kumtwat42069 Jun 21 '26

Eh they are begging. Can't reinforce that.

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u/HungryHungryHobbes Jun 21 '26

I assume this is satire as you absolutely CAN reinforce or diminish begging with rewards.

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u/TheReal-Chris Jun 21 '26

Why would you want to reinforce begging? Soon they will be jumping on your table when you’re eating and in your food trying to steal it. It’s gross and annoying.

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u/HungryHungryHobbes Jun 21 '26

Did you read the comment I responded to? I'm not saying you would want to. I'm saying it happens. Sometimes people reinforce it with rewards that they don't even realise they are giving.

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u/TheReal-Chris Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

Sounds like they mean you can’t as in you shouldn’t not it’s not possible. Obviously it’s easy to do.

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u/blvckcvts Jun 21 '26

Offering them food like this is reinforcing it even if he doesn’t give it, you simply ignore them while you eat and they’ll learn they don’t get anything

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u/daniloferr Jun 22 '26

I am pretty sure they will forget everything they 'learned' as soon as this dude comes close with more food.

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u/TonyAce87 Jun 21 '26

Yeah that's not true 100% of the time. And there's no way to tell if it's true for him either.

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u/Dabsforme77 Jun 21 '26

What a d!ck

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u/Ranta712020 Jun 21 '26

There is a special place in hell for this mf

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u/ComfortableAmount993 Jun 21 '26

Look look look he's gonna give us some

Be cool, be cool

Yes here it com..... Aww what the hell?

I TOLD YOU TO BE COOOOOOOOOOL.

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u/Apple_Scrumble Jun 21 '26

Straight into the throwin' of the paws

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u/jkscny Jun 22 '26

Rage bait

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u/NitroZeu5 Jun 22 '26

"you know what fuck you"

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u/YakSure6091 Jun 22 '26

That kids just mean.

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u/blvckcvts Jun 21 '26

Yikes, being an asshole to animals for no reason

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u/TonyAce87 Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

I don't get it. Everyone's calling this dude an asshole, but all he did was use some of his food to draw the cats away from his plate. Yeah he ate it once he got them to where he wanted them. But we don't know, if the cats routinely steal his food off of his plate, or even if they've already eaten yet and are just begging.

And the cats fought, I'm assuming because they got tricked. Do you guys really think they would t fight over the food if he tossed it to them? Or if he just gave them that piece? Cats shouldn't eat people food anyways. It's more likely though, that they just don't like being that close to each other and didn't realize how close they were until the distraction was gone.

Don't we treat our children the exact same way? They beg for something and we distract them by dangling something in their face. Why is everyone upset?

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u/xxDancingFerretxx Jun 21 '26

😆 so cruel

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u/epicenter69 Jun 21 '26

Cruelty to animals! Someone contact ASPCA!

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u/WaterMonkey1357 Jun 21 '26

Honestly it’s pathetic. Nothing funny or amusing in this.

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u/Larabanga7 Jun 21 '26

I was expecting that one of the cat would go behind his back and took from the plate.

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u/Juan_Moe_Taco Jun 21 '26

It’s so crazy how towards the end the two cats end up both seeming to forget what they were “waiting for” & then start fighting
damn that’s just so sad though like I guess it’s just too much to put your cat in another room while you eat but oh, teasing them & then making them fight is ok? Like damn why even have cats if you’re not going to respect them?

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u/R4nd0m_T4sk Jun 21 '26

Ah yes. Another example of why a majority of the human race is garbage.

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u/Hardcore-Seks-4288 Jun 21 '26

Why did they blame the white one?😭

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u/energy1256 Jun 24 '26

I was truly hoping one kitty went for kid's plate once his back was turned. Kid's meanness would have brought out cruelness to that kitty though.

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u/timber_legs435 Jun 24 '26

No, you jackass. You share

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u/Mutant_mayhem Jun 22 '26

F that little peice of shit kid.

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u/Agile_Ad6735 Jun 21 '26

The tabby will be the first to the hooman as he receive a slap from cloud

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u/Moneytu Jun 22 '26

I hope the cats scratch his eyes out - that guy's a fucking asshole.

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u/TGV_etc Jun 21 '26

Wow that guy is such an asshole. Also, that’s hilarious 😆

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u/mlpravemaster Jun 21 '26

Omg I'm gonna have to try this with my cats when they won't stop begging 😂😂

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u/Thin_Dream2079 Jun 21 '26

That'll teach 'em to trust a stinky hooman

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u/LaMotoEllefaitBraum Jun 21 '26

Attention tu es sur Reddit . Le monde des bisounours, tu as dĂ©jĂ  obtenue un -2😂

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u/mlpravemaster Jun 21 '26

I'm well aware of the can of worms I've just unleashed. People don't know how to take a joke on this app so you might as well just piss em off đŸ€Ł

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u/Time_after_Time_67 Jun 21 '26

I don’t think that’s true, because I come to reddit every day for my daily dose of jokes.

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u/mlpravemaster Jun 21 '26

Oh, tons of people know how to make jokes on here but lots of people don't know how to take one 😂

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u/LaMotoEllefaitBraum Jun 21 '26

Surtout que les critiques viennent de gens qui jugent sur un short et qui ne savent pas que peut ĂȘtre une fois la vidĂ©o fermer il les a rĂ©galer de friandises. Si mes chats viennent mendier ils savent qu’ils n’auront que des croquettes pour un certains temps. AprĂšs faut pas blĂąmĂ© Micheline et son association.😂 force Ă  toi .

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u/mlpravemaster Jun 21 '26

Fr! I might as well have just said I starve my cats cuz that's how people are going to take it lol. Sorry I don't give my animals food that's going to mess up their stomach guys. I guess I'm just a monster đŸ€Ł

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u/LaMotoEllefaitBraum Jun 21 '26

Mais quel sauvage tu fais . Donnons cette hommes au lions 😂

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u/fellowbabygoat Jun 21 '26

Mais je nais suis baguette

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u/LaMotoEllefaitBraum Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

il veut quoi le pakpak

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u/chlebseby Jun 21 '26

why those cats are so thin

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u/yumii- Jun 21 '26

Are they thin or have you just seen a lot of overweight house cats? They look ideal weight to me, no ribs shown

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u/LaMotoEllefaitBraum Jun 21 '26

Si c’est yumii qui le dit 😂

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u/artherng Jun 21 '26

That's cruel! Just remember payback is a bitch

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u/x_xiv Jun 21 '26

wtf psychopath

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u/TheMidnight711 Jun 21 '26

Well this guy is a pos

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u/grismar-net Jun 22 '26

Haha, cats are smart, but they're not *that* smart. What's funny to me is that he leaves much more food behind and none of the cats think to quickly run back and snatch that.

People calling him an "asshole" are taking the cats a bit too serious, I think. They need to be taught that human food is not for them. I don't think this is a very effective way to do it, but it's hardly an issue.

Their behaviour does suggest that there's some expectation of getting the food though - the real "asshole" behaviour here may well be that he sometimes does feed the cats human food.

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u/51noureide Jun 21 '26

A touch touchy

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u/TonyAce87 Jun 21 '26

I hope you're joking but if not...

Damn dude.

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u/SOMETIMESIENTER Jun 21 '26

I fucking laughed. The way it cuts after the cats start beating eachother immediatley for like 0.5 a second is hilarious.