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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink20•1 month agoA lot of people legitimately think cats are loner sociopaths. So yes, some science to back up the cat owners of the world would be appreciated.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-21 month agoSo many of those people treat their cat like a lamp though. Of course your cat is a “loner sociopath” - if you barely interact with it and never give it attention or enrichment it’s going to fuck off and do its own thing without you.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 month agoOr a bunch try to treat their cat like a dog, which also won’t work.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 month ago A lot of people legitimately think cats are loner sociopaths. That says more about the people who think this than cats.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-1•1 month agoSo you need serious scientists to spend time, resources and money on a scientific study so you can tell cat haters “Gotcha. I told you so!”??
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 month agoYou wouldn’t believe how much good stuff we have because we were finally able to point to a study to shut up haters.
A lot of people legitimately think cats are loner sociopaths. So yes, some science to back up the cat owners of the world would be appreciated.
So many of those people treat their cat like a lamp though. Of course your cat is a “loner sociopath” - if you barely interact with it and never give it attention or enrichment it’s going to fuck off and do its own thing without you.
Or a bunch try to treat their cat like a dog, which also won’t work.
That says more about the people who think this than cats.
So you need serious scientists to spend time, resources and money on a scientific study so you can tell cat haters “Gotcha. I told you so!”??
You wouldn’t believe how much good stuff we have because we were finally able to point to a study to shut up haters.