• leftzero@lemmynsfw.com
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    8 months ago

    They didn’t just come inside. They also infected us with brain parasites that makes us like cats, and learnt to meow in specific frequencies that make us treat them like human babies…

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      8 months ago

      They also helped keep grain stores free from vermin that would otherwise have cost countless lives throughout history. Our ancestors knew damn well why they wanted to keep them around.

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        8 months ago

        It’s like if raccoons were secretly making shoes in the middle of the night. It’s fucking weird to wake up to, but I mean, we’ll take it.

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          8 months ago

          Really, it’s babies’ fault for not staying ahead of the game. With all the germs they roll in and all the poop they produce, they should have something to show for it by now.

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          8 months ago

          I’m not even a cat person and I had a baby and they’re still better than babies. Cleaning a litterbox vs. cleaning a diaper? No question which I would never do again and it’s not the litterbox.

          Also, you don’t have to teach a cat how to eat.

          And yeah, they can wake you up at night, but probably not every single night, possibly several nights, over the course of months.

          I dearly love my daughter, but definitely cat over baby.

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      8 months ago

      Why do I keep seeing people spread this “toxoplasmosis makes you like cats” myth