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[Takuan]

I feel like the cat people should all be docked points for owning a pet that poops in a box requiring owner cleaning and whose feces may give them a brain parasite.

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I don't actually have anything against cats or cat people I just find poop brain parasites hilarious.

I think that turned out to be a myth.

http://www.gifsplosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cat-punching-dog.gif

"His precision is so precise!"

 

[Timeaisis]

Cat owners... agree with study.

Dog owners... desperately trying to dismiss study.

If I made a study concluding "Parch is the coolest person in the universe", you'd probably unequivocally agree with it, too.

 

[Oemenia]

This obviously means dog people at dumb.

 

[cajunator]

kitties <3

 

[iammeiam]

As opposed to "owning" a pet that shits and/or pees everywhere and you have to clean up? Or shits on the grass and you still have to pick up with a bag/scoop?

No objection to the litter box as an overall concept without the brain parasite, but as an indoor brain parasite incubation chamber I see a problem

 

[JJDinomite]

This obviously means dog people at dumb.

Cat people, ladies and gentlemen.

 

[cajunator]

This thread is most captivating I must say.

 

[Oemenia]

Cat people, ladies and gentlemen.

Clearly I'm a dog person!

 

[Vyroxis]

If they are so smart, why do they own the one of the worst pets possible?

 

[iammeiam]

I think that turned out to be a myth.

As far as I can Google, the study linking litter boxes to suicides was shoddy at best, but that cats can carry a brain parasite that can cross over to humans

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if you ingest the feces which, who knows with cat people?

and pose health issues for pregnant women is true.

 

[cajunator]

Cats are wonderful and adorable. They are a more passive pet and thats the kind I like. Im bouncy enough myself. I dont need a pet that is an attention whore, so cats work perfectly.

 

[RockTurtle]

Those Cat owners are probably the type of people who buy gluten free food without celiac disease

 

[anarckitty]

Both pets need to be trained on their pooping procedures. Hope that makes you both feel better. :/

To be fair though, most of the potty/pooping training for a cat involves simply placing the cat in the box.

 

[slit]

Those Cat owners are probably the type of people who buy gluten free food without celibacy disease

Dogs owners are mad they aren't getting any.

 

[cajunator]

Here I am merely extolling the wonderful virtues of felines and dog owners are hurling insults. It is most unbecoming.

 

[Timeaisis]

Also, it's a pretty easy study to dismiss. You just realize it's 60% of the sample vs 11% of the sample and there you go.

360 dog people, on average, are dumber than 66 cat people. No shit, one group is significantly larger.

 

[Parch]

To be fair though, most of the potty/pooping training for a cat involves simply placing the cat in the box.

If that. They naturally seek that type of surface to do their thing. Training a cat to use a litter box can barely be considered training.

 

[Crazy_Sunshine]

Yup, Im totally fine with being a dumb dog owner I guess.

Question though, is this study supose to throw such a harsh divide between cat and dog owners? Or validate cat owners in some way? (dam you relative thinking)

One more intelligent that the other seems kind of odd conclusion for an educated study.

360 dog people, on average, are dumber than 66 cat people. No shit, one group is significantly larger.

Awesome point

 

[JoeFenix]

People who put stock in these studies found to be significantly less intelligent than their peers!

 

[cajunator]

It is a really stupid study actually. Im just having a good time talking about how much I enjoy having a cat for a pet.

 

[Ivan 3414]

I'm a dog person, but I don't at all fit the personality type in the study.

 

[zeemumu]

You seem to have excluded the positive effects of dog ownership in the article from the title, OP.

 

[JJDinomite]

Dog: will always love you, always be there when you are down, always be eternally cute and happy

Cat: will always hate you, will always walk past you just to wave it's asshole right in your face

^^ Literally the view that every cat owner wakes up to - and get this folks - THEY PREFER THIS

 

[rashbeep]

Cats are wonderful and adorable. They are a more passive pet and thats the kind I like. Im bouncy enough myself. I dont need a pet that is an attention whore, so cats work perfectly.

You would not get along with my cat.

 

[hodgy100]

I feel like the cat people should all be docked points for owning a pet that poops in a box requiring owner cleaning and whose feces may give them a brain parasite.

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I don't actually have anything against cats or cat people I just find poop brain parasites hilarious.

Wut our previous two cats shat in neighbours gardens and buried their mess. Our current cat uses a litter tray only because he can't go outside due to being deaf

 

[Parch]

I got a puppy and a kitten at the same time. As expected the cat was pretty much maintenance free, while I thought the dog was an idiot. I had to act like a baby-talking moron and spend a ridiculous amount of time to teach this dog anything. I almost instantly became a cat person just so that I didn't have to act like an idiot around the dog.

 

[SneakyStephan]

Like gun enthusiasts?

thanks,you've just ruined the word enthusiast for me.

 

[anarckitty]

^^ Literally the view that every cat owner wakes up to - and get this folks - THEY PREFER THIS

Have you ever actually owned a cat? I've had three different cats and not once did I wake up with a cat asshole in my face.

 

[JJDinomite]

Have you ever actually owned a cat? I've had three different cats and not once did I wake up with a cat asshole in my face.

Yes my hatred for cats all comes from experience

 

[triplestation]

I'm a reptile owner

Get on my level

 

[anarckitty]

Yes my hatred for cats all comes from experience

I'm sorry. You must have had some pretty shitty cats.

 

[victreeb3l]

Good job cat people. High paws all around!

 

[Spineker]

What I find more interesting is the logic behind the idea that this study would be productive.

 

[PedroPanache]

Yes my hatred for cats all comes from experience

A cat shat in your sleeping mouth when you were young. It's OK, we understand. Not all cats are evil squatting, sleeping mouth shiters. Just the really obnoxious ones. I did wake up once to my cat sat on my chest with its bum firmly perched just south of my face. The little git was probably peeved that I forgot to buy chicken treats earlier that day.

 

[GoodlifeX]

Pick up a cat and dog and drop them. The landing will tell you who the superior animal is.

(Don't actually do this)

 

[Parch]

What I find more interesting is the logic behind the idea that this study would be productive.

I think this thread has been very productive.

 

[Anastasia]

I, Commander Space Kat, approve of this study.

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I love both cats and dogs.

 

[Bossun]

YES! I always knew I was way smarter than you dog-lovers. Suck on it!

 

[twobear]

this is the kind of thing that needs to be studied?

i assumed this was just indisputable fact.

This study illustrates more about how pop psychology and psychology is headed in the wrong direction.

1. Useless
2. Seems like more of a Cosmo or Buzzfeed quiz
3. Small sample size from a narrow demographic
4. Does nothing to help people with real mental issues
5. Wastes academic resources
6. Will waste more resources with the inevitable study that proves this is B.S.

If anybody has ever taken a Phyc 101 class and been participants in these "studies", you would know how they use total BS to come to these conclusions.

Even people who have psychology/psychiatry degrees will tell you how much of their profession is BS and how few tools they have to help people. Most of it these days seems to be "hey take this drug".

hihihihi these dog owner fumes

 

[twobear]

[edit] whoops

 

[And_Gignac]

My anecdotal evidence confirms this study!

 

[Halcyon]

I see your high five cats and raise you dogs jumping 15 feet into the air and catching stuff.

 

[twobear]

I see your high five cats and raise you dogs jumping 15 feet into the air and catching stuff.

 

[Halcyon]

Why not just post a Tiger.

 

[thesoapster]

Not even close to valid study...lol

(like both, but would prefer to own cat due to less work required)

 

[twobear]

Why not just post a Tiger.

well i figured that the help from the human would counterbalance the not quite domesticity of the cat

 

[Kanguro]

Dog lovers found companionship to be the most attractive quality in their pet dogs, while cat people liked the affection from their cats.

That's funny since, you know: Your cat doesn't love you.

 

[Nameless]

I'd like to see this study broken down by dog breed.. People often make sweeping statements about dogs, as does this article, ignoring the massive differences between breeds. They might as well be different animals in a lot if cases.

 

[Crazy_Sunshine]

I got a puppy and a kitten at the same time. As expected the cat was pretty much maintenance free, while I thought the dog was an idiot. I had to act like a baby-talking moron and spend a ridiculous amount of time to teach this dog anything. I almost instantly became a cat person just so that I didn't have to act like an idiot around the dog.

But being an idiot with a dog is the funnest part though. I can't even begin to tell all the stories were I find myself talking in a high pitch voice making up dumb words. Good times.

 

[Herr K]

Are cat people euphoric?

#Dogs4Life