People say cats are assholes but most cats either leave me alone or sit on my lap or by my feet. I don't get it

The only time a cat scratched me was when I pulled its tale when I was 2

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People who think cats are assholes are automatically extremely sus to me. Says a lot about character and none of it good
- cats are assholes but that's good actually
  
  That's the thing though they're not really assholes. Most of them don't even really do that much besides sit around. The perception that they are assholes I think comes from a disconnect where people expect them to act a certain way and be amenable to any treatment just because they're domesticated. Like I know with my dog if I walk up to her and start messing with her she'll just see it as an invitation to play and run around. I can grab her tail and she'll just be like awesome let's wrestle. But cats act more like humans, you can't just walk up and pull their tails and have them react like it's cool. They have boundaries. So when people say "cats are assholes" all it says to me is "I don't like that I have to respect their boundaries"
my fave cat poster
- Crikey
98% of people hating cats is just people getting mad that cats don't behave like dogs
I see what you did there, and authorities have been alerted.
People who don't like cats also happen to be the same people with no concept of boundaries or respect for anyone but themselves. Befriending a cat is as easy as being quiet and sitting still doing your own thing and suddenly the cat wants to be your best friend.

Cats hate loud people who are in your face who think everyone else exists only for their entertainment. And to be perfectly honest I also hate those people.
- "You're not adopting a cat, the cat is adopting you" is the truest thing i've ever heard about cats
Part of the cultural perception is that cats have different communication style to humans.

Part of it is only interacting with other people's cats at their house, which may not necessarily be comfortable with guests.

Part of it is a legacy perception that cats are a feminine or queer pet to have, though I think internet culture has actually changed this a lot. I still encounter old dudes that think having a cat is weird though.
- Dogs are pretty thoroughly domesticated and have behaviors/communication tailored towards interacting with people. Cats still kinda just treat us like they treat other cats, so there's almost a language barrier there and it can take some getting used to.
  
  I think cats thinking we're big graceless cats is cute
  
  Didn’t cats self domesticate? Whereas dogs domesticated us /jk. We domesticated them, but they are probably the most in-sync with us out of all other species.
  
  learning cat language is a superpower tbh
- I think it's pretty sus when people love dogs but hate cats. Never had a good experience with a cat-hater
They do like to torture small animals to death.
- that's why they belong inside
This image is great.
- AI pictures suggestive of "cats", though not felicitous when compared to an actual photograph, nevertheless succeed in capturing a certain emotional truth -- that cats are fucking disgusting.
I've found that cats can be just as loyal as dogs, you just actually have to put an effort forth. I've got a cat that NEEDS to get under my blankets and snuggle into me every night. She will sit there patting me until I let her in. It's adorable. I've got another cat that will keep rubbing my legs every step on the way to filling their food bowls. I love cats. Cats are good.
My cat has knocked water glasses off the window sill above my bed, she's a bit of an asshole.
- I don’t think cats are assholes, but this is the reason I would think that. I once has a cat knock everything off the counter, one at a time, while I continued to say “please stop” and then trying “come here”, but nothing stopped her.
  
  Maybe they’re not assholes, and I just don’t know what this behavior is trying to communicate?
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How are you making this?
- AI
  
  That's "what", but not "how". How is it done?
Oaysex?
- G
  
  My G
- I always knew cats were literate and would troll us
Cats are little assholes, and I love them. Even when I have to clean a hairball off my bed, pick up the things they knock off desks and tables for fun, or constantly move them out of the way of something I'm doing because they want attention RIGHT NOW.
Did any one else get crossed eyed and have the cats spell out "oay sex"?
I think people who say that are just accustomed to dogs
Could be because cats can be really distrustful of strangers. My cat is really sweet but she'll hiss to almost every guest. Could be a upbringing thing though, my neighbor has 4 and 3 of them were street cats that she took in, when I occasionally take care of them the only one that gives me any trouble is the one that was there since she was a kitten.
- Dogs can be too, though. My brother's dog used to bark at me nonstop every time I visited.

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