• theangryseal@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I had a friend when I was younger who had this giant orange cat. I’ve never seen one that big anywhere else in my life.

    It would sit at your feet and when you opened a bottle you had to toss the lid to the cat. There were hundreds of lids behind her couch.

    That cat fucking loved lids.

    I just seen my old friend today actually. First time in years, so it’s funny to see this post.

  • Nikls94@lemmy.world
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    It’s extremely interesting to me that cats, despite having no way of knowing sadness in another being (they anatomically can not have empathy), they know that this isn’t how it’s supposed to be. They do know happiness in others, so in order to make the “not good thing” go away, they do things you usually like (cuddles) and things that they like (bottle caps). They show empathy through intelligence.

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      (they anatomically can not have empathy)

      You got a source on that? Not to be rude, but it sounds like the nonsense that meat eaters in denial tell each other like “fish can’t feel pain”, even though when you poke a fish, it obviously reacts to that.

      • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        While I agree with your argument about the source, I’ll nitpick your example.

        external stimulus does not mean something feels something. just because you flipped your light switch doesn’t mean your lightbulb gets angry and glows. same for living organisms.

        IMO a better example is how fish can be aggressive to other fish, and this can cause psychological reactions that can be observed; scale loss, lethargy, starvation, increased aggression, death. IMO if an organism can exhibit observable psychological responses, it has the capacity to feel.

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    1 month ago

    She doesn’t want to set the world on fire

    She just wants to start a flame in your heart

  • xxd@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Cats are a bit like very good friends: doing their best to annoy you when they can, but also doing their best to help you when you need it the most.