This article seems questionable at best. Not only is it specific to the UK but it stops citing sources and having links as it gets down into the you should decide for yourself whether your cat kills too many birds part. As far as I can tell it also makes no mention of the problems of cat fights or the diseases that cats can get from catching wild birds. Not to mention FIV or rabies, both of which had spread in my old neighborhood and some of the neighborhood cats had to be put down for it.
FUUUUUUUUCK. I’m putting on a pot of coffee. Looks like I’ll be here all night. This is the 1000th fucking time I have this fucking argument. It’s just impossible with these people (Americans, in this case? I suppose? That was the case on Bluesky). Their heads are so deeply shoved up their own asses. They just have to be fucking right about everything. No matter how lightly and politely you go into this argument it just immediately turns into bullshit and shaming and pompous crap. Trap your fucking cat in your house in whatever swamp filled with alligators you live in and shut the fuck up. How hard is it to understand that different places in the world have different situations and rules?
Holy fuck we should just all not have cats so everybody shuts the fuck up, I swear to christ… It’s like discussing religion
EDIT: Actually no, fuck this, I am not doing this again. I am leaving with this: would you rather live 100 years safely trapped in your house or live a normal 50 years? And now I’ll leave before someone gives me some “Well actually I like being indoors, I love my booooks and my moooovies and my snaaaacks” and makes my eyes roll back into my skull.
Downvote the fuck away. I know this whole-ass site is US-dominated. At least I’m calm enough to not forget cultural differences are a thing. I don’t give a fuck anymore. I’ll go outside and pet the strays and ferals I shelter that I didn’t buy from a fucking cat factory to keep as a toy like most of y’all judgemental asses. Literally the reason I even have cats is cause other people treated them like shit in the first place. Total fucking crap. Nobody has shit on me. Enjoy your president, geniuses.
EDIT 2: Oh and one more fucking thing. If you live in a place that’s unsafe to keep a cat or has endangered bird species, the solution is not to SELFISHLY get a cat anyway and keep it indoors. It’s to NOT HAVE A CAT. That has been my opinion before I ever even had a cat. I did not have a cat in the city. I adopted ferals on a farm. This SELFISHNESS is why “indoor extremists” exist in the first place. You shouldn’t have a cat in the first place. This is why your view on this issue is exasperating and lacks nuance.
This article seems questionable at best. Not only is it specific to the UK but it stops citing sources and having links as it gets down into the you should decide for yourself whether your cat kills too many birds part. As far as I can tell it also makes no mention of the problems of cat fights or the diseases that cats can get from catching wild birds. Not to mention FIV or rabies, both of which had spread in my old neighborhood and some of the neighborhood cats had to be put down for it.
Cite me your high-quality research then.
FUUUUUUUUCK. I’m putting on a pot of coffee. Looks like I’ll be here all night. This is the 1000th fucking time I have this fucking argument. It’s just impossible with these people (Americans, in this case? I suppose? That was the case on Bluesky). Their heads are so deeply shoved up their own asses. They just have to be fucking right about everything. No matter how lightly and politely you go into this argument it just immediately turns into bullshit and shaming and pompous crap. Trap your fucking cat in your house in whatever swamp filled with alligators you live in and shut the fuck up. How hard is it to understand that different places in the world have different situations and rules?
Holy fuck we should just all not have cats so everybody shuts the fuck up, I swear to christ… It’s like discussing religion
EDIT: Actually no, fuck this, I am not doing this again. I am leaving with this: would you rather live 100 years safely trapped in your house or live a normal 50 years? And now I’ll leave before someone gives me some “Well actually I like being indoors, I love my booooks and my moooovies and my snaaaacks” and makes my eyes roll back into my skull.
Downvote the fuck away. I know this whole-ass site is US-dominated. At least I’m calm enough to not forget cultural differences are a thing. I don’t give a fuck anymore. I’ll go outside and pet the strays and ferals I shelter that I didn’t buy from a fucking cat factory to keep as a toy like most of y’all judgemental asses. Literally the reason I even have cats is cause other people treated them like shit in the first place. Total fucking crap. Nobody has shit on me. Enjoy your president, geniuses.
EDIT 2: Oh and one more fucking thing. If you live in a place that’s unsafe to keep a cat or has endangered bird species, the solution is not to SELFISHLY get a cat anyway and keep it indoors. It’s to NOT HAVE A CAT. That has been my opinion before I ever even had a cat. I did not have a cat in the city. I adopted ferals on a farm. This SELFISHNESS is why “indoor extremists” exist in the first place. You shouldn’t have a cat in the first place. This is why your view on this issue is exasperating and lacks nuance.
Normally I’d tell you to go fuck yourself. But cats deserve better than your ignorance. So here you go.
Fuck you, asshole. I’m blocking you.
Bye Felicia!
You know I think they might have a point… Having an “indoor cat” seems cruel, unless you live in a biodome.