someone trotted out the old “you can own a dog, but cats own you” line today, and man i hate that so much pets aren’t property! they are weird little dudes you let live in your home because they need somewhere to be, and you are fond of weird little dudes! if you’re lucky, they will even love you! - ThreadSky

ellearmageddon.bsky.social • 9 days ago

someone trotted out the old “you can own a dog, but cats own you” line today, and man i hate that so much

pets aren’t property! they are weird little dudes you let live in your home because they need somewhere to be, and you are fond of weird little dudes!

if you’re lucky, they will even love you!

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shadylink.lol•8 days ago

Absolutely this! It always strikes me as weird when some people's entire reason for liking dogs is because they're 'obedient'. It's like some people only want a pet to serve their own god complex...

susminervamdocet.bsky.social•8 days ago

same reason why a lot of people have children. it's honestly scary how many people cannot imagine living without a sense of superiority and control over someone who depends on them for everything

hroethgar.bsky.social•8 days ago

The best description of a cat is “a weird little guy who lives in your house and has a job you don’t understand”

ellearmageddon.bsky.social•8 days ago

yours have JOBS?!

hroethgar.bsky.social•8 days ago

You know that thing where they're snuggling and then they suddenly leap up like "SHIT I'M LATE" and dash off to do... something? Somewhere?

Yeah.

hroethgar.bsky.social•8 days ago

(Although one of ours definitely has the job of Scent Inspector, where she sits on her cat tower in the kitchen and demands to Know what everything being done in the kitchen smells like.)

ellearmageddon.bsky.social•8 days ago

mine keep trying to convince me they’re my food tasters, but that is FALSE

kalmn.bsky.social•8 days ago

One of mine tries to convince me that whatever I am eating is the traditional food of siamese cats in the wild and I wouldn’t want to deprive her, would I?

fermidox.bsky.social•8 days ago

In Hawaiian culture we are not their owners. We are their "kahu" which means their guardian, protector, or caretaker. And it's our privilege to have them in our lives.

jerommeke.bsky.social•8 days ago

I like that

ellearmageddon.bsky.social•8 days ago

🥰🥰🥰

i have heard this before, and i love it.

babblingfringe.bsky.social•9 days ago

Totes, but I fully enjoy being owned by a cat.

The dude was my best friend’s cat and we’re both convinced we wound up together because of him.

web-bruin.bsky.social•9 days ago

Our two weirdos:

osmote.net•9 days ago

We gotta protect them because they are perfect babies

benwolfevision.bsky.social•8 days ago

I refer to myself as “servant to the feline overlord”

veneroso.bsky.social•9 days ago

I prefer to think of myself as their guardian.

Cats definitely provide love on their terms, love from a dog is often unconditional, but they can be hurt, and there's a shelter dog or cat out there who needs a second chance.

falanxzealot.bsky.social•8 days ago

They're not your roommate, they're your sacred charge ❤️

boko-maru.bsky.social•8 days ago

this drives me up the wall, too. there's consent involved. respecting our pets and understanding their autonomy is a sign of humanity.

susminervamdocet.bsky.social•8 days ago

ah, but if people had to start respecting their companion animals, they'd have to follow that through to the logical conclusion of treating all sentient beings with compassion, and that would be dreadfully inconvenient 🙄

boko-maru.bsky.social•8 days ago

bingo, double bingo.

ellearmageddon.bsky.social•9 days ago

they’re not property, they’re your weird roommates!

starchy.org•9 days ago

they do pwn me, though, frequently

nocatsnomasters.bsky.social•9 days ago

YES! THANK YOU!

nocatsnomasters.bsky.social•9 days ago

I was in my thirties when I suddenly stopped in the making of dinner with my family, looked at the cat, and said, "We have a small, strange obligate carnivore that shares our living space and occasionally deigns to interact with us."

integgro.llc•9 days ago

Both of these opinions are just exactly how I feel about it.
I can't stand when my parents or anyone really refer to my dog as my daughter or child, it's such a weird thing to say to me.
I love her greatly, but not as my spawn.
And she is the weirdest roommate, as I am sure she considers me to be

ellearmageddon.bsky.social•9 days ago

i DO sometimes call the kittens “my horrible children,” but i get what you mean

integgro.llc•9 days ago

And I think that's great for you and yours.
It's not great for me and mine.
But oh- wait no this may tie into a realization I had earlier this week. Yeah this is a trauma response. Gotta go log this for my therapist appt next week.

ellearmageddon.bsky.social•9 days ago

(and i also object to the way so many people speak about children as though they are property and not beings with agency!)

integgro.llc•9 days ago

I hate that legally they are both chattel more than they are people or beings with agency. The more agency and support I give my dog the more she flourishes.

ellearmageddon.bsky.social•9 days ago

do they smell weird and sometimes ruin your things? yes!

do you sometimes look at them and say “I AM GOING TO TURN YOU INTO A LITTLE PURSE” when they’re getting on your last nerve? also yes!

are they honestly kinda freeloaders? yes again!

but still, they have agency like any other roommate!

aspiringicarus.com•8 days ago

Pets are going to ruin some of your shit and people who can’t handle that shouldn’t have pets - like people who declaw to “protect the furniture”: fuck your furniture

aspiringicarus.com•8 days ago

One of our cats is named Rex but I’m pretty sure he thinks his name is “little shit” because he hears that from me more than “Rex”

Because he is a little shit. But a cute little shit

ellearmageddon.bsky.social•8 days ago

sasha and emma may think their names are “GOD DAMN IT” and “YOU TWO” 😅

medianoche.bsky.social•9 days ago

oh yeah. the catte i live with is goth af. all black all the time. no regular schedule. vomits on the floor occasionally. likes to make holes in my clothes. she has a little pillow she likes to sleep on next to me when she isn’t up fighting inanimate objects.

ellearmageddon.bsky.social•9 days ago

THEY’RE JUST LITTLE DUDES AND THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST AND THEY DO NOT NEED YOU TO OWN THEM, THEY JUST NEED YOU TO LOVE THEM.

anangryscientist.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yes! My cat is a weird old lady! No one owns anyone, we just hang out all the time because we are both old and grumpy and like to spend time together on the couch watching media or embroidering. I take care of her because she needs it and it’s fine to take care of your loved ones!

medianoche.bsky.social•9 days ago

i just feel like i’m denying her when she wants to go outside in the morning and murder all the birds but i’m like:
- that would be bad for biodiversity, kitty
-we live on a busy street and you lack situational awareness my dear friend

zenhussy.bsky.social•9 days ago

we have to remind our orangey that he lacks the street smarts to have outdoor privileges.

evenicholls.bsky.social•8 days ago

Ninja goes out only on a harness and lead, because I don't want her getting run over or murdering birds. We have to tug on the lead if she sneakily tries to eat grass, because she'll throw it up at 3am. Lovely hour of sitting in the sun together yesterday.

zenhussy.bsky.social•9 days ago

our cat keeps unlocking new levels of weirdness and it's just so strange and wonderful having this floofy lil guy to interact with and love on and care for.

deweyoxberg.bsky.social•8 days ago

But then they look up at you with this soul gazing eyes, and... you can't help but just... moosh them gently and stick your face in their fur... and all is right.

threnody.bsky.social•9 days ago

[turns to pia, who is angrily trying to do a shepherd thing about bedtime and river, who is trying to
figure out screw tops to get at… vitamin e oil?]

SOME WOULD SAY A LITTLE TOO MUCH AGENCY SOMETIMES

ellearmageddon.bsky.social•9 days ago

LITTLE PURSES.

rahaeli.bsky.social•8 days ago

Our favorite threat is slippers! It's nice to have diversity

threnody.bsky.social•9 days ago

i’m pretty sure every once in a while i’ll curling up by them in an unwelcome way i didn’t catch because they’re broadcasting a “give me my space” signal i can’t quite process and they will turn to me and the noise they make is absolutely a human slur. i feel confident they give as good as they get.

ellearmageddon.bsky.social•9 days ago

listen, when the kittens have been extra naughty, i sometimes wait until they’re sleepy and then annoy them on purpose

historyofpersia.bsky.social•8 days ago

In Zoroastrian religious law, dogs are given equal legal standing to people - sort of. The prescribed punishment for harm to a dog is the same as similar harm to a person, except for murder. In that case, killing a dog earns you additional divine punishment on top of human murder.

historyofpersia.bsky.social•8 days ago

Cats occupy a weird gray area, where they are spiritually unclean because they tend to draw blood even when they're just trying to play, but mice and rats are worse, and cats fix that problem.

abbyrf.bsky.social•8 days ago

We have spent the entirety of the three years this menace has been with us telling her we’re going to send her back to the humane society. It has not prompted any change in behavior.

machutch.bsky.social•8 days ago

I agree completely.

threnody.bsky.social•9 days ago

this is one of my weirdest and most sincere hangups!

i fucking fucking fucking hate it but every time i’m about to be like “don’t do that” the government announces something like “people with attached earlobes can’t be found guilty of sex crimes” or something.

blenster.com•8 days ago

That's a beautiful bio.

I miss my roommate. She was convinced we were married and she was a little possessive and I adored her.

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