Dumdum
Senior Member
Lucy says she needs to meet her public!
My mate loosely wraps HD foil around a rolled newspaper page and stuffs them where Spooks don't belong.Good idea. A magazine like Stereophile? It's heavy enough with ads it shouldn't get blown away by a gust of wind...
I can't help but ask if "training" cats for such tricks can be considered cruelty...Can't train a cat?
That isn't all cats..some cats are very aware that reflection is them...Mirrors, Cats, Red-dots and Self-awareness connected?
They assume reflection in mirror is another cat (on the other side), they fail the red-dot test and they are NOT self-aware.
I can't help but ask if "training" cats for such tricks can be considered cruelty...
I can tell you from " much" experience.. (Many cats(15+) over 2 decades).. Cats don't do: "because human says so".... cats do " because i love my human"...this is pretty universal...My own careful analysis of the situation indicates these cats are willing participants, distinct from other cats summarily rejected for this entertainment chore, which were not equivalently inclined, so, I can't help but think the nice ladies are, at least in part, just indulging the cats own masochistic persuasions.
Did you know (some? most?) cats enjoy a good spanking?
Look it up. It's a thing.
Don't ask me to prove it but I think there are some glands near cats' tailbone base (between the pelvis ends), which excites the feline; if lightly tapped... but don't... the cat may gouge your eyes out while you are sleeping.Did you know (some? most?) cats enjoy a good spanking?
I have to disagree with all humans being self aware. I have known a lot of people that I associated with single cell amoebas. Or looking at it in another way, can you run into people who are so idiotic they drop below being self aware?Mirrors, Cats, Red-dots and Self-awareness connected?
They assume reflection in mirror is another cat (on the other side), they fail the red-dot test and they are NOT self-aware.
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ADD:
Self awareness is a measure of intelligence in the animal kingdom.
Yet most living species on the planet do not possess it.
Of the hundreds of animals tested so far, only 10 animals (to date) have been proven to have any measurable degree of self awareness.
They are:
From <https://www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com/10-animals-with-self-awareness.html>
- Humans
- Orangutans
- Chimpanzees
- Gorillas
- Bottlenose Dolphins
- Elephants
- Orcas
- Bonobos
- Rhesus Macaques
- European Magpies
this is 100% accurate..there are millions of people walking around with npd(narcissistic personality disorder) and many hide it very well (covert narc's).. these people quite literally have 2 seperate personalities , one of which they never show in public, just to their victims.. they are abusive and evil.. there is debate whether these people are self aware .. as a victim it can be hard to tell .. my personal take is these people are so emotionally stunted (generally as about 4 year olds) that at times (most of the time ) they aren't self aware , but when their victims lash back in defense they become semi aware of their abuse, but the sad part is they always seem to double down on the bad behaviour anyway...I have to disagree with all humans being self aware. I have known a lot of people that I associated with single cell amoebas. Or looking at it in another way, can you run into people who are so idiotic they drop below being self aware?
I often see people whose awareness apparently begins and ends with football. They certainly seem unable to distinguish between themselves and the football players.I have to disagree with all humans being self aware. I have known a lot of people that I associated with single cell amoebas. Or looking at it in another way, can you run into people who are so idiotic they drop below being self aware?
Might as well include the other two sub groups in that psych category. Those being psychopathic personalities and sociopathic personality.this is 100% accurate..there are millions of people walking around with npd(narcissistic personality disorder) and many hide it very well (covert narc's).. these people quite literally have 2 seperate personalities , one of which they never show in public, just to their victims.. they are abusive and evil.. there is debate whether these people are self aware .. as a victim it can be hard to tell .. my personal take is these people are so emotionally stunted (generally as about 4 year olds) that at times (most of the time ) they aren't self aware , but when their victims lash back in defense they become semi aware of their abuse, but the sad part is they always seem to double down on the bad behaviour anyway...
many narc's(including the one i'm associated with, involuntary ). have associated sociopathic- psychopathic behaviour .. it's literally a non stop roller coaster ride (in) from hell..Might as well include the other two sub groups in that psych category. Those being psychopathic personalities and sociopathic personality.
I feel for you! I think I've known a narc and a psychopathic personality too. It was hell for sure with both of them. I spot one coming now and I am out.many narc's(including the one i'm associated with, involuntary ). have associated sociopathic- psychopathic behaviour .. it's literally a non stop roller coaster ride (in) from hell..
it was a "trigger moment..".. i shall endevour to be more optimistic..
Too much philosophy for a cat thread.
That looks to be a Chinese sausage roll. A chunk of Chinese sausage wrapped in light dough and then steamed in a bamboo steamer. They are delicious and filling too.It's all good... I have no problems with tangential conversations. Hell, I'm guilty of starting a few... hundred or so... myself.
Now... only because I stumbled across this:
I was making some Steak for the Lady and I one day. This is years ago and her old cat, Alice, was still with us. I had opened the package and patted them off (2 steaks), setting them down on the cutting board to temper while I played with some veg. I turned around for a moment to do something on the other counter... turned back...
1 steak.
"What the hell?" I decried. The Lady was not catching on when I said a steak was missing... something about my declaring the the cow was already dead and the legs removed, so it didn't just walk off on its own.
"Where's Alice?" I asked...
"I don't know."
It's just a one bedroom apartment, so there aren't too many places for a cat and a steak to hide...
Sure enough, I found Alice under the bed with the steak in her mouth and her ears pinned back just glaring at me. I reached in to grab the steak and she just started growling like the possessed demon beast from hell she had obviously become. A brief tug of war ensued.
Needless to say, I did get the steak back as a matter of pride. Even if we weren't gonna eat it, she wasn't getting rewarded for her very uncharacteristic assault on our dinner. (Seriously, she had never done anything like that before!)
Oh well. Lesson learned.