[ExI] uncommon lols

[William Flynn Wallace]

Spike, I have had dozens of cats since 1950.  The look I get from them when
I offer them something that they clearly communicate to me that they are
totally uninterested in, is priceless.  It is as if a snob had been offered
something terribly inferior, which might be true and not a metaphor.

Of course I don't know if a dog's behavior signals that they understand how
thankful they should be over the time, money, attention, love and so on
that we heap on them.  But if they do, it is not reflected in a cat's
behavior.  Thankful cat?  Oxymoron.

I guess that more of a cat's behavior is innate than a dog's.

Some people think cats are aliens.  It's not a bad guess. An alien's
behavior would be inconsistent and capricious to us, just like a cat's.
You pick them up to set them in your lap and they try to bite you.  Two
minutes later they jump on your lap and butt heads with your chin, treading
on your chest (making biscuits, my wife says), and purring with contentment
when petted.   What logically follows from all this is that all cat books
are wrong sometimes, right sometimes, and you don't know when.

The ignorant might think that all cats are alike.  False.  All cats are
different from one another, unlike those slavering dogs. (a gross
overgeneralization).

bill w

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 3:47 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> >>…We all need more laughter in our lives.  Of all beasts, I know of no
> other species that does that, and just think about how much of a waste that
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> aloof clawey bastards.  They might be laughing at us.
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