brown567@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoIf I shared a home with a 36' tall, 2-ton creature, I would be very careful to stay away from its feet while it walkedmessage-squaremessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIf I shared a home with a 36' tall, 2-ton creature, I would be very careful to stay away from its feet while it walkedbrown567@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square15linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareimeansurewhynot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoCats are reeeal dumb animals, but people think they are smart because they are pretty.
minus-squareSleeplessCityLights@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoThey are relatively smart, but they think like cats not like people and people love to anthromorphize their pets.
minus-squared3m0nr4v3r@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoIf smart means ‘thinks like a human’ then I guess so…
minus-squareimeansurewhynot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agohere, smart means “aware enough to not run under a titan’s feet”, a test cats fail to meet regularly. they’re oblivious little derps
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoYou’re whiffing on the point. That’s not usual behavior for stray or wild cats, it’s a specialised behavior that involves people and other animals they feel are ‘safe.’ Not an intelligence issue.
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agowhiff because you failed to provide a “/s” tag? Sure, buddy.
Cats are reeeal dumb animals, but people think they are smart because they are pretty.
They are relatively smart, but they think like cats not like people and people love to anthromorphize their pets.
If smart means ‘thinks like a human’ then I guess so…
here, smart means “aware enough to not run under a titan’s feet”, a test cats fail to meet regularly.
they’re oblivious little derps
You’re whiffing on the point. That’s not usual behavior for stray or wild cats, it’s a specialised behavior that involves people and other animals they feel are ‘safe.’ Not an intelligence issue.
whiff
whiff because you failed to provide a “/s” tag?
Sure, buddy.