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Let me Dungeon Master this for you: You're trapped in a few rooms all day, every day. You don't know how to read. Your best friend is gone or asleep for 17 hou

Let me Dungeon Master this for you: You're trapped in a few rooms all day, every day. You don't know how to read. Your best friend is gone or asleep for 17 hours a day. You're a little bored, but you're also not very smart, so it's kind of okay. But you do have a lot of time on your paws. There's a weird contraption that feeds you twice a day. And you can see food still up there, on the conveyor belt. How would you like to spend the next 7 hours?

Diederich 10y ago
Well said. My wife and I personally think it's borderline inhumane to keep a dog by itself all day, since they are extremely social. While we usually don't keep solitary cats, I don't think it's that uncomfortable for cats to be alone, though per your DM interpretation, they will commonly get into things. Which they will do in groups too.
- Zachery 10y ago
  Some cats do much better when they have other animals or cat friends to socialize with. It depends on a number of factors, and much like human, not every cat is the same. The amount of desired human attention sought from cats in our household has has decreased as the number of cats in the has increased. That's not to say they don't still want our attention, or that we don't give it to them. Having friends to keep busy seems to make the days go by easier.
  - noir_lord 10y ago
    I have a pair of cats (sibling boy and girl), girl cat is cuddly and wants attention, boy cat is solo and likes been on his own and rarely wants a fuss, both miss the other if they aren't their even if they rarely bother with each other. When the boy went to be neutered, the girl spent the whole day going from room to room meowing and looking in his usual spots. When she went to be fixed, he did the same. I'll probably never have a single cat again (some of that is that they are used to each others presence I'm sure) since they are excellent company for each other.
- Sharlin 10y ago
  Cats also have no problem whatsoever spending sixteen hours a day unconscious, merrily dreaming about whatever cats tend to have dreams about. Closer to twenty as they grow older.
taco_emoji 10y ago
NORTH
stcredzero 10y ago
This is the most insightful comment I've seen on HN in a couple of days. This is exactly the kind of thinking that UX designers and PMs taking bug reports need to exercise!
- DonHopkins 10y ago
  Smartphones, laptops and desktop computers should be able to dispense food to humans as rewards. That would revolutionize UX design and human computer interaction.
  - civilian 10y ago
    Instructions unclear, my macbook's air vents are now stuffed with peanut butter M&Ms.
    - stcredzero 10y ago
      Typical coder hardware engineering!
dom0 10y ago
> There's a weird contraption that feeds you twice a day. And you can see food still up there, on the conveyor belt. Or smell it. Consider that cats have better smell than us, and that cat food is designed to smell especially good and addicting to cats. Then that noisy box probably reeks like delicious food all the time for the cat. Probably drove it nuts ;)

Diederich 10y ago

Well said. My wife and I personally think it's borderline inhumane to keep a dog by itself all day, since they are extremely social. While we usually don't keep solitary cats, I don't think it's that uncomfortable for cats to be alone, though per your DM interpretation, they will commonly get into things. Which they will do in groups too.

Zachery 10y ago
Some cats do much better when they have other animals or cat friends to socialize with. It depends on a number of factors, and much like human, not every cat is the same. The amount of desired human attention sought from cats in our household has has decreased as the number of cats in the has increased. That's not to say they don't still want our attention, or that we don't give it to them. Having friends to keep busy seems to make the days go by easier.
- noir_lord 10y ago
  I have a pair of cats (sibling boy and girl), girl cat is cuddly and wants attention, boy cat is solo and likes been on his own and rarely wants a fuss, both miss the other if they aren't their even if they rarely bother with each other. When the boy went to be neutered, the girl spent the whole day going from room to room meowing and looking in his usual spots. When she went to be fixed, he did the same. I'll probably never have a single cat again (some of that is that they are used to each others presence I'm sure) since they are excellent company for each other.
Sharlin 10y ago
Cats also have no problem whatsoever spending sixteen hours a day unconscious, merrily dreaming about whatever cats tend to have dreams about. Closer to twenty as they grow older.

taco_emoji 10y ago

NORTH

stcredzero 10y ago

This is the most insightful comment I've seen on HN in a couple of days. This is exactly the kind of thinking that UX designers and PMs taking bug reports need to exercise!

DonHopkins 10y ago
Smartphones, laptops and desktop computers should be able to dispense food to humans as rewards. That would revolutionize UX design and human computer interaction.
- civilian 10y ago
  Instructions unclear, my macbook's air vents are now stuffed with peanut butter M&Ms.
  - stcredzero 10y ago
    Typical coder hardware engineering!

dom0 10y ago

> There's a weird contraption that feeds you twice a day. And you can see food still up there, on the conveyor belt. Or smell it. Consider that cats have better smell than us, and that cat food is designed to smell especially good and addicting to cats. Then that noisy box probably reeks like delicious food all the time for the cat. Probably drove it nuts ;)