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The cat would have a terribly boring life.

nerb 3y ago
you can walk your cat on a leash. you can play with it to give it stimulation. letting your cat roam outside isn't a replacement for your laziness.
- circuit10 3y ago
  Even if you have a good point people are going to be less likely to listen to you if you start calling them lazy. This comment would be better without the last sentence
  - nerb 3y ago
    fair. projection on my part. i interpret seeing people say indoor cats lives are miserable (and using that idea uncritically to affirm their own choices) are doing so from a holier-than-thou position. to me, it's an uncreative and lazy view on pet ownership, but i getcha: flies, honey, and vinegar and all that.
- dietr1ch 3y ago
  > walk your cat on a leash I doubt any of the cats I've ever had would approve of this
  - LordDragonfang 3y ago
    I live in an apartment complex with lots of animals and I see several of my neighbors leash-walk their cats regularly. It just takes some time to train them usually. It's much easier if you get them used to it early in their lifetime, though.
  - Grimblewald 3y ago
    Mine adores her leash walks. Cats are naturally skittish animals, being both prey and predator. So if they trust you as a source of protection the comfort of walking without worries is a benefit that outweighs the restriction of the harness. Plus it's high quality bonding time.
ivraatiems 3y ago
Sure, if you don't take care of it or provide any stimulation. Part of having pets is taking care of them.
mustacheemperor 3y ago
How much more boring is our world becoming without our songbirds? https://daily.jstor.org/environmental-danger-outdoor-cats/ https://daily.jstor.org/environmental-danger-outdoor-cats/ There’s the academic source, and for my anecdotal one my family’s yard in Connecticut is much quieter on a June afternoon today than it was 20 years ago. There are responsible ways to keep indoor cats entertained. If someone can’t do that, then it seems to me they’re just as unsuited to having a pet as if they couldn’t keep it fed.
prvc 3y ago
How do you purport to know such a thing?

nerb 3y ago

you can walk your cat on a leash. you can play with it to give it stimulation. letting your cat roam outside isn't a replacement for your laziness.

circuit10 3y ago
Even if you have a good point people are going to be less likely to listen to you if you start calling them lazy. This comment would be better without the last sentence
- nerb 3y ago
  fair. projection on my part. i interpret seeing people say indoor cats lives are miserable (and using that idea uncritically to affirm their own choices) are doing so from a holier-than-thou position. to me, it's an uncreative and lazy view on pet ownership, but i getcha: flies, honey, and vinegar and all that.
dietr1ch 3y ago
> walk your cat on a leash I doubt any of the cats I've ever had would approve of this
- LordDragonfang 3y ago
  I live in an apartment complex with lots of animals and I see several of my neighbors leash-walk their cats regularly. It just takes some time to train them usually. It's much easier if you get them used to it early in their lifetime, though.
- Grimblewald 3y ago
  Mine adores her leash walks. Cats are naturally skittish animals, being both prey and predator. So if they trust you as a source of protection the comfort of walking without worries is a benefit that outweighs the restriction of the harness. Plus it's high quality bonding time.

ivraatiems 3y ago

Sure, if you don't take care of it or provide any stimulation. Part of having pets is taking care of them.

mustacheemperor 3y ago

How much more boring is our world becoming without our songbirds? https://daily.jstor.org/environmental-danger-outdoor-cats/ https://daily.jstor.org/environmental-danger-outdoor-cats/ There’s the academic source, and for my anecdotal one my family’s yard in Connecticut is much quieter on a June afternoon today than it was 20 years ago. There are responsible ways to keep indoor cats entertained. If someone can’t do that, then it seems to me they’re just as unsuited to having a pet as if they couldn’t keep it fed.

prvc 3y ago

How do you purport to know such a thing?