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We need lock downs, a wall, 100% containment. Full vaccine mobilization. Starship must be expedited. A world without cats is not a world at all.

croes 4mo ago
A world with cats is a world with billions of dead birds and small mammals. Without them we will have even more insects. So this time cats won’t protect us from diseases by killing the carrier, these time they help the carriers
- mb_thd 4mo ago
  They still kill carriers for other stuff. Pick your poison, I guess.
- hsbauauvhabzb 4mo ago
  Wouldn’t we have less insects because of increased bird, rodent and spider growth?
  - zeristor 4mo ago
    Less insecticide is probably the key thing. Driving in the eighties with windscreens full of insects, and now hardly anything, and a lot less of the things that lived on them.
    - themaninthedark 4mo ago
      Sometimes I wonder about that. The measure is number of insect impacts on windshields but is the car the same? If we use a more modern care would the increased aerodynamics prevent impacts as instead of punching through the air you are cutting through it? Have never read the full experimental setup and assumptions... I do know that I have less dead bug then when I was a kid...
      - diegolas 4mo ago
        i've noted less bugs on the windshield but about the same on the optics and the radiator screen, so i go with the aerodynamics explanation as well. bugs are there because i see the bug swarms around the road too.
      - ai_ 4mo ago
        Ever since I started riding a motorcycle I've started to believe this to be the case too. I get so many bug splats on my helmet, jacket, and motorcycle that I'd never have if I was driving a car. By the end of most rides out in the country on the highway I'm covered in splats.
  - croes 4mo ago
    "Them" refers to birds and small mammals and "even more" refers to the consequences of climate change where insects have more habitable areas.
- throwaway173738 4mo ago
  Or killing them in the US will allow bird populations to recover, leading to birds killing more insects. Cats are not native to the Americas.
  - esseph 4mo ago
    Cats are very native to the Americas. Just not housecats.
  - nosioptar 4mo ago
    Humans aren't native to the Americas either.
aa-jv 4mo ago
Pets are slaves. Stop trying to own emotions.
- SJC_Hacker 4mo ago
  More like cats enslaved humans
  - nosioptar 4mo ago
    My cats prefer to say they domesticated the damn dirty apes, enslavement makes it sound too much like we deserve the same freedoms as the cats.
- tonyedgecombe 4mo ago
  Dogs have owners, cats have staff.
- Guthwine 4mo ago
  Genuinely curious - are sheep kept for their wool also slaves in your opinion?
  - voakbasda 4mo ago
    There is a ballot measure this Fall in Oregon that would ban pet and livestock ownership in the state. The backers got over 100,000 people to sign the petition. There are people that either simply do not understand the natural order that the majority of humans want to eat meat and keep pets, or they do not care about other people enough to respect their lifestyle choices.
    - dguest 4mo ago
      Citation: - https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Criminalize_Hunting,_Fishing,_and_Intentional_Injury_to_Animals_Initiative_(2026) https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Criminalize_Hunting,_Fishing,... - https://www.yesonip28.org/ https://www.yesonip28.org/
  - 4mo ago

croes 4mo ago

A world with cats is a world with billions of dead birds and small mammals. Without them we will have even more insects. So this time cats won’t protect us from diseases by killing the carrier, these time they help the carriers

mb_thd 4mo ago
They still kill carriers for other stuff. Pick your poison, I guess.
hsbauauvhabzb 4mo ago
Wouldn’t we have less insects because of increased bird, rodent and spider growth?
- zeristor 4mo ago
  Less insecticide is probably the key thing. Driving in the eighties with windscreens full of insects, and now hardly anything, and a lot less of the things that lived on them.
  - themaninthedark 4mo ago
    Sometimes I wonder about that. The measure is number of insect impacts on windshields but is the car the same? If we use a more modern care would the increased aerodynamics prevent impacts as instead of punching through the air you are cutting through it? Have never read the full experimental setup and assumptions... I do know that I have less dead bug then when I was a kid...
    - diegolas 4mo ago
      i've noted less bugs on the windshield but about the same on the optics and the radiator screen, so i go with the aerodynamics explanation as well. bugs are there because i see the bug swarms around the road too.
    - ai_ 4mo ago
      Ever since I started riding a motorcycle I've started to believe this to be the case too. I get so many bug splats on my helmet, jacket, and motorcycle that I'd never have if I was driving a car. By the end of most rides out in the country on the highway I'm covered in splats.
- croes 4mo ago
  "Them" refers to birds and small mammals and "even more" refers to the consequences of climate change where insects have more habitable areas.
throwaway173738 4mo ago
Or killing them in the US will allow bird populations to recover, leading to birds killing more insects. Cats are not native to the Americas.
- esseph 4mo ago
  Cats are very native to the Americas. Just not housecats.
- nosioptar 4mo ago
  Humans aren't native to the Americas either.

aa-jv 4mo ago

Pets are slaves. Stop trying to own emotions.

SJC_Hacker 4mo ago
More like cats enslaved humans
- nosioptar 4mo ago
  My cats prefer to say they domesticated the damn dirty apes, enslavement makes it sound too much like we deserve the same freedoms as the cats.
tonyedgecombe 4mo ago
Dogs have owners, cats have staff.
Guthwine 4mo ago
Genuinely curious - are sheep kept for their wool also slaves in your opinion?
- voakbasda 4mo ago
  There is a ballot measure this Fall in Oregon that would ban pet and livestock ownership in the state. The backers got over 100,000 people to sign the petition. There are people that either simply do not understand the natural order that the majority of humans want to eat meat and keep pets, or they do not care about other people enough to respect their lifestyle choices.
  - dguest 4mo ago
    Citation: - https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Criminalize_Hunting,_Fishing,_and_Intentional_Injury_to_Animals_Initiative_(2026) https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Criminalize_Hunting,_Fishing,... - https://www.yesonip28.org/ https://www.yesonip28.org/
- 4mo ago