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I'd be getting scared when a cat reaches the 20kg threshold. I'm about 90kg, so thats a 4.5x ratio :) Cats are the perfect killing machines (apart from maybe s

I'd be getting scared when a cat reaches the 20kg threshold. I'm about 90kg, so thats a 4.5x ratio :) Cats are the perfect killing machines (apart from maybe sharks) :)

WalterBright 13d ago
There's a bobcat that lives around here. He's on my porch now and then, and I also see its tracks in the snow. It doesn't look like it wants to be petted. I stay clear.
- jstrieb 13d ago
  Many people don't know that Craigslist has a "best of" which includes this (relevant) post that makes me laugh every time I read it: https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/ric/6881185958.html https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/ric/6881185958.html
  - WalterBright 13d ago
    Yep, a bobcat. But much smaller than the one around here.
  - nunez 12d ago
    omg WHAT Where do you find this?!!??! This is GOLD!
    - jstrieb 11d ago
      On the Craigslist homepage (on desktop) there is a gray navbar on the left side of the screen. That area has a calendar and some group of links below it. The second group of links below the calendar includes "best-of-craigslist" link. https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/all https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/all I like that the Craigslist site design is utilitarian and hasn't changed much over the years. The downside is that stuff like this can hide in plain sight.
      - nunez 11d ago
        Brillian! Thank you! I love Craigslist and am so glad that it's still around and hasn't been "modernized"
FpUser 13d ago
>"I'd be getting scared when a cat reaches the 20kg threshold" - most likely even 10kg cat will shred you before you could blink. They're insanely fast and surprisingly strong for size. Furry explosives they are
- TheOtherHobbes 13d ago
  An angry cat in full fight mode will absolutely put a human in hospital, and the bites and scratches are teeming with potentially deadly bacteria. They may be unique - a super-successful predator that has persuaded a more dominant species to look after it by looking cute and feeling soft and making relaxing noises.
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fhe 13d ago
my cat at its peak weight is about 8kg, and that's the size that i'd get a bit nervous around if i didn't know it's a tame housecat that runs away at sight of a mouse...
anjel 13d ago
See also "why you should never put a chimp and a little person in the same room" by Penn Gillette

I'd be getting scared when a cat reaches the 20kg threshold. I'm about 90kg, so thats a 4.5x ratio :) Cats are the perfect killing machines (apart from maybe sharks) :)

WalterBright 13d ago

There's a bobcat that lives around here. He's on my porch now and then, and I also see its tracks in the snow. It doesn't look like it wants to be petted. I stay clear.

jstrieb 13d ago
Many people don't know that Craigslist has a "best of" which includes this (relevant) post that makes me laugh every time I read it: https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/ric/6881185958.html https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/ric/6881185958.html
- WalterBright 13d ago
  Yep, a bobcat. But much smaller than the one around here.
- nunez 12d ago
  omg WHAT Where do you find this?!!??! This is GOLD!
  - jstrieb 11d ago
    On the Craigslist homepage (on desktop) there is a gray navbar on the left side of the screen. That area has a calendar and some group of links below it. The second group of links below the calendar includes "best-of-craigslist" link. https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/all https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/all I like that the Craigslist site design is utilitarian and hasn't changed much over the years. The downside is that stuff like this can hide in plain sight.
    - nunez 11d ago
      Brillian! Thank you! I love Craigslist and am so glad that it's still around and hasn't been "modernized"

FpUser 13d ago

>"I'd be getting scared when a cat reaches the 20kg threshold" - most likely even 10kg cat will shred you before you could blink. They're insanely fast and surprisingly strong for size. Furry explosives they are

TheOtherHobbes 13d ago
An angry cat in full fight mode will absolutely put a human in hospital, and the bites and scratches are teeming with potentially deadly bacteria. They may be unique - a super-successful predator that has persuaded a more dominant species to look after it by looking cute and feeling soft and making relaxing noises.
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fhe 13d ago

my cat at its peak weight is about 8kg, and that's the size that i'd get a bit nervous around if i didn't know it's a tame housecat that runs away at sight of a mouse...

anjel 13d ago

See also "why you should never put a chimp and a little person in the same room" by Penn Gillette