• @[email protected]
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      46 months ago

      They’re bad for the environment if they get out of the house, and a lot of people have made fair arguments that they’re not actually a domesticated animal.

      • lad
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        226 months ago

        if they get out of the house

        Well, the solution is to not let them get out

        • @Viking_Hippie
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          186 months ago

          Well taken care of indoor cats live longer and healthier lives anyway 🤷

          • @[email protected]
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            16 months ago

            It’s debatable if the cats live happier lives though.

            Our cat is pretty much depressed during winter because she can’t (Well she can if she wants but it’s cold and snowy 🤷) go out. When it’s summer she seems way happier because she can run around outside.

            She is also less annoying during the summer because during winter she constantly meows because she has nothing to do.

        • Flax
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          -86 months ago

          It’s rude to not share your cat with the neighbourhood ☹️

          • lad
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            6 months ago

            You can assemble tea parties where guests are invited to visit accompanied by their cats

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            just in case someone will take it seriously, this is a pretty bad idea, as cats don’t get along with each other too well unless given a lot of time to accommodate. Besides, unexpected and involuntary moving around will likely stress a cat even further

            • Flax
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              16 months ago

              this is a pretty bad idea, as cats don’t get along with each other too well

              Free entertainment!

      • @AnUnusualRelic
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        126 months ago

        But how can you proofread your manuscripts without one?

      • @[email protected]
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        96 months ago

        and a lot of people have made fair arguments that they’re not actually a domesticated animal.

        Yeah and that makes them even better.

      • @pyre
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        66 months ago

        they are the environment. we’re bad for the environment.

          • @deus
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            26 months ago

            There are dozens of felines native to the Americas

            • businessfish
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              26 months ago

              i understand the sentiment but the “cats are bad for the environment” thing is mostly about how the human practice of keeping and breeding cats has made more cats than are good for the environment and placed them basically everywhere.

              like yeah there are native cats but also we have a shit ton of cats brought and/or bred by humans that nature is not equipped to handle

      • @hydroxycotton
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        26 months ago

        Care to elaborate on your second point? Like why/how is that an issue?