Apr 21 2010

Less Important Question

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Is it cruel to show a cat a laser pointer for thirty seconds because his antics make one laugh briefly but uproariously, when one knows that when one turns it off, said cat’s gonna spend the next three hours looking fruitlessly for the motherfucking red dot?

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sciencegeeka

April 21, 2010 at 7:02 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

I don’t know, but I make mine think that the red dot ran under a throw rug, and he spend the next three hours tearing the crap out of the throw rug.
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Prof-like Substance

April 21, 2010 at 7:27 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

Why, only yesterday: (http://xkcd.com/729/)
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Renee

April 21, 2010 at 8:11 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

Okay so now I have to try this with my cat. Ummm he owes me for being a blanket hog.
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ginger

April 21, 2010 at 8:35 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

Well, it’s not like your cat was going to spend that three hours filing your taxes or negotiating global nuclear disarmament.
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Comrade PhysioProf

April 21, 2010 at 8:37 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

You have eased my mind.
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Genomic Repairman

April 21, 2010 at 9:59 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

I believe that is called animal enrichment. Shit at least the cat gets a bigger kick out of it than the wheels we have for the mice.
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BikeMonkey

April 21, 2010 at 11:55 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

So long as you don’t get mad when he takes a whiz in your shoes and barfs in your Bentley it’s all good
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leigh

April 22, 2010 at 8:44 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

the cat brain is too easily short-circuited anyway.