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30 January 2024 at 05:27 AM
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by Gorgonian m

Do you think the term "cat lady" is kind to women? It betrays a level of disdain as it was meant as an insult to me. Think for a second about that: he is displaying disdain for women for the benign act of owning cats.It isn't healthy. Pair that with the toxic masculinity displayed by stating that men can't own more than 1 cat (without...what, exactly?)It was quite a revealing c

Good points.

That said, I think it was more of a matter of him insulting you than being a misogynist.

Like you suggested, Crossnerd would be more competent to assess misogynism than most folks in this forum.


by coordi m

There keeps being elk attacks in the mountain town near me because people approach babies like idiots

Elk and moose are no joke. Stay far, far away. Deer - not so much.


by geezerchess m

Good points.

That said, I think it was more of a matter of him insulting you than being a misogynist.

Like you suggested, Crossnerd would be more competent to assess misogynism than most folks in this forum.

Sure, but there are a myriad of ways to insult me. I guess it's flattering that the only way he could do it was "you [my wife really, but I love our cats] own too many cats."


by Gorgonian m

Sure, but there are a myriad of ways to insult me. I guess it's flattering that the only way he could do it was "you [my wife really, but I love our cats] own too many cats."

Two cats is fine. Anymore than that we are getting into creepy territory.


by mongidig m

Two cats is fine. Anymore than that we are getting into creepy territory.

Actually, three cats are fine if one of them is an outdoor cat.


Actually owning cats is completely normal and worrying about how many cats someone has is ****ing weird.


by Gorgonian m

Do you think the term "cat lady" is kind to women? It betrays a level of disdain as it was meant as an insult to me. Think for a second about that: he is displaying disdain for women for the benign act of owning cats.It isn't healthy. Pair that with the toxic masculinity displayed by stating that men can't own more than 1 cat (without...what, exactly?)It was quite a revealing c

I used to have cats and I love cat ladies. They're the most significant part of my dating pool.


no one owns a cat


by Rococo m

Wow. Sounds like your average deer in BC would kick the **** out of your average American deer.

by Trolly McTrollson m

Seriously, what are you people doing to the deer over there?

by Didace m

Elk and moose are no joke. Stay far, far away. Deer - not so much.

The deer seem to live in the towns as no predators other than getting smoked by cars .

Article from a few years ago but its about a 8 week stretch were I carry bear spray . I have used it three times this year. The elk will not stalk you if they have young and generally run and you never get close to them.


0 cats = sociopath

1 cat = normal

2 cats = goldilocks zone

3-5 cats = sketchy but still normal

5+ cats = too many cats


by checkraisdraw m

0 cats = sociopath

1 cat = normal

2 cats = goldilocks zone

3-5 cats = sketchy but still normal

5+ cats = too many cats

Unless you live on a farm 3-5 is certainly not normal. Anybody who owns 5 cats is a lonely weirdo.


by Gorgonian m

Actually owning cats is completely normal and worrying about how many cats someone has is ****ing weird.

Nobody is worried about it, we're just making conversation. If a girl brings me back to her place and I see cats all over the place I'm out. I've known one dude who owned 3 cats and he was a creep. One of his cats died and he put it in his freezer and kept it there.

I would own a cat if they didn't stink up the place and scratch everything. Also, I don't want to be put into a situation where the cat needs an expensive surgery.


by mongidig m

Unless you live on a farm 3-5 is certainly not normal. Anybody who owns 5 cats is a lonely weirdo.

I think someone is just mad they are in the sociopath zone


by geezerchess m

Actually, three cats are fine if one of them is an outdoor cat.

Agree to disagree.


I see deer daily around my neighborhood and the only deer that pay even slight attention to us are the moms who will get between us and their fawn and stare us down until we pass.

Obv, we're not going to go toward mama as we don't want to reach the FO phase.


I dated a girl who when we met had two cats and when we split up after 4 years she had 4 and I had 4, the last of which passed away a couple years ago.

Cat ladies are the best, and I consider myself more of a cat person than a dog person even though I now have a dog.

If you have the space for them then nothing wrong with having a lot of cats, although certainly the cliche of "cat lady" does exist for a reason and if you're using that term derisively then accusations of misogyny should apply.


by checkraisdraw m

I think someone is just mad they are in the sociopath zone

A sociopath would be someone who doesn't like animals. I love animals.


by Luckbox Inc m

I dated a girl who when we met had two cats and when we split up after 4 years she had 4 and I had 4, the last of which passed away a couple years ago.Cat ladies are the best, and I consider myself more of a cat person than a dog person even though I now have a dog.If you have the space for them then nothing wrong with having a lot of cats, although certainly the cliche of "cat

You had 8 cats between you at one time?

Every cat lady I have known has mental issues.


I truly believe men don’t even like women


by mongidig m

You had 8 cats between you at one time?

Every cat lady I have known has mental issues.

Yes.

The first one I got I really loved. She had taken him in and was going to adopt him out to a co-worker, but then something happened with the co-worker where they couldn't take him and I was happy to get him.

Then there was a feral cat issue around her apartment complex and she would have me come over to release them from cages and eventually we lured a couple into her apartment and got those two, and then she acquired one more cat somehow and just dropped her off at my apartment.


by Crossnerd m

I truly believe men don’t even like women

I like them.

It's men I don't really like as they're only good for playing sports with, gambling with, and arguing on the internet with


I dont really like men or woman


by Crossnerd m

I truly believe men don’t even like women

I think this is quite wrong. Men don't like other men much but we need each other's company to share our vices, whatever they may be. Men generally appreciate women and what they do for the world, but realise that masculinity is basically a joke nature plays on us.

Kingsley Amis express great relief when his sex drive vanished in old age, saying it was "like being chained to an idiot".

Sentient men work this out by their 20s. Then there's mongidig.


by Crossnerd m

I truly believe men don’t even like women

I like Sophie Cunningham.


Nah. Most of you just mistake liking pussy for liking women. They’re not the same thing.

And don’t be mad at me about it. I’m informed almost entirely by the actions and words of your fellow men.

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