Cat tries to wake up dead friend - Page 2

bluecuracao · 01-05-2012, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Pico and ME

You know, there are a lot of people out there who just don't realize the comfort a cat can bring. They do reciprocate caring.

So true. Bosco looked after me so well while I was laid up with a bad cold last week. Lots of snuggles, peering at me all worried-like and occasionally poking me with his paw...somebody cared!

(I didn't watch the video, so if these are things the cat did on there, sorry all.)

Spexxvet · 01-06-2012, 09:40 AM

I watched about 40 seconds and couldn't take any more. Yes, I anthropomorphised.

Gravdigr · 01-06-2012, 04:20 PM

No way I'm watching it now...Like V said, I got enough feel bad in my life, I don't need to go looking for more.

Elspode · 01-13-2012, 01:06 AM

Late to the show, as always. That was about the saddest fucking thing I've ever seen...that didn't involve me at the bedside of a dying friend, relative, or loved one.

Fuck. Just...fuck.

BigV · 01-05-2012, 02:11 PM

thanks glatt.

I didn't care for the screengrab for the title screen of the video. I didn't watch it either. looks very sad. I got plenty already, thanks.

wolf · 01-05-2012, 03:39 PM

Sad, but I feel about this the same way I feel about a lot of stuff on America's Funniest Home Videos ... put down the damn camera and attend to the situation. Cuddle the living one and bury the dead one, for goodness' sake. Not everything belongs on youtube.

DanaC · 01-05-2012, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Sad, but I feel about this the same way I feel about a lot of stuff on America's Funniest Home Videos ... put down the damn camera and attend to the situation. Cuddle the living one and bury the dead one, for goodness' sake. Not everything belongs on youtube.

Yes! This. Unless you're a reporter in a disaster zone, or you're shooting a nature video, surely stepping in to help is the more natural response.

anonymous · 01-13-2012, 07:39 AM

I guess there is something fundamentally different about me. The video didn't bother me a bit. It's not like I work with dead cats all day and I'm desensitized to it. If they were my cats, it would probably be different. But not by a whole lot. Animals die. It happens. I hope this doesn't mean I'm a sociopath.

glatt · 01-13-2012, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by anonymous

I hope this doesn't mean I'm a sociopath.

Nah. You're good. People have different reactions to stuff.

DanaC · 01-13-2012, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Nah. You're good. People have different reactions to stuff.

True dat.

And at different times. At another point in time I might have been able to watch that. It'd be sad to see, but it wouldn't necessarily floor me. Right now though I can't even look at the picture.

DanaC · 01-13-2012, 07:57 AM

It's not the death of the animal that's upsetting. It's the distress of the other cat.

footfootfoot · 01-13-2012, 01:53 PM

I'm with anonymous on this one. First of all I don't buy the projection of human attributes to this cat. Who knows what the other cat was thinking (If cats can think) or doing?

Maybe the cat was checking to see if the other cat had a wallet on him and was going to take the cash and buy some Mad Dog 20/20. Maybe he was just getting a little workout kneading the other cat's squishy body. Maybe it's a cat masseur giving the other cat one of the most intense massages of it's life. They're cats. They aren't human. They would quickly eat their devoted masters if they had half a need to.

It's all good that it makes you sad and all but it's the story you are telling yourself with your mind, not what the caption of the video says.

Not the mention the schmaltzy music!

infinite monkey · 01-13-2012, 01:57 PM

"I wish I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd."

Walt Whitman

And you don't know what the cat may or may not be feeling. Human attibutes, he haz none? Lucky cat! And we would eat our cats or fellow man if we had half a need to, too.

So I'll continue to believe that animals feel things. Look to the elephants if you are not sure. Maybe this makes me sentimental idiotic fool, but I'm at least erring in the less harmful direction.

footfootfoot · 01-13-2012, 02:34 PM

Be nicer to yourself and stop calling yourself such unkind names.

And sit up straight. And stop tracking mud across my nice clean floors.

01-06-2012, 09:40 AM	#2
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I watched about 40 seconds and couldn't take any more. Yes, I anthropomorphised. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

01-06-2012, 04:20 PM	#3
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	No way I'm watching it now...Like V said, I got enough feel bad in my life, I don't need to go looking for more. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-13-2012, 01:06 AM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Late to the show, as always. That was about the saddest fucking thing I've ever seen...that didn't involve me at the bedside of a dying friend, relative, or loved one. Fuck. Just...fuck. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-05-2012, 02:11 PM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	thanks glatt. I didn't care for the screengrab for the title screen of the video. I didn't watch it either. looks very sad. I got plenty already, thanks. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-05-2012, 03:39 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Sad, but I feel about this the same way I feel about a lot of stuff on America's Funniest Home Videos ... put down the damn camera and attend to the situation. Cuddle the living one and bury the dead one, for goodness' sake. Not everything belongs on youtube. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-13-2012, 07:39 AM	#8
anonymous Operations Operative Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: in hiding Posts: 578	I guess there is something fundamentally different about me. The video didn't bother me a bit. It's not like I work with dead cats all day and I'm desensitized to it. If they were my cats, it would probably be different. But not by a whole lot. Animals die. It happens. I hope this doesn't mean I'm a sociopath.

01-13-2012, 01:53 PM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'm with anonymous on this one. First of all I don't buy the projection of human attributes to this cat. Who knows what the other cat was thinking (If cats can think) or doing? Maybe the cat was checking to see if the other cat had a wallet on him and was going to take the cash and buy some Mad Dog 20/20. Maybe he was just getting a little workout kneading the other cat's squishy body. Maybe it's a cat masseur giving the other cat one of the most intense massages of it's life. They're cats. They aren't human. They would quickly eat their devoted masters if they had half a need to. It's all good that it makes you sad and all but it's the story you are telling yourself with your mind, not what the caption of the video says. Not the mention the schmaltzy music! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-13-2012, 01:57 PM	#13
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	"I wish I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd." Walt Whitman And you don't know what the cat may or may not be feeling. Human attibutes, he haz none? Lucky cat! And we would eat our cats or fellow man if we had half a need to, too. So I'll continue to believe that animals feel things. Look to the elephants if you are not sure. Maybe this makes me sentimental idiotic fool, but I'm at least erring in the less harmful direction.

01-13-2012, 02:34 PM	#14
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Be nicer to yourself and stop calling yourself such unkind names. And sit up straight. And stop tracking mud across my nice clean floors. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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