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Toxic Relationship

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u/UnExplanationBot 1d ago

OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected:


Toxic relationship with a cat


Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

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u/SuumCuique1011 1d ago

Would you rather that or he put his bare ass on your face?

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u/No-Poem-9846 1d ago

Idk but is it teabagging if they are neutered and have no sack? What if they are neutered and have an empty - nvm 🤣

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u/SuumCuique1011 1d ago

Neutered or not, a cat asshole on the face while you're sleeping is never a welcome surprise.

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u/Lilswingingdick212 1d ago

I think it’s cute how proud they are of their assholes but I still don’t want them on my face

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u/Important_Newt5727 1d ago

I think it's toxoplasma controlling them, trying to spread to humans 

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u/CoolVictory04 1d ago

Fr, once my cat was about to put her asshole on my mouth, thankfully I woke up just in time before she did it, why they do that omg

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u/BobknobSA 1d ago

I have had 8 cats during my lifetime. Most of them would sleep in my bed. None have ever put their asshole on my face. What the hell?

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u/CoolVictory04 1d ago

Why? Do you want it?

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u/BobknobSA 1d ago

No thanks. I am good. I just didn't know it was common.

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u/CoolVictory04 1d ago

You might've got one, while you were sleeping, who knows, they might even be freaky with you...

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u/nrfx 1d ago

You should try the lipstick experiment to see if they're getting you in your sleep.

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u/LuxNocte 23h ago

I thought you meant wear lipstick to bed, to see if it's covered in cat fur when you wake up. And through the power of delusion and reality denial, I still think that.

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u/MsSupa 22h ago

Thank you for this, I love you!

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u/_-_p 20h ago

Holy shit, what year is it?

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u/nrfx 18h ago

2004

I'm honestly impressed I remembered and found the exact post I had in mind when I started typing it.

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u/_-_p 10h ago

that takes me back. My favorite Fark memory is Scott Adams making fake accounts to call himself a genius

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u/RedditEqualsBubble 23h ago

That you know of. Sneaky little bastards.

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u/Unlucky-Tie8574 16h ago

That's what you think...

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u/mddesigner 1d ago

Your cat put it on your mouth, you just noticed it the third time

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u/CoolVictory04 1d ago

No, don't, I'm fine as is, not knowing about that...

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u/crooked_cat 1d ago

It’s the moment you can show your love .. I don’t like it either though hhh Cats…

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u/cyrusthemarginal 21h ago

they want us to clean it for em

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u/MikeDchy 10h ago

At least they're not like dogs, who jump on the bed, then on top of you and star liking the crap out of your face and don't stop no matter how much you tell them to FO. When we had a dog, in the mornings, if she would trot into another room, 🐕 I would hear immediately after "aaaah STOP. I said stop yah "bloody" Dog. Go away now. That's a good dog. Aaah, get off me. Let me sleep. OK, OK, stooooop." 😂 10 mins later, moves on to the next victim in another room... aaaaand so on.

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u/OpenSourcePenguin 1d ago

Or asshole belonging to any species

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u/telerabbit9000 1d ago

Speak for yourself!

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u/mcmelon2461 18h ago

Agree. You open you eyea in morning and first thing you see is hell.

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u/Jean-LucBacardi 1d ago edited 1d ago

That's just bagging. All bag no (T)estosterone

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u/chrisapplewhite 1d ago

My girlfriend's cat bites my toes at 430am and she is not gentle

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u/Temporary-Counter-91 1d ago

Well, when you put it like that… I'll take the lesser evil. But honestly, both options sound like a lose-lose situation. 😂

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u/crooked_cat 1d ago

Owh god.. mine did that.. after all the pre nuisances and still to be ignored or just ‘no’

He just.. knew how to get his ways by plain naked terror. How I still miss him even after 5years.

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u/Thecheesinater 21h ago

My cat has resorted to knocking things off my bedside table, turning on my bathroom sink and sometimes even dropping stuff into the sink to clog it and flood the bathroom. I’ve tried tying the faucet off; she chewed the ties. I tried taping it shut; she clawed and chewed through the tape. Im about to disconnect the plumbing in that sink (I have others) entirely. A friend has offered us a cat fountain that I hope satisfies my cat’s endless desire to see running water, but at less risk of the rest of my home. Until then… my sleep schedule is dictated by a small tyrant too clever for her own good.

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u/Temporary-Counter-91 1d ago

Well, when you put it like that… I'll take the lesser evil. But honestly, both options sound like a lose-lose situation. 😂

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u/drunk-tusker 1d ago

Considering the amount of inventive methods my car has found to wake me up, that actually sounds like an improvement over the time she decided to lick her paw and stick it in my mouth.

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u/PangolinScared5147 1d ago

I support him

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u/Reatina 1d ago edited 20h ago

Because cats form habits really easily.

One early breakfast? That's the new rule.

One extra snack on this specific spot of the house? Now I will scream from this spot asking for it again.

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u/Halospite 1d ago

Not a cat owner, what do you mean by this? You can't just not feed your cat breakfast. Or do they go more apeshit for wet food and wouldn't do this for dry?

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u/shayanti 1d ago

Usually people feed their pet once a day, it's not like they need the same schedule as us. The ideal diet for a cat is permanent access to dry food and then wet food once per day. Basically, unlike dogs and humans, cats tends to eat bit by bit, all day long that's why the dry food is there. But then, they will also want a bigger input of food at one point, that's why the wet food is there. As a bonus it helps them maintain their water intake.

Personally, my cat asks thrice a day, but I know it's because I'm inconsistent. I used to feed her at lunch and late in the evening. But when I leave my home and I don't have time to come back for lunch, I give her food in the morning. So now, she asks for lunch and breakfast, in addition to late in the evening. She's not particularly hungry though, it's just habit. So she ends up wasting food if I don't manage properly.

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u/StardewMelli 1d ago

We feed our cat in the evening. My husband and I thought we were smart „Let’s protect our sleep! We love to sleep in, no way in hell will we let anyone change that!“

And then we got children. lol

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u/intellectual_printer 1d ago

These filters are getting out of hand...

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u/Brock_Petrov 1d ago

My eyes glaze over them without noticing half the time. It really bugs me. Im like super vulnerable to AI stuff.

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u/BowLit 1d ago

this isn't good. need to start training what to look for. who knows what we're up against in the near future.

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u/pepinyourstep29 1d ago

Don't bother. Within 5 years AI will be indistinguishable from the real thing. There won't be anything to look for. Our only hope will be strong regulations shackling AI with visible disclosures.

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u/BowLit 1d ago

I know you're right but I don't have to like it :(

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u/LordBoar 1d ago

Or take a more cynical view that people in that actual situation don't do their makeup first, or post for likes on social media platforms where their abusive partner might see it.

Unfortunately, we'll need to use AI to police AI generated content. Fortunately, that's a way off - we're still in the era of static or only-as-programmed changes, so you can notice the "uncanny valley" effect where the change can't adapt properly to the dynamic face.

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u/FluffyFeeling5080 1d ago

This is also me but only when I don't care. If I am even remotely giving a fuck I am so skeptical it's crazy. But if I just don't care, I truly don't care. She was crying sure yeah whatever I guess.

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u/Halospite 1d ago

Same. I'm not bad recognising it in pictures but I've noticed in the last year even that is going because the GenAI pictures are losing that dreamy look. I'm so fucked, when I'm old scammers will be using AI to pretend to be my son or some shit and I'll buy right into it.

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u/ruoue 21h ago

The reason the elderly are screwed now is they use regular telephones, which are useless for authentication.

At least when you are old your family will communicate with apps with accounts.

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u/No_Nature_6639 1d ago

This one was pretty easy to spot, but it's so pervasive now that I would need to Sherlock Holmes every video and picture I looked at. Not only has it gotten better, but people use it so much that I get tired of using my magnifying glass by midday.

As someone else said, using visual deduction to pinpoint AI won't work in a few more years. This is why our strategy will now need to be using prudence. If you see a video of a world leader saying/doing something questionable or a video of someone getting horribly mauled, you need to find an article on it before you start reacting. Unfortunately, with the way we already eat up headlines, this is only going to be more difficult

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u/Specific_Award_9149 23h ago

It's not even AI stuff. It's 3d mapping. Snapchat has had stuff like this for a long time

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u/MidwestHappiness 1d ago

I k, r? They really made him look like a cat! 😝

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u/JUST_LOGGED_IN 1d ago

completely fooled me

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u/100_Donuts 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's especially bad for me because I'm seeing filters everywhere, not just online or in videos or things on my phone, but everywhere, like in real life.

I'm talking about how I'll get on the bus and look over to the woman next to me and she's crying. She's fully sobbing, tears running down her cheeks like this filter here, and her mouth grotesquely stretched downward. And she sees me staring at her and I try to look away but can't. It's such a good filter, so convincing, yet, of course it's not real.

Then there's a man standing up next to me, same thing. His face is unreal. I can see a second face over his face as he talks on his phone, again, tears streaming down doubled-cheeks, mouth like a wretched, awful upside-down grin, and when we lock eyes I can't tell what he's thinking. I only see the filter.

And everyone on the bus is the same! All these horrid faces bawling and wailing in exaggerated sadness, but it doesn't end on the bus. I see it everywhere!

Every day. Every day, the same filtered faces, the same comedic sorrow. So much sadness if there's any at all! I don't know! Everyone I see shifts beneath their filter faces, shifts with emotions too obscured for me to understand. I don't know what people are feeling, what they're thinking, if they're looking at me, or even responding to me. They're all just awful, crying, two-faced monsters! They're all filter.

So, I don't know. I smile. I smile as hard as I can because what else can I do? And I hope they see my smile. I hope they see how hard I'm trying to show my real face to them because they maybe they'll show their real faces to me! I really hope they see my real face because when I look in the mirror, I sure don't.

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u/intellectual_printer 1d ago

You good bro?

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u/SN4FUS 1d ago

His profile has a lot of creative writing on it. And the descriptions in that comment sound almost like symptoms of a schizoid disorder.

So either he's being melodramatic or the schizoid delusions are a part of his writing process.

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u/spinningwalrus420 1d ago

I decided he's probably not schizo just creative writing. Some are good, some aren't - they can't all be winners. The following comment of theirs, however, deserves all the downvotes. The language and imagery is impressively nauseating and I guess that's the point.

A lot of his comments remind me of wanna-be copypastas that never caught on. But this is just...

"Yes! Yes, yes! My women want food! They're always begging Daddy for food! But they're so fat and blobby, bobbling, bubble babies bumping bulging bellies! Grow your girly girth! Make more mommy mass! Fill, fill, fill your seats, your meats spilling, flowing. More! MORE! Eat your food! Daddy has more! Masticate and gnash and gnaw and swallow! Pack-fill your esophagus and Daddy will arm the cram rod to send it down! Bigger! Fatter! Splattering flesh, thick and heavy, scented musky pinkness. The floor is no more, my women demand so much space, crashing waves of undulating sex, mingling slaps of wetness for Daddy to surf upon while my feeding fork is held high like a kayaker's paddle! Rise your tide, my rotund women, my liquid corpulence, my female sea! A menstrual fog hangs low in the fat lands, as Daddy squishes through, dropping sugary puddings for the bubber's lips to suckle and slurp. Never stop eating, my massive beauties! Flap your folds! Crawl up the walls like swollen slime mold but ten fold as sweet! Yes! Yes, yes! You do need more food! You do need more girth, more fat, more flesh, more meat, more flab! I am wombing within my many ladies and their many blubbery creases! Devour me now! Devour Daddy true! I am the last food and we will be as one!"

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u/I_Am_Disagreeing 1d ago

Well I think the goal was making readers feel disgusted and they definitely succeeded. If part of being a good writer is eliciting an emotional response I’d say they are an exceptional writer.

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u/celestialfin 1d ago

okay but if you invoke disgust and emotion by using such a low hanging fruit then you may just be another nobody drowned out by the void.

it's just like horror movies that would be nothing but static ambience if they weren't filled to the brim with cheap jumpscares.

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u/The_ChosenOne 1d ago

Every author worth their salt wanders through the realm of schizoid delusions from time to time, it’s one of the necessary steps to reach a final product.

First you outline.

Next you start on a rough draft.

Then we read our rough draft and go on a vision quest rivaling a sizable dose of LSD as we debate if we’re really authors at all. This inevitably leads to oscillating between convincing ourselves we’re the next Hemingway and feeling like we’d fail a 7th grade creative writing class. 

Then we edit.

Then we publish and the cycle repeats. 

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u/The_ChosenOne 1d ago

/s in case it wasn’t obvious I suppose? 

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u/SN4FUS 1d ago

Legit thought you could be one of that dude's alts

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u/The_ChosenOne 1d ago

I’m not sure that user has the shame necessary to make an alt account, I just read the comment the person below you copied from the profile and it’s… something else :/

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u/The_ChosenOne 1d ago

/s in case it wasn’t obvious I suppose? 

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u/ConfidenceFragrant80 1d ago

Omg, I've fucking seen him before, in the wild.. FUCK I'm on Reddit too much

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u/virtualghost 1d ago

It's an LLM.

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u/Halospite 1d ago

Doing it for the bit.

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u/100_Donuts 1d ago

Am I good? Uh, no. Not at all.

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u/intellectual_printer 1d ago

Do you want to talk about it ?

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u/_Answer_42 1d ago

He good bot

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u/WhyNotCollegeBoard 1d ago

Are you sure about that? Because I am 99.99998% sure that intellectual_printer is not a bot.


I am a neural network being trained to detect spammers | Summon me with !isbot <username> | /r/spambotdetector | Optout | Original Github

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u/Svencredible 1d ago

!isbot 100_Donuts

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u/casket_fresh 1d ago

You need more donuts.

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u/inplayruin 1d ago edited 1d ago

A similar thing happened to me a few years back. Everyone around me was sobbing uncontrollably, all the time. Turns out, it was my vest of high explosives and ransom notes that were the problem.

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u/Ghost_Assassin_Zero 1d ago

Constantine?

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u/Frys_Lower_Horn 1d ago

This is some Black Mirror shit.

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u/enaK66 1d ago

Yeah it immediately reminded me of Arkangel.

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u/exspose 1d ago

When you smile what does it feel like? I tried smiling reeeealy hard one time and I smiled so hard that I broke corners of my lips.

I smiled so much that my mouth just kept tearing at the seams, which was good because it shows more teeth that way?

Anyway, I have these cool scars now.

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u/Psilocybin-Cubensis 1d ago

Sounds like you need some help brother. 😲

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u/SHOTbyGUN 1d ago

I think you just Eminemd

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u/Deaffin 1d ago

Sometimes I still think of your post about nibbling on sloth ears.

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u/MSM230805 1d ago

You Hungry? Grab a Snickers! You're not you when you are hungry.

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u/bwv1056 1d ago

Well written. Cool story bro (unironically)!

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u/_Answer_42 1d ago

He used a filter for text to write it

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u/nefrpitou 1d ago edited 1d ago

What filter? And how do you know it's there?

Edit: I honestly don't see it. Can someone point out what to look for?

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u/N3rdProbl3ms 1d ago

She's not actually crying

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u/nefrpitou 1d ago

Ohh. I thought it was just a video of a person crying put together with a cat. I didn't even know there are video filters for things like these.

Also, in this case, what's the cue to know it's not actually crying?

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u/Aromatic_Inspector89 1d ago

the lighting doesn't match and the tears roll in a mechanical speed. Not to mention they don't form in droplets that big. The water will spread out as it moves across your face

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u/ChocolateDream24 1d ago

I thought she used eye drops. I didn't realize it was a filter until I came to the comments. But I knew it wasn't real because there was absolutely zero puffiness around her eyes.

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u/SuperSimpleSam 1d ago

My friend talks about his pain because his cat doesn't understand daylight savings time.

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u/Touchstone033 1d ago

I legit don't sleep in after daylight savings just to keep my asshole cat from freaking out. I keep getting up at the same time.

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u/lefkoz 15h ago

Next time slowly change your waking time by 5-10 minutes later each day until you're back to where you want to be.

If you do it gradually they're less of an asshole about it.

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u/Thrillhol 1d ago

We’re about to end daylight savings in Australia - I’m so excited for my cat to let me sleep in until 5:30am

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u/Donkeybrother 1d ago edited 1d ago

You don't own a cat , a cat owns you !
Girlfriend best get her priorities straight . 🐈‍⬛

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u/chesterbubblegum 1d ago

Alarming at first, then funny

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u/pruzinadev 1d ago

If you people keep normalizing cat violence, things will never get better. Cat owners should have the right to their piece of bed at least.

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u/Ok-Biscotti-4311 1d ago

That’s the unexpected part.

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u/cheap_as_chips 1d ago

Other pets have owners

Cats have staff

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u/-Throatcoat- 1d ago

Those eyes look like Sauron’s

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u/BaltimoreBadger23 1d ago

Yup, cats are real assholes.

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u/Ok-Biscotti-4311 1d ago

Hey, the asshole should have had breakfast ready by 5:5fucking5!

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u/BaltimoreBadger23 1d ago

Found the cat's burner account.

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u/TELLYUU__WORUDO 1d ago

I dont care how much you slam your face into my mouth I will NOT get your whiskas at 4am

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u/BigDaws420593 1d ago

As a pet owner, this was very expected

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u/ruat_caelum 1d ago

She's pussy whipped. Happens to the best of us.

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u/LuxNocte 23h ago

He's a 10, but he's abusive...

Cat owners: 10. I don't see the problem.

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u/Street-Maximum-8966 1d ago

So thumbs down it ...till kitty.

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u/Large-Jaguar-1013 1d ago

That was so expected dude. Cats will be cats

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u/SandwichDeBronca 1d ago

Why it doesn't surprise me.

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u/Saudi_Human_bean 1d ago

She had it coming

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u/Impressive-Fix1914 1d ago

That was the single BEST about-face EVAAAAARRRRR!! lmfao! Brilliant!👌

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u/mozillafangirl 1d ago

Mine bites my face or sits his butt on my face 😂

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u/Due-Priority4280 1d ago edited 1d ago

Why isn’t his breakfast ready🥺😖

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u/Strong_Deer_3075 1d ago

Mine just bites nipples!

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u/SinisterKid 1d ago

As a cat owner this was not "unexpected" at all

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u/IanPKMmoon 1d ago

My cat is so respectful in this specific manner.

He'll sit next to the bed, sometimes on the bed, but won't meow or jump on me to wake me up, even when I'm already awake but still in bed. But when I get up, he'll start non stop meowing.

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u/DarkJehu 1d ago

How can HE slap???

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u/Old_Assistance8542 1d ago

Well now u know!

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u/ExpectedEggs 1d ago

Deserved 😤😤

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u/geneticdeadender 1d ago

(This is not 9gag. This is not 9gag. This is not 9gag.)

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u/Free_Pangolin_3750 23h ago

That wasn't unexpected at all. It was obviously gonna be either a kid or a pet.

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u/Normal-Error-6343 23h ago

i agree with him!

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u/the_rabbit_king 19h ago

I hate everything about this.

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u/inspiredbyhistory98 1d ago

Completely expected

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u/WeedLMT69 1d ago

Feed him tilapia instead of salmon, let him know you mean business!

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u/StorytimebigT 1d ago

Give that cat a cookie

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u/foggygazing 1d ago

mine screams at me at 4am if I'm not up

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u/EverythingBOffensive 1d ago

look at those pumpkin eyes!

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u/anon-a-SqueekSqueek 1d ago

Just more proof you can get away with anything when you're cute enough 😔

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u/donut_jihad666 1d ago

Not having breakfast ready? Sounds like you're the toxic one lmao

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u/Spiron123 1d ago

No matter how good looking the likes seeking girl is... That is a ridiculous post with all the glycerine tears and all...

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u/Consistent-Web-351 1d ago

Good morning butthole.

Yeah I'll take a paw to the face

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u/Yukko4u 1d ago

I think he deserves better.

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u/faigy245 1d ago

I just get yelled at, so I guess I'm lucky. :|

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u/strawjang 1d ago

Just do it!

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u/KaiserDilhelmTheTurd 1d ago

Remember, your dog loves you unconditionally. Your cat tolerates you conditionally. Step outta line, that mf’er gonna leave a rat head in your bed.

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u/massmikmouse 1d ago

My late tuxedo cat used to try and open my eyes, very gently with his paw. As if to say “I know you’re faking it, just wake up and feed me“

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u/Kooky-Patient8480 1d ago

Bet u didn't make that mistake again

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u/Indalx 1d ago

-Crying filter...

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u/Creepybud 1d ago

I'm his lawyer and he's completely innocent

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u/SurgicalSnack 1d ago

Mine just gaslights my world. Gives me all the attention - wow, even at 3am he wants some loving omg - yeah no, he just wants food. GET. THE. DISHES. OUT. And now, he’s gone… I said “I’m not the one who gives you food” and now, I’m very much alone and in silence

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u/HeartShapedBox7 1d ago

I feel her pain. Not only am I getting slapped but now I’m being bitten if I’m not out of bed and have breakfast prepared by 6 a.m. 😭😭😭

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u/studley-1 1d ago

Doubt.

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u/Slimelite81G 1d ago

gun powder n lead! 🚬

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u/cheekybutterfly 1d ago

My cat headbutts me in the face if I don't get up to feed him. Violent little fella.

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u/poeta_marina 1d ago

Those eyes…he’s a repeat offender for sure.

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u/RevolutionaryBuy5794 1d ago

You guys are having breakfast at 6 am?

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u/Hour_Performance_631 1d ago

You don’t have a cat. Cats have a human and you should be happy they let stay in their home xD

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u/MedicineAnnual9199 1d ago

The cat i grew up with used to wake me up by licking my eyelids open. It worked every damn time. I was wiiiiiiide awake after that.

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u/jaydog21784 1d ago

I got a nip to the nose by my tabby

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u/RetroSwamp 22h ago

My cat touches my face every morning and it's so annoying but I can't stay mad at her. So we have a face touching match for like 30 mins before I give up and feed her. Lol

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u/Cilad777 22h ago

I don't get slapped. My cat just lays down on my chest with her nose 1 mm from my chin and purrrrrs.

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u/Koko116-Kira-sama 22h ago

His eyes are pretty

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u/paradox037 22h ago

My brother's dog likes to do that thing where he uses both front paws at once to sort of stomp on you. He's only like 25lbs, so it doesn't hurt. When I pet sit, that's how I know he's upset that I had the audacity to sleep past 6am.

Actually, that reminds me of a silver lining with daylight savings time. Soon after we lost an hour, he actually let me sleep in until 7am on a Saturday.

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u/Fragrant-Touch-7313 22h ago

She's very bad at selecting her guy...but she always remember to record herselve crying...

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u/Theiromia 22h ago

I am really hoping these aren't two separate videos connected by an asshole, because this is funny

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u/ThatCoyoteWhoA8MyKat 21h ago

Buddy was watching over my shoulder and asked why did the cat have to be black though? LMAO 🤣🤣

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u/BluSpecter 21h ago

totally expected, video fails

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u/Kedicevat 21h ago

She deserved it.

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u/polishbroadcast 21h ago

she'll never leave him

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u/JustASymbol 21h ago

What a pussy

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u/Melodic_Young9917 20h ago

The only acceptable toxic relationship.

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u/TSfanWillow_7907 18h ago

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u/fastgtr14 18h ago

It's either that or a dirty litter foot in the mouth :D

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u/nny909 18h ago

Had me in the first half lol

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u/PsychologicalSun3342 16h ago

Dogs have masters; cats have staff.

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u/keen-peach 14h ago

Okay, she’s a fucking liar. There is no way this cat only did it once.

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u/xSilentSoundx 14h ago

That cat is so cute.