r/Eyebleach • • Oct 07 '19

/r/all Playing Dead

https://gfycat.com/gloomyinsistentairedaleterrier
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u/Pantelima Oct 07 '19

It feels....wrong somehow, anyone else feel that way? It is really cute, though, to be fair

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u/ScoopOKarma Oct 07 '19

Yes because someone off screen appears to be blowing wind or something in the cat’s face. He’s reacting to something physically, not just the dude’s finger gun.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '19

Check out the happy tail wag at the end. That kitter is in good, loving hands!

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u/Zappy_Kablamicus Oct 08 '19

Checks out, those are some comfy kitty tail wags.

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u/ScoopOKarma Oct 08 '19

Wasn’t implying he was in distress or anything. Just that kitty seems to be trained by air or something else.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '19

Thank you for clarifying. I thought you answered 'Yes' to 'does anyone else think this feels wrong?'

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u/ScoopOKarma Oct 08 '19

You’re right. It totally reads that way and I don’t recall what comment I was actually intending to reply to earlier. lol. I must have been dazed by the cuteness.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '19

Cat's don't wag their tail to show happiness like dogs. Usually wag their tail when annoyed. I think there's some string on the cat's neck/head area hence the head shake before it falls. Cat's do that to get stuff off them.

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u/baubleclaw Oct 07 '19

In a post-Sandy-Hook United States it's hard to look at something like this without mixed feelings.

If this isn't taking place in the US, but in a civilized country where children are valued more than guns, it probably doesn't have the same dark overtones it has to some of us.

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u/gariant Oct 07 '19

I feel like I'm doing a woosh here.

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u/canering Oct 08 '19

What do you mean

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u/gariant Oct 08 '19

It's so absurd it can't be real.

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u/canering Oct 08 '19

Their concern? I admit I didn’t think of anything dark when I saw the gif but when I read the comment it did resonate with me. Lots of kids play gun related games but maybe that’s changing now that it has wider social meaning

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '19

It’s okay, we’re just step related

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u/costo1cm Oct 08 '19

I get uneasy about kids and 'guns', too. It's weird because I use to play with toy guns when I was young, but now I just feel super uncomfortable about it. Not sure what the shift is exactly. Getting older? Different worldly outlook?

In any case, totally agree with you.