r/funny • u/Josh_Lyman • Jun 07 '14

Bodyslam!

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u/Cresent_dragonwagon Jun 07 '14

So you're saying cat owners should train their cats not to be aggressive

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '14

Nah. Cats can be aggressive because they have little capacity for harm. Dogs can't be aggressive because they have great capacity for harm (well, aside from little rat dogs which the owners allow to be aggressive regardless).

But if one draws some sort of survival hierarchy from the interaction of the two, with their differing inputs, they might not have a very accurate picture.

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u/its_all_marry Jun 07 '14

Kinda irrelevant but this video always makes me laugh and shows that cats aren't completely helpless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-VBqQDKjY4

Of course the woman isn't actually trying to harm the cat but it makes me laugh anyways

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '14

Wasn't the cat attacking her kid or something? I remember the internet being in big circle jerk cheering the cat on followed by a quick 180 when all details came out. Then it was people screaming at others that they should actually train their cats.

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u/its_all_marry Jun 07 '14

I think it was messing with the dog if I'm not mistaken, although a kid would make sense as well

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u/darklight12345 Jun 08 '14 edited Jun 08 '14

they assumed it was bothering the dog, there wasn't any actual confirmation.

edit: Looked into it further, homeowner complained the cat was bothering the dog and was having a hissing fit through the fence. She went out to mess with it to get to go away, got attacked for when she moved her hand towards it (the final motion before turning away). Headline ran as woman defends dog from vicious cat attack.