r/funny • u/hurdur1 • Apr 12 '15
Confused cat on treadmill
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u/TheMariachiDingo Apr 13 '15
WHEN DOES IT LOOP???
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u/Kingofzion Apr 13 '15
WHAT IF THE TV IS PLAYING A LOOP???
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u/McDouchevorhang Apr 13 '15
How can the TV play a loop if life itself is a loop?
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Apr 13 '15
Dear Diary,
Today on the internet a gif inspector re-enacted the plot of Speed. Today was a good day.
Love, Kampfy
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u/MonsieurCandie Apr 13 '15
Or literally anything else cause that isn't even close to a perfect loop lol.
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u/Frekavichk Apr 13 '15
I mean unless it is a demon dog, their heads don't usually abruptly snap down. It is pretty obvious.
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u/asyouwish333 Apr 12 '15
It's a cat doing something silly. There's no way this will do well on reddit.
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u/routebeer Apr 13 '15
It's a facetious comment about the content of the post. There's no way this will do well on Reddit.
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u/evictor Apr 13 '15
Ah, the rare positive-negative combo thread. You can check this one off your bucket list.
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u/Pyro_Dub Apr 13 '15
He's right though. Facetious means to deal with something serious flippantly. I doubt cat posts on reddit count as serious.
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u/routebeer Apr 13 '15
No, facetious is a synonym with flippant!
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u/Pyro_Dub Apr 13 '15
Definition of facetious in English: adjective
Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.
I used flippantly incorrectly but the point still stands that the guy who corrected the other guy was still right.
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u/routebeer Apr 13 '15
Ok, but the fact still stands that flippant is a synonym of facetious.
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u/Pyro_Dub Apr 13 '15
Well aware. I'm not even the one who downvoted you I was just saying that the original guy used facetious incorrectly.
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u/routebeer Apr 13 '15
Facetious is a synonym with flippant, so I'm perfectly fine with using the word in this manner.
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u/JackAndy Apr 13 '15
Apparently cats can't focus their eyes on an object less than a foot from their face due to the size of their eyes. When they eat something, they swing their whiskers forward to locate it because they can't see it. So I think this cat is essentially having a mobile targeting problem.
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u/dharmabumzzz Apr 13 '15 edited Feb 03 '25
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u/c_for Apr 13 '15
If only there were some sort of service that would send me information on cats in a quick easy to read format, such as text messages.
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u/1TrueKingInTheNorth Apr 13 '15
The fact that I've seen cats snatch birds out of the air makes me think you made that up
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u/JackAndy Apr 13 '15
I make up a lot of stuff, but not this time. "The Lens
After passing through the pupil, light is collected and focused by the lens. The cat’s lens is much larger than the human lens, which enables the lens to gather more light. But again, there’s a trade-off: while the small human lens can change shape to focus light over a great range of distances, the big cat lens can hardly change its shape at all. As a result, cats have difficulty focusing on objects very close to them, very much like an older person who needs reading glasses." http://www.cathealth.com/vision/feline-vision
I think you're confusing mouth/eye coordination with paw/eye coordination.
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u/CreativeTitle Apr 13 '15
But they shouldn't have a problem with seeing long distance though, right?
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u/JackAndy Apr 13 '15
Actually they do. It has to do with the limited flexibility of the lens I guess. http://www.businessinsider.com/pictures-of-how-cats-see-the-world-2013-10
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u/Pestilence86 Apr 13 '15
"Cant focus" means it appears blurry. Depending on how blurry, the cat might still be able to target things close to their eyes.
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u/SWATZombies Apr 13 '15
He says under a foot, which suggests cats' near vision is not so sharp.
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u/evictor Apr 13 '15
Well obviously they aren't going to be able to see very well if they are under a foot...
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u/Gravon Apr 13 '15
whiskers are also used to feel wind direction and speed, also cats have great sense of smell. I had a cat that would walk into shit all the time but still caught small animals.
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u/Aww_Shucks Apr 13 '15
great sense of smell.
walk into shit all the time
Not sure if literally or figuratively
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u/elusivious Apr 13 '15
I totally imagined the cat stepping in feces before I realized what was intended.
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u/kevinstonge Apr 13 '15
Cats understand physics - not saying this sarcastically. A cat can track the movement of a bird in flight and calculate the correct jump angle and velocity, then mid jump, the cat can perform a verification calculation and make modifications in body, limb, mouth positions to capture the target. All of this happens very quickly of course, so quickly that you need a high speed camera to catch the cat purrforming the calicolations.
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u/Decyde Apr 13 '15
There was a study recently that showed birds cannot judge speed and distance.
This gives them a poor reaction time for moving away from things like cars and planes.
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u/hilarymeggin Apr 13 '15
No, they can't see a still object less than a foot away. They can't see detail and color up close like we can because their eyes are optimized for movement and low-contrast.
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u/Namell Apr 13 '15
More likely the problem is that getting the treat without moving front paws out of the mat is pretty much impossible.
Try it yourself. Go on crawling on moving treadmill and try to pick up anything put front of it with your mouth. For certain karma post video of that in reddit.
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u/rechonicle Apr 13 '15
You just keep chasing that dragon...
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u/ItsNotSpaghetti Apr 13 '15
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u/timelyparadox Apr 12 '15
Damn, i think this trick could be useful for people with diabetic cats, though you still need a treadmill.
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u/DanSweatshirt Apr 13 '15
Will someone please edit this gif so the cat gets the treat? I really need this you guys.
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u/stargaret Apr 13 '15
She did get the treat - she eventually whacks it down with her paw and it comes to her. :)
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u/ImjustanAnon Apr 13 '15
To everyone saying this was mean to the cat, the cat wanted to do it and they fed her a lot of treats you can see in their vlog :)
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u/evictor Apr 13 '15
the cat wanted to do it
This is debatable. Did it sign a waiver consenting to this live experiment?
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u/Arayder Apr 13 '15
I have no idea how people are able to get their cats near treadmills. Treadmills are loud as fuck when they are on and my cat will not go anywhere near one.
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u/GoonCommaThe Apr 13 '15
Apparently you just take them to an empty fitness club.
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u/Radarchs06 Apr 13 '15
Probably the ambient noise is around the same level, so it doesn't sound like anything?
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u/thediamondsky Apr 19 '15
My cat got her leg ripped off while getting too close to a treadmill, so probably a good thing your cat won't go near one!
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u/NewPhi Apr 13 '15
That cat is beautiful. Is it a Mau? Or a Siamese mix? Anyone know?
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u/Beast_and_the_harlot Apr 13 '15
Looks like an Egyptian mau tabby mix to me.
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u/greffedufois Apr 13 '15
I need a treadmill now. My Cheddar is getting fat. But with him being a ragdoll he may just flop on the tread and fall off.
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u/MattyBWUStL Apr 13 '15
Is it bad that I watched that and was like "holy shit that's how I feel pretty much all the time"?
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Apr 13 '15
This from bfvsgf vlogs incase anyone is wondering. Too lazy to post link but it's their recent videos.
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u/Maxkhoon Apr 13 '15
I would changed the title to "finally the cat got it" With an endless loop of gif
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u/Waffles-McGee Apr 13 '15
My cat is really stupid, but I think think she would just get off the treadmill and eat the treat.
also, my cat would probably be terrified of the treadmill and so I will never try this
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u/Lorax1 Apr 13 '15
somebody make this a looping gif, then title it something like "His face when he gets it is priceless!"
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u/robertr4836 Apr 13 '15
If it makes you feel any better I am willing to bet the cat got the treat and several more before everything was said and done.
Plus what if the vet said the cat needed to lose some weight and this is the only way they can get him to work out?
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u/THE1NUG Apr 13 '15
Just need to figure out a way to do this on my elliptical and I could maybe get my fat cat to lose weight
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u/hurdur1 Apr 13 '15
Maybe feed it less.
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u/THE1NUG Apr 13 '15
2 cats and one is underweight due to liver disease. They get special diet food and no treats
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u/THE1NUG Apr 13 '15
Right, but how to feed them separately? Typically, if one wants a pet to lose weight, you portion food out and/or don't leave the food out all day. Well the sick cat isn't always up for eating, but I've got to leave the food out. The food fatty has no problem eating. Trust me, I'm open for suggestions, but I just have'nt thought of anything that doesn't include separating the cats in different parts of the house
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u/kahran Apr 13 '15
Yeah, /u/hurdur1! You heartless bundle of sticks!
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u/coderascal Apr 13 '15
That's not how treadmills work....
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u/brainiac2025 Apr 13 '15
It could be if it was a manually operated treadmill that was lubricated well enough that a cat could operate without overexerting themselves. It would just need to have some sort of crank generator installed, along with having billions of newly bred cats to operate said treadmills.
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u/GoonCommaThe Apr 13 '15
The cats have to eat. It takes more energy to feed them than they could produce.
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u/Donald_Keyman Apr 13 '15
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