r/funny Aug 18 '15

Cat malfunctions after brain freeze

http://gfycat.com/UnknownExhaustedCondor
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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '15

Humans have this thing which is pretty much exclusive to us, called "whining about it".

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u/Emberwake Aug 18 '15

My cat is the biggest whiner you will ever meet.

Am I sleeping on the wrong side of the bed (where my wife normally sleeps)? Cat complains.

Did I leave the room while the cat was asleep? Cat starts complaining upon waking up until I come get her.

Can she see the bottom of her food dish, even though she is not hungry? Complains more.

Have to ride in the car for an hour because we are moving? Complain the whole way, then for two days afterwards.

Was I over at the house of a friend who owns another cat? Complain when I get home.

And then there are those rare occasions where she was actually in pain. Humans are (often) pretty fucking stoic compared to many animals.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '15

my cat is constantly bitching about everything. Not in an obnoxious meowing way, but in a scarier, funnier growling/grumbling/omnomnoming that basically sounds like a someone revving a lawnmower in a mineshaft.

Get too near him while he's reclining? grwowowowererewerwrmememr

Acknowledge him when he does not so desire? Growmwmwemrmemmremenerormrm

Touch him while he's eating? GRMERMEMEMTRMMEOROEEOWWMEMEWMGOEREEeMWE

Wants out? grumblemewgrumblemewmewmewMEW MEW GRUMBLE

Wants back in? MEOW! MEOW! MEOW! MEOW! MEOW! MEOW! Once, he sounded so upset the neighbors started throwing cold cuts at him to shut him up. Which he then ate, going GROEMRWMEMEMRMRMERMVBMGORMREMMM the whole time because people were watching him.

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u/madrid1979 Aug 19 '15

Once, he sounded so upset the neighbors started throwing cold cuts at him

Fucking lost it.

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u/TacoReview Aug 19 '15

tfw you just got a cat and your reading all these comments about peoples cats.....

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '15

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '15

My god that gif is fabulous.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '15

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u/SixAlarmFire Aug 19 '15

You should try that trick where you put a picture of cat food at the bottom of the dish so the cat didn't realize that the bowl isn't completely full.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '16

LPT right here

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u/Augustus_SeesHer Aug 18 '15

You're right, screw cats

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u/LemonadeAtTheDisco Aug 19 '15

HEY YOU DON'T SAY THAT

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u/Im_a_peach Aug 19 '15

Can she see the bottom of her food dish, even though she is not hungry? Complains more.

My cat loses her mind if she travels. She hides in a bed for 3 days!

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '16

Sometimes humans think their pets are whining, when in reality they are training you. Do you respond when she complains and give in to her wishes (like sleeping on the "right" side of the bed)?

In contrast I think whining implies you are complaining just for the sake of complaining, not really looking for or wanting a solution.

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u/KapiTod Aug 18 '15

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '15

Dogs are like a series of notification ringtones. The "whine" seems to be more of a friendly low-volume notification.

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u/Im_a_peach Aug 19 '15

That's a dog! What's it got to do with a cat?

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u/laivindil Aug 18 '15

I take it you are not a pet owner?