Time it takes your pet to care that you’ve fallen over and can’t get up
Time it takes your pet to care that you’ve fallen over and can’t get up
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Extremely reminding me of that one commercial? Yes.
but cats are cuter. so there!
No, they’re really not. “So there!”
It is all perception! Cute is as cute does.
But a dog’s more likely to save a life.
Derp!
Cats are cool.
very untrue.
Exactly.
I feel bad for the cat owners who make this kind of graph. They have some selfish cats.
“Cats were worshipped by the Egyptians, so they naturally believe they’re kings.”
Yeah, right. During the witch hunts, any female with a cat was in danger, especially a black cat. If I remember correctly, “familiars” most commonly took the form of cats.
And, if I remember correctly, the witch hunts were more recent than Ancient Egyptian times. So, do you all think that cats will retain the time they were worshipped, long ago, or how they were killed often and seen as bad luck, which was not as long ago?
You be the judge.
Cats are still perceived as bad luck in North America, by a large number of people. That wasn’t the result of the witch hunts; that was a belief ingrained long before.
Cats do in fact retain the belief that they’re higher forms of life, and maybe they are. In most societies, the domestic animal least likely to be killed and eaten in hard times is the cat. Part of that is that cats never really lose their feral natures (with a few notable basketball-shaped exceptions), and will run when they sense danger, so aren’t as easily put into the stewpot; part of it is that cats are actually useful in keeping down the vermin, and this works twofold: the cats feed themselves (thus the humans don’t have to give up any of theirs) and less rodents = good.
It is actually believed that cats domesticated themselves – instead of being coaxed close by food, the way our dogs’ ancestors were, cats just insinuated themselves into human lives. And we bend over backward for them.
Tell me they’re not royalty, at least in their own minds! I won’t believe it.
But Mark Twain says so, and therefore…
darling, a cat is a bloody cat.
do you seriously think it knows any of that?
what you forget is cats dont have history lessons.
they dont know their own heritage.
they eat, sleep and play with shiny objects.
thats it.
I know my heritage…
Stfu and go learn payday, you bum.
Amen. Still hate cats, though, no particular reason.
FAIL. It’s actually the other way around.
Your cat will start eating you pretty much straight away if your die. Your dog will wait till it’s starving. Clearly cats are much more intelligent than dogs.
Dogs respect their owners by leaving a mess, forcing them to take them out for a walk, and in some cases killing other members of their family. Some faithful animal, eh. Don’t understand why you would own a dog, might as well own a chainsaw-wielding lunatic.
Dogs are truly disgusting animals. Enough said.
I’ve never had any problems getting up. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYIN. You’re all wusses.
Any woman want a real man, look me up.
Imma lookin’ you up. Put your money where your, uh, keyboard is!
This is so not true.
If you were in trouble, a dog would not run for help.
It would stand there begging for food.
Just because a dog is bigger doesn’t mean it will help you any sooner if its not trained to do so. It would probably just make more noise when it gets hungry and realizes you won’t/can’t feed it compared to the “pathetic” dogs you mentioned. That noise might help, of course, but it doesn’t make them any smarter, that’s for sure.
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There’s no way that many hours would pass before feeding time.
WRONG, my cat would immediately care. He’d walk right over and say “Finally you are still long enough for me to sit on your lap.” and then curl up and go to sleep on me.
When I curl up in the papasan, my old cat will jump up to the ottoman and eye me a moment to see what I’m going to do. If I’m just going to watch TV, he’ll curl up on the ottoman and sleep. But if he sees me get the controller for the Playstation, he KNOWS I’m going to be sitting there a while, and he will wait for the game to start, then leap from the ottoman to the papasan, and curl up on me. It’s the only time I sit still
A dog would go and s**t on you.
I don’t get it, is feeding time a measurement?
incorrect.
dog= -1 minute, it KNOWS your going to fall!!!!
The cat knows, too, but just doesn’t care and actually laughs at you while you’re on the way down. For all the cat lovers out there, you should know that I have 2 cats and a dog, and I love them all equally. I just recognize that cats think they’re superior, and dogs think their inferior.
Hey, last week my kitten woke me up by chewing on my big toe. I’m not sure if she was playing (she’s just getting her adult teeth in, so she kind of chews on EVERYTHING lately), or if she was trying to hint to me that she was hungry. I didn’t take a chance, just got up and fed her
Now, as for dogs standing helplessly by, or cats not waiting to chow down on your nose, I would argue that as well. A few years back my mom was trying to leash-train one of her new dogs (a German Shepherd puppy, which as some of you may know is sort of like training a small Mack truck). The puppy, in his excitement, scampered around my mom, wrapping the leash around her legs, then took off, knocking her to the ground and dragging her a bit across the gravel driveway. The family pet, another German Shepherd, was immediately beside my mom, and stood beside her while she caught her breath; Mom realised she had busted her arm when she fell, and couldn’t push herself up. The big dog let her grab his collar and he braced himself to let her use him as leverage to pull herself up with her good hand, and he walked beside her into the house, very carefully supporting her as they went.
The graph is funny because of the way dogs and cats are perceived – dogs are all slobberingly loyal and cats are all standoffish and self-sufficient (yeah, tell mine that when they hear the can opener). But those of us who actually have pets – dogs and cats alike – know that the bond between us and our pets transcends that perception, in either direction.
So, no need for flames from either camp
Noo! Intelligence! Get away! You have no place on the internet! Seriously, nice post.
Yay! Animal lovers unite!
not true with my cat. if anyone’s lying on the floor, he immediately trots over and sits on them. humans are comfy. nonmoving humans are optimal for longer-lasting comfort.
By God it’s a funny, appropriate ICHC reply. I haven’t seen one before. You must be over 10 years old, or even have a brain. Thanks!
Photographic evidence proves cats do care:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/07/09/funny-pictures-down-go-boom/
Chill out with the arguments people, can nobody take a joke anymore? Look at all of you getting worked up with some picture/graph that someone made. This website is for entertainment/humor if neither applies to you, shut up and take it somewhere else with your self-righteous BS.
did your mutt crap on your shirt this morning?
cats are cats and dogs are dogs. two completely different animals. you cant compare apples and oranges. though cats have a bad rep, they are loving animals and you should respect them.
Now now, don’t go around offending 12 year olds. I’d guess 7, maybe 8.
I agree with Lili – My sisters and I have been slaves to dogs, cats, and birds. Cats were best by far at training us to be slaves. We joke they are training us to be ready for our feline overlords to descend from space and rule us. We’re obviously not doing a good job on ourselves, they need to supervise!
dogs are actually smarter than cats it’s been proven, and dogs are so much cuter and fluffier, you can take them on walks and to the park and camping and hiking and so many other activities while cats just sit around your house and give you the “look of death”
Google “cat intelligence” so I can rub it in your tiny face.
dogs are stupid, ugly meaningless creatures forced upon us.
I can’t speak for all cats, obviously, but mine gets very concerned when you collapse. My sister and I were watching TV in the living room, and my cat was curled up happily in my lap. My sister said, “watch this,” and flopped down across the floor. My cat immediately jumped down, sat near my sister’s head (not on it), and looked at me. When I didn’t move, she meowed until I moved to check on my sister.
We discovered this behavior when my sister fell in the kitchen and got a concussion, and the cat notified my dad.
Some of ‘em DO care.
Wow you are some stubborn little fool. Don’t you know dogs are by far inferior to cats? Ugly little stupid pests
it all depends on the animal… if they love u enuff they will alert anyone nearby to any danger … but it is kinda true that cats r a little bit more selfish and probably will only notice something is up when they seek out food.
GRAPHS ARE STUPID.
Another thing; my cats know when I’m upset; when I cry they come over and rub against me and paw at me. When I had a boyfriend who meditated, my old cat would be aware of when he “transcended” and immediately leave my lap and go to his. Those were the only times she voluntarily touched him. In my lifetime experience with cats (I’ve never lived without them) it seems like the relationship becomes more intense and more rewarding after 10-15 years. I’ve had two cats die at 20 y/o, and one lived until she was 25.
The dog only comes sooner to investigate something new on the floor to pee on.
LMAO! So that’s why I don’t have cats!
There should be another axis on this graph…how long it would take before each pet would start eating the fallen owner. I think dogs would wait till youre dead while cats would start on your face if you even fell asleep.
Hey!!! There was this woman who had an allergic reaction to a tetanus jab, and she lived alone with a cat, and when she got home she collapsed, but the cat went out of the door and started scratching on the neighbour’s door and the neighbour came round and called the ambulance and the woman was only just saved and the doctors said that if the neighbour hadn’t come just in time the woman would be dead – FACT. The cat was a hero!!! So THERE!!!!!!!!!
Pretty simple:
Cats are stupid, dogs are smart. if you don’t believe me try teaching something to a cat!
so? just always fall over near feeding time!
damn… fighting cause of a stupid graph…..
o-o
Whatever it takes to shut your *** up. God damn are you pathetic.
Dogs Rule!!!!
hahahahaahahahah ignorant people these days.
LIFE ALERT
this is why dogs are amazing and cats suck
Go and live in a ditch -.-
Everyone has their opinions, and they are free to express them. But when people start to think one is better, and they only say it because they like them, it is called being biased (I think).
You people really need to do a little research, and actually admit that the other animal are just as good. This area has gone beyond comments on the graph. If you want to debate on this, find something like a forum that is dedicated to that kind of thing.
I personally like cats better, and before you say I don’t have a dog, I do (in my family). God made every animal differently (don’t turn this into a religion debate too, I have enough of that from the Aethiests). We all know people prefer different things, but you don’t need to criticize others!
Now please, can we only comment on the graph now?
Way to stereotype atheists.
Buuuuut because otherwise I agree with your post, I’m not going to push it.
I hate dogs – they’re ugly, disgusting, pointless creatures. Enough said.
Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!