Post B0i20HAL7g9jamQ328 by pteryx@dice.camp
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 (DIR) Post #B0hk2fvYEVBTnDUpua by anja@chaos.social
       2025-11-28T12:32:00Z
       
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       »It’s #blackfriday?! Tell me more, hooman!«#catsofmastodon
       
 (DIR) Post #B0hk2h324AlLGi0KDA by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-11-28T12:41:24Z
       
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       @anja Most cats seem to love it when you talk to them. Even though they have no idea what you are saying (and do not care to find out.)Dogs often seem to strain, trying their best to understand. Cats? #picatheCat sees herself as an *expert* conversationalist. You talk, she listens, responds: this goes on for as long as you can stand it. She seems to get more out of conversation than most people I know... despite only really understanding at most three words. ("Pica", "food", "birds")
       
 (DIR) Post #B0hkN7GyGy9COYGKhc by anja@chaos.social
       2025-11-28T12:45:05Z
       
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       @futurebird that‘s true and so sweet! Our cats also seeem to enjoy very much when I sing to them. Despite my limited abilities.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0i0z6XH3m5YNc1YSu by PalmAndNeedle@norden.social
       2025-11-28T15:51:16Z
       
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       @futurebird @anja there is a gap between understanding and reacting to :blobcatblep:
       
 (DIR) Post #B0i20HAL7g9jamQ328 by pteryx@dice.camp
       2025-11-28T15:49:54Z
       
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       @anja @futurebirdAnd then there are the above-average cats, who understand *way* more than you'd expect.  One time I was talking with a friend about how conditions were such that my cat's fur was generating static, and she looked *very* offended at the idea that static had anything to do with *her*...
       
 (DIR) Post #B0i2EioL8SwhO1188e by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-11-28T16:05:20Z
       
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       @pteryx @anja I think cats understand a lot more of the social and emotional content of conversations than they do words or logical connections. So I could see Pica understand she was "being blamed" without knowing about what and getting offended about it. Another example is Pica doesn't like being laughed at. (so I have to be careful because she can be funny) but it hurts her feelings somehow.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0i2M9oH9VoR9JX5Xc by pteryx@dice.camp
       2025-11-28T16:06:39Z
       
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       @futurebird @anjaThing is, I was discussing it more as a matter-of-fact thing rather than complaining about it.