[HN Gopher] The man who reinvented the cat
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       The man who reinvented the cat
        
       Author : fortran77
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2024-06-07 13:29 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.newyorker.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.newyorker.com)
        
       | ViktorRay wrote:
       | This article is focused just on western views on cats.
       | Particularly British views.
       | 
       | Views of cats throughout history and in other parts of the world
       | aren't covered in this article. No mention of how changing
       | British views of the cat may or may not have had influence on the
       | culture of British colonies either.
       | 
       | I did find the article interesting though.
        
         | solardev wrote:
         | Now you've got me curious. What are some other cultural views
         | of cats?
        
           | adolph wrote:
           | _Greek historian Herodotus reports that, [in ancient Egyptian
           | society] whenever a household cat died, the entire family
           | would mourn and shave their eyebrows._
           | 
           | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_cats
        
             | solardev wrote:
             | Good rabbit hole (cat tree?) to dive into. Thanks!
        
       | snitzr wrote:
       | There's a movie with Benedict Cumberbatch playing Wain. The
       | Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021). Not my favorite movie, but
       | maybe someone here might like it.
        
       | Lammy wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/Qw2Kf
        
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