I honestly believe after reading this article that it's bc we generally anthropomorphize cats less bc they're less human-oriented than dogshttps://twitter.com/stanfordpress/status/859840507203117056 …
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Hence there are more feature-length inspirational films abt dogs, more wacky/goofy/mocking YouTube videos about cats
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Like even people who really really really like cats hold them in a kind of ironic contempt that's part of the appeal
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Cats don't directly respond to human social cues like dogs can, we don't expect them to, that's why we find them funny
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(This is why I prefer the metaphor that LotR elves or Star Trek Vulcans see humans as cats, not dogs)
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That meme about "dogs = humans, humans = elves" was weird bc dogs clearly worship humans as gods or angels or whatever
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Cats act much more like humans in fantasy/SF - "Yeah you're a million years old and know everything and have superpowers, so what"
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"I can ruin your supposedly miraculous technology just by spilling a glass of water on the keyboard, take that Mr Superior Being"
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"The fact that I could snap your neck but don't do so and in fact feed and protect you is in fact proof that I am a more evolved... sigh"
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I've totally had Spock/Kirk style conversations with cats "Mraah" "Well I'm not like you. I have to control my animal impulses"
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"Mreeaahoowoow" "Maybe so, but my species is far more powerful than yours and bears commensurate responsibility"
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Giggling here, I think anyone who's loved cats can relate.
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