Cats: Why do they exist?
October 20, 2008 by Chestica
Ever since I was little, my family has had cats. Those cats had kittens, which grew up to have kittens of their own and the cycle of life continued; the cycle continued that is until they all became victims of hit and runs or coyote attacks. Some may call this tragic, I call this evolution.
Let’s take a step back and think for a moment how cats would be described by humans during their first encounter. At first sight they may have viewed them as either (a) a small version of the Lion, Jaguar or Tiger or (b) a larger version of the squirrel, gopher or rat. Bottom line, cats are somewhere in between natural born killers and infectious rodents.
So I ask…what is the point of their existence? Is it to be mere companions for ‘only children’ or ‘crazy cat ladies’? I must say I have witnessed numerous interactions between these pointless creatures and their “owners” and I have always left feeling perplexed. In my attempts to rationalize why these ‘relationships’ are socially accepted or even desired, I continually come up short. There is simply nothing rational about cats. I mean seriously do these ‘cat people’ adopt them so that they can walk around covered in fur, sift poop out of unsightly litter boxes, spend their savings on Fancy Feast and vaccinations, trip and fall as they weave in and out of their feet, duct tape up scratches on their favourite leather furniture and find themselves prohibited from vacations longer than a weekend?
Are you now able to understand my confusion? Relationships between humans and cats are far from what I would consider to be “healthy.” In fact, when I see these interactions, I realize where the term “pussy whipped” must have originated from.
In closing, I do understand that in order for evolution to continue there must be feeble, pointless creatures in order to highlight the strong and productive. However, I would not protest if any anonymous individual wished to assist evolution in eliminating the domesticated feline. Even more so, I would hypothesize that studies would show a direct correlation between a decline in the number of cats as pets, with an increase in human balls and backbones.
Maybe this day will occur sometime within my lifetime, maybe not. But for now, I will grin and bare their existence while continuing to test and disprove the myth that cats always land on their feet.
Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed by Chestica Lareux are not necessarily those of The Daily Seagull.
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Have you no soul Chestica? Cats are the single greatest pet ever. Take a long hard look at those pictures…who could not love that face? I have to guess that you were raised on some sort of farm or in a community reliant on profitable creatures such as horses and cattle for you to hold such a grudge against an animal that only wants to be loved.
Cats for life.
Agree?
PS. I bet there was a cat on your lap the whole time you were writing that post.
Oh Chestica, you’re really going to upset cat lovers with that article. As a protest I think I’m going to change my name from Matthew to Cat-thew.
The part of the story I don’t like is that Chestica gave up looking for reasons to love such a cuddly creature after an hour. She didn’t put posters up or anything, she just sat on the computer like a goon and wrote. Chestica has to think ‘You got a pet. You got a responsibility.’ If your pondering reasons for domestic animals you don’t think for an hour then call it quits. You get your ass out there and you find that fu@*&ng reason.
my oh my ….that second cat picture? is that a cat or Quatchi having a bad day?
ps……hilarious featured video
I agree with Chestica, cats are pointless. I mean we all know that had it not been for their tastiness the pineapple squirrel would be the pointless creature of choice for humans.
Finally someone has the balls to speak the truth and go against societal norms in loving cute, but pointless animals. As to the comment asking how you can dislike an animal that only wants to be loved??? That’s the problem…cats take take take. You love them, but you will never get any love in return. They are basically the gold diggers of the animal kingdom: they purrrr, show you affection and look super cute for you, but they only do so when they want something in return- maybe a massage, drink, food or even a day at a high end cat spa (which cost you 100’s of dollars).
Do you really think they would stay loyal, if another cat crazed provider came by in a limo chalked full of scratching boards and fancy feast!? I think not.
To help rebuild some of the backbones out there, I will leave you with an affirmation in which you obviously have not realized yet….”YOU deserve to be loved in return”….now go out and get yourself a dog.
Right on Chestica…
Might we two felines be so bold to suggest a sequel article…..
Humans: Why do they exist?