you are against cats. That’s great. Unfortunately for you, the 21st century is the century of the cat, and by this point, everyone knows that Internet users in particular simply can’t contain their admiration.
A sea of cat listicles, movies, and GIFs may be found on the internet. Millions and millions of people watch cat videos, and a few websites focus a significant portion of their resources on the cat-mania phenomenon. There are also numerous cat celebrities who roam the streets of our society, including Grumpy Cat, Colonel Meow, and Keyboard Cat, to name a few. Every day online is a minefield of cat content for those of us who despise them, adding to their sense of isolation. Oh cat hater, you may feel strange, but there are historical and scientific justifications for your distaste for all things feline. Like all those cilantro haters out there, there can occasionally be unavoidable reasons to dislike something that everyone else seems to enjoy.
According to studies, some people have a psychological affinity towards cats. Studies on dog and cat owners have shown that cat owners are cognitively distinct from their canine-loving colleagues.
Let’s suppose for the sake of argument that a dog lover is equivalent to a cat hater because the study only distinguishes between dog lovers and cat loves (haters are not included). The study found that “dog people were normally approximately 15% more extroverted and 13% more pleasant,” numbers that indicate minor personality differences, giving the cat haters the more outgoing personality. It further separates the many categories of humans into: “People who prefer dogs over cats were 11% more responsible. Conscientiousness is the propensity to exercise self-control, finish projects, and set goals. The characteristic indicates a preference for planned activity over unplanned behavior.” Cat haters, do you identify with that?
Despite their historical and modern affection, cats are more prone to trigger allergic reactions, which is a key reason why many people dislike them (based on survival). Scientifically speaking, cats are merely harder for some individuals to be around because of their propensity to lick their fur or skin, which distributes allergens faster than any canine could. If all you notice when you watch a video of a “adorable” cat grooming itself is dandruff and fur, your body may be trying to tell you something.
When it comes to historical cat frenzy, the most of us are aware of it. Many people on the Internet today would probably agree that cats were regarded to be demigods in ancient Egypt, when they indulged in their own unique form of cat virality. Some researchers even claim that cats were considered to be demigods in that society. Cat haters, you are in better company when we go back to medieval Europe. Some people think that the widespread spread of the plague throughout medieval Europe was caused by the people’s severe cat problem (disproven, sadly, but still a little historical support).
Of course, if history and psychology aren’t sufficient to explain your dislike to cats, we may also look at your tenderness. It’s possible that you are aware of the ecological threat posed by the feline race, in contrast to the masses who have been duped by the cat’s charming façade. According to the British Mammal Society, cats kill more than 250 million animals on the sceptered isle every year, including a significant amount of the robin population. According to a Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute study, cats kill up to 25 billion small animals and birds annually in the United States. Billion.
In several environmental studies, cats have long been referred to as “major predators”: Churcher and Lawton found in 1987 that cats pose a serious threat to the sparrow population. Cats are generally good at eliminating hazards like rats, according to multiple studies, but because of their size, some of the biggest and most hazardous rat species, like the rattus norvegicus (not even making this up), are overlooked by cats. In actuality, cats are to blame for the extinction of whole bird species. On Stephens Island, have you ever longed to see a wren? You can’t, though. Considering that the lighthouse keeper’s cat murdered them all.
Being outgoing, having allergies, having a medieval spirit, and understanding the actual menacing nature of these cute-faced killers are all equally good reasons to be a member of the cat-hater club. We are the only ones who aren’t persuaded by the zillions of videos or our friends’ Instagram posts featuring cats. We are aware of what lies beneath their huge eyes and soft fur. And we’re not going to submit to their Internet prowess.
Why is it a bad thing to dislike cats?
Some people don’t like cats since they can be fickle and aloof around their human housemates. A cat will hiss or swipe at them to let them know they’ve made them feel uneasy or scared.
Cats may appear unappreciative in comparison to obedient and joyous canines. But in the wild, cats and dogs have developed extremely distinct lifestyles. Dogs developed into family packs because hunting big game required cooperation. Wild cats have developed into solitary hunters and fishermen who prey on smaller animals. Cats are incredibly adaptable to our shifting circumstances and everyday routines because of their very own independent personality.
Cats can develop strong relationships with their humans as long as they are socialized to people as kittens. But when a self-directed, independent cat displays standoffish behavior, it’s usually because a new person has moved into the home.
Even the timid cat is watchful and judges the relative safety of visitors. A cat would typically warm up to them and embrace them as a buddy and trusted caretaker given enough time to learn.
What is the name for a cat hater?
Ailurophobia is the term used to describe a severe fear of cats that is so great as to make one feel anxious and panicky when they are present or thought about. Elurophobia, gatophobia, and felinophobia are other names for this particular phobia.
If you’ve ever had a cat bite you or scratch you, you might be wary of them. Or perhaps you just don’t like cats. In either situation, it’s probable that you won’t go out of your way to talk to them or worry too much about them.
A phobia is a severe dread or aversion. If you have ailurophobia, you could worry a lot about coming across cats and consider strategies to stay away from them. Given the popularity of cats as pets, this may have a significant impact on your day-to-day activities.
Why do cat haters loathe dog lovers?
Imagine this Your canine friend welcomes you home after a long day at work.
at the entrance with his tail wagging in delight. He has been waiting for you all day and is eager to shower you with his affection.
Now visualize this. After a long day at work, you go home, open the door, and are met by your cat, who is sound asleep on a chair in the next room, entirely unaffected and amused by your presence.
Dogs are sociable, submissive, affectionate, and of course, utterly adorable. They weren’t given the moniker “man’s best friend” by accident, after all. According to the scientists at Purina, dogs view their owners as members of their “pack,” or family, and their commitment to that connection never wavers.
Cats, on the other hand, are a different story. Because of their natural selfishness and inability to form close relationships with people, they essentially want humanity to disappear from the planet.
I’m not being theatrical, I assure you. There is sound scientific justification for why we should despise cats.
Why do I prefer dogs to cats?
Dr. Kirk conducted three studies to discover this process. In the first, she used a survey to gauge participants’ psychological ownership of their pets based on how much control they believed they had and how much self-investment they had put in caring for them. A person’s willingness to spend money on their pet for things like a customized food dish or a life-saving operation was also questioned in the surveys. The findings demonstrated that dog owners had a tendency to overpay for their pets and that this tendency was correlated with psychological ownership and control.
Similar to the first study, the second one was conducted, but this time, half of the respondents were told, “For the remainder of the survey, assume that your pet was originally housed with a different person. Consider the possibility that all of the training your pet received before you got it is to blame for its current behavior.
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The theory behind this is that the respondents’ sense of psychological ownership would decrease as a result of their imaginative activities. In this instance, the results of the initial study were not verified. The respondents’ psychological attachment to their pets and willingness to pay for them decreased when they believed that another owner had taught them.
An facet of pet ownership that had not previously been taken into account in this study—emotional attachment—was the subject of the third study. Although psychological ownership and attachment go hand in hand, they do not necessarily conflict. You might develop strong emotional ties to a pet you don’t consider to be your own and you might have no interest in a pet you do. Having said that, emotional attachment is stimulated by a sense of control (and thus, a sense of psychological ownership).
The findings supported the findings of the two earlier research, which suggested that dog owners were more inclined to spend money on their pet. They also demonstrated that emotional attachment to one’s dog was a result of one’s sense of control over it. Additionally, this effect was lessened when a dog’s behavior was compared to that of a cat, and the contrary was also true: when a cat was portrayed as acting more like a dog, pet owners felt they had more control over the animal and were more inclined to spend money on it.
Together, the findings show a quite distinct image. People tend to favor dogs over cats because it creates an emotional relationship and because psychological ownership might result from feeling in charge. Although both animals make wonderful companions, as writer Mary Bly put it, “Cats take a message and get back to you; dogs arrive when called.
Why are cats bad pets?
It’s not that I despise the animal per se. Everyone agrees that fluffy kittens are adorable, and yes, I do have a soul. I simply detest what cats represent.
I despise how single girls victimize themselves with cats, I hate the connotation and fascination with cats, and I hate that being a “cat lady,” a label that used to denote a doomed freak, is now ironically kind of coveted.
I’ve realized that I will always be alone and that no one will ever like me. I should start selling my cats right away.
I’m alone at home, working on the computer, and I have several cats. I had better adjust to this. #ForeverAlone
Cat lovers who post pictures of their pets on social media are incredibly aggravating. I realize you’re trying to be witty, eccentric, and likable, but that doesn’t make you cute.
Obsess over practically any other animal in the world if you want to go creative. Because even if I dislike cats, it is a reality that cats are bad. This is why.
The reason you even like cats in the first place is because of a parasite in your brain
Millions of protozoa reside in your brain, but one in particular, Toxoplasma gondii, controls your behavior to make you enjoy cats.
Only cats’ digestive tracts can support the reproduction of this parasite, which inhabits 30 to 50 percent of all human brains worldwide. It must continue reproducing if it wishes to live on in the future, like many other living creatures. But how can it reproduce if it dwells in our brains? we have kitties.
Researchers examined T. gondii behavior in the brain of a rodent—an animal typically terrified by cats—and discovered astonishing findings.
T. gondii altered the brain of a rat to make it less afraid of cats, delay its reaction time, and make it attracted to the smell of cat poop. The deceived, suddenly fearless rat now believes it can befriend its deadly foe, but it cannot. Even so, the rat is consumed.
According to Vice:
It is, in a word, insane that a parasite has figured out how to enter our brains, alter some molecular circuitry, and successfully reverse a deep-seated, primal fear that has been ingrained in the hereditary psyche of every living rodent.
Yes. Sure, it is. The same is done to you by T. gondii. It makes you think you love cats.
Cats who cuddle with you don’t actually love you
When you’re alone on a Saturday night binge-watching Netflix, your cat may seem like your only companion, but in reality, he doesn’t like you at all—just like every crush you’ve ever had.
There is no connection between your cat rubbing against you and his love for you. Your cat is secreting his fragrance onto you to deter other cats from approaching you since cats have keen senses of smell.
All he’s saying when he leans his body against yours is that he owns you. You belong to him. His aide.
The way cats do show their love is really creepy
Cats can love you, yes. However, they let you know by giving you a blank stare followed by a blink. I’m done now. That’s love, I guess.
The “kitty kiss” communicates specific information about the cat’s emotional state. If the cat blinks at you, that’s okay; if he doesn’t, that means he’s establishing his dominance and may be feeling aggressive. If the cat keeps staring at you, he’s urging you to leave.
If you’re not paying close enough attention, you might miss all of these minute motions, which you can’t do because looking into a cat’s eyes for an extended period of time could result in an attack.
If you arealone with your cat and you die, he will eat you immediately
Cat owners who live alone should take note: If you pass away in your home alone, no one will be alerted soon once, and your body will remain there for several days. Nobody will be around to feed your cat since you won’t be around anymore. He’ll go without food.
One or two days after you pass away, a cat will consume your dead body, according to a phenomena known as “postmortem predation.” It doesn’t matter if you were a terrific owner. Now, you are a meal.
There’s a chance that someone will have found you by the time the dog realizes he’s starved because studies have shown that a dog affected by this phenomenon would at least wait a bit before attacking your corpse.
Your cat, though? He’s a ruthless, impatient savage. Now that you live alone with your cat, do you feel as secure?
Cats don’t like sweet things, which means they don’t like dessert, and everyone knows you can’t trust a dessert-hater
The necessary number of taste receptors are present in all mammals to detect sweetness. However, cats do not. They are deficient in the amino acid pairs that make up the DNA of the Tas1r2 gene, which is responsible for the capacity to taste sweet foods like cupcakes. Anyone who enjoys cupcakes? Monsters. as in cats.
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a substance that provides energy to all living cells and serves as a signal for meat, is what cats prefer to eat. Humans have much less of a desire to consume live things than cats do since we are unable to taste or detect ATP. Which makes sense given that cats are the most ruthless killers with cold blood.
Cats kill a hell of a lot of innocent animals for literally no reason
Cats are hunters by nature. According to a 2013 study, domestic cats kill 20.7 billion smaller animals every year, including birds, chipmunks, mice, and voles. The majority of these creatures are actually killed by cats.
Cats murder animals for a third of the day, and they’re not even hungry when they do it. They act on their feelings to do it. They murder simply for the sake of killing, like the murderous barbarians they are.
Cats are irritating show-offs
Cats are adept hunters and they know it. When they bring their prey to your house and deposit it at your door, many of you probably find it “cute.”
But it’s not because your cat loves you that he brought you the dead mouse as a gift. He brought it because he is aware that you are unable to search for it on your own.
He’s telling you that you’re not good enough at something that you didn’t even realize you could be bad at. like a b*tch.
Cat poop could give you a fatal disease
Recall the parasite T. gondii? Normally, it doesn’t affect humans who host it in their brains (besides from making you adore cats), as your immune system is equipped to deal with it.
Exposure to the parasite can, however, result in toxoplasmosis in those whose immune systems can’t manage it. It has the potential to kill you, cause minor flu-like symptoms, or cause mental illnesses like schizophrenia and despair.
Cleaning up your cat’s waste puts you at risk of getting toxoplasmosis because cat feces are real havens for T. gondii.
Cats’ purrs are manipulative
While your cat is aware of how “precious” his tiny purrs are, he is also aware of how deceptive they are.
Researchers looked at how people responded to a cat’s high-pitched howl and purr. Cats often merely purr, but when they require something crucial, they also make a particular type of cry.
Cats attempt to mislead us into paying attention to them by howling like infants because they are aware of how sensitive we are to the needs of human babies who also cry.
Each time, we are duped. According to the study, when a cat’s purring included crying, its human owners felt a greater feeling of urgency. Cats have used our inherent weakness as a means of domination.
Cats are f*cking stupid losers
loners are cats. Their brains haven’t had to develop the skills to adapt to social contexts because they typically flourish in solitary environments.
More social species, like dogs, required larger brains to develop their social skills over time. Therefore, social brains are larger than cat brains and are filled with amazing friend-making abilities.
You know how when you like someone, you’re attracted to his scent? Well, cats hate your scent.
Consider having a lover that you adore. Since you are a cat-loving single girl, I know you don’t, but try to imagine. Think about how lovely and cologne-like that pillow would smell if you were to sleep on it at his flat.
Imagine coming home after waking up the following morning and still smelling like that pillow. I assume you don’t want to wash that smell away.
Cats lick themselves constantly for a reason, albeit it has nothing to do with cleaning. They do that to get rid of human odour. Your fragrance offends cats. This indicates that they dislike you.
Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Mussolini and Hitler were all afraid of cats
Ailurophobia, or a fear of cats, is reported to have affected each of these individuals.
If these leaders, whose traits range from remarkably brave heroes to wicked, unyielding tyrants, once frightened cats, then perhaps we should start considering how bad they are. Since Hitler is scared of something, I can only speculate as to how strong it is.
