Mixed Signals

Welcome, hungry hoomans, to today's five-star, Michelin-approved, totally imaginary restaurant of cat memes: Crème de la Catnip. Here, the only thing on the menu is feline foolishness, sprinkled with absurdity, and served boiling hot on a silver food bowl. Forget fine dining - it's fine feline, baby.

We have cats as chefs, whipping up soufflés of silliness, flambéing hairballs of hilarity, and plating only the freshest, crispest memes, caught daily from the ocean of the internet. Every meow is seasoned to perfection, every whisker twitch is a garnish, and every loafing pose is the crème brûlée of comedy. Trust us, Gordon Ramsay would hiss with approval.

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Before you even ask, yes, we would do anything for our cats. We would sell our souls for them. Everything we do, we do to give them a better life. We've even said no to more prestigious work opportunities because they meant traveling and being away from our kitties for too long. We moved into a bigger house so they would have more space to play, and we even gave them their own playroom! Our next project is to build an outdoor catio, but it's too hot right now to go outside and do anything.

If you think that anything we said in the first paragraph is "too extreme", well, we're purractically tame compared to the cat pawrent in this video. He started by building a mini house for his cats, and since then, his cat house has slowly evolved into a cat town. His newest addition to his cat town? A fully functional miniature subway system to bring his cats from place to place in their mini town. Yes, you read that correctly. This man built a working subway station to take his cats from their mini house to their mini store, and wherever else they want to go. Now that is the level of dedication to your fluffy felines that we like to see!

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Most pet owners pay a lot of attention to how their pets act around other people. If your cat is generally a friendly feline who loves other people, but they refuse to get anywhere close to one of your friends, maybe that implies a thing or two about said friend. Animals have a strong intuition about humans, and if their gut is telling them that a certain human cannot be trusted, we would not recommend ignoring them.

So what should one do if their cat refuses to trust the person they have been dating for the past two years? 

That is the problem presented in the story below. This cat owner and his girlfriend have been living together for almost two years, and over time, the cat became hostile towards the girlfriend. Now, they can't be in the same room together without the cat hissing at the girlfriend, and it is starting to get on the girlfriend's nerves.

Few things in life are as pawsitively entertaining as watching a cat go after the elusive red dot. To a hooman, it's just a tiny beam of light. To a cat, it's the ultimate arch-nemesis, the sneakiest prey in all the land. One moment it's on the floor, the next it's on the wall, and suddenly, it's on the ceiling. Cats leap, twist, and launch themselves into acrobatic chaos, convinced they're just one paw-swipe away from victory.

But the red dot has no mercy. It taunts. It teases. It zips away at the last second, leaving your floof frustrated and floored. Every pounce ends with empty paws, every chase ends with wide-eyed wonder. The suspense? Unfurgettable. The drama? Meowgnificent. The ending? Always the same. Dot one, cat zero.

Still, cats never give up. They'll stalk, crouch, and wiggle their whiskers with endless determination, ready to risk it all for that glowing prize. Because deep down, every kitty believes today is the day they finally catch it… and when they do, it'll be the most clawsome victory in feline history.

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Humanity loves cats. We love cats so much that we nearly worship them. From ancient Egyptians, to this very website, cats are the crux of things we didn't even know existed. Across cultures, cats have carried powerful symbolism: protectors in ancient Egypt, good luck charms in Japan, and our homepage or group chat photo. Their nine lives may get them into trouble, but also out of it. I was once told that I have nine lives, just like a cat. I guess it's a good thing, because if I didn't, who knows where I'd be! 

Cats adapt innocuously, and even though they get sour at you for leaving on that week trip to the Poconos, they still love you. Unlike dogs, they need some time to adjust to your absence, and it's more than common to receive the "silent treatment" from cats. That ability to be elegant, comforting, mysterious, and playful all at once is why cats are almost universally loved.

Tell us that, cat people - when you start dating someone, it's very impawrtant for you that they like your cat, right? And even if they're not cat people (yes, that happens sometimes) - it's still a make-or-break situation that they'll at least tolerate your cat, no? We know the answer every proclaimed cat person will give to these questions, and it's something along the lines of "No one has to like my cat, but you can never try and separate me from my fluffy friend". And you know what? That's absolutely in your right - no one should ever try to separate you from your cat.

But what if the situation is chronologically opposite? You first start dating someone, and then adopt a cat… and then, your partner starts getting jealous of your cat. It happened to one woman who adopted a sweet kitten, who's not only a pawdorable little thing, but the kitten also helps her deal with mental health issues. What a cutie patootie, right?

Well, her girlfriend sure doesn't think so. She started getting jealous of the kitten, supposedly being passive-aggressive towards her partner.

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Do you know why we don't trust people who don't like animals, feline fam? It's because those that do are some of the kindest, most generous people we've ever met. They are almost always willing to help other pet parents in need, without even knowing them. Like, for example, when people caught this homeless man throwing a "birthday party" for his doggos, and he ended up getting thousands of dollars in donation to help him and his puppers out. They know how much their fluffy feline means to them, and understand the purrfectly perilous life of a struggling pawrent. Those surprise vet bills can really sneak up on you, especially if you don't have insurance.

At one time in our life, we had to choose between feeding our cat and feeding ourselves. Luckily, we've climbed our way out of that horrible scenario, but we understand the struggle. We didn't have Reddit or Facebook to help us crowdfund; we had to figure it out ourselves. But not today! A 16-year-old cat owner needed to take her cat to the vet, and didn't have the help of her parents or the money to do so. The cat community reached out to pay for her Uber and her vet visit. This is proof for, at least right now, there is still good in the world.

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This pawrent is facing the classic early-morning cat conundrum: a rescued kitten, now a few months old, has developed a relentless habit of meowing at 5–6 AM every single day. Despite being well-fed, exercised, and surrounded by toys, the tiny furball insists that the entire household rise and shine immediately. Earplugs fail, closed doors do little, and the early-morning chorus shows no mercy. Even brief play sessions don't curb the determined meows.

While the pawrent adores their kitten and has no intention of rehoming him, their partner can't sleep through the meowing, leaving tension creeping into the household. Attempts to temporarily confine the kitten have helped a bit, but the pawrent worries about the fairness and healthiness of these measures.

It's a classic case of "adorable versus exhausting." This tiny meowster might be small, but his determination to orchestrate the household's wake-up schedule is mighty. With patience, consistency, and perhaps some creative training strategies, there's hope that mornings can eventually become a little less chaotic, without sacrificing the love and bond between pawrent and purrfect companion.

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