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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)

A lot of people legitimately think cats are loner sociopaths. So yes, some science to back up the cat owners of the world would be appreciated.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

So many of those people treat their cat like a lamp though. Of course your cat is a "loner sociopath" - if you barely interact with it and never give it attention or enrichment it's going to fuck off and do its own thing without you.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Or a bunch try to treat their cat like a dog, which also won't work.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

A lot of people legitimately think cats are loner sociopaths.

That says more about the people who think this than cats.

[–] norimee@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So you need serious scientists to spend time, resources and money on a scientific study so you can tell cat haters "Gotcha. I told you so!"??

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

You wouldn't believe how much good stuff we have because we were finally able to point to a study to shut up haters.