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Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds (arstechnica.com)
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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why would you try that with any cat, especially one that you're close to? The fuck.

[–] Verat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But he only said he scruffed them (if I am reading it right), not that he grabbed them by the scruff, is this apparently something that is considered abusive or something? If a cat claws at my leg and I pinch there to make it stop that is absolutely not the same as grabbing them there. I would never actually try lifting them that way.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It doesn't work on all the cats, though. ~~Also, I heard that it's not painful for a cat to be lifted that way, but~~ I would prefer not to.

Edit: I was wrong