Is it ok to hate cats and still be a gamer?

[Gez]

As Alzrius said, it's not OK to hate cats at all.

And one can like both cats and dogs. I do. I'll admit I prefer cats; but I still like dogs, as long as they're not aggressive.

 

[mrswing]

Are gamers more likely to own a cat (or cats) than non-gamers? It seems like every gamer I know owns 2-10 of those little varmints. Even here on this board, there are a large number of people who have cats on their avatars.

Needless to say, there aren't a lot of dog-correlations here in the same fashion.

Any theories?

jh
dog-person

No. Hate cats - not a gamer.

 

[robberbaron]

I find it interesting that people who like cats think people who don't like cats are deviants or at least mentally and/or emotionally deficient.

Personally, I don't have a problem with most animals (besides the aforementioned eyeball blisters); it's the ignorant/lazy owners who annoy me and who let the conscientious owners down.

 

[Mighty Halfling]

When left to their own devices, housecats live in colonies, and are social. We have bred them to be social, and it is not unnatural to the feline family (lions are quite social). They are not dogs, and have their own behaviors, but they are social nontheless.

I think this demands the creation of a Cat Swarm!

 

[Mighty Halfling]

Cats are wise and dogs are gullible.
Dogs are clearly smarter, but they just get so excited about everything that they look stupid. Cats are smart enough not get excited about things, but when they do, they look stupid. ... (string! Must ... stop ... string from ... wiggling!).
Cats assume that everyone likes them, so they have nothing to prove. Dogs hope that everyone likes them, and need it to be proved again and again.

 

[SWBaxter]

Cats are OK, I personally prefer dogs. Threads like this one tend to mystify me - I can't fathom the near-religious fervor some folks have towards a preference for one type of pet or the other - but then again I like both cats and dogs in general better than 90% or more of the humans I encounter from day to day, so probably there's some social dynamic going on that I simply don't grasp.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

I wouldn't say I hate cats, but I wouldn't weep if they disappeared from the face of the earth for some reason.

 

[Fishbone]

I like dogs a little better because at least they contribute.
I got a golden retriever and walking that thing for an hour a day for the past year is responsible for 6 pants sizes coming off. That seems pretty common. No cat that I've ever known has been responsible for 40 pounds of weight loss in half a year.
She also kills pretty much any varmint that gets in the yard.
Cats don't mouse anymore, they just sit in the house. The only good thing they do is sit still long enough to be mocked with Internet pictures.

 

[mhensley]

I'm definitely a cat person and can't imagine living without one. I like dogs too, but not enough to want to take care of one.

Cat

The fat cat on the mat
may seem to dream
of nice mice that suffice
for him, or cream;
but he free, maybe,
walks in thought
unbowed, proud, where loud
roared and fought
his kin, lean and slim,
or deep in den
in the East feasted on beasts
and tender men.
The giant lion with iron
claw in paw,
and huge ruthless tooth
in gory jaw;
the pard dark-starred,
fleet upon feet,
that oft soft from aloft
leaps upon his meat
where woods loom in gloom --
far now they be,
fierce and free,
and tamed is he;
but fat cat on the mat
kept as a pet
he does not forget.

JRR Tolkien

 

[Dragon Snack]

Sunday group: 3 dog owners (including myself), one cat wrangler (dumped on him by his GF)

Friday group: 1 dog owner (myself), 2 cat owners (a married couple, so it should only count as one)

I take every animal on it's own merits, I guess you could say I'm an animal person. When I had roommates who had cats, they seemed to like me more than their owner (with only one exception).

I actually do miss one of my former roommates cats, Sega! (the exclamation point is part of his name). Despite being the meanest nastiest kitten around when he first got him, he did grow up to be very cool. Very dog like.

Lakota (my dog), on the other hand, has some cat like tendencies...

...then again I like both cats and dogs in general better than 90% or more of the humans I encounter from day to day...

Agreed.