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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 86 points 1 year ago

"what breed is your cat?"

"he's a stupid asshole is what he is, i love him"

[–] Seraph@kbin.social 81 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The single brain cell variety.

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

Fun fact. The reason orange cats are dumb is actually not inherent to it being orange!

Turns out it's just that male cats are MUCH more stupid than female cats and orange as a color just so happens to be tied to genes that are unlikely to emerge in female cats.

That means orange cats are more likely to be male, which makes them stupid.

The 19% of orange cats that are female, behave perfectly normal

[–] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.de 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I spent the last half an hour trying to find anything related to different intelligence levels of male and female cats.

I did not find anything.

Male cats tend to be more playful and affectionate, but there is no difference in intelligence.

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[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Turns out it's just that male cats are MUCH more stupid than female cats

Our striped cat begs to disagree, she's about as intelligent as an angry bag of rocks.

[–] intelati@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago

Imagine if she was a him!

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Incorrect. Orange cats are dumb because they're stuffed so full of love that there's almost no more room for braincells.

[–] OnkelCannabia@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't spread false information. Yes orange cats are more likely to be male. No, orange cats are not less intelligent. I've just researched it.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

As a fact? No, orange cats are not less intelligent.

Orange cats just have a single brain cell, and honestly it's pretty impressive what they can do with that.

[–] zepheriths@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Male cat are more likely to engage in risky actions though. Male cats will attempt to jump to a further ledge than females will. We don't know why this is entirely

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Don't most mammals have males taking greater risks?

[–] GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Wasn't there a subdeddit called "whywomenlivelonger" full of nothing but the stupid dangerous shit that us men do?

[–] zepheriths@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unclear. Especially in female dominant mammals it is not known

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Add this to the list of questions to eventually ask the aliens

[–] SeducingCamel@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My absolute stupid idiot orange girl disagrees

[–] AClassyGentleman@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Smae. Some of it is probably learned from her goofball idiot caretaker, but I'm just gonna say one of us has lost a fight with the ceiling and it wasn't me.

Edit: this made me realize I've never actually tried to fight the ceiling. Hold on gotta test, will report back.

[–] sleep_deprived@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I've heard of lots of people that have won against the ceiling. The trick is to go from the attic and just jump down onto it!

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[–] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

Gonna need a citation on that claim about male cats being less intelligent

[–] smellythief@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

That's not fun, or a fact.

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[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

In my experience it's the orange and white ones you need to watch out for. Orange ones seem to be dumb but dopey, white cats are full of evil chaos but orange and white ones seem to get the chaos part and the dumb part. Just pure undirected non-stop dumb energy lol.

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[–] Misconduct@startrek.website 64 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My cat's breeds are whatever breed of cat you find in dumpsters and car engines 🙃

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Standard American Shorthair.

Bonus points if it's a foundling or feral you just fed until it adopted you.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

a foundling

The shapeshifters from DS9?

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[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm among the many who have a Standard Issue Cat.

[–] Misconduct@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The common dumpster cat, if you will 🧐

[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah we found ours as an older kitten living in the wall of our detached garage, she was pretty feral. It might as well have been a dumpster. Ten years later she's a sweetheart. But she's addicted to catnip treats. I'm an enabler.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

jokes on you I have no idea what breed my rescue is, he is the cutest and bestest boi in the world though.

https://imgur.com/OQR9xSQ

[–] MjolnirThyme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 year ago

There's something wrong with your cat's face but I think they're cute

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Looks like a very gentle best boi

[–] CoderKat@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

I think that breed is known as "cutie".

Looks like it has some lab in it

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[–] zepheriths@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No way did you put shlatt there

[–] SternburgExport@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I am no dog owner but who the hell would think thats a husky

[–] siberianlaika@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

You'd be surprised how many people call all wolf-ish primitive breeds 'huskies'. Everyone in my neighbourhood thinks my dog (profile pic) is a Siberian husky, though it's more understandable since she's a related Siberian breed.

[–] Kovari@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've had someone ask me if my corgi was a husky before. Um. No??

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[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would a cat's servant care about the breed?

[–] ssfckdt@mastodon.cloud 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To know how best to address their majesty

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago

Peasants don't need to know the name of the reigning dynasty they only need to know who's in charge.

[–] ssfckdt@mastodon.cloud 27 points 1 year ago (10 children)

The only breeds people mention are ones that are notoriously annoying. Persian, Siamese, Sphinx.

Everything else is based on appearance... tabby, calico, mackerel, "maine coon" (which is often used to describe cats that *aren't* maine coon)

[–] zepheriths@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Persians are well known for being one of the more friendly breeds. I can't confirm because my family doesn't believe in getting pure breeds

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

You forgot tortoiseshell, which is both famously prissy and named after a pattern

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Hey my cat has a genetic mutation that makes him cold all the time in our canadian climate

Cool, lets breed more of them!

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[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago

What breed is that? Garfield

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Isn't that a Samoyed? Or Sammy, or smiling Sam?

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago
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[–] FQQD@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

its the orange shlatt-cat (also known as: the shlat)

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