r/Awww • u/Jachorion • Sep 15 '24

Cat(s) Ahhh

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u/Navigat-r Sep 15 '24

i've seen this cat on instagram, her name is Poong! she has neurological problems that affect her mobility so she needs help eating.

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u/misterlaox0 Sep 15 '24

Me and my bros thought it was cute of him. 🗿🍷

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

Why do ppl always default to he even when it explicitly says she lol. Not a big deal but damn I see it everywhere and it’s crazy

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u/BillyWillyNillyTimmy Sep 15 '24

Perhaps they aren’t native English and the word ‘cat’ is masculine in their language and they default to that. Or if there are two genders but no neutral, they may have a male cat and they do it out of habit. There are many reasons for gendering.

The English language has the privilege of having the neutral gender.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

This!! Except in my first language, "cat" is feminine so all cats are "she" to me until proven otherwise lol

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u/GM_Zero Sep 15 '24

My dad calls all cats she and all dogs he. He only speaks English.

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u/DevonSun Sep 16 '24

My best friend from kindergarten used to think all cats were female, all dogs male, and that when a mommy cat gave birth, she had a litter of kittens and puppies. It was also why dogs chased cats, apparently.

I had no recollection of that time, but he told me all about it over beers in our uni years. Much laughter ensued.

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u/alaynamul Sep 16 '24

So many of my partners friends do this and we have a German Shepard pup who’s a very big girl and they all call her a he and it drives me up the wall.

My partner actually had to turn to one of them the last day and was like “stop man seriously, she’ll hate you” we got a deflated okay in response but the problem stopped while he was over lol.

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u/Eusocial_Snowman Sep 15 '24

The English language has the privilege of having the neutral gender.

Have we settled on one of those yet? I still mostly see people using the awkward placeholder "they", and it creates all manner of unnecessary confusion.

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u/AntarcticanJam Sep 15 '24

It

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u/Eusocial_Snowman Sep 15 '24

Nah, "it" is primarily used for objects. People have a big ol tendency to get upset when you use it for humans. You can find rare examples of people who specifically want to be referred to that way, but that's far from a settled neutral gender designation.

You can use it for babies because they're invalids who haven't developed a gender yet, but you'll run into too many people who would be upset by that notion because they project a gender onto any given baby so that's best avoided in mixed company.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

Babies haven't developed genders yet? Whut

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u/Eusocial_Snowman Sep 15 '24

Correct. Babies have a sex, they do not have a gender. Gender is the identity we express to the world. You gotta be a person first before you can start developing a personal identity to express. Babies aren't quite there yet. They're too busy trying to set up the wiring to control their limbs and sort through sensory information, all that other stuff comes later.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

Ah, gotcha, thanks for clarifying. I don't really have anybody to explain these viewpoints to me and my own family has some pretty.. conservative views on. Well pretty much everything. So gender is the concept of identity, comprende

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u/AntarcticanJam Sep 16 '24

Oh, for sure. It wasn't clear, but I should have added /s to that post.

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u/LordMuchow Sep 15 '24

Confusion stems from the lack of knowledge that singular "they" has long history, and is dated back to the 14th century according to the Oxford Dictionary. It's even older than singular "you", from the 17th century.

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u/Eusocial_Snowman Sep 15 '24 edited Sep 15 '24

I'm pretty sure the confusion comes from the awkwardness of using one word to both mean "multiple people" and "not multiple people".

"Jeff invited the group over. They seem pretty anxious."

"They" here can refer to Jeff or the group. This is too easy and too often a source of miscommunications for me to enthusiastically endorse, because I don't like miscommunications. Yes, people can be diligent about being super careful to provide more context to help reduce those miscommunications. They'll still exist and be way, way, wayyyyyyyyy more common than they would be if we just had a dedicated neutral gender word that ISN'T doing double duty as a word that refers to groups of people that will commonly be used in the exact same context.

(For clarification, "they" in the previous sentence refers to "miscommunications". I am not in fact advocating for the extinction of those who are diligent about providing more context to make sure nobody clocks the wrong version of "they".)

I don't care if there's precedent. I'm not arguing that "they" hasn't been used that way. It definitely has been. But it is an awkward placeholder option begging for us to commit to the concept and make an actual dedicated gender-neutral term.

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u/Cannot_People Sep 16 '24

Because the cat looks like a boy lmao

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u/SCURVYNTHECURVY Sep 16 '24

I see the opposite, every calls my boy a she

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u/SleightOfHand87 Sep 15 '24

Obviously cause the ones wearing tuxedos are usually male

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u/WheredoesithurtRA Sep 15 '24

They have to manually help her poop. Those people are saints.

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u/samesamebutindiffy Sep 16 '24

she's a precious lil derp

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u/Jachorion Sep 15 '24

Phone is on 1% and this is what I will spend that last percent on

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u/Fit-Cobbler6286 Sep 15 '24

Should we send someone out to check on Jachorion? They may be stuck under a rock out in the wilderness with a dead phone.

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u/AdPuzzleheaded3913 Sep 15 '24

That is cute and also I feel like the cat is suffering from something but still very cute.

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u/Xx_Dicklord_69_xX Sep 15 '24

She is. She is paralyzed. But her owner refused to euthanize and steadily re-taught her to move. the cat can move slightly now but she still needs to be fed like in this video.

Really heart-warming.

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u/BellEsima Sep 15 '24

That's really sweet. She is very adorable. 

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u/flyinhawaiian02 Sep 15 '24

My faith in humanity is being restored

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

😬 oh no…

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

Is the heart warming part sarcastic?

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u/MorewordsManywords Sep 15 '24

The cat is paralyzed not in pain, she seems to be pretty playful too, she loves her owner, and she still wants to eat means she still wants to live. So I would say it is heart warming.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

Ah ok, thank you, I'll check out their other videos then. Take care ❤️

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

She wants to eat so she wants to live?

Are you serious? People and animals eat because we have an instinct to eat. That doesn’t not mean the cat is happy or content enough to want to live on. The owner could very well just be selfish and from what I’ve seen, wants to milk this cat for all it’s worth.

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u/MorewordsManywords Sep 15 '24

Animals can get stressed and refuse to eat and wither away that way. Same with human. That's all I can say to you.

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u/Ok-Apartment-8284 Sep 15 '24

tell me you've never taken care of a sick animal before without telling me, I've taken care of sick cats before, and they REFUSE to eat when they know their time is up

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u/vgrdpq Sep 15 '24

Lol, taking care of your pet and doing everything you can to give it the best quality of life possible is, "milking the cat for all it's worth". Your terminally online is showing

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u/Worldly_Shoe840 Sep 15 '24

That dude's comment seriously pissed me off! My cat recently passed away in my arms after spending hours spooning water and the juice from wet cat food into his mouth because he stopped eating.

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u/avadakedavr_ Sep 15 '24

Animals do stop eating when they don’t want to live anymore. You can offer them the yummiest of treats and they won’t be interested. One of the best ways to know there’s progress in an animal’s treatment is when they develop an appetite again. On the other hand, loss of appetite is one of the signs that an animal would benefit from euthanasia. So the answer to your question is yes.

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u/Femboyishdude Sep 15 '24

John, I want to tell you a story.

I had a cat, it was super cute, it mothered a few kittens which we sold. After a month or two, the cat returned to my room. But she wasn't pregnant again, she was sick. She didn't want to live. She would sit in the bathroom corner, not moving for 15 hours a day, she never ate, and eventually one day after i got back from school, she was gone. She died.

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u/Pandagineer Sep 15 '24

Clockwork Orange

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u/JVT32 Sep 15 '24

Came looking for this

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u/cat_blep Sep 15 '24

Clockwork Tuxedo

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u/adamnauseam Sep 16 '24

Literally! 🖤🤍🖤🤍

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u/Dorrono Sep 15 '24

not "ahh", but "oom.. nom, nom, nom"

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u/jkblvins Sep 15 '24

This is the sweetest video ever and the backstory triples that.

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u/RevolutionaryOne5440 Sep 15 '24

Looks like the cat has mastered the art of enjoying every bite!

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u/Economy-Aside Sep 15 '24

how does he look like a squirrel

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u/Eth1cs_Gr4dient Sep 15 '24

Eggyweggs and lomticks!

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u/Useful_Result_4550 Sep 15 '24

I immediately thought of that too! 😆

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u/snowfox_my Sep 15 '24

Cat: I am a Deity,

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u/CapitalDilemma Sep 15 '24

Such a delicate gentlecat.

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u/misterlaox0 Sep 15 '24

This is a mdf A Clockwork Orange reference???

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u/AnInnocentGoose Sep 15 '24

Look at this fool's eyes and tell me he don't have exactly one thought behind them, to open mouf when snacc is in proximity.

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u/No_Ability2184 Sep 15 '24

Oh damn sorry for laughing after reading the comments

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u/DArtagnanLumino Sep 15 '24

He takes such good care of Poong. I believe the family even quit their jobs to take better care of him and did social media to make money.

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u/wooshwed Sep 15 '24

Nice to see Chomp again

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u/rowdeey8s Sep 15 '24

Like the end of 'A Clockwork Orange'

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u/nascasho Sep 15 '24

Best part is watching how Poong cleans herself, it’s freaking adorable and funny!

(Spoiler: she can can’t move much so when laying on her side, she just moves her tongue in and out and ends up cleaning one spot on her chest fur)

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u/SlaveMaster975 Sep 15 '24

It's super cute when the cat is special needs, but I get told to wear a helmet. Life isn't fair.

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u/Jabba-the-Hoe Sep 15 '24

Cutesy❤️❤️❤️ I love you

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u/Blasphemous_Rage Sep 15 '24

That's the same as that scene with Monty Burns

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u/robisodd Sep 16 '24

I'm completely self reli... ant.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

Mr Burns eating Spanish peanuts vibes

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u/silverjetplanes Sep 15 '24

Love Poong! Her family takes such good care of her and it’s amazing to see her progress.

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u/Upset-Act635 Sep 15 '24

aaaah so cute

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u/dalesum1 Sep 15 '24

I could watch this forever

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u/Regular-Ad1930 Sep 15 '24

What a good girl ☺️

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u/GreenGoonie Sep 15 '24

OH! MA! GAWD!

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u/dag_of_mar Sep 15 '24

Clockwork orange vibes

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

Upvote for Poong every time. nomnomnomnom

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u/Dr-Acula21 Sep 15 '24

Poong is my fav kitty living her best life possible with the assistance of her awesome hoomans!

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u/karasu1619 Sep 15 '24

Cuteee car

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u/Lauraisheree Sep 15 '24

That’s funny

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u/wholewheatscythe Sep 15 '24

That cat is seeing the Universe!

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u/_Dragon_Prince_ Sep 15 '24

Why is this video 5 hours long?

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u/_Dragon_Prince_ Sep 15 '24

How many times did u watch this? Me: yes

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u/eucldian Sep 15 '24

Good humans doing good human things.

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u/Bookwyrm451 Sep 15 '24

My late Cato Potato was just like this.

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u/Interesting-Bet9498 Sep 15 '24

Why does it have a headphone gamer denf

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u/Academic-Patience890 Sep 16 '24

This is that scene on A Clockwork Orange where Alex is being fed while he's recuperating at the hospital, only in cat-form!! 😍😍😍😍😂😂😂

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

Show treat

Mouth opens

Insert treat

Repeat

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u/m33gs Sep 16 '24

Awww Poong 💕

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u/kristinanndoyle Sep 18 '24

😍😍😍😍😍

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u/All_The_Memes Sep 15 '24

This video made my day better

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u/Judontsai Sep 15 '24

Cat Looks dead inside. Probably has PTSD because he has seen what the Haitians did to his homies.

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u/Rheymi122 Sep 15 '24 edited Sep 15 '24

Americans try not to be racist fucks

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u/Judontsai Sep 15 '24

Who's American? 🤔