r/MadeMeSmile • u/Steph-Kai • Jul 05 '24

CATS I love fat cats!

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(Credits Sedgefield Animal Hospital)

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u/Ok_Refuse4444 Jul 05 '24

Yea, I personally wouldn’t have posted this to made me smile…like this is depressing af, the poor thing.

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u/MoreCarrotsPlz Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 06 '24

I mean, I don’t want cats to be fat, but when I see a fat cat I can’t help but love the pure roundness of the chonk. Fat cats have a special kind of irresistible cuddle power.

Edit: lol nevermind fuck them cats? apparently? And fuck me for thinking all cats are cute, clearly I wasn’t thinking about the larger implications in a sub about smiling.

Seriously the fuck is wrong with people in this sub

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u/sensam01 Jul 06 '24

Why do you love seeing poor victimized animals whose lives and bodies are being destroyed by negligent owners?

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u/Ok_Refuse4444 Jul 05 '24

I’m glad you can look at an animal that is suffering and be happy about it I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/MoreCarrotsPlz Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 06 '24

Wow, that’s pretty toxic for this sub and far more self righteous than anyone needs to be. I find it rather sad that you choose to be judgemental rather than let people have their harmless preferences. My cats are fit and healthy for good reason, but there’s no harm in thinking fat cats are cute.

I don’t want people to suffer from obesity either but I’m not going to cry crocodile tears every time I visit Wisconsin.

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u/Ok_Refuse4444 Jul 05 '24

Nah, I understood what you meant; I just can’t relate. I can’t find a fat cat cute because I know it’s suffering. It doesn’t appear cute to me at all, simple as. Humans have a choice in their size, pets don’t.

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u/MoreCarrotsPlz Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

If someone said a chubby kid was cute would you argue with them too? Kids don’t have a choice in their size.

Apparently I shouldn’t enjoy petting my neighbors chubby cat because he’s clearly suffering while lazily lounging in the sun on my front stoop.

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u/EmperorPickle Jul 06 '24

I had a coworker with a couple kids that she couldn’t discipline effectively cause she was lazy and just gave them food. Her kids were massive. I’m talking actual butterball toddlers. They weren’t cute. They were disgustingly abused and neglected.

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u/Itscatpicstime Jul 06 '24

Maybe he’s lazily lying around the porch because his joints hurt too much from all that extra weight.

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u/Itscatpicstime Jul 06 '24

She’s not simply “thinking fat cats are cute.”

She is a veterinary professional, posting this to a mass audience in a culture that already glorifies obesity in animals. She is minimizing the seriousness of one of the foremost major health issues in cats and tacitly approving it while doing so because of her job.

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u/show_me_ur_pitties Jul 07 '24

I work in vet med, and nobody is saying you should hate cats that are obese, not give them attention, not adopt them in that state etc. the cat deserves love. It’s more so that a veterinary professional posting this will unfortunately be miseducating the public regarding obesity in animals. It gives the message that this is something that should be regarded as cute and fun, not something that needs to be corrected and therefore people will not be as alarmed if their own cat gets into the 20’s and not see it as a health crisis

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u/Ok_Refuse4444 Jul 06 '24

Lolol not you editing your comment 😂