It is an irrefutable fact: the Internet loves cat videos.
Now, a pair of well-known personalities have taken it upon themselves to publicly oppose the felines that encourage all these lovely and zany clips, issuing statements which have clearly elicited, er, catty responses.
On Monday, Doechii selected violence on Threads, the place seemingly out of nowhere she shared her pointed thoughts on the now-domesticated animals as soon as sanctified in ancient Egypt.
“People act like it’s a crime to dislike cats when they genuinely aren’t friendly animals,” the Grammy-winner wrote.
“They don’t wanna be domestic just leave em alone! Like it’s not organic I’m sorrryyy be fr it’s rare that cats are immediately lovey without years of pain and work put in,” she continued, earlier than mentioning that cat homeowners are “scratched and beat tf up” by their very own animals.
Doechii felt so strongly as to then interact with many shocked and upset customers within the feedback, standing her floor with replies like, “If i tell a cat owner to lift they arm sleeve rn they’ll be tore up,” earlier than considerably relenting when she commented “pretty eyes” on one of many many, many photos and movies that her followers shared of their cats being, actually, pleasant and pretty.
The cat hate continued this week when a clip resurfaced from late final 12 months that confirmed “Hamnet” costars Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley sharing their distaste for cats after being posed the low-hanging-fruit query of whether or not they choose cats or canine.
“Dog,” Buckley replied instantly, and when the “conviction” in her reply was identified, the Oscar-nominee elaborated by saying “cats are mean” earlier than sharing a narrative that induced some claws to come out.
Prefacing it, maybe rightfully so, with the proviso that the anecdote is probably going to get her “canceled,” Buckley defined how when she was courting her now-husband Freddie Sorensen, he had two cats, together with one who “staged a coup” in opposition to her.
“I’d come home, and there’d just be, like, poo on my pillow,” she defined, earlier than mentioning the selection she introduced to her future partner: “It’s me or the cats.” As a gleeful footnote, she shared, “I won!”
Naturally, the ultimatum induced one thing of a maelstrom on-line, giving approach to Reddit threads expounding on her “abhorrent” habits, whereas some cautiously proposed that whereas it’s okay to not love cats, one ought to definitely not share that dislike so publicly.
While our canine companions certainly carry the affectionate moniker “man’s best friend,” it is plain that cats are a permanent and dynamic fixture of our tradition (not to point out lots of our properties), whether or not it be within the politicization of cat ladies or the furtive existence of cat dads.
But are we allowed to freely hate on cats now? What if the tables have been turned and well-known individuals began sharing their loathing for dogs?
“Meow!” wouldn’t even be the half of it.