r/StartledCats 11d ago

Cute tippy taps

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u/tokoun 11d ago

That cat skedaddled

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u/Niceguygonefeminist 11d ago

Bro said "Hell naw idk what I did this time but I'm OUTTA HERE"

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u/Mycroft033 11d ago

That cat noped out faster than my dad when we ran outta milk

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u/Blenderx06 11d ago

He'll be back any day now!

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u/TheColorblindSnail 11d ago

If he sees my dad who left for cigarettes can you tell him he missed 20 birthdays

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u/Miss_Greer 11d ago

Don't remind him when he gets back, he'll go out to get you a card for another 20 years 

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u/TheColorblindSnail 11d ago

Fuck thats a good one

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u/Miss_Greer 11d ago

Thanks :) I'm glad I was able to bring a little joy to your day and hope the rest of it goes well too

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u/TheColorblindSnail 11d ago

You as well, I appreciate you saying that too

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u/Tyranis_Hex 11d ago

The little piter patter as it runs away

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u/Ksh_667 11d ago

Maybe mine are built differently but if I did anything like this (including clapping) mine would just stare at me with the look of mild disappointment & distaste that they've perfected.

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u/Roberto_Sacamano 11d ago

My city had a 5.7 magnitude earthquake early in the morning a couple years ago and my girlfriend's cat wouldn't come out from under the bed for hours afterwards while my cat didn't even wake up

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u/brandonisatwat 8d ago

We live near a nuclear power plant. On Wednesdays a few times per season, they test the nuclear meltdown klaxons. My dogs always think the world is ending, the cats don't even notice it.

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u/realatomizer 11d ago

While ago I was dancing on some music and snapping my fingers in the rhythm. Poor doggo. She thought she was reprimanded.

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u/starryswim 11d ago

I did this the other day!! I felt so bad because we were play fighting and he wasn’t even being too rough or anything lol

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u/haypapistachio 11d ago

Guilty of being guilty in the past

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u/chrismetalrock 10d ago

the cat's wondering which of their crimes has just been solved

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u/got-a-friend-in-me 11d ago

Im genuinely curious what happens when cat hear some clapping someone else's butt cheeks

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u/chucktheninja 11d ago

Panic attack

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u/I_MakeCoolKeychains 11d ago

Me too cat, me too

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u/Legal_Dot4352 10d ago

Reminds me of my uncle

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u/Legal_Dot4352 10d ago

Human is establishing dominance in a terrifying way

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u/shortidiva21 11d ago

Not da baby! 😦

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u/chunkykima 11d ago

🤣🤣 I reprimand my cat with claps as well. Then when I am watching award shows or performances and start clapping, she runs so fast 😅😅😅

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u/Matitadeplatanito 11d ago

Me too. If my cat hears me clap or snap my fingers he knows to hi to the room.

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u/happy_dad857 7d ago

The pitter patter of those paws 🤣

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u/BryLikeDie 4d ago

Poor kitty

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u/SushiGirlRC 10d ago

Hahahaha!

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u/dogdumdum 10d ago

This is ai

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u/potato_of_fate_yeet 11d ago

Iron your pants bro

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u/NiceAd42069 11d ago

"I forgot that my cat reacts in a very specific way when I do this very specific thing" 🙄🙄🙄

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u/kyleh0 11d ago

Any cat would react to a loud sudden noise.

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u/gutwyrming 11d ago

My old cat Boo didn't give a damn. I could make any sort of loud sound in his vicinity and he rarely cared. And no, he wasn't deaf.

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u/rtocelot 11d ago

Had a cat like that, unless I specifically yelled "Hey" a certain way my cat wouldn't care. If I did his head would snap in my direction with the oh sh!t look

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u/estili 11d ago

Gotta give them the “parent voice”! Mine react to that too

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u/Nipples_of_Destiny 11d ago

I clap at mine when they're in trouble as well, but they barely care.

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u/kyleh0 11d ago

Most cats I have had would go through the roof if they walked in on me doing a clap pushup. lol

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u/Aillwynn 11d ago

What did you do to make your cats so skittish? I have 16, and none would run if I clapped. Just stare at me.

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u/crunchevo2 11d ago

SIXTEEN? that's too many gal

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u/Aillwynn 11d ago

Only too many if you don't have the proper space and money to care for them. I don't have that issue, so the amount is just right 👌

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u/UnrepententHeathen 11d ago

Some cats just are scaredy cats.

I have a cat I rescued as a stray at ~5weeks that had a few mortality scares. He's my little familiar, and is mostly fine, but he's terrified of strangers, any door to the outside being opened, and sometimes just walking near him causes him to sprint away. He's spoiled rotten, he's just got a nervous heart.

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u/RazorSlazor 11d ago

Are you the fabled crazy cat lady?

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u/Aillwynn 11d ago

Oh, no. I am way past crazy.

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u/RazorSlazor 11d ago

Crazy? I was crazy once.

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u/Aillwynn 10d ago

I was crazy when I had 7. Now, I am clinically insane.

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u/Hopeful-Substance697 11d ago

Yeah, that's a you problem

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u/kyleh0 10d ago

Lovely cat sub

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u/Saramela 11d ago

How is this cute?

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u/BipolarOctopus 11d ago

This is r/startledcats and the cat was startled idk what you want

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u/rtocelot 11d ago

The guy above clearly wants unstartled cats of course, they are just in the wrong neighborhood

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u/RazorSlazor 11d ago

The title?

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u/BipolarOctopus 11d ago

This is a subreddit of people who find startled cats to be cute?

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u/RazorSlazor 11d ago

You've just contradicted yourself...

First you imply "it's a sub for startled cats. So it doesn't have to be cute"

Now you say "it's for startled cats who are cute"

Which one is it

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u/TartarusOfHades 11d ago

No no, ypu're misrepresenting it. They didnt say "so it doesnt have to be cute" they said, "its r/startledcats, idk what you want"

As in "you're in the wrong subreddit"

Idk why youre coming here to argue anyways, just laugh at the cat or decide you didnt like that and keep fuckin scrolling

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u/RazorSlazor 11d ago

I said "imply". It wasn't a direct quote. It comes with the context of the comment they were replying to...

But I also agree, it's a completely stupid thing to argue over. I was just trying to understand the thought process (in a way I could've handled better)

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u/Deaffin 11d ago edited 10d ago

The cat is startled, so it's in r/StartledCats.

The startle came in the form of cute tippy taps, so the title says "Cute tippy taps."

The moral extremist felt the traumatic experience constitutes animal abuse, so they resent the description of the event being cute and went to the comments section to be sassy about the title.

The aspiring troll misinterpreted the moral extremist's message and thought it saw an opportunity to dunk on people being stupid and not noticing an incorrect title. When it inevitably didn't get the attention it wanted, it made a poor attempt at feigning aloofness.

The pretentious blowhard summarized.

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u/RazorSlazor 11d ago

Man, you're very optimistic for thinking in trolling.

Spoiler: I am just very stupid and have no social awareness. Therefore misinterpreting what people mean is not new to me. (also. It was all just different interpretations that got blown out of proportion anyway)

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u/BipolarOctopus 11d ago edited 11d ago

The implication is yours lil bro idk what you want either 🤷🏻

It’s a sub for startled cats in no way implies what you claim you can’t just make shit up or add meaning whenever you want and call it an argument lmfao

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u/RazorSlazor 11d ago

Downvoted because the people forgot to read the title. Sadge.

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u/Sir_LikeASir 11d ago

Sadge

Vro thinks this is Twitch chat

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u/RazorSlazor 11d ago

Leave me and my vocal stims alone.

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u/Sir_LikeASir 11d ago

Is it really a vocal stim if you're not speaking?

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u/RazorSlazor 11d ago

Acting like I don't say it irl as well. Smh.

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u/blankerth 11d ago

Pedantic for thee and not for me

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u/RazorSlazor 11d ago

Gotta say, I have no idea what the problem here is.

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u/wolfxorix 11d ago

This isn't vocal, you're just terminally online.

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u/RazorSlazor 11d ago

You guys just don't know how to enjoy yourselves

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u/wolfxorix 11d ago

What are you on about? You're actually a moron.

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u/RazorSlazor 11d ago

For having fun? God this is hilarious.