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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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You're whiffing on the point. That's not usual behavior for stray or wild cats, it's a specialised behavior that involves people and other animals they feel are 'safe.' Not an intelligence issue.
whiff
whiff because you failed to provide a "/s" tag?
Sure, buddy.
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That "omission" is deliberate.
Your literal first comment is:
You're saying that's meant sarcastically, and everyone reading is supposed to automagically know that you're being facetious? Do you find yourself regularly surrounded by mind-readers...?
no, i am not saying that sarcastically.
cats are real dumb. and oblivious. and pretty.
I'm rarely addressed by mind-users, let alone mind-readers.
Changing the tune, I see. Not surprising.
Well, you're wrong. As with most mammals, domestic cats have a respectable level of intelligence, and in fact have demonstrated such across numerous documented examples. They're massively successful, self-sustaining creatures, actually being so successful that they're considered invasive pests in some areas of the world. Unlike domestic dogs for example, who typically don't fare well on their own.
Few or any persons at all coming from a facts & reality and/or science background would ever state that cats are "real dumb."
No, I am repeating the same thing multiple times for you and now correcting you about your misconception that I was being sarcastic.
That is consistency. Same tune; you can't read music.
So on one hand you're trying to be a sarcastic edgelord and falling on your face, and OTOH confirming that you didn't know what you were talking about in the first place.
Cool. Feel free to have the last reply, and good luck, you.
you're wrong again.
cats are dumb, oblivious, cute creatures.
Just because you're upset about cats being space-cases does not make other people "edgelords".