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Desk for people who work at home with a cat

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Re: Desk for people who work at home with a cat

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> There’s another cat space on the underside of the desk surface, in the normally unutilized space in front of your knees when you’re sitting.

Yeah… If you're of a typical Japanese length. My knees appreciate all the space they can get, and that very much includes the bit of 'unused space' where a cat can go in the article.

(Living in Japan as a student really made me feel like a two metre tall giant at times. Classroom desks at Japanese universities were universally too small.)

Re: Desk for people who work at home with a cat

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More like cat tree you might get no work done on but good for te kitties

Seriously. This desk does the opposite of what I need. My cat has no issue getting on top of the desk. I need the desk to keep the cat off the keyboard and a shield over my mousing area before the cat settles it and denies mouse access.

Re: Desk for people who work at home with a cat

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The problem is that cats can flawlessly detect when something was made for them to use, and then will not deign to use it. Meanwhile, the cardboard box you have forgotten to take to the recycling for three weeks will become their palace.

I deliberately leave the most recent delivery box out for my cat to lounge in. Sometimes it’s a small studio flat, other times (like when my 3d printer arrived) it’s a whole palace. She likes them either way.

Re: Desk for people who work at home with a cat

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More like cat tree you might get no work done on but good for te kitties

Seriously. This desk does the opposite of what I need. My cat has no issue getting on top of the desk. I need the desk to keep the cat off the keyboard and a shield over my mousing area before the cat settles it and denies mouse access.

Maybe something like David Duchovny's hyperbaric hand chamber from Zoolander[0], but with a mouse inside.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJH3pXLa8o0

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