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Instacat – the kitten delivery service

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Re: Instacat – the kitten delivery service

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Post by anigbrowl »

placeybordeaux wrote: post #8
anigbrowl wrote: post #2

I don't know about this - it's going to be disorienting for some cats to get switched around between so many different environments. What will the firm do about a cat that starts acting out - running away, clawing, or more commonly, spraying to make territorial markings? Cats prize stability and even a cat that hasn't been in the habit can suddenly take up such behaviors. Source: many years of experience of up to 10…

It's not real. Source: The footer.

I just saw that but I'm going to leave it up in case someone tries to set up Uber for cats. There would be some demand, as you can see from the success of cat cafes - in fact it would be interesting to see how many signups this would get if it were filled out a little bit and disclaimer removed.

Re: Instacat – the kitten delivery service

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Post by hitekker »

For a joke site, this is pretty well-designed! I was wondering if you used a ThemeForest design or some other pre-packaged landing page, but, nope completely unique.

On a side note (and perhaps also a shameless plug) maybe I should consider renaming the browser extension I showed to HN the other day: http://instacats.co/.

Re: Instacat – the kitten delivery service

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Post by breischl »

bryondowd wrote: post #9
anigbrowl wrote: post #2

I don't know about this - it's going to be disorienting for some cats to get switched around between so many different environments. What will the firm do about a cat that starts acting out - running away, clawing, or more commonly, spraying to make territorial markings? Cats prize stability and even a cat that hasn't been in the habit can suddenly take up such behaviors. Source: many years of experience of up to 10…

Not to mention, what happens to these kittens when they grow up? Are they put down? Maybe ground up and fed to the next batch of cuteness to be shipped out? So many questions! Note: I took the parent as being tongue-in-cheek. I apologize if I misinterpreted.

I think once they become too problematic, you turn them into Bonsai Kittens. Still cute, but they really can't be a problem anymore!

http://bonsaikitten.com/bkintro.php

Re: Instacat – the kitten delivery service

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Post by Nadya »

giggles_giggles wrote: post #14
sciurus wrote: post #4

From the footer: "This isn't a real product. Just something I built on a plane to make Brandon laugh."

It should be pretty obvious it's a joke. The logo is the same as the Instacart logo, just modified slightly to have cat ears ;)

I'm not aware of Instacart, so that wouldn't have been a tell-tale sign for me.

Although I assumed it was a joke product to begin with - the footer was some welcomed assurance.

Re: Instacat – the kitten delivery service

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Post by logicallee »

sciurus wrote: post #4

From the footer: "This isn't a real product. Just something I built on a plane to make Brandon laugh."

And when he got off the plane and turned off airplane mode: 4 texts, 17 unread emails - how the hell did all these people get my number. 'Just thought I'd let you know we'd be happy to see you'? Who the hell is Mark? 'Lunch Friday'? What the hell.

Okay, let's see. Reply: Actually we are not raising a round currently. Sent. 1 minute later. "Not even with these terms?"... etc

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