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

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Post by cestith »

dboreham wrote: post #43
andai wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Remarkable. What else is illegal there?

Not proper bacon, which seems to be illegal in the USA!

Not illegal, but much harder to find than the sliced, cured belly meat (often from the side of the belly) usually meant when we just say “bacon” without qualification. One can get Canadian bacon, cured side bacon, cured back bacon, uncured pork belly, uncured side meat, uncured back meat, turkey bacon, beef bacon, and several other things in bacon-like categories. If you just say “bacon”, though, you’re probably going to get pork belly meat cured with salt and/or some form of sugar, and possibly smoked.

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

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Post by cestith »

gib444 wrote: post #56

I will never understand the accomodations people make for a pet which gives you so little in return. If most owners were 100% honest and in private I reckon at least 50% would admit their cat is an asshole. I mean they don't even smile like a dog. They look miserable most of the time! It's like an abusive relationship where nothing you do will please them LOL Yes, I'm a dog person ;) There must be something to the to…

I’m a dog person, but most cats are lower maintenance than most dogs.

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

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Post by whimblepop »

andix wrote: post #53
MichaelDickens wrote: post #13

I can foresee a design flaw, which is that the cat will ignore all the specially designated areas and sit on your keyboard instead.

Exactly. Contrary to popular belief cats don't sit there because a laptop keyboard is warm. They also sit on external keyboards or even in front of a tablet without a keyboard (blocking the view to the screen). They just want your attention.

I'm not sure if this is enough for demanding cats, but I used to type with a small dog bed directly in front of me and my keyboard behind it, so that I'd work typing with my arms around my elderly chihuahua every day. She seemed to like it a lot, and she basically had my attention every time she stirred.

I also felt that it was probably good for me for her to break my flow and demand my attention every now and then. It helped remind me to get up and stretch and be human better than I otherwise would have done.

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

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Post by wombat-man »

PeterStuer wrote: post #45

Seems designed by people who definetly do not work from home with cats. The cats demand to be on top of the desk, within attention reach at all times. Pro tip: even big cats love to lay in the top cover of a printer paper box. You can adorn the outside, but keep the inside plain smooth cardboard as they are extremely fond of that feel.

There's just no room on my desk. But I put a chair next to mine and sometimes she sits there to watch.

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

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Post by ProllyInfamous »

x______________ wrote: post #46
MichaelDickens wrote: post #13

I can foresee a design flaw, which is that the cat will ignore all the specially designated areas and sit on your keyboard instead.

Past experience with cat-wrangling over the years have taught me one thing (amongst many): It doesn't matter what the object is, if human cares about it, cat will use said object as a cat would, in order to communicate with human. Communications from cat tend to be along the lines of: I'm hungry, or in most cases, I want attention (play/stimulation). Past objects observed: Keyboards, houseplants, pens & pencils, kitc…

I awoke this morning to newcat lapping from my bedside drinking glass (with a dash of tea/caffeine). She has two other waterbowls... but I guess is mad at me because the edible I ate last night caused me to sleep in too long for her breakfast likings.

Lil'shit knows this is not allowed, on a tabletop she's not allowed upon, no less!

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I'm not a cat person and somehow have inherited a black kitten from each parent.

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At least she didn't curl up napping upon my Apple Silicon (thankfully kess attractive than older Macbook AMD GPUs)... that's when I know I've actually fucked up #catWorld

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

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Post by enlyth »

x______________ wrote: post #46
MichaelDickens wrote: post #13

I can foresee a design flaw, which is that the cat will ignore all the specially designated areas and sit on your keyboard instead.

Past experience with cat-wrangling over the years have taught me one thing (amongst many): It doesn't matter what the object is, if human cares about it, cat will use said object as a cat would, in order to communicate with human. Communications from cat tend to be along the lines of: I'm hungry, or in most cases, I want attention (play/stimulation). Past objects observed: Keyboards, houseplants, pens & pencils, kitc…

Yeah after investing in countless cat toys from the pet store, I found out that my cat's favorites are (in no particular order):

- McDonald's paper straw

- Bird feather from outside

- Empty toilet paper roll

- Shoelace

- Strap of Velcro

- Bottle cap

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