cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoHow do cats implicitly know how to use the litter box?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down12
arrow-up198arrow-down1message-squareHow do cats implicitly know how to use the litter box?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up145·edit-211 months agoYou’ve got it backwards. We didn’t teach them to use the box, we created an artificial area that mimics the environment they prefer to poop in. E: typos
minus-squareNegativeLookBehind@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up50·11 months agoYou’ve generated a synthetic reality for your cat. His life is a lie.
minus-squarehydrospanner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up43·11 months agoHis life may be a lie but the poop is very real.
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoAnd its stench can be horrid. Wfh brought with it a new sense of anxiety whenever I heard the scratching of litter. That was the motivation when I signed a lease for an apt with an extra bedroom. The litter box is no longer in my office.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoThe poop is a cake
minus-squareHupf@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoIf you want to bake a cake from scratch, you must first poop out the universe.
You’ve got it backwards. We didn’t teach them to use the box, we created an artificial area that mimics the environment they prefer to poop in.
E: typos
You’ve generated a synthetic reality for your cat. His life is a lie.
His life may be a lie but the poop is very real.
And its stench can be horrid. Wfh brought with it a new sense of anxiety whenever I heard the scratching of litter. That was the motivation when I signed a lease for an apt with an extra bedroom. The litter box is no longer in my office.
Unlike the cake
The poop is a cake
The cake is a poop
If you want to bake a cake from scratch, you must first poop out the universe.