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13011557 No.13011557 [Reply] [Original]

why are writers cat people?

>> No.13011562

>>13011557
Bad writers are. The good writers tend to be dog people.

>> No.13011563

Nobody else likes sitting on keyboards as much.

>> No.13011571

>>13011562
This. Personally I keep dogs because they are more satisfying to beat and kick.

>> No.13011576

>>13011557
People raised with cats do not want cats when they grow up.
People raised without cats go on to get cats.
That's how it works.

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>>13011557

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>> No.13011584

>>13011576
So cats are the patrician choice. Sounds about right.

>> No.13011586

Lots of writers are cat fanciers. Baudelaire, Celine, Hemingway, Kerouac, William Carlos Williams, Gavin Ewart, William Burroughs--and those are just some of the fanatics off the top of my head

>> No.13011587

>>13011557
cats are based and low maintenance and elegant

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>>13011557

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>>13011557
here, have a cat.

>> No.13011613

>>13011587
This, and they keep rodents away from your idyllic writing cabin in rural Norway as well.

>> No.13011618

>>13011576
i think the first sentence is true.

>> No.13011622

>>13011557
writers (and readers) tend to be introverts, which tend to be cat people, yes.

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>>13011557
good company. writing is a solitary career.
plus low maintenance and needs, dont give a fuck about too much stuff, no need to be taken for a daily walk etc

>> No.13011631

they like the taste of their balls too

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more kitties

>> No.13011636

>>13011557
>>13011577
>>13011583
>>13011598
>>13011610
Based observation. Ignore the retards and self-hating faggots. Think of what cats represent.
I personally think that it's to an extent because cat represent pure egoism. Taming and befriending a cat is much harder to do than any other animal, and is much more rewarding. It's almost like an exercise in coexisting with another being who resembles an ideal human being in a platonic sense who doesn't have political opinions, prejudices, merely acts of its own self-interest, and manly men (and sometimes dykes) really find a friend in them in this effeminate world.

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based beard man

>> No.13011641

>>13011571
freddy its lunch time, come in the kitchen

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>>13011557
spooky pic

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Goldmund (cat)

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>> No.13011661

le godot chat

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>>13011557
What did you say?

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>>13011557

>> No.13011720

>>13011636
it's because cats are girls and dogs are boys, that's why.

>> No.13011728

>>13011711
>dog person was also an abusive, mentally ill shitter
no surprise there

>> No.13011730

>>13011711
writers

>> No.13011732

>>13011728
toxic masculinity

>> No.13011741

>>13011557
because they are inside people

>> No.13011753

>>13011636
Raising a cat is not hard dude. One of my cats was a really wild feral kitten, the first night we got him home he wedged himself between the fridge and wall and then hid under a desk for a day and a half. He ended up being the most aggressive cuddler ever. He died two years ago at 3 of FELV. We knew he had it but we figured why not let him live anyway. He was healthy until he wasn't, RIP Ruggles. His big brother spooky was another aggressive we rescued back in like 2010, he tamed up easy. If you'r cats are finnicky or mean you probably suck at raising them. Our most aloof cat is the newest one who was friendly as hell immediately.

It took the dog 6 months to stop pissing when I got home and not chew any furniture, the cats like 6 weeks maybe go go from feral to lap.

>> No.13011763

>>13011720
Holy fucking shit. It's sorta this.

>> No.13011764

>>13011753
i love dogs

>> No.13011766

I never liked cats, there's something sinister about them.

>> No.13011788

>>13011730
Kek

>> No.13011794

>>13011720
Imagine being this daft

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>>13011764
Don't get me wrong man my boy plato is a pretty great dog but dogs are high maintanence. I tied I sure miss Ruggles. He was the best cat ever. Pic is probably circa 2014. The laptop and the cat are both dead now. I hate wittgenstein. I wish I could see all of the ancient autistic memes that computer had before it died, I got it in 2009 and it was always a shitposting platform. F

>> No.13011798

>>13011577
This doesn't count because Borges couldn't see and he thought all his cats were dogs.

>> No.13011799

>>13011796
Thats a Cute kitty

>> No.13011803

>>13011798
Oh fuck off already

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>>13011799
He was named after thomas ruggles pynchon. I really miss him.

>> No.13011868

>>13011854
Based af, didnt know derrida was a cat guy

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>>13011728
I'll just leave this here

>> No.13011883

>>13011636
>Taming and befriending a cat is much harder to do than any other animal
what the fuck are you talking about lmao. I would say 50% of cats are extremely friendly

>> No.13011889

writers aren't a single entity

>> No.13011923

For all the boys here, go get a female cat. They love men and are more loving cuddlers. Chad out

>> No.13011940

does anyone else cringe when they see how other people treat animals? personally they are just another stranger that share the planet with me, not some plushie animal you bend down on two knees and go OOSHIE WOOSHIE WOO

>> No.13011946

>>13011940
edgy

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I'm not sure whence came the cat, perhaps he's been wandering dusty lanes, cobbled ruelles, paved alleys, among the rolling with detritus of Egyptians, Elizabethan rags and bones, and readymade labels rolled off one after the other in post industrial factories that twist torn and defaced in the alleys of our twilit cities. Whatever the case, you can read in Gary's eyes these histories like layers on a palimpsest, the somber wisdom of the ancients and moderns...

>> No.13011952

>>13011576
Raised with two cats, both are still alive and going strong at 17/18, and I would like a cat too when I start a family.

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>> No.13011974

Imagine not going OOSHIE WOOSHIE WOO with your kot, luckily we don't have anyone that degraded on our fine board.

>> No.13011976

>>13011940
don't say 'does anyone else' & don't say 'cringe'

>> No.13012013

>>13011562
Why does it have to be one or the other? Personally I don't want either. Keeping animals indoors is disgusting. I've lived with both cats and dogs either of my parents or of roommates, and it's awful. Stinks like shit all the time, fur everywhere, all your clothes, all your bedding, even if the animal never goes in your room. I'm still finding doghair in my clothes and I moved out of the last place that had a dog over a year ago. Waste of money, ties you down. Looking at places to rent in a shared house, 9/10 have 4+ animals in the house. like god just what i need. one place i rented that had a dog there were always piles of dogshit inside because the lazy "stay at home mom" just watched television on the couch all day while the baby rolled in dogshit on the floor and sucked on roach hotels. If you have a pet you're either a bugman or white trash.

>>13011940
The "furbaby" shit and whypipo who frenchkiss their dogs really get me. I see so many people, even MEN, who put dogs in a fucking baby stroller or a purse. Normies ridicule people for having waifus/husbandos but then treat their animal as a stand-in child. It's straight cringe. And I seriously know so many people who let their dog stick its tongue in their mouth, it's so fucking disgusting I want to vomit just thinking about it.

I don't want any animal in my house. If I had a sheepfarm I might get a dog, but I don't. And you don't either.

>> No.13012040

>>13011971
Based

>> No.13012063

>>13011843
He's strangling the poor cat

>> No.13012069

>>13012013
why do you sound like kevin spacey in se7en

>> No.13012081

>>13011971
Where is this from?

>> No.13012085

>>13012081
that underfed and iniquitous animal camilla pagliacci

>> No.13012097

>>13012069
I wouldn't know, I don't post on reddit, friend.

>> No.13012162

>>13011638
poor old papa

>> No.13012167

>>13012063
That's how you know Klossowski loves it

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Pope loved dogs and had many. Due to his small size he always took a gun and a dog with him and this once saved him from a hater.

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cate

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Catazar

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>>13011557
Borges

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>>13011557
Burroughs

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Bill Williams and frens

>> No.13012590 [DELETED] 

Speaking about cat people.

First of all, I want to make a few things clear. There has been a marked decrease in Butterfly posting, a considerable lowering of the amount of her posting anywhere on the board. Is this because of my absence? Of course, I would like to think so. But I do think there is some truth to that. She has followed my orders before. AS she should. I will lead you in the correct direction.

The other point is, that this kind of mentality is maybe a little against contemporary 'morality', but anyone who has read Nietzsche should understand this concept. Doesn't mean I don't believe in God, and doesn't mean you can't either, Butterfly.

Thirdly, as I have had very little time to flirtatiously play with you at all about it, if you are planning on going to the meeting tomorrow in any way shape or form (the one in DC), please DON'T. I don't think I will be there. I know, I know, sometimes you don't like to be told what to do, again you'll have to trust me (I've gotten this culture this far, correct?)

Fourthly, if silencing me is what you desire, then Butterfly will post less and less and I'll make her masturbate more and more. And she will too, I guarantee it.

Fifthly, I want to reassure you Butterfly. I am actually not a bad person. I didn't make that pornographic thread earlier. I don't like pornography, and I apologize for having those people make you a little more sexualized (I prefer more 'pure' things, like making you not wear pants, or making you think about things). I would actually prefer not to look at pornography at all, I'm sorry. You are such a delicate sweet flower, I don't even know how you are a lesbian. All I know is that I thank God you made an exception for me. And you know you did by now. :3

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>> No.13012886

They are drunk and travel frequently

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>21 Pics of Cute Boys and Kittens You Literally Have to See

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Outside cats are always superior to indoor cats.
There is no debate, it simply is true.