/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.5243952]

“Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.”

Why don't you have a cat yet?

[Anonymous No.5243961]

Cats don't give a shit about you; dogs do

[Anonymous No.5243964]

>sartre
>relevant

[Anonymous No.5243966]

>>5243961
Haha! You said dog do!

[Anonymous No.5243981]

>>5243961

dogs are genetic slaves forced to follow their "master"

cats have the ability to not give a fuck about you, it makes their moments of love meaningful.

[Anonymous No.5243989]

>>5243961
“If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.” Mark Twain

[Anonymous No.5243992]

Four cats. And the one currently knocking shit off of my computer desk is by no means "quiet, lovable, or wise".

[Anonymous No.5243999]

because owning a living creature for your petty entertainment is stupid

[Anonymous No.5244001]

Why does /lit/ hate Sartre?

[Anonymous No.5244002]

>>5243961
Dogs are shit tier animals that are still so undomestic that they insist on defecating outside.

[Anonymous No.5244004]

>>5243961
You have to earn a cat's love and respect. Dog owners are just needy faggots.

[Anonymous No.5244009]

>>5243952

Ode to the Cat

a)

The animals were imperfect,
long-tailed,
unfortunate in their heads.
Little by little they
put themselves together,
making themselves a landscape,
acquiring spots, grace, flight.
The cat,
only the cat
appeared complete and proud:
he was born completely finished,
walking alone and knowing what he wanted.
Man wants to be fish or fowl,
the snake would like to have wings
the dog is a disoriented lion,
the engineer would like to be a poet,
the fly studies to be a swift,
the poet tries to imitate the fly,
but the cat
only wants to be a cat
and any cat is a cat
from his whiskers to his tail,
from his hopeful vision of a rat
to the real thing,
from the night to his golden eyes.

There is no unity
like him,
the moon and the flower
do not have such context:
he is just one thing
like the sun or the topaz,
and the elastic line of his contours
is firm and subtle like
the line of a ship's prow.
His yellow eyes
have just one
groove
to coin the gold of night time.

[Anonymous No.5244011]

>>5244009

b)

Oh little
emperor without a sphere of influence
conqueror without a country,
smallest living-room tiger, nuptial
sultan of the sky,
of the erotic roof-tiles,
the wind of love
in the storm
you claim
when you pass
and place
four delicate feet
on the ground,
smelling,
distrusting
all that is terrestrial,
because everything
is too unclean
for the immaculate foot of the cat.

Oh independent wild beast
of the house
arrogant
vestige of the night,
lazy, gymnastic
and alien,
very deep cat,
secret policeman
of bedrooms,
insignia
of a
disappeared velvet,
surely there is no
enigma
in your manner,
perhaps you are not a mystery,
everyone knows of you
and you belong
to the least mysterious inhabitant,
perhaps everyone believes it,
everyone believes himself the owner,
proprietor,
uncle
of a cat,
companion,
colleague,
disciple
or friend
of his cat.

Not me.
I do not subscribe.
I do not know the cat.
I know it all, life and its archipelago,
the sea and the incalculable city,
botany,
the gyneceum and its frenzies,
the plus and the minus of mathematics,
the volcanic frauds of the world,
the unreal shell of the crocodile,
the unknown kindness of the fireman,
the blue atavism of the priest,
but I cannot decipher a cat.
My reason slips on his indifference,
his eyes have golden numbers.

END

[Ríastrad !ZqMZzC7CE. No.5244012]

Cats are mascots for loneliness

[Anonymous No.5244017]

“Throw a stick, and the servile dog wheezes and pants and stumbles to bring it to you. Do the same before a cat, and he will eye you with coolly polite and somewhat bored amusement. And just as inferior people prefer the inferior animal which scampers excitedly because someone else wants something, so do superior people respect the superior animal which lives its own life and knows that the puerile stick-throwings of alien bipeds are none of its business and beneath its notice. The dog barks and begs and tumbles to amuse you when you crack the whip. That pleases a meekness-loving peasant who relishes a stimulus to his self importance. The cat, on the other hand, charms you into playing for its benefit when it wishes to be amused; making you rush about the room with a paper on a string when it feels like exercise, but refusing all your attempts to make it play when it is not in the humour. That is personality and individuality and self-respect -- the calm mastery of a being whose life is its own and not yours -- and the superior person recognises and appreciates this because he too is a free soul whose position is assured, and whose only law is his own heritage and aesthetic sense.” H.P. Lovecraft

[Anonymous No.5244018]

Dogs:
True companionship
Hunting
Guarding
Helping the disabled
Tracking
Sniffing illegal substances
War

Cats:
Pets for women
Mousing
Act like lethargic, petulant children

The Republic, Book II
"And surely this instinct of the dog is very charming;--your dog is a true philosopher.

Why?

Why, because he distinguishes the face of a friend and of an enemy only by the criterion of knowing and not knowing. And must not an animal be a lover of learning who determines what he likes and dislikes by the test of knowledge and ignorance?"

[Anonymous No.5244019]

I`m not a fag.

[Anonymous No.5244022]

"Cats are cute, dogs aren't." -- James Joyce

[Anonymous No.5244052]

>>5243981

I don't force my dog to follow me, he does it, even unleashed

>>5244002

I trained my dog to shit on newspapers that I lay in the corner

>>5244004

my faggot dog at least protects me whenever faggots he doesn't know approach me

>>5244022

have you ever seen a chowchow?

[Anonymous No.5244055]

>buy animal
>pay more money than most of the 3rd world makes to feed it daily
>it scratches your furniture
>drops hairs all over your things
>walks literal shit through your house
>wakes you up in the morning when it decides it wants to eat
>occasionally sits on your lap and purrs when it wants your body heat, acts like a cunt the remainder of the time
>can't go anywhere without having to arrange accommodation for it

it's like adopting a severely retarded child because you're lonely

[Anonymous No.5244056]

>2014
>not a member of the turtle master race

Turtles are our allies in the battle to live a meaningful live despite being plagued with autism and a thick shell detaching us from reality

[Anonymous No.5244061]

>>5244052

>I don't force my dog to follow me, he does it, even unleashed

What are you, an idiot? Do not know what I meant when I say "genetic slave"?

[Anonymous No.5244070]

I do. A calico Japanese Bobtail. Got him because >lucky cat

[Anonymous No.5244074]

>>5244055
>Bag of food costs $40 CAN and lasts two months
>Cats
>Cats (only some dogs)
>Cats
>Cats
>Cats
> Cats and dogs

[Anonymous No.5244078]

>>5244018

[Anonymous No.5244088]

>>5244078
>So amazingly angry that Plato acknowledges dogs are true philosophers he resorts to silly images other people made in a vain attempt to scrap something together resembling an argument

Have fun with your cats, girly boy

[Anonymous No.5244107]

>>5244088

Not that guy, but I also like cats (I like the fact they don’t respect nobody and don’t let anyone force them into submission; I also found out that many of the people who love dogs like to have their egos incensed even by animals), and I bet you would piss in your pants if I challenged you to a fight.

[Anonymous No.5244118]

>>5244088
I really need to know what Plato did after Diogenes sabotaged his lecture about the Forms and the chicken so I could finally call him the Butthurt Philosopher

[Anonymous No.5244124]

>Inferior writer with his inferior animal.

[Anonymous No.5244125]

>>5244107
Dude cats are tiny little creatures, you couldn't force then into submission because any force with crush their frail little bodies

Also I had a good fucking laugh at you last comment. First day on the internet?

[Anonymous No.5244127]

They say that your taste in pets corresponds with your taste in women. So, dog-people prefer women who are ugly, stupid, obedient, smelly, and whorsih. Cat-people prefer independent and refined women who don't just submit to their man.

[Anonymous No.5244134]

>>5244125
>First day on the internet?

No, just wanted to see you answer something angry, but you didn’t fall for it: congratulations.

To be honest I think I never fought with nobody in my whole life.

[Anonymous No.5244141]

Big dogs or little dogs

[Anonymous No.5244147]

>>5244134
>Praise cats in long winded passive manner
>Claim you're physically intimidating

Come on

[Anonymous No.5244156]

>>5244017

What kind of person am I if I own and love both?

[Anonymous No.5244161]

Post your dogs

[Anonymous No.5244168]

>>5244161

How about Le chat?

[Anonymous No.5244175]

>>5244161
I-is he alright?

[Anonymous No.5244185]

>>5244168
How about no, but I know you lonely losers venerate the fucking things so you'll post them anyways

[Anonymous No.5244188]

>>5244175
Ye

[Anonymous No.5244191]

>>5244147

Well, I am tall and muscular, so that can count as intimidating (although I lack technics and skills in fighting). But I am very calm, very peaceful and actually hate violence. And like I said, never fought with nobody in my life: never had to.

>>5244156

A good person, obviously. I am like you.

[Anonymous No.5244211]

>>5244156
The worst kind of coward

[Anonymous No.5244216]

>>5244141

This little dog is the most loyal animal I've ever had

[Anonymous No.5244225]

>>5244168
Here is my companion.

[Anonymous No.5244227]

>>5244216
Might as well be a cat

[Anonymous No.5244293]

>>5243992
Other cat is at the doctor's today.

[Anonymous No.5244317]

>>5244012
Hahaha, I like this guy.

[Anonymous No.5244323]

>>5244018
>he fucking busts out the republic quote

shit nigga, 5 star post.

[Anonymous No.5244336]

You will never be this stealthy.

[Anonymous No.5244340]

>>5244336
Did you just take this picture? Where the hell do you live?

[Anonymous No.5244348]

>>5243952
I don't have any pets because it is inappropriate for somebody in their early twenties.

So many of my neighbors in my apartment complex have untrained dogs. They jump up on people, they pull on leashes, and worst of all, they don't even know their names.

Why? Their owners can't bring the proper time and effort to training.

Also, if you own a pet, you had better not plan on traveling often.

[Anonymous No.5244354]

>>5244348
Doesn't really sound like its inappropriate for somebody in their early twenties to own a pet, sounds more like its inappropriate for the somebody unwilling to train and care for their pet to own a pet.

[Anonymous No.5244356]

Dogs and humans co-evolved together. Our connection with canines is literally embedded in our genes.

Fuck cats.

[Anonymous No.5244362]

>>5244185

Say that to my face

[Anonymous No.5244365]

>>5244356
What do you think happened to the DOMESTIC cat, you retard? Caring about this enough to have actual strong negative feelings towards one of the species is autistic as fuck.

[Anonymous No.5244367]

People that like dogs are the same people that like bacon, trucks, and getting "fucking wasted, bro".

[Anonymous No.5244374]

>>5243952
My cat :3

[Anonymous No.5244376]

>>5244356
kek. The first mythological depictions of cats comes nearly 2000 years before the first mythological depictions of dogs.

[Anonymous No.5244378]

>>5244340
I took it a few weeks ago. Kanata.

[Anonymous No.5244381]

My cat recently died, OP. He spent a whole lot of time fighting other cats. Also, my grandfather loved him while he was alive — a farmer, strong and independent, and good old Gordon (the cat) spoke to that.

He hated my dog, but it was a ridiculously (and I mean ridiculously) fat terrier, and he may have felt he was mocking him in his old age, long-past were the days he and the old sheepdogs would rule the farm.

[Anonymous No.5244380]

>>5244365
Homo sapien beat the Neanderthal in evolutionary battle with the help of the canine.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/05/humanitys-best-friend-how-dogs-may-have-helped-humans-beat-the-neanderthals/257145/

Fuck cats.

[Anonymous No.5244383]

>>5244374
>stupid thing on its head you put there
>clearly annoyed and uncomfortable

Confirmed for pet abuser.

[Anonymous No.5244384]

>>5244354
Well, what I mean is that it's typical of young people to not have time for serious animal ownership and proper training.

And many young people take on pets thinking that they've got what it takes, only to fail miserably.

What's worse is that this is the beginning of many adoption stories: person buys pet, can't hack it, abandons pet.

[Anonymous No.5244386]

>>5244362

I also have two dogs, one of them is sleeping, the other one (pic related) is barking at God for some reason.

[Anonymous No.5244387]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/weekinreview/15grist.html?_r=0

Fuck dogs and cats. It's all about having a cast of imaginary crabs which follow you around.

[Anonymous No.5244388]

>>5244367
What if you like having a pet weasel?

[Anonymous No.5244391]

>>5244376
>pulling shit out of your ass

Ritual burials of canines dating back to 27,000 years ago have been found in the Czech Republic.

"kek"

[Anonymous No.5244392]

>>5244191
>>5244134
>>5244125
what a chill dude

[Anonymous No.5244393]

>>5244356
I don't disagree that humans get along well with dogs, but that's a spurious claim.

[Anonymous No.5244399]

>>5244362
Dude, nice couch and cat. 8/10 life would hang out with.

[Anonymous No.5244403]

>>5244391
27,000 years ago.

Huh?

[Anonymous No.5244406]

>>5244365
>>5244376
The domestication of the cat dates back to about 9,000 years ago whereas the domestication of the canine dates back to 33,000 years ago.

[Anonymous No.5244413]

>>5244399

Thanks. That couch has gone through everything, it still looks decent.

[Anonymous No.5244415]

My cat is one of there
<-

[Anonymous No.5244419]

>>5244403
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0022821

Herp.

[Anonymous No.5244425]

>>5244406

Cats still have time to cop out.

[Anonymous No.5244427]

>>5244383
>this /r/aww comment

it was my sister's hairband and it was her idea

[Anonymous No.5244431]

>>5244425
Probably not. Science has shown that the cat brain has not evolved in the past 8,000 years whereas the dog brain is still evolving.

Dogs confirmed for superior creatures.

[Anonymous No.5244435]

>>5244406
Stupid that people looked at lions and thought, "hey, he'd be good for catching mice," though, isn't it? Why didn't we make them into horses?

[Anonymous No.5244439]

>>5244431
Dogs take nearly 30,000 more years just to reach where the cats are. Not surprised.

[Anonymous No.5244447]

>>5244427
>deflecting the blame

Confirmed for weak-willed abuser enabler.

[Anonymous No.5244451]

>>5244427
Who gives a shit what that faggots says? Those retards post that on /wsg/ as well. "Socks on dogs is tantamount to abuse". Leftists need to be rounded up and slapped for a while and sent home to think about all the hysterical bullshit they've vomited.

[Anonymous No.5244455]

>>5244431

That's what im saying. Cat's are still wild. They can still cop out from this deal. Dogs are fucked. They need humans to survive. Cats are fine without humans. You barely see a cat as roadkill, whereas a dog is a common ornament in the streets.

[Anonymous No.5244456]

>>5244439
Nope. Dogs are social creatures and have a lot more gray matter than cats. That gray matter allows them to navigate the intricacies of their and our social worlds.

Dogs are just flat out smarter animals. It's science.

If it makes you feel better, there's evidence that suggests that on average cat owners have higher IQs than dog owners.

[Anonymous No.5244460]

>>5244456
>If it makes you feel better, there's evidence that suggests that on average cat owners have higher IQs than dog owners.

Oh, cool then.

[Anonymous No.5244465]

Just took this pic. My cat is now an impressionist.

[Anonymous No.5244469]

>>5244455
>mfw my cat was killed on the road

[Anonymous No.5244475]

>>5244455
You clearly haven't been to places with packs of stray dogs. Give them time and they eventually become street savvy enough to navigate the urban jungle.

[Anonymous No.5244479]

>>5244455
>You barely see a cat as roadkill, whereas a dog is a common ornament in the streets.
>Never lived near a farm

[Anonymous No.5244480]

>>5244469

The most depressing way for a car to die. It's so rare. My last one died of an std or something. Now i only have indoor cats and neuter them always.

[Anonymous No.5244490]

>>5244469
I feel you. I got a cat who got run over when my neighbour was parking his car.

[Anonymous No.5244518]

Cats are fucking assholes.

[Anonymous No.5244519]

>>5244480
>The most depressing way for a car to die. It's so rare. My last one died of an std or something
lol

[Anonymous No.5244522]

>>5244519

Outdoor Cats die from sexually transmitted disease quite often.

[Anonymous No.5244525]

[Anonymous No.5244531]

What's your Dog/Cats name, /lit? Is lit? My cat is called Foucault (Foo•ko), my dog is Bohemian.

[Anonymous No.5244533]

>>5244518
an adorable asshole :3

[Anonymous No.5244539]

>>5244356
I like this guy

[Anonymous No.5244547]

>>5244531
My cat's named Spook, not even kidding.

[Anonymous No.5244551]

>>5244531
Cat's named Machiavelli

[Anonymous No.5244555]

>>5244531
Garrett

[Anonymous No.5244560]

>>5243952
I have an adorable cat though.

>>5244531
Didn't name him, but his name is Shell.

[Anonymous No.5244561]

>>5244356
this

we're basically symbiotic species. natural companions.

[Anonymous No.5244568]

>Cats
Cats are cute and fun no denying that

But dogs have literally died for their owner and/or country

Cats are maymay fuel and toys while dogs are probably the only other animal deserving of rights

[Anonymous No.5244574]

>>5244568
>dogs are probably the only other animal deserving of rights
Nope, it's dolphins

[Anonymous No.5244577]

>>5244561
Times have changed, berrypicker.

[Anonymous No.5244578]

>>5244124
DFW owned a beautiful dog.

[Anonymous No.5244580]

>>5244568

>dogs are probably the only other animal deserving of rights

The're way too fucking stupid for that.

[Anonymous No.5244583]

>>5244574
>>5244568
+apes
+most other vertebrates tbh

[Anonymous No.5244585]

>>5244088
Absolutely decimated, no survivors

Dogs 1
Cats -5

[Anonymous No.5244587]

>>5244539
Which bread is this?

[Anonymous No.5244593]

>>5244531
freddy

sometimes i call him fredoire
or frederick
or fredlington stanley
or roger frederer when wimbledon is on

[Anonymous No.5244594]

>>5244568
Don´t forget about horses.

[Anonymous No.5244596]

>>5244568
>dogs have literally died for their owner

True, but loyalty isn't exactly what I look for in a pet. I just want a simple companion who will cuddle and isn't a hassle to take care of. Cats are so much easier than dogs to take care of. Dogs need much more maintenance from taking them outside to use the bathroom to walking in the morning. Also their barking drives me nuts.

[Anonymous No.5244598]

>>5244577
that's not really a coherent argument is it

[Anonymous No.5244600]

>>5244580
Blacks and women have rights. Why not dogs?

[Anonymous No.5244603]

>>5244522
>The most depressing way for a car to die. It's so rare. My last one died of an std or something
>The most depressing way for a car to die. It's so rare.
>for a car to die.
>car

[Anonymous No.5244610]

[Anonymous No.5244617]

>>5244610
Mark Twain is a hack.

[Anonymous No.5244620]

>>5244603
r.i.b.s car ;___;

[Anonymous No.5244624]

[Anonymous No.5244627]

>>5244374
>>5244383
That is fuckin funny

[Anonymous No.5244629]

>>5244617
Is Celine patrician enough for you?

[Anonymous No.5244631]

>>5244531
>Bohemian
My dog's name is Kafkaesque

[Anonymous No.5244644]

[Anonymous No.5244647]

>>5244631
Kafka and his (?) surreal dog.

[Anonymous No.5244652]

>>5244580
>way too fucking stupid
Says someone who has never even seen a German Sheperd let alone live with one

>>5244583
>>5244594
>Apes
Already have a job as research animals, including zoology not just for lipsticks lab science

>Horses
Have been largely replaced by automation

Dogs actually have jobs in our society and is coexisting, Apes cannot coexist so they're 3rd in line

Cats are 24th.

[Anonymous No.5244659]

>>5244629
Céline had a cat named Bébert, pic related

He went to several countries with him

[Anonymous No.5244680]

>>5244659
bebert is also his houselord's kid in "voyage..."

[Anonymous No.5244687]

>>5244659
that cat is obese

[Anonymous No.5244690]

>>5244587
mutt :/

[Anonymous No.5244692]

>>5243952
>not based rabbits

El-ahrairah frowns on you all.

[Anonymous No.5244702]

>>5244690
It's a very pretty mix

[Anonymous No.5244709]

>>5244687
He weighed like 8 kg

[Anonymous No.5244718]

Always liked this photo of PKD with his cat. I think I first saw it on one of those ritzy library of america editions. He looks so mysterious.

Relevant quote from three stigs:

“But—let me tell you my cat joke. It's very short and simple. A hostess is giving a dinner party and she's got a lovely five-pound T-bone steak sitting on the sideboard in the kitchen waiting to be cooked while she chats with the guests in the living room—has a few drinks and whatnot. But then she excuses herself to go into the kitchen to cook the steak—and it's gone. And there's the family cat, in the corner, sedately washing it's face."

"The cat got the steak," Barney said.

"Did it? The guests are called in; they argue about it. The steak is gone, all five pounds of it; there sits the cat, looking well-fed and cheerful. "Weigh the cat," someone says. They've had a few drinks; it looks like a good idea. So they go into the bathroom and weigh the cat on the scales. It reads exactly five pounds. They all perceive this reading and a guest says, "okay, that's it. There's the steak." They're satisfied that they know what happened, now; they've got empirical proof. Then a qualm comes to one of them and he says, puzzled, "But where's the cat?”

[Anonymous No.5244735]

Cats are fucking awful. They're murderous bastards that kill all the small fauna that are 100 times cooler than they are.

[Anonymous No.5244752]

Is mine...

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » No.5244763]

>>5244752
Aw. Qute widdle fuzzbucket.
You should have gone with a beige one, you know?

[Anonymous No.5244769]

>>5244763
Her face when...

[Anonymous No.5244771]

>ITT: people sans ethics

[Anonymous No.5244776]

Lazarus

[Anonymous No.5244777]

>>5244718
Nice. You just made me read it, thanks.

[Anonymous No.5244793]

>>5244752
Cherish it anon
It looks like my old cat when she was young
She died last year

[Anonymous No.5244800]

>>5244293
You have some very nice companions there. They look very chilled on the bed.

>>5244374
Cute. :3

>>5244465
Cute too!

>>5244560
Same here!

>>5244752
>>5244769
>>5244776
>>5244465
I just love them all.

[Anonymous No.5244805]

>>5244718
I dont get it

[Anonymous No.5244822]

>>5244531
His name is Ive.

I didn't pick it. The name that is.

He has a bunch of genetic defects due to inbreeding. Dog breeding is a cruel practice.

[Anonymous No.5244831]

Fun fact: Both cats and dogs can detect cancer in their owners, but most of the time cats just don't give enough of a fuck to mention it.

[Anonymous No.5244840]

>>5244012
Nice.

[Anonymous No.5244854]

>>5244052
>have you ever seen a chowchow?
had to look that one up, jesus christ it's fucking adorable

[Anonymous No.5244892]

>>5244356
>>5244376
>>5244380
>>5244391
>>5244406
>>5244435

>yfw catbros keep rodents out of your hard earned grain
>yfw catbros are literally responsible for the rise of civilization

I like both, and we kept both around for a reason

[Anonymous No.5244893]

>>5244388
First thing that comes to mind is "Joseph Goebbels".

[Anonymous No.5244899]

>>5244388
weasels are "that guy"-tier, along with lizards and spiders

[Anonymous No.5244905]

Stray dogs in Moscow take the subway, know what stop to get out by listening to the announcer and commute back to the suburbs in the evening. When in packs, they let the cutest little dog do the begging. Or they let the big guy scare someone into dropping his lunch and the little ones run off with it. They have created a place for themselves in the world of the most. They are intelligent, social creatures that work together to accomplish goals like we do.

Cats are miserable cunts that do fuck all.

[Anonymous No.5244908]

>>5244893
Heh.

>>5244899
"That guy" who is hilarious and cool, right? Right?!

[Anonymous No.5244933]

>>5244735
Cats do literally destroy the world. Pentti Linkola for president.

[Anonymous No.5244952]

>>5244822

Did you see pedigree dogs exposed? Cruel shit.

[Anonymous No.5244957]

Hey fuckers.

Crows. They are airborne little raptors who think like humans and don't afraid of anything.

[Anonymous No.5244964]

>>5244957
They must be stopped.

[Anonymous No.5244968]

[Anonymous No.5244991]

>>5244957
>>5244968
fucking christ

[Anonymous No.5245012]

>>5244957
>>5244964