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Cat language

TheCatWoman

I often talk to my cats and they often answer, I try and work out what they're trying to say. Boris my tuxedo cat has a good range of swear words, especially when I put any flea or worm drop on him, it sounds to me like 'FILTH, FILTH, HASSOCKS!' I can get the filth bit as hte stuff does smell a bit, but hassocks!?

He says milk, and if he dosen't it or dosen't get it fast enough, he stretches up and digs his claws in a bit just under your bum cheek and then tries to pull down your trousers!

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  • Can we just "paws" for thought here please, as I feel this thread is getting a bit discombobulating....

    In a discussion about cats, Cat woman innocently used the P word to describe a cat. This led to posts by me, Debbie and Number about what we thought were amusing quotes by a character in a sitcom about her cat, which had a double meaning. 

    Rosie mod deleted the P word from our posts and reminded us that swearing was not allowed, which confused a few of us as we didn't think we'd been swearing and had no idea we'd offended anyone.

    I started a discussion regarding the age of those who should be able to view posts. To cut a long story short, it appears that although NAS won't allow under 18s to join the community, anyone of any age can read anything we post on here. Bunny also gave us some statistics showing that many autistic adults have a "mental age" of under 12. 

    I agree with Bunny that the community should be inclusive and obviously I feel that abuse, bullying or posting offensive content should not be tolerated, but I don't see how any post in this thread was offensive (although I'm happy for someone to explain how they are, if they think I'm wrong)

    There are other threads on this forum which deal with serious issues such as suicidal thoughts, bereavement, relationship or intimacy issues, work or housing problems. These are not topics that I feel are appropriate for under 12s (or adults with a "mental age" under 12) but it's important that we have this space for people to talk about these things and get advice and support. But good mental health is dependent not just on getting advice about serious issues, but also about being able to connect with others in a meaningful way and sharing ideas and jokes and making people smile (sometimes laughter can be the best medicine it is said) So as long as the context isn't offensive, I don't see any problem in that?

  • in reply to Lotus

    There is a bigger issue at stake here than the P word.  Some AI filter decides that our posts contain objectable words and censors them.  The moderator agrees with the AI.

    In the near future an AI decides which benefit claims are fraudulent and terminates them.  The human civil servent agrees with the AI because it's the lazy thing to do.

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  • in reply to Lotus

    There is a bigger issue at stake here than the P word.  Some AI filter decides that our posts contain objectable words and censors them.  The moderator agrees with the AI.

    In the near future an AI decides which benefit claims are fraudulent and terminates them.  The human civil servent agrees with the AI because it's the lazy thing to do.

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