MML: A video featuring a song by Mike Polk. The subject is the blissful ignorance of cats. Contains swears. posted by zamboni at 8:55 AM on August 2, 2011
My roommate's cat, Lloyd, might be the World's Grumpiest Cat. He more than makes up for happy-go-lucky ways of this stupid cat and all the other stupid cats out there in the world. (For those wondering, the only reason I was able to get that picture of him without him hissing/mauling my hand off is because I had plied him with kitty treats prior to the shot and was shaking the bag just off camera.) posted by phunniemee at 8:57 AM on August 2, 2011 [2 favorites]
As someone who spends his time happily telling his cats to "Shut up because you're stupid, I hate you, and your face stinks" in a gentle, loving voice, I completely approve of this.
But I'm torn as to the best line, it's either:
"Now I'm shitting in a box cuz I don't give a fuck..."
Or the equally awesome:
"Holy Christ it's a piece of paper..."
Both seem to capture the essential catness for cats. posted by quin at 9:03 AM on August 2, 2011 [5 favorites]
"Holy Christ it's a piece of paper..."
Yup, I was kind of "meh" until that line, and then it was awesome! posted by GenjiandProust at 9:05 AM on August 2, 2011 [3 favorites]
catness for>of cats posted by quin at 9:05 AM on August 2, 2011
Pointless? Cats? Have you ever met a cat? They're full of points! Sharp, stabby, bitey points. Even old, declawed ones have teeth, with which to bite you. posted by filthy light thief at 9:27 AM on August 2, 2011 [9 favorites]
My cats were not amused. posted by desjardins at 9:28 AM on August 2, 2011
"so... I guess the subtext of the video and song is "who is TRULY the stupid one here?""
Well... One animal can poop whenever he feels like it, and the other animal must dispose of the waste. I think we know who's in charge here. posted by Kevin Street at 9:30 AM on August 2, 2011 [4 favorites]
Cat people are weird. Metafilter cat people doubly so. posted by knapah at 9:58 AM on August 2, 2011 [2 favorites]
THAT CAT DID THAT CRAZY THING- OMGLOLWTFCRAZY LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! posted by TheBones at 10:06 AM on August 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
Recommended video: "What's New Pussycat?" by Tom Jones. posted by stinkycheese at 10:18 AM on August 2, 2011
Needs an NSFW warning. Yes, please, NSFW tag.
Where the hell do you work where cat youtubes are totally okay, but not if they have swears in them? posted by kafziel at 10:26 AM on August 2, 2011 [4 favorites]
kafziel: "Where the hell do you work where cat youtubes are totally okay, but not if they have swears in them?"
Any cube farm and many offices are like this. I can fuck off as much as I like, as long as I don't draw attention to it. posted by workerant at 10:45 AM on August 2, 2011
kafziel, a daycare? Nursing home? Humane society, ASPCA, veterinarian... posted by misha at 10:47 AM on August 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
Where the hell do you work where cat youtubes are totally okay, but not if they have swears in them?
Also... I loved this video... Thanks! posted by Debaser626 at 10:50 AM on August 2, 2011
SPOILER ALERT: Metafilter is NSFW.
This is great. My cat was always very, very stupid. posted by Justinian at 10:52 AM on August 2, 2011
I just learned that there is very definitely a generation gap among groups of cat people, because I'm running through my mental list going "Can't send it to her, can't send it to her, DEFINITELY can't send it to her...." posted by mudpuppie at 10:57 AM on August 2, 2011
Metafilter: don't look at it at work because not every NSFW post is tagged as NSFW. posted by TheBones at 11:11 AM on August 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
While I watched this and chortled, my Maine Coon snuck up behind me (not really, I'm a stupid human who was watching moving pixels on a light screen and laughing at them, so I just wasn't paying attention to mister kitteh) and he attacked my ponytail.
I am now going to use my massive frontal lobes to move my dexterous fingers to open a can of tuna for my pea-brained, fur-horking quadraped's evening treat.
Not quite sure which of us is the dumbest. I am sure glad he's a happy cat, though. posted by fraula at 11:26 AM on August 2, 2011 [4 favorites]
I was laughing until I remembered that most of my pets did actually know how much the world sucks. Then I sadded. posted by zennie at 11:31 AM on August 2, 2011
If you, like me, clicked on this FPP but not on the one about the half-million starving in Somalia, please be in touch-- I need to talk with someone about what a monster I am.. someone who understands. posted by herbplarfegan at 11:41 AM on August 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
Where the hell do you work where cat youtubes are totally okay, but not if they have swears in them?
Youtube.com
Actually, swears are pretty much OK here. When you work at Google they make you sign a thing saying you might be exposed to crass language, nudity, etc as part of your job, since the interwebz are full of otherwise-NSFW content.
(and of course we have teams that review unsafe content, etc although their monitors are usually less visible than mine)
I generally view watching any YouTube video as "testing".
(MeFi itself is more of a stretch to justify, I guess....) posted by wildcrdj at 6:42 PM on August 2, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by WickedPissah at 8:53 AM on August 2, 2011