Cats puking to techno music

July 1, 2013 3:16 AM

Cats puking to techno music (SLYT). Exactly what it says on the tin.
posted by Jacqueline (41 comments total)

Please tell me that I'm not the only horrible person who nearly puked from laughing at this.
posted by Jacqueline at 3:16 AM on July 1, 2013 [5 favorites]

You're a mean, mean person.


....



Funny though.
posted by MartinWisse at 3:22 AM on July 1, 2013

I laughed like an idiot. And fervently wish techno music would start playing every time my cat pukes, to drown out the wretched disgusting noise he makes.
posted by Serene Empress Dork at 3:38 AM on July 1, 2013 [2 favorites]

My son thinks I'm a sick, sick person for showing him that but it made me laugh.
posted by h00py at 3:49 AM on July 1, 2013

I wanted to post it to Facebook, but wiser heads prevailed. Hilarious.
posted by Joey Michaels at 3:50 AM on July 1, 2013

I didn't want to laugh. I refused to laugh. And then cat #3 happened.

I now feel compelled to apologize to my own three cats.
posted by flyingsquirrel at 4:04 AM on July 1, 2013 [2 favorites]

Cat #4 is the one that kills me every time.
posted by Jacqueline at 4:11 AM on July 1, 2013 [1 favorite]

Mr. has a co-worker who listens to wretchedly horrible techno all day. He has nicknamed him "Oonce Charming."


I am certain he will find this amusing.
posted by louche mustachio at 4:12 AM on July 1, 2013 [4 favorites]

That was without a doubt one of the very best cat puking to techno music videos that I've ever seen.
posted by metagnathous at 4:16 AM on July 1, 2013 [8 favorites]

That delivered. (err, so to speak)
posted by ShutterBun at 4:32 AM on July 1, 2013

AHA! it was NOT what is said on the tin, there was no actual "puking" (defined as "1. The act of vomiting", with "vomiting" defined as "Eject matter from the stomach through the mouth"). There is, in fact a lot of "retching" (defined as "strong involuntary effort to vomit").

This post, therefore, violates the MetaFilter "What It Says On The Tin" rule number 1. Shame on you!

OK, the last one actually puked, but.....the use of the plural "cats" as opposed to "cat" allows my objection to stand....
posted by HuronBob at 4:33 AM on July 1, 2013 [8 favorites]

And here I thought that the cutting away before the "money shot" in most of the clips was a feature, not a bug.
posted by Jacqueline at 4:40 AM on July 1, 2013 [10 favorites]

That cat wasn't choking on a hair ball.

It was a

(Wait for it)

Dead mouse.
posted by ShutterBun at 4:41 AM on July 1, 2013 [24 favorites]

Don't worry, Jacqueline, this violation is an odd technicality of a little known rule. You were actually in more danger for using the phrase "what it says on the tin", people have been tarred and feathered for that! We're not banning you this time, but don't let it happen again.
posted by HuronBob at 4:43 AM on July 1, 2013

cutting away before the "money shot"

otherwise known as vomitus interruptus?
posted by HuronBob at 4:45 AM on July 1, 2013 [2 favorites]

Is there a dubstep version? Or maybe cats cannot carry on the actual puke for long enough?
posted by jeffburdges at 4:46 AM on July 1, 2013 [1 favorite]

...I have no one to blame but myself.
posted by The Whelk at 4:47 AM on July 1, 2013

Most of those would also work for krunking
posted by phearlez at 4:56 AM on July 1, 2013

I keep meaning to make a Trophy post, but til I do here's Trophy has issues.
posted by Pope Guilty at 5:03 AM on July 1, 2013 [3 favorites]

flagged as ooonsk
posted by thelonius at 5:09 AM on July 1, 2013

Puke n' cats puke n' cats
posted by The Whelk at 5:11 AM on July 1, 2013 [3 favorites]

did anybody see cat #2 with its collar and red tag and because of the placement think, oof, the cat is barfing out something red and phallic because FACEHUGGER? Ok, just me then.
posted by angrycat at 5:15 AM on July 1, 2013 [2 favorites]

My current cat hardly ever pukes. Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with her.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 5:17 AM on July 1, 2013

Maybe she's just really good at hiding it.
posted by Jacqueline at 5:20 AM on July 1, 2013

My current cat hardly ever pukes. Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with her.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 8:17 AM on July 1 [+] [!]

Maybe she's just really good at hiding it.
posted by Jacqueline at 8:20 AM on July 1 [+] [!]

My cat has taught herself to puke (most of the time) in her litter box. (She's very old, so she has a lot of practice.)
posted by aught at 5:28 AM on July 1, 2013 [3 favorites]

ShutterBun wins the internet.
posted by edheil at 5:35 AM on July 1, 2013 [2 favorites]

It would seem that this is the original.
posted by bouvin at 6:43 AM on July 1, 2013 [5 favorites]

There was one set of visible results in that compilation from the last cat, who was obviously doing its best to back up to the carpet for the money shot, but didn't get there in time. I'm sure that never happened again.
posted by maudlin at 6:58 AM on July 1, 2013 [1 favorite]

I leapt off the couch and ran to the kitchen to grab paper towels.

You know the formula, right?

X= Time in seconds that cat spends retching prior to actual puking.

Y= Time in seconds it takes YOU to run to the kitchen, rip off a paper towel and return to retching cat.

X=Y-1 Every.Single.Time

and then there is "Z". Z= Relative value of object/rug/surface under retching cat. I'm sure that factors in the formula, but I'm not that good at math and the math teacher wife is still sleeping.
posted by HuronBob at 7:28 AM on July 1, 2013 [5 favorites]

Don't take the rarity of your cat puking for granted- it will come.

Things are balanced in my house. I have one cat that purse right after eating, and one who hovers it up promptly. It's great as long as you don't spend too long thinking about it.
posted by wotsac at 7:43 AM on July 1, 2013 [2 favorites]

As with Justin Bieber, my puke response is triggered by Auto-Tune. It's a Canadian thing.
Oh, and Happy Birthday Canada!
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 7:49 AM on July 1, 2013

ok I'll be That Person and say that I got a serious talk from my vet about how often my cat pukes. Turned out she had a food allergy and we changed the food and now she only pukes if she goes after the basil plants.
The more you know (music goes doodely do do do)
posted by angrycat at 8:08 AM on July 1, 2013 [1 favorite]

ok I'll be That Person and say that I got a serious talk from my vet about how often my cat pukes.

Sure, though I would think most folks in MeFi cat threads probably take their cats to the vet regularly, where this would (should) be a standard question. Lots of serious conditions can be indicated by an increase in a cat's (otherwise routine) vomiting.
posted by aught at 8:20 AM on July 1, 2013 [1 favorite]

This truly was what Techno music was invented for.
_{Fun Fact: I also puke when listening to techno music.}
posted by Podkayne of Pasadena at 9:55 AM on July 1, 2013 [4 favorites]

I have no idea how these people got their cats to puke to techno, or why.
posted by uosuaq at 12:03 PM on July 1, 2013 [8 favorites]

A lifetime of cat ownership has convinced me that the backup action is so that the results will be precisely the length of a human foot.
posted by jocelmeow at 1:04 PM on July 1, 2013 [4 favorites]

Oh look, MeFi has Reddit moments.
posted by Twang at 1:23 PM on July 1, 2013

AHA! it was NOT what is said on the tin, there was no actual "puking"


If you want some cat puke, I am sure I can scrape some up for you.
posted by louche mustachio at 11:29 PM on July 1, 2013 [2 favorites]

I suppose the original bouvin found has better footage, and presumably makes Minecraftsuper2 a plagiarist, although maybe he improved the syncing.

Also the dubstep version takes a somewhat different approach.
posted by jeffburdges at 1:40 AM on July 2, 2013

I laughed so hard I almost puked.
posted by mike3k at 10:13 PM on July 2, 2013

Also the dubstep version takes a somewhat different approach.

Dubstep usually has that effect on me.
posted by mike3k at 10:14 PM on July 2, 2013