House Cats (psychology of)
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
House cats (to be referred to henceforth simply as "cats") are relatively harmless, smallish creatures with biggish eyes and pointed ears. They are kept throughout the planet Earth as domestic pets due to their soft pettable fur, their efficiency in catching and destroying mice, and the seemly aloof disposition that they display towards their owners. Also for the sense it makes due to the fact that the word "house" is right in their name, and therefore they should love to live in one.1
The cross-section of the human community that considers cats aloof also seem to find this aloofness pleasing, knowing that there is something that they could smash if they wanted to that acts all high and mighty.2 But the fact of the matter is that cats, when cooped up in small suburban apartments, go so mad with cabin fever that the only way they can survive mentally is to disconnect themselves from their captivity.3 This desperate disconnection is often mistaken for deliberate disconnection, and "smugness."
Those cats who do not disconnect generally go mad, as one can readily observe by observing them. Many dis-disconnected domestic cats will randomly jump up from a seemingly deep slumber and charge at high speeds in to adjoining rooms at random. The true significance of this act is unknown.4
"That cat there" (thinks a human male while looking at a perfectly pleased cat in the process of cleaning itself) "all smug and aloof. I could smash his smallish body if I wanted to, but I won't because I'm better than him."3The cat is descended from Asian Tigers and African Leopards, and therefore has many unfulfilled longings and instincts (such as running after gazelles, climbing and sleeping in trees, and eating suburban tourists on vacation) which will debilitate it's psychological growth.4While unknown, the significance of the act also shows little sign of ever being known, therefore it is very safe to say that such an act is a sign of madness.
