• @howrar@lemmy.ca
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    187 months ago

    Yeah, parenting is a lot more than just cleaning up pee. No one said it wasn’t. It also includes cleaning up pee. I don’t see what you’re getting at.

    • DarkThoughts
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      -127 months ago

      Cats do not just pee in random areas for no reason. And them having a cat & kid do this very much indicates issues in regards to them.

      • @howrar@lemmy.ca
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        87 months ago

        Okay? So you handle the problem then. I don’t understand why you think that the existence of a problem means someone can’t handle it.

          • @howrar@lemmy.ca
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            77 months ago

            Okay? So you handle the underlying problem then. I don’t understand why you think that the existence of a problem means someone can’t handle it.

            • @roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              7 months ago

              I’m not saying I agree with them, but I think they’re saying that for this particular symptom to manifest, the problem has existed, unchecked, for quite a while, and that’s why their cat owner/parenting skills might be questionable.

              • @howrar@lemmy.ca
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                57 months ago

                That would be a fair point to make if it applied.

                I can only really speak with any confidence on the parenting side of things, and I can tell you that peeing on the ground is a perfectly normal occurrence for a kid who’s undergoing potty training. As for cats, what I’ve gathered through osmosis from other cat owners is that the moment something happens to their litter box, they’ll stop using it. There’s probably other problems that would have earlier warning signs, but I would expect many to have no earlier signs than peeing in random places.

        • DarkThoughts
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          -27 months ago

          Only for people who clearly cannot be bothered to take proper care for a pet, which is a frightening amount. Most Americans also think the normal size / look of a cat is an obese one, and that healthy weighting cats are “too thin”.

          • @Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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            17 months ago

            See, this is why I love pizzacake threads. We’ve gone from “I don’t think this is very funny” to “if your cat pees you are a terrible person or maybe an American” in record time.

            • DarkThoughts
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              07 months ago

              Yes, that’s obviously exactly what I was saying. Maybe if you see so many oddities in social media, it is you, and not everyone else.