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mk  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Cats can infect other cats with coronavirus

Trolly [troll] Problem: If killing all domestic cats saves 10,000 people, should we?





demure  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

or saves 2.4 billion birds?

(no, I don't think we should actually kill all the cats. but those are some staggering estimates. more generally avifauna aren't doing great.)

user-inactivated  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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orbat  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If killing all humans makes the world a better place, should we?

I'm not entirely sure I'm joking.

kleinbl00  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Show me the discussion of people catching coronavirus from cats.

b_b  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

mk is a good scientist when it comes to anything but cats. Then he's full QAnon batshit.

mk  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Once you see cats as parasitic organisms, it all makes sense. :)

kleinbl00  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You can't argue with Toxoplasma gondii.

mk  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

1) poo, 2) pat my poo, 3) walk on keyboard.

So efficient, it seems like a strategy.

kleinbl00  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I doubt even cat-lovers would dispute the one-sided nature of their relationships.

am_Unition  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You wouldn’t let me love you, so look what I resorted to

Near-lyrical material

b_b  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

True, but my cats are no more parasitic than my kids

mk  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I haven't seen that yet. However, as human fecal matter seems to be rich in SARS-Cov2, cat poo might be a vector. I wouldn't be surprised either way.

steve  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

dude... didn't you get the memo?

am_Unition  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Please don’t kill “indoor” cats.

b_b  ·  1441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Alternate trolley problem: If killing all cat haters makes the Internet a better place, should we?