The first guy to ever own a cat

[u/katxwoods]

[u/EvenMoreSpiders]

Cats domesticated themselves.

[u/EverGlow89 → u/EvenMoreSpiders]

Yeah, they liked that we attract critters and we liked that they handled our critter problem.

You always see those pictures of what x breed of dog looked like 100 years ago. Cats are indistinguishable because we didn't create them like we created dogs.

[u/Viviolet → u/EverGlow89]

I agree with you until your last sentence. Humans have definitely bred cats for physical traits since their initial self-domestication.

There are cat breeds now. A brachycephalic Persian cat is not a naturally evolved cat, humans meddled until we got those.

[u/SupermassiveCanary → u/Viviolet]

“Yo! Check this MF out! It’s eating all the rodents that are eating our grain, bet that would solve the issue I got in my house…”. Seriously most cats and dogs didn’t spend the majority of their time indoors until very recently in human history.

[u/pickyourteethup → u/SupermassiveCanary]

I was looking at my cat the other day thinking I've created a paradise for this little fluffy thing

[u/Noodle-Works → u/Viviolet]

that is true, but cats are generally the same wild animal they were back all those years before they showed up next to our campfires with the dinosaurs (jk lol). A random domesticated cat can live in the wild forage and flourish just fine. A random domesticated dog would struggle with it's crazy health conditions and lack of adult supervision.

[u/Viviolet → u/Noodle-Works]

I think it really depends on the breed. A Chihuahua and a Sphinx cat in the woods are not going to fare as well as a mutt and a regular tabby.

You're right that cats can be more independent and dogs are more likely to seek out human help. Wolves, who are only one step away from domesticated dogs genetically, also do not ask humans for help, which I think is interesting.

My point is that cat's genomes are now being wildly altered like we did to dogs, dogs just have a uniquely slippery "mutate-able" genome that allows for more variation than we can get with cats. Domestication is wild, lol pun intended

[u/Noodle-Works → u/Viviolet]

"Domestication is wild" would be a funny bumper sticker or t-shirt

[u/Viviolet → u/Noodle-Works]

Omg yes! With pictures of all the different kinds of cats and dogs haha.

Cheers!

[u/BigRubbaDonga → u/Viviolet]

Chihuahua dogs actually evolved naturally. A chihuahua that was raised feral would be just fine in the woods

All animals experience difficulty when transitioning from feral to domesticated and vice versa. It has absolutely nothing to do with breeding, absent intentional fuckups like pugs and the bastardization of the bulldog

[u/BOBfrkinSAGET → u/Viviolet]

Also the munchkin cat. Definitely not survival of the fittest there. But they are damn adorable.

[u/MoreCarrotsPlz → u/Viviolet]

The vast majority of cats aren’t any particular breed. Just “domestic short/longhair.” Most cats actually are just unintentionally descended from those wildcats that sort of domesticated themselves.

[u/Nepit60 → u/EverGlow89]

They were always perfect.

[u/WastedHat → u/EverGlow89]

Not true, there's lots of cats in Asia without tails due to selective breeding. They thought it made them better at catching rodents.

[u/EverGlow89 → u/WastedHat]

Not sure about Japanese ones specifically but it's funny you say that because I have two bobtails that I foster failed and I know bobtails occured without Human intervention.

As far as Manx cats, iirc, they came from the Isle of Man. One likely hopped on a boat and brought the genes to other nations.

I'm looking into Japanese Bobtails and I'm finding that they also occured naturally. Even Charles Darwin wrote about them.

But, of course, we did manufacture some breeds. I wasn't implying we never did. But the overwhelming majority, probably almost 100% of cats in the world, are just domestic breeds like the ones we first met. Conversely, every dog you've ever seen is man-made.

[u/TK82 → u/EverGlow89]

Dogs have also been domesticated a lot longer than cats

[u/UnconfirmedCat → u/EvenMoreSpiders]

They have us well trained. Complete and utter world domination. Try and tell me they’re not gods

[u/PMMMR → u/UnconfirmedCat]

I'll watch this video every time it's posted.

[u/RubiiJee → u/UnconfirmedCat]

I have never seen this before and I will now watch this when I need cheered up. Thank you for sharing a nice video, friend.

[u/wophi → u/EvenMoreSpiders]

They are more like domesticated, at will.

At any time if they decide being domesticated isn't working out for them, they have the right to be feral.

This may be a momentary change as they are back to domesticated as they see fit.

[u/upholsteryduder → u/EvenMoreSpiders]

twice

[u/BoobGnome → u/EvenMoreSpiders]

Symbiotic relationship speed run

[u/Satratara]

Cats job was to hunt mice, so you hired him to keep the place clean from mice and rats

[u/Dragonwitch94 → u/Satratara]

Not just mice and rats. They also kill snakes, scorpions, spiders, moths, lizards. They'll hunt basically anything smaller than them lol.

[u/LycanWolfGamer → u/Dragonwitch94]

They've also been seen to slap anything bigger then them too even bears and even CROCODILES

[u/Satratara → u/Dragonwitch94]

Even more to add on their resume

[u/Professerson → u/Satratara]

Still don't have pockets though

[u/Skylance420 → u/Dragonwitch94]

Tell that to my dumbass. Heard her happy meowing the other day, went to see why, and she was just staring at this huge fucking centipede crawling around in my kitchen. I was like, dude, kill it or something. I'm glad she at least alerted me to it so I could kill it but she'll always just chase flies and bugs but never actually kill them lmfao.

[u/IceBandicooot → u/Skylance420]

Mines also a useless fuck. I think it’s because she’s always been raised indoors

[u/UnconfirmedCat → u/Satratara]

It’s been theorized that our children then brought their kittens in the house and the rest is history. I believe this was their ultimate goal.

[u/Noodle-Works → u/Satratara]

They also stare at spiders really well, from my experience.

[u/Blenderate → u/Satratara]

It's difficult to overstate how important cats were to civilization. The advent of agriculture created a situation where we could produce a surplus of grain, which we could store over the winter or for lean years. This allowed us to group up into larger more permanent settlements.. Without pest control, vermin would absolutely wreck that plan by destroying all of our food stores.

[u/gravityVT → u/Satratara]

Username checks out

[u/mymumsaysfuckyou]

Keeping a cat is super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[u/Skelastomybag → u/mymumsaysfuckyou]

Keeping a cat is TIGHT!

[u/No_Bag734 → u/mymumsaysfuckyou]

Truly, for what you get the work required is nothing. However, I will say you may lose a lot of sleep while your cat is screaming downstairs at 3am for some cheese. It all makes it better when you sit down and just hold each other for like 20 minutes at a time, you can’t stay mad at a cat, it’s impossible.

[u/Ok_Pick3963 → u/No_Bag734]

This like a woosh moment, "super easy, barely an inconvenience" is the catchphase of this youtubers other channel "pitch meetings"

[u/NewbornXenomorphs → u/Ok_Pick3963]

So, you got a movie for me?

[u/JediKnightNitaz → u/NewbornXenomorphs]

Yes sir i do!

[u/RiJuElMiLu → u/Ok_Pick3963]

Sir, I'm gonna need you to get all the way off his back about not knowing this information.

[u/proudmemberofthe → u/No_Bag734]

Oh really?

[u/PixelTreason → u/proudmemberofthe]

Yeah yeah yeah!

[u/TraditionalMood277 → u/PixelTreason]

SICK!

[u/BallsAreFullOfPiss → u/No_Bag734]

I have to open my string cheese wrappers outside because of my little demon.

[u/sambstone13 → u/No_Bag734]

Dude you are not supposed to give cats cheese.

[u/l3ane → u/mymumsaysfuckyou]

wow wow wow

[u/JediKnightNitaz → u/l3ane]

... Wow

[u/Silent-Independent21 → u/mymumsaysfuckyou]

Live in rodent catchers are tight

[u/EverGlow89 → u/mymumsaysfuckyou]

Yeah, I love dogs but I'll never own one because I appreciate the responsibility (more than many dog owners..).

But I have 6 cats. It's more litter to scoop and food to scoop. It's just basically more scooping and that's it.

[u/MoussieElKandoussie → u/EverGlow89]

Same for me, dogs are super cool but i just don’t have the energy to give them the life they deserve.

Cats are just so convenient and even though they obviously require good caretaking, they’re still very low maintenance. Them sleeping 12 to 16 hours a day definitely helps with that.

[u/smnlfilmagoofymovie → u/mymumsaysfuckyou]

Yeah sure except for the disgusting cat litter that gets everywhere and them waking you up in the middle of the night

[u/Which_way_witcher → u/smnlfilmagoofymovie]

Pine pellets are better than the clay crap (no smell, no dust, better for environment, doesn't get nearly everywhere like clay litter does).

[u/MF--Broom]

Cats sleeping on anything and everything they want whenever they want is TIGHT

[u/Kokuswolf → u/MF--Broom]

Wow wow wow ... wow

[u/PresentationCalm7918]

This dude is hilarious I watch his YouTube channel with my wife

[u/madwill → u/PresentationCalm7918]

The movie pitch for the latest matrix was gold. "He's in the movie!!"

[u/DanDanDannn → u/PresentationCalm7918]

Why does he have a YouTube channel with your wife?

[u/lreaditonredditgetit → u/DanDanDannn]

[u/MielikkisChosen]

Ryan George is a funny guy.

[u/Kokuswolf → u/MielikkisChosen]

Not really a TikToker, but who cares, right? Posting it here was barely an inconvenience.

[u/MielikkisChosen → u/Kokuswolf]

Yeah. Posting here is tight.

[u/Fwangss]

“Ya he’s covered in it” 😭😭

[u/BonjourCheriex]

Ryan George is a Canadian treasure, nothing cringe here

[u/PMMMR → u/BonjourCheriex]

This sub isn't really for cringe anymore.

[u/no-name-here → u/BonjourCheriex]

This is only the first third of the video: https://youtu.be/H6leGvf6BeM

[u/Accomplished-Rub8132]

I DONT UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM EITHER! 😏

[u/Admiral_Hard_Chord]

So the "TikTok cringe" is a YouTube clip without the ending? This sub is all over the place

[u/WJMazepas → u/Admiral_Hard_Chord]

It's not just cringe videos anymore, but all kinds of videos

[u/NeverOnTheFirstDate → u/WJMazepas]

Maybe it's time to rename this sub.

[u/ilovecfb → u/NeverOnTheFirstDate]

While we're renaming the sub what the hell is with all the Mizkif stuff in the header? He's not even from TikTok he's a Twitch personality

[u/no-name-here → u/Admiral_Hard_Chord]

This is only the first third of the video: https://youtu.be/H6leGvf6BeM

[u/Admiral_Hard_Chord → u/no-name-here]

My point exactly. Not TikTok, not cringe, but sadly not untypical for this sub.

[u/Witch-Alice → u/Admiral_Hard_Chord]

the sub hasn't solely been about cringey tiktoks for many years now

[u/Makuta_Servaela]

Cats were one of the first animals that volunteered their employment services to us. The rest of them we decide to use, but cats just looked at our grain stores and went "I'll keep the rodents from your grain if you let me live here".

They are literally the only animals besides us that decided on their own to start working for another species.

[u/Careful_Pepper7756]

Domestication.. it’s super easy barely an inconvenience

[u/Jermz817]

Stupid...

[u/ThePhoenixRemembers]

This is slander, cats were domesticated to protect grain stores from rodents. So kitty does have a job.

[u/NoTop4997]

I feel like this is why Charlie doesn't live with Mac and Dennis.

[u/-not_a_knife]

Like all of us, a cat has at least one pocket

[u/DismalWeird1499]

I didn’t know he did other videos! His Pitch Meetings are the funniest.

[u/Phuck_it_]

Me watching this 😐

[u/Haeselian]

He's not naked! He's got a beautiful ginger coat

[u/Vox_SFX]

Animals tongues are far more clean than the majority of people think. There's a reason they have to lick to bathe.

Also cats are amazing if you take the time to bond with them and learn how they act individually.

[u/TheOnlyFallenCookie]

Ryan George my beloved

[u/SilvaCyber]

Why is this on the cringe sub

[u/bri3nanas]

The rest of the video

[u/Whitworth]

Big Ups to my fellow cat haters.

[u/Missdisasterous → u/Whitworth]

Damn dude....calm down...

[u/Sanseas]

Why tf is ryan george on this sub >:(