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Comment by tyrmored | Hacker News Reader

Upvote for cat. Cats have the hacker nature, after all. :)

Going round neighbors houses 'hacking' meals by attacking bins causing racket all night? 'hacking' the toilet by simply doing it in neighbors gardens? 'hacking' their scratching urges by hacking random trees, railings, decking etc to bits in neighbors gardens? Do not like. :)

I'd love to setup some automated webcam -> nerf gun system to automatically hit any cat in the head if they enter my property. Maybe a project for when I'm old and bitter and have time on my hands :)

If you live anywhere near other people, a cat is probably the most antisocial pet to have. (Assuming you let them out on their own)

Putting your cat outside is the most efficient way to shorten the cat's life, anyway.

When you do make one, send another my way. I could so something like that around here.

Nothing like being woken up at 3am to two cats duking it out. Or having you garden ruined because the neighborhood cats like to poop there.

Very irritating.

I really don't want to get into an argument on the social capability of pets, but I feel you're way off the mark here. My cats are extremely social and love any human they meet almost as much as it seems they love me. Exceptions being the vet and people at a party. One of my cats is so social with humans that it can actually get annoying.

Maybe I just live in a town with a lot of horrible cats that enjoy petty vandalism and loutish behavior. Maybe it's not the norm, but they do get on my nerves.

If you get your own cat then neighbours cats won't come into your garden.

Is this the same reason we have so many nuclear warheads in the world? (Yeah I'm comparing nuclear warheads with cats).

No, but it's the reason (almost) all countries have an army.

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