Apple kitteh saiz
…u wayt 4 iphone update
photo originally seen on Cute Overload, sent in by Ferdinand S.
capped and submitted by: JIL
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Earbudz? We don’t need no stinking earbudz.
Eerbudz: worft. invenchun. ebber!
Yess! Eerbudz fall outta mai eerz! Dey no fits!
all dis tyme i thotz i just had funnishaped eerz…good to knoe othrz haz dis problm too
” clip on eerbudz-teh noo wai too listen too moozic”
look into mah ayes, deeeeep into mah ayes,
stop luking at mah eerz, into deh ayes, stoopid!
pleh, no inner illuminashun fah u!
I has no fayshon cents!
I has fashion dollars !!!
keep yer dollars - ah wantz change !
iPod Shuffulz: Your doing it wrong!
….kitteh shufflez away in embarazzmint…
kitteh shufflez away to plan revenge.
I didn’t think ICHC was into displaying images of animal abuse. I’m sure that picture was taken at the expense of the cat’s comfort. Animal’s ears are more sensitive than ours.
It’s one thing when a cat gets itself into a situation. It’s another for a human to subject the animal to discomfort for the sake of a stupid picture. I hope the ICHC moderators will remove this, lest some other up and coming socipaths get any ideas.
Yeah, I’ve seen some pissed off cats on this site before, but…
Also I don’t get what’s supposed to happen after the iphone update.
akshuly i nots get dat eethr.
mabey kitteh is rily windoze kity in drag?
if it makes everyone feel better, I have my shuffle clipped on my ear right now (no I’m not kidding, it’s a green one like the one in the photo) and it DOES NOT HURT - the clip is very weak, unlike a pager, and the whole design basically depends on you having it on your shirt where it won’t get pulled off. I run the cord up the inside of my shirt at the gym so it won’t fall off, that’s how weak the clip is - barely enough to keep it attached. seriously - those things would slip right off the moment kitty turned it’s head - there’s little force and no teeth to hold them on. go look at one if you don’t believe me
I agreez with teh Stend. I haz wun as well, and just tried it (okayz, nao I get mental pic of hunnerds of ICHC readers clippings their shufflez on their earz–many lolz).
Without breaking out into flamewar thingy, I can say that there are dozens of pics on ICHC where teh kittehs are in more discomfort (about half of them instigated by teh kittehs demselves) than these things could inflict. Those of you out there with clip-on ear rings are probably in more pain than this kitteh. To me kitteh looks more irritated at being held up for camera than having things on it’s ears.
Bottom line is, if teh kitteh was in any kind of pain, it wouldn’t leave the shuffles clipped on long enough to get a pic taken–it would have shaken or skratched them off long before.
an it haz juzt weed. iz an ex pee profeshinul.
well, maybe what the human did to the cat was stupid, but i think you underestimate the ability that cats have to get out of unpleasant situations, by meowing, scratching, hissing, running, etc. this cat merely looks bored with the human’s idiotic idea.
what about all the dressed up cats in other pictures? or remember what a cat looks and sounds like when you have to wash it. that’s traumatising for cats, and we still do that. i agree that one led to another one could cause serious discomfort and maybe even hurt a cat with such ideas, but i don’t think this here is the case.
well the costumes themselves aren’t capable of causing pain, simply humiliation.
As for the rest of your argument… it’s a pretty weak one. So if something can defend itself, whatever you do to it up until it defends itself is fair game? That’s just mean, and I’m with Eric, I thought ICHC was refusing to cross the line into mean.
If someone can confirm that the cat didn’t actually mind, I’ll take that.
kitteh looks a little annoid, but relaxed. i dont see teh big deal here. the ipods look strung together, and just laid cross kitteh’s head. dat wud hurt kitteh?
no, that’s the cat’s ears. They’re definitely clipped on.
The big deal is that if the cat is actually being *hurt* then that’s wrong. Not having a shuffle and my own cat ears, I can’t test.
…if it makes everyone feel better, I have my shuffle clipped on my ear right now (no I’m not kidding, it’s a green one like the one in the photo) and it DOES NOT HURT - the clip is very weak, unlike a pager, and the whole design basically depends on you having it on your shirt where it won’t get pulled off. I run the cord up the inside of my shirt at the gym so it won’t fall off, that’s how weak the clip is - barely enough to keep it attached. seriously - those things would slip right off the moment kitty turned it’s head - there’s little force and no teeth to hold them on. go look at one if you don’t believe me
the freeky thing iz that stend not even doo this for ICHC related eksperimunt. Stend is hyoomin 2.0, jusst sittin in dark chattin wit lolfriends an clippin things on an pluggin things into self. jusst ask abowt what S be gwan an did wif d juicer, d satellite dish, an d vacyoom. it not fit in a bucket, dats 4 shoor.
yeah, you dont even want to know what I just did when I scrolled down and got even more annoyed. keep scrolling - I’m taking my shuffle to the gym where it belongs now ;o) and no, I’m not washing it first !!!
*sigh*
We went through the “Omigawd, kitty abuse!!1!!ELEVEN!!” fuss on CuteOverload, and I think it was conclusively proven that Shuffle clips are incapable of inflicting pain. On human or feline.
How do you know the iPods were playing any music? I doubt kitteh would sit still if that was the case.
dude, ipods don’t have speakers… (besides the clickwheel)
we’re talking about how they’re *clipped* to its *ears*
Erm…right. I knew that. I have an iPod akshually…how’s about we just forget I ever said it. Move along, nuffing to see here : P
ur choys of werds iz impekibul
don’t worry eric, by the expression on that cats face the human holding him up will not be in one piece very much longer. incidentally, i do agree that the pose was probably painful, but not intentionally so. many pet owners will fail to think before doing something “cute”. however, since there is now a picture, and it really is cute, why not say so? no one here condones hurting the kittehs. we all know that. and if you have not ever tried to do something to a cat, (feed it a pill, give it a bath, etc) that it does not want to do, you would realize that unless that cat has been given a tranquilizer, (and looking at the eyes, i don’t think it has) that it could escape to the highest part of the house at any time with no difficulty and then sit there spitting at you for so long YOUR ears hurt. the cat is not struggling or biting, just looking mildly peeved.
we all luvs teh kittehs! don worry soo much.
Cats will put up with things from people they trust that they wouldn’t normally. Abusing that trust is still wrong, and whether or not the owner *meant* to hurt the cat, we shouldn’t be using pictures of animals in pain for our entertainment.
As I said above, if someone can confirm that the cat actually took it in stride, or that the clips weren’t that solid (although I imagine they’d have to be or they’d have slipped off), that’s different.
pittypat is correct!!! if you look closely you can see the string mark in the cats fur. the ears are just pushed down, not clipped. now please chill. just a little.
btw, if anyone here has or has had a cat, they can surely confirm that if you “hurt” a cat, even accidently, they scream and hiss. this cat, is not, in pain.
those aren’t string marks, that’s just its ears.
umm, i didn’t know ears looked like a string sized indentation running across the cats head from one side to the other. but if you say so…
shuffles aren’t that heavy, how do they weigh down a cats ears long enough to take a picture??
the lines don’t go all the way across the head, just where the ears start.
uh…yeah, they do. and how many times am i going to have to type this? the cat would be more strenuously objecting if it was “hurt”. it is quite obviously not. in. pain. you say you don’t have your own cat ears. does this possibly mean you don’t and have never had your own cat and so cannot speak from experience on the topic? as a person who has had several and who doesn’t participate in the practice of declawing, i can tell you that even the most pathetic looking specimen of cat is decidedly not defenseless. if it was in pain, it would be obvious. however, i can see you are determined to be upset by this, so go right ahead. nothing is going to change a mind that has already closed.
the HUGE welt/bruise on my calf when i accidentally stepped on mine getting off a stepladder was evidence to that. people need to calm down. the cat’s just annoyed. if he was in pain, there would be NO doubt about it.
for that matter, i’ve never seen a cat not make its feelings known in about .3 seconds after having that feeling, no matter if it is “must have NOMs now” or “yer standing on mai tail,and i will scratch yer face off” or “yer teh best hoomin in teh wrld, and i will demonstrate that by sitting on what ever you are concentrating on right now and if you push me off it just means you want to pet me and i’ll come right back”.
sorry bout the welt…ish
Neither of my cats would let me do anything to their ears, and they’re both very mild mannered as a general rule. I can’t see this cat putting up with anything that hurt it, and when I first saw the picture, my first impression was they they were somehow draped over the cat’s head, not actually clipped on. Even so, if they are clipped on, there’s no way in hell that cat would have sat still if his ears actually hurt him. Even the most domesticated cat would lash out if it were in pain. I have to question the people who are crying abuse–do you even have cats? If you did, you would know this already and this discussion thread wouldn’t even exist.
I can definitely agree wif orignal poster! Please lets not be hurtings teh kittehs! If you must clip painful things onto their ears, use a loldog instead. Stupid dogz.
NUHUH! Don be hurtin dogz eidder, neow!!!
don’t be hatin’ teh puppehz…
Total Sitehound World Domination!!!
some of our best furriends are goggies around here.
oh, teho, tell us dis whole thread be anothfur stoopid-hoomin trik?
Well Majken, if it’s worth anything, you’ve ruined any good that could be taken from this very cute photo. I don’t think any of us who frequent a website FOR cats and dogs and animal love in general (not the dirty kind but the kind acceptable by law) would take joy in the harming of a cat. Give us some credit. but if you really think we’re so awful then maybe find new place for qoot kitty pictures.
TYPING is indeed NOT ACTIVISM
*bwahahaha* ah got uzed in a sentens an hedBlah got pwnd *dee lite*
Yeah, we got the “OH NOES! ABUSE!!” commentators at Cute Overload too.
For those people–and they know who they are–I would like to pose the following five questions:
1) is this your cat?
2) are you braindead?
3) no, seriously, are you some kind of #*&%ing vegetable?
4) would you care to kiss my @$$?
5) did you read question #1?
We call them “nuffs”, by the way.
I suppose you are trying to imply with your question “Is this your cat?” that you “own” the animal and thus are entitled to abuse it in whichver manner you see fit? Pet ownership is a responsibility and obligation to care for the animal. If you aren’t emotionally mature enough to handle the responsibility, you should not keep pets.
Regardless of whether or not this cat belongs to any of us, it still looks painful. This being on this site is giving it a bad name.
While it is cute, it’s still cruel, and it makes ICHC look bad.
in regards to “looking painful” i rephrase my earlier statement about pain and cats, accidental or not. THEY FIGHT BACK! THIS CAT! IS NOT! IN PAIN!!
thank you.
exactly! i have never seen a cat that lets “a trusted human” do nasty things to him/her just because they trust him. some cats don’t even let you touch them if they are not in the mood. this cat does not look in pain!
i love my cats and i know they love me, but if i even so much as annoy either of my kittehs to a significant degree, they will let me know by way tearing some small quantity of of my skin and flesh that i have crossed a line…if i ever tried to hurt them, i would be the bearer of a ridiculous number of scars, so at worst i’m gonna hazard the guess that this cat is just mildly annoyed, and with any luck, he repaid the annoyance by pissing in the offender’s shoe
wow, an intelligent response to a valid concern.
I didn’t realize that part of being an animal lover was not caring if we think an animal might be being hurt.
Is that a standard response for any situation someone is concerned? We’re only allowed to care if it’s our cat, and if we do we must be braindead?
yes I would like to kiss your ass, but I don’t see what that has to do with anything.
OK, you’re polite. (And a bit naughty.) I’ll clarify.
1a) if this isn’t your cat, how do you know whether s/he’s in pain?
1b) can you teach me that trick?
well that’s why there’s *concern.* People are taking what they know about cats and clips and coming up with “I bet that’s not comfortable.” Cat (or any animal for that matter) behavior doesn’t vary so widely that it’s impossible to decipher. I mean, what’s the point of body language if others can’t read it? Ok so you have to be familiar with the subject, but it’s kinda like babies. You don’t have to be *that* kid’s mom to know that they’re crying cuz they’re teething (turns out they make the same noise) but you probably don’t know that if you haven’t had a baby.
So you’ve got two groups of people who are concerned.
1) People who have cats who know enough that ear pinching doesn’t feel good, but who know that some cats that trust their owners will give them a moment to rethink their actions before unleashing hell…
2) People who don’t have cats that can only use simple logic, and don’t have any mitigating information to help them come to a different conclusion. Pinching = ouch, cat’s ears = sensitive.
So, what *you’re* really saying is, unless we own the cat we have no real way to know if the cat is in pain or not, and I think most of us will agree with you. What those of us who have concerns are saying is that if we don’t have a way of knowing for sure if the cat is hurt or not, we’d like to err on the side of caution.
I see on cuteoverload that a bunch of people with shuffles did infact test them out on themselves and their pets with positive results. IMO a disclaimer that while it looks like it could hurt, but it was verified that it’s no more painful than the other humiliating costumes posted here would be appropriate, and let those of us who were concerned out of *love* (not superiority) feel better.
spoiledlittlelucy==Majken apparently I’m using one name on one pc and another on the laptop
You shud go look at the archives here. lil kitteh in a bun wailin. Kittehs bein held with birthday hats yowlin like crazy. There is stuff here that any one could say is abuse. Puttin a couple of clips on your cats ears for 8 seconds I don’t think so. Kickin your cat across the room…abuse.