I wuz gonna say “Wot nebber? Hardlee ebber!” butt(!) den I akshoolee sah teh vidyo an I’m goin bakk tu “Nebber nebber.” Crocodile infested waters!!! :shick:
Good thing it was not around it’s neck when the owner was not there. Get that thing out of reach or you might not have a live cat when you get home!!!!!
ohai ebbreewun! I wasn’t payin attehshun! I fotted it was 4 instead of 5! congrats, pb!
I can just heer tah karetrolls pitter pattur ob liddlol feets comin…
ai bi inan owt tew, tidying teh werkplase an girding mai loynes tew dew battlol wiff teh evil rezzidint.
*pulls out wand* “scourgefy! aguamenti!”
there. that takes care of taht.
Ohai eberywon! Ai has free extra New Years Tinycats an won Serious Cat an none ob mai frends needs tehm.
*Extends fluffy paw ob frendship to ennywon owt there*
WTF is wrong with people? Your cat is hanging by a cord. There is potential for real injury and I guarantee your cat is hating it and uncomfortable. What do you think the best course of action is? Taking a photo? Seriously?
ICHC, please quit posting pictures of people being irresponsible with their pets. It’s not funny and it just encourages really stupid behavior.
1. Look closely at the cords…there is no tension on them, if kitteh were really tangled it’s weight would pull them taut.
2. It appears kitteh is midway through a feline amazing midair twist to land on it’s feet and just happens to be at the level of the cord when the picture was taken.
I am tired of people analyzing bad photos to support a photographer(and I use the term loosely) who had a very bad reaction to his or her Cat in trouble.
Now just for a minute people, imagine you are the one who had this “accident”. There you are suspended, upside down, blood rushing to your head, frantic because the more you wriggle the worse it gets. You are extremely frightened and someone you trust comes in the room and you think “Thank God!” only to watch them leave the room in search of their camera while you suffer longer. Then they finally return and leave you in peril even longer so they can get pictures.Most adults would be furious to be treated that way but when it comes to a pet,”ah who cares! It’s just a Cat.” Seriously I don’t know how anyone can make lighthearted comments about this and claim to be an animal lover.I am especially shocked at ICHC.I have friends who won’t even look at the picture.
This picture was used by ICHC with extremely poor judgement, captioned by many also in poor judgement. If you love all cats you protect them from things like this and at the very least never take,upload, add to the builder or caption any picture that was taken in poor judgement or uploaded in poor taste.
So YOU took this picture AngelPlume? The person I replied to didn’t say they took it.
You have accepted a very lame explanation for what is really happening here. If you save the pic to your pics then magnify it using Windows Live Photo gallery or better program,you should see it for yourself if your eyes are open.
I will summarize for YOU.
The Cat is most definitely hanging from the cord and the cord IS taut.
The cord is wrapped around the hind legs.
What timing and perspective? What humor? What joke?
Explaining this to people who profess to be animal lovers is futile because, even then,you don’t get it.Or do you?
Maybe y’all should look at some videos of Cats flipping in the air. Let me know if you find one where Kitty’s four limbs are hanging straight, perpendicular to the floor for even a nanosecond. You won’t find one because that is not how Cats flip.
I’ll let you know when I’m overreacting. This isn’t it. Did you read the message I responded to? Just because it’s in lolspeak doesn’t make it any less rude.I responded almost exactly the same but without the cutesy words.
Now if I say “Yoo ar an ideeyut Steev” does that make it cute or is the insult the same?
No, ai dint tayk teh pikshur.
But yeff, its hard tu telling whuts akshully happenin.
Awl dis arguin isnt any fun eever, whicheber way it goez.
Assuming teh wurst adn gettin angry adn insulting duznt halp.
It juss attrakts teh wurst ob teh abuse-trollz, lyke Steve.
Den its gets reely ugleh, adn cheezland as a hoal suffurz.
Its best nawt tu cayr-troll, adn eben better nawt tu eskalayt it.
I see what you’re saying. Sometimes it’s better to walk away when people are combative but this particular picture makes it hard to do that. Not the caption. Just the picture. No pet deserves to be treated badly. Too many are. It’s important for people to speak up when when anyone or any pet is being mistreated. It’s wrong, plain and simple.
As for the term care-troll? That just makes me laugh. We are all having a dialogue here. We don’t all have to agree and everyone is entitled to their opinion. Yes, even Steve.
It’s funny when some people try to argue a point without researching it first. They’re left with nothing but 6′th grade tactics like name calling or telling the others to go away. 8)
Fankeez. Its mai bed-tyme, so ai’z owtta heer, momentarileh.
“Cayr-trollz” ar considerd trollz cuz dey detrakts frum teh humor.
Dis syte is nawt intended fur “dialogz.” Its intended for laffs.
Puttin a smyol on pplz faysez fur a fyoo minnits eech day.
Doze hoo luuks fur teh wurst only detrakt frum dat. Ai nawt sayin akshul abyoos shud be tolurated. But doant assoom teh wurst adn akyooz pplz ob sumfin dat myte nawt be troo. Dats juss buzzkill.
I disagree with a couple of things you said. No one was looking for the worst, it is obvious.Enlarge the pic and you’ll see for yourself.I did my homework on this.
Dialogue means conversation or chat. That’s what we’re all doing. The only people affected by the dialogue are those who keep coming back to this page to see what people said.Eventually we’ll move on.Some sooner than others.
The majority of the time we CAN come here for laughs and “caek”, but when pics like this one or the Cat completely wrapped in duct tape are uploaded into the builder and then make FP?! I don’t understand how people can be so coldhearted as to laugh at someones misfortune. Maybe they’ve been beaten down too.
I will always stand up for those being hurt or bullied in any manner as I would for you if you were being mistreated.It’s wrong and it’s never going to be right or excusable.It’s always okay to speak up for those who can’t or won’t speak for themselves. Always.
Very high-and-mighty of you there dbskyclad! If we all have a right to our opinion then leave us alone to call the spade a spade and stop wagging your finger at us. This is a place for those who CARE about animals, not an idiot like Steve who obviously doesn’t care about them. He’s in the wrong place, get it?
High and mighty? Funny. No. Just extremely intolerant of abuse to the helpless.
If we are all entitled to our own opinion why are you trying to stifle me and tell me to leave you alone? That’s what Steve was doing.
Perhaps someday if you are in a bad situation and no one is there to help you, you will see how important it is for us to get involved and stand up for one another.
I’m not wagging my finger at anyone though I can see how it would be perceived that way by people who are hesitant to say anything. I can’t change how anyone feels but I’ll be darned if that’s going to make me complacent. I’m a Mother and Grandmother with strong convictions and supporter of the less fortunate and I AM one of “us”.
Thank God the picture of the duct taped Kitty was removed from the builder but did you see it? Completely wrapped in duct tape. Would anyone here speak up about that? What about little Dexter and his brother who a Mother and her two young sons beat with a baseball bat in a park in broad daylight? Would they intervene then? I believe most of us would so where do they draw the line? How can a lesser abuse be okay to them?
This isn’t about being better than anyone else, just more annoyed I guess and wanting these pictures to not be accepted on ICHC.
I guess some of us will have to agree to disagree cuz I’m not going away just yet.
Enjoy your day Sonja!
You are obviously one of those silly freedom-of-speech American type people who stick up for the wrong people. Defend those who defend those who cant speak for themselves. The only one I was kicking in the ass was the dude who thought WE were morons for squawking about the cat in the bungie cord. Typical human being…. is why I love animals MORE.
Sonja it’s not wrong to stick up for the helpless and abused. I hope more people will learn how to have empathy for the less fortunate. I also hope that a lot of the negative responses are just “talk” and that these people are great pet owners IRL.
I have a LOT of great people in my life so I can’t say I love my Cats more but definitely equally to the people I know. They’re awesome!
And *I’M* tired of care trolls analyzing bad photos to support whatever deep-seated psychological trauma they happen to suffer from as a result of having been weaned too early (or too late – pick one).
Quit projecting your illness on animals. You’re not fit to own any pets.
The people who would rescue the Cat immediately are fit to own pets.
Now I think YOU are the bonehead who took the picture Stevie. This seems to have hit you kinda personally. Or maybe you just like to crusade against helpless pets?
I’m also on the ‘not funny’ train. On the news this past week I heard the statistic that the US looses on child a month to getting strangled in window-blind cords. This cat would have probably died had the owners not been there to rescue it. And if they have small children they should definitely rethink those cords.
The cat is not actually hanging from the cords. It just looks like it is.
However, it is true that window-blind cords can cause serious injury or death to animals and children. They should always be wound up or contained near the top of the blind to avoid any problems.
This cat must have been really boinging around, it’s actually an amazing shot this person took.
ICHC has been guilty of posting pictures of inappropriate animal care, and they should be careful of that. This, however, is just a cat pinging off the sofa that happens to look like it was caught in the cord, when in fact it is not.
I want ICHC to make an email address mandatory. You want to post comments? Fine, you sign-up using a valid address and it’s linked from your name every time you post. That way, all the horrible ugly trolls have to be accountable for their venom.
Let natural selection run its course, already. There’s a reason they’ve shut themselves in, don’t let the internet be a way out.
Oh. so you’re really the 6 million dollar man, Steve Austin? I have a profile here on ICHC…can’t seem to find yours. They know my email dear. You can’t comment without a valid email or are you doing it through osmosis?
I is not a caere-troll, but is troo dat us hyoomin-type peeps hasta be teh caerful wuns wehn we shares livin spase with littul lifes – we has teh responsibilifity foar keepin fingies saef. Like no danglee strings or badness bottuls under teh sink cubbords where littul lifes cud get into tehm. Is funnee to see upsied down kitteh or kitteh in rownd drier-spaseship fingie, but is not so funnee if kitteh gets borked. Pikshers liek dis shud remine us to chek owr livin spases for safeness for littul liefs (hoomin kidlets included!).
I admit I laughed when I saw it. Thankfully kitty didn’t get hung. I keep all the cords for my blinds out of reach of kitty paws. Hopefully the owner will consider it now and realize how lucky they were to not come home to a ‘lost’ kitty. : (
Imho its the same as if you had small kids in the house: anything you won’t leave them alone to play with you don’t leave your cat(s) alone to play with either (though cats can get clever about stuff so fast that a human kid takes another 10 years to pick up on ).
I love it! I, too (after making sure kitty wasn’t in any REAL danger, as I am sure you did) would have grabbed the camera and snapped a pic! Too funny. Somebody always has something negative and “know it all-y” to say about everything. Hang in there, baby!! LOL!
Is it possible that a Cat can be hanging from a cord and NOT be distressed?
Put yourself in the Cats position.There you are, frightened, unable to free yourself and your husband (or other person you’re usually mad at) comes along laughing at you and taking pictures while you further suffer.Would you think he’s a great guy or would you be angry?
Oh wow. You know how one is “sure” about what happened? They are there. Unless you were there, you don’t know a thing.
It looks bad and it encourages stupid behaviour. Perception is key here. The world is full of thoughtless idiots who do not need encouragement.
For those who are calling “troll”, “care troll” and the above intellectually challenged phrase “know it all-y”….are you kidding me? Showing concern for an animal in a situation that is scary and potential harmful earns one an “insult” of ” troll”? I am scared to think about how you raise your pets and children. I mean really, so what if it’s dangerous if it makes for a funny pic on the internet, right?
I will let you go now so you can go throw hot bacon grease at those in your charge. That would make an incredibly funny photo.
You’re a care troll because you interpret things in the worst possible way, and it’s always about animals (i.e. you) getting hurt and animals (i.e. you) needing rescuing. These photos are like Rorschach tests for your crippled psyche. Normal, healthy people see a cat doing a flip, but you see the bullies who tortured you in high school and gave you swirlies… er, I mean, you see a cat in distress.
Find me a video in which a Cat flips and his legs are suspended straight perpendicular to the floor, like this pic.
Cats do not flip that way.
I’ll bet you liked the pic of the Kitty completely wrapped in duct tape, that was uploaded a few months ago.Bet you thought that was real funny and thought those of us who were horrified were care trolls.
Chist, dude. You have spewed more psychological BS than anyone on this board. Did you just learn some new terms in your community college psychology 101 class? Your loquacious word vomits are getting tiring.
You crab at people who show concern and say they are overreacting, yet you are massively worked up playing armchair psychologist
Steve, you are clearly the troll. Go hang yourself by a blind cord. Quick, go and do it before your psychatrist tries to stop you.
Cute picture; not so cute situation. Suppose no one was home to see what happened? Cats have hanged themselves on blinder cords. I always kept my cords tied up and out of the reach of my furbabies. Please – you do the same.
The image of this cat caught in the blind cords is not “lol-able” and should be removed from the image files. As catsuberalles said, it may not have been deliberate and/inflicted abuse but the pic being taken instead of immediately helping the cat is just WRONG!
If you have blinds with cords, and pets/small children, you should always, always, ALWAYS install quick release bindings, and NOT tie the cords in to loops.
You can’t really tell if the cat is caught or not, even when enlarged. Huge eyes and bushed out tail could be because it’s caught or because it’s playing so hard it got itself excited. Either way, the title gives the wrong impression and ICHC really needs to consider that the more these type photos show up, the more people are going to put their animals at risk to try and get them posted on the front page. To many people are fame wh&%^s, who will do most anything to get their 15 seconds even if it’s through their cat.
That theory, that people will naturally mimic what they see on TV, is pure bulls**t. Only the sick and brain-addled feel compelled to mimic behaviour like that. If you’re so impressionable then you definitely shouldn’t get out of bed in the morning. Tell ya what, I’ll make a TV show about it so you can mimic it.
Flame me, hate me, I don’t care. I agree with the people that say that this isn’t appropriate for teh Cheezburger. There have been a few so far, and I’m pretty shocked that they’ve been allowed to be posted on the site. I come here for the lulz, not to be reminded of crappy owners and people that mistreat cats (and any animal for that matter, I just have a particular fondness for teh kittehs).
Why aren’t you people taking the picture for what it is, ignoring the caption?
Here, let me break it down for you:
Ai feel let daon
Congrats, PB!
Thx, Annipuss !!
Tihs iz a nawt-sekkond faw tihs foto, ai tihnk
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Kittehs duz do teh strayngest tihngs !!
Dere aer 62 capshuns listid fur it, doan’t fink ennee uv dem hab maed FP tho.
Did u see dat bideo uv teh gurl doin a bujee jump an teh fing braked and her fel in teh ribber?
Owchie, no !! Ai hab wotcht bungy jumpers nd thott, “Why?”
Shocking, wasn’t it? Congratulashuns, Poussinboi!
Thx, Upfi !! Ai thott teh cawds wuz mented tu bee replaysed ebbry so-menny jumps ?? * Maibee tahtz onli wots ment tu happin *
I did!!!!
I wussint going to do taht ennywais – but not it’s definate – neverevereverbungeejumpingever!!!
Never? Nawt evver ?? * Nennepus iz wyse
*
*nodnodnod*
anna wimp
Iffn dat iz wat bein a wimp meenz, den Ai aer wun 2!
Ai am lioning up wif an teh wimpee syde too!
Ai hav dun mennee, meenee things in mai laife tath sum wud say were teh danger r us, . . .
Butt – ai am wif pb heer – ai ask mice elf – “Wai??? Wai wud ai ebber want to doo tath?” NAWT ufny enuf. Nope!
I wuz gonna say “Wot nebber? Hardlee ebber!” butt(!) den I akshoolee sah teh vidyo an I’m goin bakk tu “Nebber nebber.”
Crocodile infested waters!!! :shick:
*facepalm* A little proof reading wouldn’t come amiss.
Fownd it … yikes
Good thing it was not around it’s neck when the owner was not there. Get that thing out of reach or you might not have a live cat when you get home!!!!!
Well said. The owner should have been running to help the cat, not taking its picture. Idiot owner.
Shud hab thort it owt…
No, doan tayk teh foto nao !! Tihs iz nawt mai best anglol
Waht am ai doeng, yoo arks ?? Juss hannging raond …
Waiting for god oh….
* Godot, FTW
*
.. oar teh nekst bus !!
YUP!
FTW!!!!!!!!111!! Nennepus!
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Ezcaype plan nawt gown sew well akche wally
Howshold adapshen of teh junglol snare catches itz furst beest !!
erm – I mentid to do taht – really!!
*washwashwashfaceandpaws*
ohai ebbreewun! I wasn’t payin attehshun! I fotted it was 4 instead of 5! congrats, pb!
I can just heer tah karetrolls pitter pattur ob liddlol feets comin…
Ohai an obai, MM – Ai hab 2 goe owt. BBL, Bai!
Ohai n thx, Mugglolmary
* ime dukking in ‘n’ owt wawtring teh gardin *
ai bi inan owt tew, tidying teh werkplase an girding mai loynes tew dew battlol wiff teh evil rezzidint.
*pulls out wand* “scourgefy! aguamenti!”
there. that takes care of taht.
Ai hazza surprysed dere nawt heer yet! *hydes de noms*
*whispurrs* put em in teh brake rum, muchlycat, taht wai ebbrewun can find em.
Ai are nawt a caretrowl, butt iz troo yoo shoodn’t hab dose dangly fings awn yur blinds in a loopty loop. Iz like a kitteh noose an’ dangermuss.
Ai iz praktisin hangin uppsy down, reellee.
For a rigger, it’z de rigueur
Ai saw wot yu did tehre.
[Ai haz tu bee upp erlyerlyerly tomorry - fur me- sew ai iz ov tu bed erly. Nyte eberywun.]
G’nite, Wolfkit
Cats cradle – hees duing it rong. Just a shayde…..
iz holly day in states, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. May bii moar peeps frum states heer?
Ai are in states butt we has no hololiday. Ai aer at wurk (bein’ nawtee on the intertoobs).
Aren’t we all? : )
I iz in teh states havin brekkyfest in bed . . . wivvowt teh brekky.
Ohai eberywon! Ai has free extra New Years Tinycats an won Serious Cat an none ob mai frends needs tehm.
*Extends fluffy paw ob frendship to ennywon owt there*
OHAI CarrieVS
Ai donut reelee collekt tehm, but it iz verree nice ov yoo to share . . .
An heer iz mai (stripey) floofy paw ov frenship! Nice to meechoo!!
Nice to meechoo too.
You soo funneh kitteh!
WTF is wrong with people? Your cat is hanging by a cord. There is potential for real injury and I guarantee your cat is hating it and uncomfortable. What do you think the best course of action is? Taking a photo? Seriously?
ICHC, please quit posting pictures of people being irresponsible with their pets. It’s not funny and it just encourages really stupid behavior.
I would be inclined to agree with you but:
1. Look closely at the cords…there is no tension on them, if kitteh were really tangled it’s weight would pull them taut.
2. It appears kitteh is midway through a feline amazing midair twist to land on it’s feet and just happens to be at the level of the cord when the picture was taken.
Kthxbai
I am tired of people analyzing bad photos to support a photographer(and I use the term loosely) who had a very bad reaction to his or her Cat in trouble.
Now just for a minute people, imagine you are the one who had this “accident”. There you are suspended, upside down, blood rushing to your head, frantic because the more you wriggle the worse it gets. You are extremely frightened and someone you trust comes in the room and you think “Thank God!” only to watch them leave the room in search of their camera while you suffer longer. Then they finally return and leave you in peril even longer so they can get pictures.Most adults would be furious to be treated that way but when it comes to a pet,”ah who cares! It’s just a Cat.” Seriously I don’t know how anyone can make lighthearted comments about this and claim to be an animal lover.I am especially shocked at ICHC.I have friends who won’t even look at the picture.
This picture was used by ICHC with extremely poor judgement, captioned by many also in poor judgement. If you love all cats you protect them from things like this and at the very least never take,upload, add to the builder or caption any picture that was taken in poor judgement or uploaded in poor taste.
Did u nawt reed teh commint u replyed tu?
Did u nawt tayk a sekund luuk at teh pikshur?
Ai will summaryze for u…
Teh kitteh is nawt akshully hangin frum teh kord.
Teh kitteh is flippy-jumpin in frunt ob teh kord.
Timing adn perspektib –> oportunity for humor.
Explaynin a joak ruinz it… but u nawt gets it eben den.
So YOU took this picture AngelPlume? The person I replied to didn’t say they took it.
You have accepted a very lame explanation for what is really happening here. If you save the pic to your pics then magnify it using Windows Live Photo gallery or better program,you should see it for yourself if your eyes are open.
I will summarize for YOU.
The Cat is most definitely hanging from the cord and the cord IS taut.
The cord is wrapped around the hind legs.
What timing and perspective? What humor? What joke?
Explaining this to people who profess to be animal lovers is futile because, even then,you don’t get it.Or do you?
Maybe y’all should look at some videos of Cats flipping in the air. Let me know if you find one where Kitty’s four limbs are hanging straight, perpendicular to the floor for even a nanosecond. You won’t find one because that is not how Cats flip.
Did YOU? No, but then again that`s no prerequisite for you to overreact and piss no everyone around you.
Go back under your rock, you ugly troll. No one invited you to this party., either.
What are you doing on here, Steve. Looking for tormented animals to get off on? Obviously. Go to Rotten Tomatoes if thats what you’re into.
I’ll let you know when I’m overreacting. This isn’t it. Did you read the message I responded to? Just because it’s in lolspeak doesn’t make it any less rude.I responded almost exactly the same but without the cutesy words.
Now if I say “Yoo ar an ideeyut Steev” does that make it cute or is the insult the same?
No, ai dint tayk teh pikshur.
But yeff, its hard tu telling whuts akshully happenin.
Awl dis arguin isnt any fun eever, whicheber way it goez.
Assuming teh wurst adn gettin angry adn insulting duznt halp.
It juss attrakts teh wurst ob teh abuse-trollz, lyke Steve.
Den its gets reely ugleh, adn cheezland as a hoal suffurz.
Its best nawt tu cayr-troll, adn eben better nawt tu eskalayt it.
I see what you’re saying. Sometimes it’s better to walk away when people are combative but this particular picture makes it hard to do that. Not the caption. Just the picture. No pet deserves to be treated badly. Too many are. It’s important for people to speak up when when anyone or any pet is being mistreated. It’s wrong, plain and simple.
As for the term care-troll? That just makes me laugh. We are all having a dialogue here. We don’t all have to agree and everyone is entitled to their opinion. Yes, even Steve.
It’s funny when some people try to argue a point without researching it first. They’re left with nothing but 6′th grade tactics like name calling or telling the others to go away. 8)
Anyway, enjoy your day Angel!
Fankeez. Its mai bed-tyme, so ai’z owtta heer, momentarileh.
“Cayr-trollz” ar considerd trollz cuz dey detrakts frum teh humor.
Dis syte is nawt intended fur “dialogz.” Its intended for laffs.
Puttin a smyol on pplz faysez fur a fyoo minnits eech day.
Doze hoo luuks fur teh wurst only detrakt frum dat. Ai nawt sayin akshul abyoos shud be tolurated. But doant assoom teh wurst adn akyooz pplz ob sumfin dat myte nawt be troo. Dats juss buzzkill.
I disagree with a couple of things you said. No one was looking for the worst, it is obvious.Enlarge the pic and you’ll see for yourself.I did my homework on this.
Dialogue means conversation or chat. That’s what we’re all doing. The only people affected by the dialogue are those who keep coming back to this page to see what people said.Eventually we’ll move on.Some sooner than others.
The majority of the time we CAN come here for laughs and “caek”, but when pics like this one or the Cat completely wrapped in duct tape are uploaded into the builder and then make FP?! I don’t understand how people can be so coldhearted as to laugh at someones misfortune. Maybe they’ve been beaten down too.
I will always stand up for those being hurt or bullied in any manner as I would for you if you were being mistreated.It’s wrong and it’s never going to be right or excusable.It’s always okay to speak up for those who can’t or won’t speak for themselves. Always.
Very high-and-mighty of you there dbskyclad! If we all have a right to our opinion then leave us alone to call the spade a spade and stop wagging your finger at us. This is a place for those who CARE about animals, not an idiot like Steve who obviously doesn’t care about them. He’s in the wrong place, get it?
High and mighty? Funny. No. Just extremely intolerant of abuse to the helpless.
If we are all entitled to our own opinion why are you trying to stifle me and tell me to leave you alone? That’s what Steve was doing.
Perhaps someday if you are in a bad situation and no one is there to help you, you will see how important it is for us to get involved and stand up for one another.
I’m not wagging my finger at anyone though I can see how it would be perceived that way by people who are hesitant to say anything. I can’t change how anyone feels but I’ll be darned if that’s going to make me complacent. I’m a Mother and Grandmother with strong convictions and supporter of the less fortunate and I AM one of “us”.
Thank God the picture of the duct taped Kitty was removed from the builder but did you see it? Completely wrapped in duct tape. Would anyone here speak up about that? What about little Dexter and his brother who a Mother and her two young sons beat with a baseball bat in a park in broad daylight? Would they intervene then? I believe most of us would so where do they draw the line? How can a lesser abuse be okay to them?
This isn’t about being better than anyone else, just more annoyed I guess and wanting these pictures to not be accepted on ICHC.
I guess some of us will have to agree to disagree cuz I’m not going away just yet.
Enjoy your day Sonja!
You are obviously one of those silly freedom-of-speech American type people who stick up for the wrong people. Defend those who defend those who cant speak for themselves. The only one I was kicking in the ass was the dude who thought WE were morons for squawking about the cat in the bungie cord. Typical human being…. is why I love animals MORE.
Sonja it’s not wrong to stick up for the helpless and abused. I hope more people will learn how to have empathy for the less fortunate. I also hope that a lot of the negative responses are just “talk” and that these people are great pet owners IRL.
I have a LOT of great people in my life so I can’t say I love my Cats more but definitely equally to the people I know. They’re awesome!
And *I’M* tired of care trolls analyzing bad photos to support whatever deep-seated psychological trauma they happen to suffer from as a result of having been weaned too early (or too late – pick one).
Quit projecting your illness on animals. You’re not fit to own any pets.
Yoo ar an ideeyut Steev.
The people who would rescue the Cat immediately are fit to own pets.
Now I think YOU are the bonehead who took the picture Stevie. This seems to have hit you kinda personally. Or maybe you just like to crusade against helpless pets?
*psssst* cake in teh brakerum! dew nawt feeds teh trolls!
I’m also on the ‘not funny’ train. On the news this past week I heard the statistic that the US looses on child a month to getting strangled in window-blind cords. This cat would have probably died had the owners not been there to rescue it. And if they have small children they should definitely rethink those cords.
The cat is not actually hanging from the cords. It just looks like it is.
However, it is true that window-blind cords can cause serious injury or death to animals and children. They should always be wound up or contained near the top of the blind to avoid any problems.
This cat must have been really boinging around, it’s actually an amazing shot this person took.
ICHC has been guilty of posting pictures of inappropriate animal care, and they should be careful of that. This, however, is just a cat pinging off the sofa that happens to look like it was caught in the cord, when in fact it is not.
Did you take this picture?
Yes, she did. Please get off the internet now.
I want ICHC to make an email address mandatory. You want to post comments? Fine, you sign-up using a valid address and it’s linked from your name every time you post. That way, all the horrible ugly trolls have to be accountable for their venom.
Let natural selection run its course, already. There’s a reason they’ve shut themselves in, don’t let the internet be a way out.
Oh. so you’re really the 6 million dollar man, Steve Austin? I have a profile here on ICHC…can’t seem to find yours. They know my email dear. You can’t comment without a valid email or are you doing it through osmosis?
Interior design: ur doin it wrong.
OAR mebbee rite??
Insted ov teh tasslol, we can nao haz kitties???
Moar liek bungl jumping…
I is not a caere-troll, but is troo dat us hyoomin-type peeps hasta be teh caerful wuns wehn we shares livin spase with littul lifes – we has teh responsibilifity foar keepin fingies saef. Like no danglee strings or badness bottuls under teh sink cubbords where littul lifes cud get into tehm. Is funnee to see upsied down kitteh or kitteh in rownd drier-spaseship fingie, but is not so funnee if kitteh gets borked. Pikshers liek dis shud remine us to chek owr livin spases for safeness for littul liefs (hoomin kidlets included!).
I admit I laughed when I saw it. Thankfully kitty didn’t get hung. I keep all the cords for my blinds out of reach of kitty paws. Hopefully the owner will consider it now and realize how lucky they were to not come home to a ‘lost’ kitty. : (
Same here, cords safely out of the way…
Imho its the same as if you had small kids in the house: anything you won’t leave them alone to play with you don’t leave your cat(s) alone to play with either (though cats can get clever about stuff so fast that a human kid takes another 10 years to pick up on
).
this is funny??? you’re lucky you don’t have a dead cat.
I love it! I, too (after making sure kitty wasn’t in any REAL danger, as I am sure you did) would have grabbed the camera and snapped a pic! Too funny. Somebody always has something negative and “know it all-y” to say about everything. Hang in there, baby!! LOL!
Is it possible that a Cat can be hanging from a cord and NOT be distressed?
Put yourself in the Cats position.There you are, frightened, unable to free yourself and your husband (or other person you’re usually mad at) comes along laughing at you and taking pictures while you further suffer.Would you think he’s a great guy or would you be angry?
Oh wow. You know how one is “sure” about what happened? They are there. Unless you were there, you don’t know a thing.
It looks bad and it encourages stupid behaviour. Perception is key here. The world is full of thoughtless idiots who do not need encouragement.
For those who are calling “troll”, “care troll” and the above intellectually challenged phrase “know it all-y”….are you kidding me? Showing concern for an animal in a situation that is scary and potential harmful earns one an “insult” of ” troll”? I am scared to think about how you raise your pets and children. I mean really, so what if it’s dangerous if it makes for a funny pic on the internet, right?
I will let you go now so you can go throw hot bacon grease at those in your charge. That would make an incredibly funny photo.
You’re a care troll because you interpret things in the worst possible way, and it’s always about animals (i.e. you) getting hurt and animals (i.e. you) needing rescuing. These photos are like Rorschach tests for your crippled psyche. Normal, healthy people see a cat doing a flip, but you see the bullies who tortured you in high school and gave you swirlies… er, I mean, you see a cat in distress.
Go take your meds.
Find me a video in which a Cat flips and his legs are suspended straight perpendicular to the floor, like this pic.
Cats do not flip that way.
I’ll bet you liked the pic of the Kitty completely wrapped in duct tape, that was uploaded a few months ago.Bet you thought that was real funny and thought those of us who were horrified were care trolls.
Talk about your crippled psyche.
Chist, dude. You have spewed more psychological BS than anyone on this board. Did you just learn some new terms in your community college psychology 101 class? Your loquacious word vomits are getting tiring.
You crab at people who show concern and say they are overreacting, yet you are massively worked up playing armchair psychologist
Steve, you are clearly the troll. Go hang yourself by a blind cord. Quick, go and do it before your psychatrist tries to stop you.
THANK YOU Cheese. You managed to articulate what I havent been able to.
Cute picture; not so cute situation. Suppose no one was home to see what happened? Cats have hanged themselves on blinder cords. I always kept my cords tied up and out of the reach of my furbabies. Please – you do the same.
The image of this cat caught in the blind cords is not “lol-able” and should be removed from the image files. As catsuberalles said, it may not have been deliberate and/inflicted abuse but the pic being taken instead of immediately helping the cat is just WRONG!
If you have blinds with cords, and pets/small children, you should always, always, ALWAYS install quick release bindings, and NOT tie the cords in to loops.
True. I cannot tell for certain if that cat is going to be in distress
when this played out, or not. I installed blinds with encased cords years ago.
You can’t really tell if the cat is caught or not, even when enlarged. Huge eyes and bushed out tail could be because it’s caught or because it’s playing so hard it got itself excited. Either way, the title gives the wrong impression and ICHC really needs to consider that the more these type photos show up, the more people are going to put their animals at risk to try and get them posted on the front page. To many people are fame wh&%^s, who will do most anything to get their 15 seconds even if it’s through their cat.
That theory, that people will naturally mimic what they see on TV, is pure bulls**t. Only the sick and brain-addled feel compelled to mimic behaviour like that. If you’re so impressionable then you definitely shouldn’t get out of bed in the morning. Tell ya what, I’ll make a TV show about it so you can mimic it.
Can you call it “Me Steevo, the Million Dollar man”?
Speaking of people who like to mimic what they see on TV.
*ahem*
let me ree itter ayt:
Pitter pat…
Cut the dam cords before you lose a cat or a child to strangulation PLEASE!
Well my apologies folks, I have an over-sensitivity to the suffering of animals. Plagues me every *%#@$ing day.
Flame me, hate me, I don’t care. I agree with the people that say that this isn’t appropriate for teh Cheezburger. There have been a few so far, and I’m pretty shocked that they’ve been allowed to be posted on the site. I come here for the lulz, not to be reminded of crappy owners and people that mistreat cats (and any animal for that matter, I just have a particular fondness for teh kittehs).
Why aren’t you people taking the picture for what it is, ignoring the caption?
Here, let me break it down for you:
This cat is HANGING from a CORD.
Think about it.