Anonymous #2 20h

This is the neurodivergent yikyak I think most things piss us off

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Anonymous #1 20h

makes sense

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Anonymous #2 20h

Because it’s top down thinking and somehow it’s socially acceptable.

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Anonymous OP 20h

#bottomupthinkersupremacy

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Anonymous #1 20h

The fact that neurodivergent people made l up that term is kind of a self-own.

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Anonymous #1 20h

This made me lol

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Anonymous OP 20h

can you tell me more about what that means to you?

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Anonymous #2 20h

What? The pervasiveness of top-down thinking? Essentially means it’s socially acceptable to jump to conclusions.

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Anonymous OP 20h

asking what breed the cat is pisses you off?

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Anonymous #2 19h

because cats you get from a rescue are either a domestic short hair or a domestic long hair. If the cat is a specific breed, you got it directly from a breeder or rescued it from someone who got it from the breeder AND has documents and pedigree to go with it. “Tabby” and “calico” are not breeds. Just because the cat looks like a siamese (a breed of cat) doesn’t mean that it is, but might share seemingly identical traits. It’s not complicated but people build cognitive dissonance around it.

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Anonymous #4 18h

The breed is C A T

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Anonymous OP 18h

Cat is not a breed get it together

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Anonymous #4 18h

Domestic shorthair and domestic long hair are breeds. It’s pretty obvious which is which. Also if you don’t know what breed it is, it didn’t come from a breeder so there’s already enough genetic variation to assume that it will have issues typically associated with regular old house cats. If you really want to know what breed the cat is, you get it tested, though the results will probably be underwhelming. “Tabby” and “Calico” are not breeds.

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Anonymous OP 18h

Domestic shorthair and long hair is not a breed. Short hair is the term for it haven’t SHORT HAIR but being unidentifiable. Long hair is a mix breed that is not purebred with a singular breed. Your point was asking what the breed is annoys you and now u are backing up saying how do u expect the breeder to know, get it tested. Obviously you get it tested. Ur right it won’t tell you tabby because it’s not a breed. It will give percentages on heritage just as a human dna test work. Do research

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Anonymous #1 18h

That’s my favorite question. Then next is how fluffy !

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Anonymous #4 17h

1. Me referring to domestic short/long hair was conceding the wrong part of the argument. I didn’t know what you accept as breeds, as we all know house cats today are the result of domestication over millennia. 2. In the original post, I described rescue cats. I am not referring to people who get their cat from breeders. Although if someone breeds cats and doesn’t know what they’re breeding (as you’re referencing) that is unethical and people shouldn’t buy cats from them.

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Anonymous #4 17h

3. If you do a genetic test on a rescue cat, there is a good chance the cat will have tiny percentages of many breeds or might be lumped into a category. 4. I have done research on this. I took a class in college where I studied certain allele frequencies in the local rescue cat population which required me to go into the journals.

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Anonymous OP 17h

When u find a stray or recuse, u have to take it to the clinic, for shots, chips, records, and a psychical. It’s inclined that u do a genetic test, because while it could have picked up diseases and viruses. Many breeds are predestined to disorders genetically, like heart or kidney failure. Cats are one of the few animals who will refuse to tell u if they are in pain, so check ups are vital for the health of ur animal. No need to “get pissed off” when someone ask what breed it is.

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Anonymous #4 17h

5. It is unnecessary to question my integrity. However, your claim about a long hair cat being mixed with a singular breed is not robust after finding evidence to the contrary which is not able to be shared because of yik yaks format.

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Anonymous #4 17h

Perhaps “asking” limits it to a general case of asking strangers on the internet than just doing a routine test.

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Anonymous #6 15h

These are the types of people this post is about.

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Anonymous #6 15h

cat tax. please excuse his fatness, we're working on it 😭

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Anonymous #6 15h

Sooo cute!!

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Anonymous #6 15h

Baby.

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Anonymous OP 15h

he's only three, here's him as a baby before his calorie addiction and prescription weight loss food.

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Anonymous #6 15h

Lol the standard issue giving the craziest side eye.

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Anonymous #6 15h

My mom thinks this is a snowshoe, but we got it from a rescue and the mother had the calico pattern. It’s literally colorpoints and white spotting.

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Anonymous OP 15h

this was the first ever time he allowed cuddles from baby meatball 😭 they love each other now tho

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Anonymous OP 15h

The litter mates were all sorts of patterns too.

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Anonymous #6 15h

on the clean laundry too ofc

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Anonymous #6 15h

The SAS!!!!

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Anonymous OP 15h

awww i love. yeah my meatball had an identical sister, a tuxedo brother, and a gray sister 😭 definitely just an assortment

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Anonymous #6 15h

Which is why she is so cool. But she should literally stop calling her a snowshoe. We do love the booties tho

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