@orci you have not met my cat

@orci @nevynh

Dogs would. All day.

@orci Agreed. I reckon dogs would tho' :ablobcatrave:

@orci quite the opposite, actually. You'd block them in a day or so.

@orci with exception of demands

@orci
So true! My cat always calls.

@orci 🤣🤣🤣

@orci 😂

@orci nice!

@orci 4 dubloons for you.

@orci cats enable read receipts just to leave you on read lol

@orci @birgitklomps Ik ben gewoon een kat!!!1!!!! 😬

@orci Corollary: cats can text. They just don't want to.

@orci @itsjesustime

@orci cats have 32 muscles in their ears just so they can ignore us.

@orci whoever wrote that sign did not know the lengths a cat will go to to tell you they're hungry.

@orci @thesarahrah i think our cat would you know

@orci Would dogs be texting me ALL THE TIME though...

@orci huge thanks for this.

@orci

@orci 😂 😂 The original purveyors of "new phone, who dis?" for sure!

@orci cat-turd-day?

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@orci Idk... that may be true for my older guy, but the younger one would be constantly sending random butt texts all day ❤😅

@orci :bd03:

@orci @thegrugq who says they can’t? I know they do. 😉

@orci Cats can text you back.

@orci 😂

@orci what... WHAT...

@orci Couldn't be bovvered.

@orci where is the lie?!

@orci My cat wouldn't text me back unless I offered him treats. He will ignore me until I ask him if he wants treats. Then he'll come running and start meowing at me.

@orci 😂

@orci the would say pspspspspsps

@orci Unless it suits the cat's purpose 😉.

@orci they would text you back the next day, upset that you hadn't sent a follow-up text.

Also, you'd have text exchanges at 3 a.m. that were like:

"WHATCHU DOIN"

"Trying to sleep"

"R U AWAKE"

"I am now what's going on"

"OK"

"Do you need me?"

[no response]

@orci, @G_y_tri

There are suggestions that cats actually know their name, but often don't respond when it's spoken... because they don't care...

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/yes-cats-probably-know-their-names

@orci They would ghost you 🤣

@orci They most definitely would begin to text you, walk away, look here, look there, come back, proceed texting, stare at the door as if suddenly a ghost appeared there, look back at the phone, never push "send" and then take a nap.

@orci
*laughing* I love this.

@orci I’m pretty sure mine would just send gifs:

@orci TRUTH!

@orci

My cats play fetch, greet me at the door, chase me into rooms, and paw at the window when I'm outside, among other things. One in particular answers to his name when called, although the other tends to ignore his name being called.

Their mama cat runs up and chases my hands to insist on being petted. She'll jump her front paws up onto my legs to get attention.

Honestly, cats get a bad reputation.

@orci Two hours later: bowl is empty

@orci the real schrodinger's cat: they won't text you whether they can or not so you can't prove they can't

@orci ...until they want food or the litter box cleaned.

@orci Truth

@orci that’s sad but true.

@orci If cats could text, they'd block us.

@orci cats:

@orci

@orci There aren't enough likes/stars for this one lol Excellent.

@orci Mine will definitely do it. Mew mew.

@orci 😅

@orci it is True until they discover the message to type to get:
- food
- warmth

@orci this is why I don’t have a cat also because they drink me but we don’t talk about that

@orci heheh

@orci fact

@orci

😜 They definitely would not.

Have you seen this one?

@orci True Story!

@orci If my cat would ever text me, the only answer I could give them would be “yes, master”.

@orci they definitely would. You would send them 8 loving caring messages from work and close to the end of the day you'd get one message. Pick up cat food on the way home.

@orci oh no!? Really.. ?? What a sad thought though..😕