Many people think that cats are evil and hate their owners because they don’t really understand their actions. But in reality, despite their big ego and misbehavior, cats love their owner very much, but in an unusual way.
(h/t: boredpanda)
Why do people misunderstand cats’ actions?
The myth that cats don’t like people — even their owners — has been around for a while. It started a couple of years ago by a British study suggesting that in unfamiliar situations, cats don’t see their owners as a source of safety as the way a human child might see the parent. And of course, the media really tried milking the topic, by using misleading headlines, such as “Sorry, But Your Cat Really Doesn’t Need You Around“, “Your Cat Doesn’t Care About You“, and the classic “Your Cat Hates You.” And because these misleading articles have become so popular, followed by the way cats’ act, people nowadays have always been thinking about the cats as a small, bossy A-hole living in your house.
A Cats Owner Decided To End This Myth Once And For All
Since people’s notion about cats’ hate toward human has gone too far, a Tumblr user who is also a cat lover – Rabbit In Headlights – posted a rant on their account, in order to end this misunderstanding once and for all.
“I feel like the reason certain dog-lovers insist cats are evil is because they read their body language as if they were dogs,” Rabbit In Headlights stated in their post, followed by what they called “a very basic guide to common ‘mean’ things cats do that actually aren’t mean at all.”
Here are some actions that people often misinterpreted, presented by Rabbit In Headlights on their post:
Another person expanded on this
And pretty soon more and more people started relating to them
