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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Count me in on cute aggression - my 4 cats are regular victims of cuddle attacks, and one of them is so extra cute and loves me so much giving me soft love bites on my arm (maybe she has the same thing?) - when she does this i really get aggressive when petting her - and she loves it, giving me lots of kisses while i stroke her belly from top to bottom, if she doesnt zone out and start drooling
excuse me, i've got to grab my kittie now - aggressively lol
Yeeeeah... um... except OP includes the consequences. Most people want to squeeze but stop at the wanting to splatter their pets to goo. That's where it goes from "normal" to "psycho."
Really. Do you really empathize with squeezing your pet so hard you kill it? I think most people's cute aggression desire stops before the killing.
I want a quantum superstate to exist wherein I both squeeze my cat as hard as I want and she enjoys the experience, suffering no harm.
Yes!
Current understanding of cat psychology is that being constrained is calming to them, so there's a good chance that your cat enjoys being given a firm but gentle (i.e., not to goo) squeeze.
A hypothetical pet that's basically a stress ball that loves being squished would be ideal, but a cat is pretty close!