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[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 115 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As others have said, definitely affection. Your cat loves you and is hanging out with you!

Easiest way to show it back, is to blink slowly back at your cat. Shows trust back to them!

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I always slow blink at neighbourhood cats.

[–] toeblast96@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

at first i read that as attraction

o_o

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Some of us just can't help it when cats think we're sexy.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's called animal magnetism. It's also what allows geckos to stick to things.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So the geckos think that the wall is sexy and then it sticks to the wall?

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

Geckos just radiate it, like an aura, which is why they stick to just about anything.