r/OneOrangeBraincell • u/Brandoooooooooooon • Apr 26 '24

It's not their turn with the 🅱️rain cell 🍊 I got one

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u/Dizzynic Apr 26 '24

I never understand how some people feel the picture is more important than their cat‘s health and safety. Ffs, help your cats!

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u/Brandoooooooooooon Apr 26 '24

I'm not defending myself any more, she's been like this for like 10 seconds

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u/KAODEATH Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 26 '24

Nothing to defend. You said the picture was taken by a bystander but if you've been around cats, you know that situation could have worsened to an unrecoverable point in less than a second.

Think you could untangle them? Not if they panic and bind it around themselves. Think you could simply break/cut it if worse comes to worst? Not if they're struggling/running away or it's too tight against their body. What if the cat got itself free but injured itself in the process, ex: the shifting weight pulled an/the object down on it.

Situations like these are not the time for pictures and pictures like these are not defendable. When a dependant is at such a risk, all hands are needed even if that means being idle (but still free) while calming the subject.

Edit: To make it even more gross, when advice is given to eliminate the hazard, OP chooses to respond to other joke comments instead. Imagine if this were a child in the picture taking keys for a joyride and the parent posts this while downplaying the severity and not acknowledging they should move the damn keys. This little cat probably has a happy loving life but you need to be more responsible. Too many know the other ending to this story and to bring it up with such levity is disgusting.

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u/Brandoooooooooooon Apr 26 '24

The problem is just the multiplicity of people thinking they know better than concerned folks. The hazard is known, and has been taken care of, and I think it is obvious that everybody should NOT start with the statement that owners are irresponsible. The most pragmatic conclusion is that the picture's situation is a one-time event and not the norm. I'm not even the owner of the cat, I was one of the bystanders looking at her owner taking care of her as soon as we heard the curtain's noise and noticed she was tangled.

I answered the jokes mostly because the other moralizing comments are just blatantly annoying and you know that. We take care of Artemis and she's not in danger. Don't worry, we do.