Viral Video Rorschach Test: Cat Yells At Other Cat
Last night, in the absence of a computer, I attempted to describe this video of a cat "talking" to another cat in a real life conversation with others, and quickly realized 1. Never do that, you sound retarded no matter what and 2. Because of the questions that immediately followed, I realized that each person tells a different "story" about this video to themselves, and projects his or her own personal demons and fears and hopes and dreams upon it! It's called "projecting." I did it. Now you do it! What are these cats doing? It's time to learn a little thing or two about our psyches, from an internet cat video (of course):
(Headphones are a good idea unless you want to get a lot of office attention):
Some Questions To Ask Your Heart, To Learn Things:
1. Which cat do you see yourself as?
2. Do you think the orange cat maybe has a good reason to be angry?
3. Why don't you think the black cat yells back?
4) Do you think the cats will make up, or is this incident a dealbreaker?
5. What does this video bring to mind the most:
A) The playground/schoolyard
B) Home life
C) Dating and relationships
D) The office/work
E) All of the above
Oh, we all know the answer is "they should just do it and get it over with" because they're cats, but this was fun. (Thanks to Darci for sending this!)
Posted by Lindsay at 3:00 PM in Animals On Film
Tags: Cats
Is it weird that I find this totally hilarious?
Score = 10
I was already laughing at 0:05. By the end, I was in tears....tears of LAFFS!
Score = 6
Alternates between surly drunk, little kid being swung around, and woman getting eyelashes plucked out.
Score = 6
This is the consequence of not Leggoing of one's Eggo in the feline kingdom.
Score = 13
LOL! That cat sounds like Jerry Lewis doing his Hey Lady bit.
Score = 7
We also have to consider that when one does not understand another's language, it can be perceived as yelling. Like when I ride the bus to the farmer's market on Saturday morning.
Score = 15
This is also because that cat has red hair. they all have short fuses. trust me. I know.
Score = 11
I've been watching The Sopranos a lot lately, so I kept seeing the orange cat as Tony, and the other cat as every other character on the show. In a good way.
Score = 9
That's funny, I see them as Blair and Dorota. Obviously, Dorota is the cat in the black and white uniform.
Score = 13
1. The black one.
2. No. Well, maybe, but he's making too much of an ass out of himself for me to care.
3. Nothing good comes of talking back to belligerent drunks.
4. They weren't friends to begin with, Lindsay. Or if they were, not very good ones. So, no.
5. A. I feel bad for anyone who says B or C (I guess I have to include D then, too).
Score = 5
It seems to me that the orange cat is complaining to the black cat about something. I don't think the orange cat is mad at the black cat, he/she is just really pissed off about what Karen did at work.
Because its bullshit that someone can actually bitch at you for sneezing and having allergies. Its not like you're doing it on purpose. So when that bitch at work told the orange cat to just stop breathing if they can't stop sneezing, it pissed the orange cat off. The orange cat has tried going to the doctor, but you know, the economy.
Score = 43
Wrong. The orange cat is mad at Eric for using up all the hot water when he knew the orange cat had to get ready for a dinner date. The black cat was obviously trying to mediate the situation and the orange cat did not take kindly to this because seriously, fuck Eric for using all the hot water.
Score = 26
dear internet: please remix with the big-balled goat.
Score = 1
He can't has car now.
Score = 10
Obviously the black cat ate all the pizza rolls, which he KNOWS he's not supposed to do, considering the orange cat bought them and wrote his name on the bag with a sharpie. DUH.
Score = 16
I love that black cat. He is just waiting the orange one out. He's got all the time in the world.
Score = 21
Seriously. Team Black Cat all the way.
Score = 13
That orange cat talks a lot of smack but doesn't back it up. He's such a little pussy. That black one is about to own him.
Score = 15
I feel like this is obviously a classic example of a "shotgun" disagreement.
Score = 5
So my cat sitting in the chair while this was playing had no response, but my other cat rooms away started going batshit.
I see how it is...
Score = 5
DO NOT PLAY THIS VIDEO WITH CATS AROUND HOLY SHIT.
Score = 27
I know you said not to.....but I might just have to try it.
Score = 7
My cats have never responded to any other cat videos, but this one seriously freaked them out- they kept running around the room in circles trying to figure out where the screaming cat was.
Score = 6
I found this very alarming and terrible, which probably indicates some overidentification with the be-yelled-at black cat of the story.
Score = 6
I hate having to describe a video in conversation. Since getting my iPhone last I've used it twice in conversation to show a video that someone else was describing, and managed to come out of it not looking like a goober. Yay for the YouTube application.
Score = 2
Racism.
Score = 10
you beat me to it. This video is obviously an example of the repression of the black cat (man).
Score = 3
My cat was sitting by me as I watched this, and after it woke him up, he kept looking at it, then at me, then back. His eyes were asking me "why mommy? What is going on? Why is that cat yelling?" I told him to tell me since I don't speak cat. I'll let everyone know if he translates.
Score = 9
It must not have been anything too interesting, because my cat was laying in my lap 4 feet away from the speakers and making a point not to give a shit about it.
Score = 2
Are you sure this isn't footage of my grandma at Easter dinner?
Score = 11
Drama queen.
It's totally Omar's corner.
Score = 4
She's a talker.
Score = 17
you win.
Score = 1
If every single comment in this thread was an exact copy of this post, this would be the best comment thread ever.
Score = 2
She's a talker.
Score = 2
This is me complaining about my life to my boyfriend.
I suck.
Score = 0
My cat started making noises like this a week before HE DIED!
so maybe I'm projecting, but fuck this video.
Score = 8
I died at 0:58
Score = 0
the orange cat is dominant, and the black cat is submissive (you can tel by body postures). if the black cat talks back too much, he'll get the s*$t smacked out of him, but if he moves away, he'll also get the s*$t smacked out of him. he's just waiting it out till the stupid orange cat gets bored. by the way, the orange cat is a serious close talker. maybe the black cat is horrified by his BO or halitosis and simply can't move...
Score = 1
my suggestion is they're gelded males who have a vague idea they should fight but just can't bother
Score = 4
When you assume that I have an office job, it makes me sad. When you assume I have any job at all, and have co-workers to freak out with cat videos, it makes me sad. You gave me low self-esteem, VideoGum. :(
Score = 6
1. Which cat do you see yourself as? The Black Cat some days, other days, the Orange one.
2. Do you think the orange cat maybe has a good reason to be angry? Probably. But I think the anger is more misdirected anger-at self/frustration at how his/her life turned out.
3. Why don't you think the black cat yells back? Because he's heard this all before.
4) Do you think the cats will make up, or is this incident a dealbreaker? Man, there's nothing to even be made up. This happens on the daily. Shirley'll start to feel bad, and Blackie'll just drink his beer. Hackles n fangs on Saturday, tail down on Sundy.
5. What does this video bring to mind the most: B/C, but for other people, not for me.
Score = 3
I won't answer the questions, because more importantly, our two cats don't respond to any shit I do on this computer. Until now.
They both woke up, looked visibly tense, and now one is wandering around as if she is looking for the angry cat. I think there actually may be a cat language.
Score = 0
This reminded me of the craziest thing. A couple of years ago, I had a cat who had a couple of kitties with the front neighbor's cat. One night I found the strangest family reunion in my living room, the two adult cats were kneeled down facing each other, and doing their human-like talking, while their two youngsters were in the same position facing the parents. So, in my mind I thought they were discussing the future of the kitties.
Maybe something like that is going on here. The orange cat is arguing for alimony and threatening to sue in cat family court! The black one can't say a thing because anything he says may be used against him.
Score = 1
cats are stupid.
Score = -4
it sounds like a possessed child omg. make it stop.
Score = 0
this made me uneasy.
Score = 1
Is it weird that this made me really sad?
Score = 1
I'm so glad my cat doesn't sound like this when he's angry - this cat sounds like my grandmother when she first gets up in the morning.
Score = 0