Men + Kittens
August 31, 2014 8:31 PM   Subscribe

I feel like a Mommy [SLYT, Buzzfeed]
posted by maggieb (10 comments total) 5 users marked this as a favorite
 
The kitten wants to kill that guy's mustache, and who could blame it?
posted by zadcat at 9:02 PM on August 31, 2014 [2 favorites]


Cute but men + cats.

And men + cats.

Mostly men + cats is just scooping shit out of the litter box and a "shit, I have to change the water". Same as women + cats.
posted by vapidave at 10:20 PM on August 31, 2014 [2 favorites]


This is doing NOTHING to cure my Kitten Fever.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 10:48 PM on August 31, 2014 [1 favorite]


Also,cuteboyswithcats.net
posted by The Underpants Monster at 10:49 PM on August 31, 2014 [1 favorite]


The Beefheart link as first comment. Love it. Sometimes Metafilter is still cool.
posted by Decani at 1:47 AM on September 1, 2014


And of course Des Hommes et des Chatons!
posted by Skybly at 4:20 AM on September 1, 2014 [1 favorite]


"...raise them, and they'll like, love you forever."

Category error.
posted by glasseyes at 5:59 AM on September 1, 2014 [3 favorites]


Right. The cats really think, omg big guys, MORE meat.
posted by Namlit at 7:17 AM on September 1, 2014 [1 favorite]


I hate to be the guy who craps all over the cat video thread, but...

I grew up with cats. I love cats. I'm not a manly man (nor have I ever cared to be), but nor am I effeminate or genderqueer or anything—I'm just a boring, cis, hetero, middle-of-the-road dude.

And I wasn't aware, until several years ago, that liking cats is supposed to be effeminate, or at least unmasculine, or something. Like, I guess I'm supposed to be outside playing football with dogs, instead of inside doing girly domestic things with cats? Or something? Has this "dogs = masculine; cats = feminine" meme always been around, or is it a relatively new invention? Because it was new to me.

The whole joke of this video hinges on this really tedious, stereotypical, gender-binary idea of what men are, or should be: emotionally repressed; incapable of nurturing; into action movies full of buff dudes killing things; disdainful of anything (such as kittens) that smacks of girliness; inclined to regard vulnerability as weakness; etc.

I kinda feel sorry for any dude who feels limited in that way by his gender. (And there's more than a whiff of internalized misogyny there.)

In summary: I have a big ol' hairy penis. I love my kitties. Deal with it.
posted by escape from the potato planet at 10:01 AM on September 1, 2014 [6 favorites]


Hmm. I'm not sure this ad is working as intended, because all it makes me want to do is adopt some big manly men whose gruff exterior hides a secret tender heart. What, you say? I have one at home already? I think he needs a buddy to play with!
posted by drlith at 10:49 AM on September 1, 2014 [4 favorites]


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