I bet you never thought you’d see the words I wrote in the title of this post! But if you give it some thought, there is some truth to it. We kitties would not bother with humans if there weren’t at least a few things about them that were good. And yes, in some ways, humans are better than cats — at least to live with. Yes, there are challenges when you share your life with a human, but there is also opportunity. And in that spirit, I’ve listed ten ways humans are better than cats.
- Humans don’t bite. At least not usually.
- Not only do they know where the cat treats are, they won’t try to steal them from you.
- They are predictable, so it is easy to work with and around them.
- They are easy to train. Every cat I know has their human trained to near perfection.
- It is easy to hide things from them. Let’s say you have a favorite, well-loved toy and you are worried your human might toss it out. You know all sorts of places to put it that your human will never dream of looking.
- It is easy to hide yourself from them. No matter how many hiding places your human finds, it will always be at least one fewer than the hiding places you have in reserve.
- Humans do that crazy thing called “a job” — something no kitty would lower himself to do — just so they can buy you cat stuff.
- You can do some really insane things, and humans will shrug it off as “just something cats do.” So go ahead and knock whatever you want off the table for no reason.
- Humans will utterly and totally worship you — try and get that from another cat. Ha!
- The final word: thumbs.
Did I miss any more ways humans are better than cats? Let me know in the comments.
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I remember this Summer. Right on the money. We humans also rescue a lot of kitties. Another virtue. A fellow cat could care less. True cat humans want to save all kitties
So true
ROFL!!
Bodacious
Say it isn’t so!
They rescue unwanted cats in general, from shelter, care for and feed feral colonies, TNR, your mom will understand. We love ALL of you no matter what the circumsyances
Great points! Don’t forget laps, humans have laps. And fingernails for scratching those hard to reach places!
Humans come in handy for quite a bit! What a fun post, Summer!
Hey, they can be trained to do our typing for us, MOL!
Summer,
Yoo are ALMOST as wise as Max an’ Bing-Binga!
Toffee
We had to do a double take at this headline, Summer!
Leave it to you to find the silver lining in humans!
And now that you mention it, though sometimes she’s a little slow, we’re pretty happy with ours too.
-Katie & Waffles
That list looks pretty complete. We like #3. Mom always says that cats are predictably unpredictable, and we pride ourselves on that. We pretty much know what out humans are going to do at every point in the day. We are not sure how #6 makes our humans better than we are. We also pride ourselves in always being able to find yet one more hiding place. XOCK, angel Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer
Many human women can match cats, when it comes to doing the “Upset Cat Look!”
Summer, I thought you’d never say it!
So true, Summer! We knew #10 was coming. Speaking of thumbs. we need to go bug our humans for a snack!
pawsome! love #10, although 9? ditto totally worships minnie 😀
pip, minnie, hollie, sharpie, ditto, TL
That’s a great list, Summer. It would be difficult for me to open my canned food, so I’m glad my humans have a job, adore me, and have thumbs.
Well, our mom won’t steal our treats, but she has been known to appropriate cat toys she likes. We know for a fact she’s got a chirping bird, a little cat and a little cow–and those are just the ones we know about!
That’s where the human-proof hiding places come in handy!
You make some very good points, even though the post title startled us!
It always comes down to those opposable thumbs, doesn’t it. MOUSES!
Excellent points, Summer! A human is certainly handy to have around. 🙂
That is a great list. Lexy was going to add that they don’t sneeze in your face (I know she was talking about me!), but then Mommy sneezed. In her face.
Great list ! Yes, thumbs are important ! Purrs
Summer…you nailed it! Right on the nail head!
We are useful, but not cats are superior. 🙂
Those are good points, Summer, but no way are humans better than us cats! Even Mum agrees with me 🙂
love these…but………#3 isn’t always true with my human!
Hmm… I never thought of it that way, Summer. But you’re right about humans. I knock stuffs off the counter all the time and Mom just sweeps up the floor. There are a lot of times when she looks all over the house for me not realizing I’m hiding right under her nose. Tee hee hee!
LOL great list! It’s really easy to hide things and yourself from humans. My boys sometimes vanish when I thought I knew all the hiding spots. And yep, humans totally worship kitties 🙂
We could not have worded this any better. You said it all! We love our humans. And to them everything we do is cute. We remember when dad and mom thought is was super funny when Olivia hid dad’s fitbit watch. Not so smart of a watch. Great post! A must share…Purrs
Those things don’t make humans BETTER than us IMSO—just easier to live with. They’re also easier to live with cos they open the windows and blinds so I can look at Burd-tv.
Our human is pretty handy at opening doors for us and retrieving lost toys under the furniture. Maybe we’ll let her pet us today as a reward.
Summer, that’s a pretty good list! Seems like you have humans totally figured out; still working on other cats, huh?
^^ Pretty Cat!!
Summer that title was shocking; however, I do envy the human Thumbs for sure!!!!
Hugs madi your bfff
Well, when you put it that way…
the thumbs thing comes in handy
Excellent points, Summer. We totally agree with #9. And #10.
What an interesting list, Summer! And you have pinned it right down!
Purrs,
The Chans
Wow, that WAS a shocking title! But you are a Cali girl, you do lead the way… we agree on all points except #2. We have suspicions that hoomins may get tempted by our treats. We do have to watch them carefully.
Those were all good sweet Summer, especially the thumbs!
You are so right Humans make very good pets. We will add that they have warm laps that are comfortable to lay in, although we have to say we think our Mom is rather difficult to train she behaves more like a CAT, Daddy on the other hand is wrapped around our paws.
LOL
We agree with the thumbs part. Tins would be so much easier!
Excellent list, Summer! Another thing I think the humans are better at is coming when called! I only have to meow plaintively from behind a door and the human comes quick as a shot!
All of those points are so true!
We especially like the worshipping part.
Purrs Georgia,Julie and JJ
Great points, Summer!