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He meows. Makes hard eye contact but if I touch him , he gets mad and runs off.

What? What do you want!?!?! Why are you staring at me and meowing if you don't actually want me to do anything?!

He also seems to get mad and run off if I just look back at him and not try to pet him.

If I try to ignore him he just rolls around and sometimes does this little ridiculous "tantrum" deal where he will stand up and dramatically throw himself down and then roll onto his back. It's always loud cause he's a big cat. It can't feel very good. But he does it all the time.

Idk. Maybe he just likes being dramatic.

Anyway. Any cat whisperers who have figured it out, let me know.

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[–] sploder@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My cat does this when she’s happy. She’ll fall asleep like that with a literal little smile on her face in the sun and when I see it I explode because it’s so damn cute. She’s also an old girl so I have to kinda make sure she’s breathing these days and didn’t literally go belly up and give up the ghost on me 😭😭

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pets really nailed down the manipulation through cuteness

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

They've reached the apex of survival. Find the top life form then latch onto them and get them to serve and fuss over you.