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[–] brian@piefed.social 68 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I want to live in a country where “cats jumping out” is what they’re warning people about!

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 14 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Dunno, you're walking down the street having a great day when suddenly two shorthairs spring up behind you, a third drops down from a tree above, brandishing a knife to your chin and hissing promises of death and retribution at you

[–] RogueBanana@piefed.zip 9 points 3 months ago

Dont threaten me with a good time

[–] brian@piefed.social 7 points 3 months ago

I’m still not seeing the downside here, because…well…cats.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago

Just go Pss, Pss, Pss, and they'll either run away, or flop down for some pets.

[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

All I'm seeing is a warning about an army of super-cats flying ahead.

[–] dublet@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

Who do you call when you want some pepperoni?

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Brb on my way to Japan.

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 months ago

brb moving there

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Everybody came here to say the same thing: I need that sign in my house.

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago

Hell I want it tattooed on me

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

In Paris, there was a spat of feral colonies going after tourists a while back.

Well. Once.

But I still think it’s funny to imagine it being a bigger problem.

[–] mathuin@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I would like to buy one of those signs, how hard would that be?

[–] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

A bunch of crows is called a ~~gang~~ iirc, is there a term for multiple cats jumping out at you?

Update: damn I learned a lot from you guys with the google and whatnot.

[–] maniclucky@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A group of crows is a murder, and ravens are an unkindness. Smart black birds were not named with politeness.

[–] Jimbo@pawb.social 3 points 3 months ago

The unpoliteness was likely mutual

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 14 points 3 months ago

a meowntain

[–] Secret_Music@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

According to this random website (just one of the first results on Ecosia): "While clowder is the most common collective noun for cats, a group of cats is also called a cluster, litter (kittens of the same mother), destruction (wild cats), or nuisance."

First time I've heard any of those apart from litter, personally. There's also a pride of lions.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

feral cats are a colony, too.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago

An ambush of cats?

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago

A cataclysm

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago

Cat ambush predator packs.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago
[–] url@feddit.fr 3 points 3 months ago

Not one , 3 of them! Scarry

[–] jeffkingdom@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

I'm confused. Are these warning signs or advertisements?

[–] bassad@jlai.lu 3 points 3 months ago

A cat spawning from a bush made me fall from my bike once, I guess I would have paid more attention with a sign like that

[–] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

My new family crest.

[–] Pazintach@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

Saw another one of these in a Japanese Program. It does seem like they have these sings everywhere!

[–] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 2 points 3 months ago

I've been in Japan a decade and don't recall ever seeing one of these. It says ネコ飛出し注意 cat jumping out caution.