Unpopular Opinion
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1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
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4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
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5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
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This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
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I don't think I've ever been to a cat owners house who's furniture smells like cat, I would love to know what a cat even smells like.
Maybe if those owners don't clean their cats litter properly or often enough, that causes a smell, and yeah, lots of shitty cat parents who don't clean after them well enough.
Or maybe this is about un neutered cats that piss on stuff? That's unfortunately somehow also a thing.
Cats also don't require any training to do any of those things? Just pay attention to your cat, ensure you play with it and give it enough toys and attention and it won't do shit to your stuff.
Your statements have me more confused than anything else.
Dogs smell, they have a weird metallic smell to them and they leave that smell on surfaces, maybe you got confused?
Is this unpopular opinion or just objectively wrong opinion?
OP clearly doesn't know anything about living with cats. I'd guess they had a past bad cat experience (smell and damage) because of an owner that neglected their cat, and that's the extent of their knowledge.
Also... I'm not saying that dogs don't belong inside, but they're almost always capable of causing way more damage than cats, so it's weird of OP to single out cats for that.
I can assure you I can tell when I enter a house that has cats by smell alone, much like a smoker's car has a distinctive smell