Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/09/30/cat-trips-out-on-the-nature-of.html
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I really appreciate cat-philosopher’s catechism, and get the feline it’s gonna catch on.
Cat is confused by copycat.
But then again, you are supposed to confuse your cat every now and then.
Will they show the cat the video?
I wanted to make a joke, but that was kind of beautiful, graceful cat ballet.
This is a lot less enigmatic than the more common thing where a cat will stare raptly at a point in empty space for 15 minutes as if it’s seeing some kind of multicolored interdimensional energy gateway.
Simulation or reality? No smell? Simulation!
and let’s not forget:
it’s so confusing, because mirror-kitty doesn’t smell like anything, even though it looks exactly like science-kitty!
(name checks out.)
Catnip; it’s a hellava drug.
That was deep. Quite the calm cat.
A chameleon is a lot more entertaining in a mirror, although they can get rather violent when they attack their double.
We missed you Henri
Towards the end, he finally catches on that people on the Internet are laughing at him, and he is not amused.