@Salanth so very true, You have been selected to be their Servant. But they demand a lease with the option to renew or leave. If you have been good & Obeyed all their commands you get the privilege of having the lease renewed. But if you have not they will leave and find another suitable person they can command
@tinamarie1974
With my cats, the very simple solution is to open two cans of gooshy, and put out four tiny bowls of treats. All six cats go nose-down, and the problem is completely solved for more than long enough to empty the box. And then they can have the box, for as long as it takes for the three shredders to reduce it to shards.
I remember when this started, now Vitamix has sent them three empty boxes for them to love lol. They have a Facebook page too (besides the chonky one they’ve been posting in) called Temperamental Chucklefuck and Friends. The Middle Aged Lesbians are hilarious.
I cannot discount the possibility that they cats may be smarter than the humans, and might have recognized a purchase that should be reversed immediately. That brand of blender is drastically overhyped.
@Kyeh@werehatrack
Either way, with waiting this long to open it up and check it out they sure aren’t going to be able to return it’s defective!
I believe someone already said it might be a case of who’s smarter! Lol
@werehatrack For the longest time, they were the go-to for high power blenders. In more recent years, with added competition for this class – Blendtec, Ninja, and countless white-box units based on their expired design patents – they have to use hype to keep on selling.
There’s also the paradox of making things too durable – one sale means many years without another one. The Vitamix I have is old enough to drink.
@narfcake My older brother’s KitchenAid mixer has been old enough to run for president for a long time now. Some of the attachments could have been drafted for Korea.
@narfcake@werehatrack We’ve had our VitaMix for going on 30 years. In that time, I had to replace the carafe once due to a seized bearing. It continues to happily grind/blend anything I put in it. (I can’t speak for more recent models, though.)
@Kyeh
well, the older cat has free range of the house as well as having ‘outdoor’ privileges so there’s that. Guessing she will chill shortly since she is such a social cat.
Paywall’d.
@haydesigner
The cats are waiting for their empty box and those assholes wouldn’t empty it.
You don’t own a cat. The cat owns you.
@Salanth came here to say that same thing…
@chienfou @Salanth
Yes, they do, furry little tyrants!!
@Salanth so very true, You have been selected to be their Servant. But they demand a lease with the option to renew or leave. If you have been good & Obeyed all their commands you get the privilege of having the lease renewed. But if you have not they will leave and find another suitable person they can command
As a dog person, I would have shoo-ed the cat away. Does that not work w cats?
@tinamarie1974
With my cats, the very simple solution is to open two cans of gooshy, and put out four tiny bowls of treats. All six cats go nose-down, and the problem is completely solved for more than long enough to empty the box. And then they can have the box, for as long as it takes for the three shredders to reduce it to shards.
@werehatrack this makes sense, thank you
I remember when this started, now Vitamix has sent them three empty boxes for them to love lol. They have a Facebook page too (besides the chonky one they’ve been posting in) called Temperamental Chucklefuck and Friends. The Middle Aged Lesbians are hilarious.
I cannot discount the possibility that they cats may be smarter than the humans, and might have recognized a purchase that should be reversed immediately. That brand of blender is drastically overhyped.
@werehatrack Or maybe they knew it was going to make a gawdawful noise that they’ll all hate.
@Kyeh @werehatrack
Either way, with waiting this long to open it up and check it out they sure aren’t going to be able to return it’s defective!
I believe someone already said it might be a case of who’s smarter! Lol
@werehatrack For the longest time, they were the go-to for high power blenders. In more recent years, with added competition for this class – Blendtec, Ninja, and countless white-box units based on their expired design patents – they have to use hype to keep on selling.
There’s also the paradox of making things too durable – one sale means many years without another one. The Vitamix I have is old enough to drink.
@narfcake My older brother’s KitchenAid mixer has been old enough to run for president for a long time now. Some of the attachments could have been drafted for Korea.
@narfcake @werehatrack We’ve had our VitaMix for going on 30 years. In that time, I had to replace the carafe once due to a seized bearing. It continues to happily grind/blend anything I put in it. (I can’t speak for more recent models, though.)
@Kyeh
Yep, i think you’re onto something!
/giphy scaredy cat
That story is just too funny.
I am now far more worried about the global potatoe shortage (that I previously had no idea about)!
@haydesigner I saw that too!
Meh… Pick up the box and the cat will bail…
Dogs have owners…
Cats have staff.
You wouldn’t own a cat because you can’t dump one off of a box? Because of aww-too-cute, or arm strength?
@PocketBrain
One would not “own a cat”, because cats are not ownable.
One volunteers to be their servant. If the cat accepts, then one has the chance to be owned by the cat.
Love of cats depends on your point of view…
Granddaughter just got a kitten for her (10th) birthday. Current resident feline is NOT amused…
@chienfou I hope she’s introducing them gradually - it does help if the older one isn’t just forced to interact with the new one immediately!
@Kyeh
well, the older cat has free range of the house as well as having ‘outdoor’ privileges so there’s that. Guessing she will chill shortly since she is such a social cat.
@chienfou I hope so! Hey, you could post pix of both of them in @unksol’s pets thread…