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Comment on You either know what cute aggression is, and understand it...or you think the concept makes a person sound like a future serial killer who's going around squeezing the life out of puppies.

a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Count me in on cute aggression - my 4 cats are regular victims of cuddle attacks, and one of them is so extra cute and loves me so much giving me soft love bites on my arm (maybe she has the same thing?) - when she does this i really get aggressive when petting her - and she loves it, giving me lots of kisses while i stroke her belly from top to bottom.

excuse me, i’ve got to grab my kittie now - aggressively lol

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sxan@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yeeeeah… um… except OP includes the consequences. Most people want to squeeze but stop at the wanting to splatter their pets to goo. That’s where it goes from “normal” to “psycho.”

Really. Do you really empathize with squeezing your pet so hard you kill it? I think most people’s cute aggression desire stops before the killing.

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- idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I want a quantum superstate to exist wherein I both squeeze my cat as hard as I want and she enjoys the experience, suffering no harm.
  
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  - sxan@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yes!
    
    Current understanding of cat psychology is that being constrained is calming to them, so there’s a good chance that your cat enjoys being given a firm but gentle (i.e., not to goo) squeeze.
    
    A hypothetical pet that’s basically a stress ball that loves being squished would be ideal, but a cat is pretty close!
    
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- a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  it’s a bit like intrusive thoughts, a mental picture of violence. it’s a bit embarrassing to acknowledge to have such violent imagery, but i don’t act on it.
  
  Intrusive thoughts is something many people have, and if you aren’t damaged as fuck, you won’t act on them. Something else to compare it with would be the call of the void - that feels similar.
  
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  - sxan@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I definitely understand the call of the void. The mental image of killing my cats quells any desire to squish them - for me - but I get it.
    
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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I also have a love nibbler.

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- datavoid@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  My hand and arm are covered in bites and scratches, can really feel the love
  
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