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[–]Eldi13 51 points52 points ago

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess it's because the clip feels like its mother picking it up, and that the instinct for that is just to chill out and not struggle.

[–]Callidor 18 points19 points ago

That is correct.

[–]timotheophany 2 points3 points ago

Anyone have a source on this? I've heard this recited anecdotally by several people but not seen it in any credible scientific publication.

[–]secretchimp 12 points13 points ago

bulldog clip, not lobster clip, you weirdo.

[–]MatrixLag[S] 4 points5 points ago

I've been lied to for a long time then.

[–]ZombieKingKong 6 points7 points ago

The pressure from those binder clips are really terrible. A clothespin would be better.

[–]innatetits 3 points4 points ago

Yeah, I was going to try this on my cat but then I clipped one of those on my hand and I was like FUCK, this hurts. I can't do this to my cat.

[–]MatrixLag[S] -1 points0 points ago

Maybe, good observation.

[–]mr_libro -2 points-1 points ago

opvote for the insult

[–]BornOnFeb2nd 3 points4 points ago

Next up: Put a piece of tape (duct, masking, etc) along the cat's back. It thinks it's under something, so it'll army crawl around the house

[–]PartyButton 4 points5 points ago

[–]Inaying 1 point2 points ago

I have no idea why I laughed so hard at this video.

[–]BornOnFeb2nd 0 points1 point ago

[presses you a few times]

Appreciated, I failed to find any videos even remotely close to showing it.

[–]zamattiac 8 points9 points ago

That's its scruff.

[–]timotheophany 6 points7 points ago

I'm upvoting just because you knew where the apostrophes went in that statement.

[–]zamattiac 1 point2 points ago

A keyboard twister it is.

[–]snitchsgetstitchs107 2 points3 points ago

They had to do it, for science.

[–]stereoviper 2 points3 points ago

I don't normally do this, but:

This thing made the front page of r/funny in recent history, and has been posted to reddit at least fifty times. Probably more if we use different search terms.

Can we not have this on r/mildly? Reddit has spoken, and this is more than mildly interesting. And also old.

[–]tizakit 6 points7 points ago

You know...

Every time someone says stuff like this, there is typically a common reply.

"I did not see this yet, I'm glad he posted it"

That is my reply this time. Good day.

[–]MixT -1 points0 points ago

I agree. Also, a lot of people, including me, unsubscribe from the default subreddits like /r/funny.

[–]hail_taco 1 point2 points ago

Because of posts like this one?

[–]Cryptonix 0 points1 point ago

That's crazy.

Gonna try that on my friend one day. WE SHALL SEE.

[–]keeewiii 1 point2 points ago

I tried this on my cat once so I could keep him still long enough to cut the mats out of his fur, but he bit me :(

[–]bhrossman 0 points1 point ago

This has been posted countless times before to various other subs. Deleting