What the heck...

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

... do you take this smily icon to mean??



Because it's confusing to me.

I'm being catty??
This makes my pussy tingle?!?
What the heck does it mean to you?

Thanks

 

[Stella_Omega]

Laurel, the site's owner identifies with cats.
There's also this one;
and this one

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Laurel, the site's owner identifies with cats.
There's also this one;
and this one

But that still doesn't tell me what they mean?
Are they simply smiley faces, albeit with kitty personas?
What do they mean to you when you see them / use them??
Thanks

 

[MeekMe]

I always think it is being mischievous.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I always think it is being mischievous.

I always think you're being mischievous too.

(that's what I use it for)
Actually, there's a pompous asshole on the writers forum who misuses the wink and the grin, because really, what would a pompous asshole know about winking or grinning? I find it difficult to use either one if I've been recently exposed to that particular brand of smiley abuse. Healso uses the cool one when he's anything but.

I've been here a loooong time...

 

[stickygirl]

Mischievous but enigmatic
or enigmatically mischievous

 

[LWulf]

First, it's a smiley as you stated.

After that, it's a cat and who really knows what a cat is up to. I don't think even a cat knows.

So there you are, it's a definite perhaps and possibly.

 

[KoPilot]

It's for us kitten players. If you use it and aren't a kitty, then we will hunt you down and smother you with our soft furry butts until you join us.

...

 

[StrayKat]

After that, it's a cat and who really knows what a cat is up to. I don't think even a cat knows.

Yes they do. And yes some of us do.
If you live with animals closely for decades, you learn to understand them. Its not a rocket science. Only takes a bit of paying attention.

Cats are driven by instincts primarily, like all other animals. If you understand that and know what is on their priority list, you can pretty safely tell what are they up to most of the time. There isnt a lot of mystery in figuring out how cats brain work.

 

[LWulf]

Yes they do. And yes some of us do.
If you live with animals closely for decades, you learn to understand them. Its not a rocket science. Only takes a bit of paying attention.

Cats are driven by instincts primarily, like all other animals. If you understand that and know what is on their priority list, you can pretty safely tell what are they up to most of the time. There isnt a lot of mystery in figuring out how cats brain work.

Pfft! Crazy talk. Dat's whatchu talkin' cra-zy talk.

I had a cat that liked to slip it's paw under my head at night while I was sleeping and then extend it's claws. Not digging in but just enough so you could feel it.
What was it thinking? Hmm? Hmm? "Let's prank the guy that feeds me?" Cause that's the best I could figure out... and it STILL doesn't make sense.

...Are we still talking about cats or kats? lol

 

[StrayKat]

Pfft! Crazy talk. Dat's whatchu talkin' cra-zy talk.

I had a cat that liked to slip it's paw under my head at night while I was sleeping and then extend it's claws. Not digging in but just enough so you could feel it.
What was it thinking? Hmm? Hmm? "Let's prank the guy that feeds me?" Cause that's the best I could figure out... and it STILL doesn't make sense.

...Are we still talking about cats or kats? lol

If you dont understand cats you wont understand kats either

Ok, about extending claws what lot of people seem to have problem with.
Did you ever see kittens nursing? Did you notice how they rhythmically press the skin around mothers nipples? It entices the milk flow and signals the mother that everything is all right. It is intimate situation full of love.

Now you have to understand the fact that domesticated cats living in the house mostly never grow up. They are in somewhat unnatural relationship with humans and see them as some weird kind of adult cat, a mother figure. It is not surprising when you consider how they get their food from us and how we control their natural wastes (basically a cat that buries their poo lives in some kind of submission, is trying to hide their smell from somebody they see as a threat; dominant cats in the wilderness leave their smelly stuff openly on their territory).

So, cats that live with us are mostly overgrown kittens and act that way. No wonder when they find themselves in something they see as loving intimate situation they react as a kitten would towards mother cat. Only their claws are not so small and insignificant anymore and people get alarmed at cat "scratching" them. It is normal reaction to pull away at that moment but it is normal reaction for a cat to try and hold whatever is "running away" from them too.

Your cat was just feeling relaxed and close to you, that is all

 

[MeekMe]

I always think you're being mischievous too.

(=^ェ^=) I am. *wiggles butt*

 

[Sir_Winston54]

.... what is on their priority list....

"Feed me, scratch my neck, feed me, don't scratch my neck, feed me."

 

[StrayKat]

"Feed me, scratch my neck, feed me, don't scratch my neck, feed me."

I assume you are a dog person?

 

[elocin13]

to me it's just a smiley from a person who loves cats and wants to look cute.

 

[IrisAlthea]

I assume you are a dog person?

I'd say, obviously a cat owner.

 

[midwestyankee]

Never thought about it. Don't think I ever would use a cat emo thingie so the actual meanings are moot.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Never thought about it. Don't think I ever would use a cat emo thingie so the actual meanings are moot.

They have meanings?

 

[Sir_Winston54]

I assume you are a dog person?

Four cats and a Corgi who thinks she's the mother of at least one of the cats...

 

[StrayKat]

Four cats and a Corgi who thinks she's the mother of at least one of the cats...

My husband is an example of a dog person. Typical to the boot.
We never had a dog, we have cats 10+ years. Took him only 5 years to finally make friends with the one we have now, even though he really loves her and was genuinely sad she didnt seem to accept him. When he comes home from the road now he greets the cat first, then me.
Yet, he is still the dog person

 

[midwestyankee]

They have meanings?

Not cats, of course, but some claim that emoticons convey meaning.

 

[LWulf]

If you dont understand cats you wont understand kats either

Ok, about extending claws what lot of people seem to have problem with.
Did you ever see kittens nursing? Did you notice how they rhythmically press the skin around mothers nipples? It entices the milk flow and signals the mother that everything is all right. It is intimate situation full of love.

Now you have to understand the fact that domesticated cats living in the house mostly never grow up. They are in somewhat unnatural relationship with humans and see them as some weird kind of adult cat, a mother figure. It is not surprising when you consider how they get their food from us and how we control their natural wastes (basically a cat that buries their poo lives in some kind of submission, is trying to hide their smell from somebody they see as a threat; dominant cats in the wilderness leave their smelly stuff openly on their territory).

So, cats that live with us are mostly overgrown kittens and act that way. No wonder when they find themselves in something they see as loving intimate situation they react as a kitten would towards mother cat. Only their claws are not so small and insignificant anymore and people get alarmed at cat "scratching" them. It is normal reaction to pull away at that moment but it is normal reaction for a cat to try and hold whatever is "running away" from them too.

Your cat was just feeling relaxed and close to you, that is all

I wasn't expecting I would. XD

Okay, first, so you are saying you think my very adult cat, long gone btw, was equating the back of my head to a big furry boob in the middle of the night while I was sleeping???

While I think a GF or two might have thought the same thing about me in general, I can't come to grips with this statement about my cat. Now, contrary to any allusion your Lit name is kat, but I'm guessing that while 98% of your conjecture might be perceptually correct but that leaves an elusive 2% of your conjecture that only a real life cat can say is just human SWAG (Scientific Wild Ass Guess)
A bit funny since you are, I assume, a female irl and have no cat genes in yourself??

I'm going to ignore the cat poo statement though I could have a field day debunking that catshit (would have said 'bullshit' but it seemed inappropriate some how ).

You might think that adult cats are mentally immature because of domestication, however I would point out that if my very adult cat did this infantile gesture to the heads of other people and other cats while they are sleeping, then I'd have to agree.
My cat only did it to me and in the middle of the night. My cat seemed to find it ...humorous... to punk me, by flexing it's claws and get me to jump out of bed screaming from a blissful night of slumber.
Repeatedly.

I also see this as possibly a revenge issue for all those times I got her to run around chasing a laser pointer which seemed to torment her by running all around her then hide under the couch (turned off). She was sure a herd of laser lights were hiding under the couch the way she would extend her paw under there and try to dig them out.

OR, to get this back to my point and back on OP's topic, I could be wrong, because...

 

[LWulf]

They have meanings?

Cats have tails to be told, so isn't that to say there is meaning?

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I always think you're being mischievous too.

(that's what I use it for)
Actually, there's a pompous asshole on the writers forum who misuses the wink and the grin, because really, what would a pompous asshole know about winking or grinning? I find it difficult to use either one if I've been recently exposed to that particular brand of smiley abuse. Healso uses the cool one when he's anything but.

I've been here a loooong time...

Thank you Stella - and exactly to my point! I did not want to inappropriately insert the kitty smiley, thus causing the cringing you describe so perfectly. Mischievous it is!

I can only imagine the impressive size of your iggy list by now

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Never thought about it. Don't think I ever would use a cat emo thingie so the actual meanings are moot.

Moot for you, perhaps, certainly not for all. But I will remember that bit of info in case I want to inappropriately emoticon you - you shouldn't mind in the least.

And to StrayKat - what other outcome could there be in debating cat topics with a Wulf?