r/talesfromtechsupport • u/[deleted] • Dec 18 '19

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u/zalvernaz Dec 18 '19

Oh God. I thought people were dumb just from reading this sub, but this takes the cake.

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u/wertperch A lot of IT is just not being stupid. Dec 18 '19

The inability to connect cause and effect amazes me. Five-year-olds have that figured out. Heck, I bet there are cats who've got that down.

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u/DarkLordoftheSloth Dec 19 '19

I have a cat who has learned that if he jumps onto my shoulders and uses claws, he gets yelled at. So of course, he keeps doing it for the attention. Good thing he's cute.

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u/wertperch A lot of IT is just not being stupid. Dec 19 '19

I did once successfully train cats not to go into the kitchen. They'd not even venture in if their food bowls were on the floor out of reach. They knew they'd be fed in the hallway.

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u/jakerman999 Dec 19 '19

No you didn't. You trained cats to not let you see them in the kitchen

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u/NotAHeroYet Computers *are* magic. Magic has rules. Dec 19 '19

I have a very easy method to train your cats not to go in the kitchen, in comparison to any other alternative; build a wall blocking every way in. Whether it's something you can climb is negotiable.

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u/cavveman Dec 19 '19

You do know that cats are basically made of liquid?

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u/NotAHeroYet Computers *are* magic. Magic has rules. Dec 19 '19

...Does water climb walls very well?

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u/VanquishedVoid Dec 19 '19

There are waterfalls that go up, so yes!

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u/PRMan99 Dec 19 '19

Depends. Is the water a cat?