• MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
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    11 hours ago

    They are right about the drama. Making the toy act like it’s trying to hide/run for its life makes my cat immediately interested.

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    13 hours ago

    That math doesn’t work.

    99% of the effort is only 99 times harder than the cat.

    900 times harder than the cat is 99.889% of the effort.

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      8 hours ago

      Also, vibes based math aside…

      I don’t get how this … makes sense, from an energy expenditure level.

      You have a 3 feet long stick, with a 4 foot long string, with a fuzzy mouse on the end.

      You… flick your wrist, in various motions, such that the toy seems to be … hiding… then evading! then running, then hiding, then somewhere hard to reach… scittering slightly like it thinks its safe, sniffing for food -ah back to evading!

      Sure, your arm is moving too, maybe you are also turning somewhat, or even walking a bit to certain areas of your place with more cat obstscles… but you literally have leverage, working for you.

      … The cat is literally bouncing off the walls, running at 15 mph, climbing up the cat tower, shimmying under the couch or a table, suddenly executing snap turns, sometimes literally in midair…

      … How on earth does that work out to you expeding more caloric energy than the cat?

      It is even less work on your end if you use a laser pointer, though personally I would not recommend this due to the chance of accidentally injuring your cats eyes.