A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Cool Cats!

Meeeeow!

After that litter of cute boys with cute cats, I’ll leave the next image with you and say simply this – Discuss.

Comments

292 responses to “Cool Cats!”

  1. MeShell Avatar

    I love those first two pictures. The kitties are SO CUTE! especially that first one. what a sweetie.
    The cat in the third one does not look comfortable at all, the rest of my thoughts on the subject have already been discussed at length.

  2. MeShell Avatar

    I love those first two pictures. The kitties are SO CUTE! especially that first one. what a sweetie.
    The cat in the third one does not look comfortable at all, the rest of my thoughts on the subject have already been discussed at length.

  3. Sara Avatar
    Sara

    If a man thinks it’s okay to pierce his pet , then I think it’s okay for the local animal protection to remove that animal.

  4. Sara Avatar
    Sara

    If a man thinks it’s okay to pierce his pet , then I think it’s okay for the local animal protection to remove that animal.

  5. Hanargh Avatar

    #82 – Bree, I’m assuming you’re unfamiliar with the look of content kittycats!

    Pierced ear or not, that cat is blatently thinking “Put me down, mutherfucker”.

    He’s just been grabbed for the photo.

    I am otherwise not going to participate in this. I had enough with the tattooed dog. All I will say is that I’m pretty sure of how my own cat would react if I tried to shove a needle through her ear. I’ve never known a cat disassociate pain from instinct, and identify it as a pleasurable feeling (like we humans seem to do).

  6. Hanargh Avatar

    #82 – Bree, I’m assuming you’re unfamiliar with the look of content kittycats!

    Pierced ear or not, that cat is blatently thinking “Put me down, mutherfucker”.

    He’s just been grabbed for the photo.

    I am otherwise not going to participate in this. I had enough with the tattooed dog. All I will say is that I’m pretty sure of how my own cat would react if I tried to shove a needle through her ear. I’ve never known a cat disassociate pain from instinct, and identify it as a pleasurable feeling (like we humans seem to do).

  7. Diego Avatar

    wow. the comment counter started again.

  8. Diego Avatar

    wow. the comment counter started again.

  9. scenester gates Avatar

    Well the wonky eyed cat is adorable as is his partner.

    So the guy has a pierced pussy… If he cares about his cat I can’t hate him for loving his pet.

    Yeah piercing a pet is silly, but he could possibly be smart enough to recognize when it becomes a problem.

  10. scenester gates Avatar

    Well the wonky eyed cat is adorable as is his partner.

    So the guy has a pierced pussy… If he cares about his cat I can’t hate him for loving his pet.

    Yeah piercing a pet is silly, but he could possibly be smart enough to recognize when it becomes a problem.

  11. anon Avatar
    anon

    cat’s ears are pretty cartilaginous, as long as he isn’t scratching it off, i don’t really see a risk of it getting caught on anything. the comments that came with the picture seem to rule this out, but from the pic itself i wouldn’t’ve been surprised if the “jewelery” was one of those magnetic clip-ons they sell at spencer’s so little kids can freak out their parents with their new “piercings”. Piercing animals? More misguided than cruel.

  12. anon Avatar
    anon

    cat’s ears are pretty cartilaginous, as long as he isn’t scratching it off, i don’t really see a risk of it getting caught on anything. the comments that came with the picture seem to rule this out, but from the pic itself i wouldn’t’ve been surprised if the “jewelery” was one of those magnetic clip-ons they sell at spencer’s so little kids can freak out their parents with their new “piercings”. Piercing animals? More misguided than cruel.

  13. John Avatar
    John

    I pierce the outdoor rats with high velocity lead, in the form of a .22 round piece. They mysteriously don’t survive, though. Perhaps, I just mistake their ears for their heads.

    But seriously, piercing your pet is completely stupid. I don’t endorse this.

  14. John Avatar
    John

    I pierce the outdoor rats with high velocity lead, in the form of a .22 round piece. They mysteriously don’t survive, though. Perhaps, I just mistake their ears for their heads.

    But seriously, piercing your pet is completely stupid. I don’t endorse this.

  15. Fred Avatar

    I’d still eat the cats.

  16. Fred Avatar

    I’d still eat the cats.

  17. Veronika/ IAM:E-Vomit Avatar

    Personally I would never pierce my cats (I have three), I wouldn’t even de-claw (did I spell that right?) them. I rather have a few scratched furniture than to make my cats go through agony for something that I could do once every two weeks (cutting their nails). The only reason why I neutered them was because of the smell (as in you couldn’t breathe in the house and I was cleaning the whole place three times a day) and doing this was the only way I could keep them. It was either this or put them back in the street from where I saved them. I’m against any bad treatment to animals and I do not agree with piercing any animal or any human which did not give his/her consent.

    And I’m for sure against beating horses to death or beating any animal to death for that matter, but what the hell does it have to do with piercing cats ears? Did I miss something?

  18. Veronika/ IAM:E-Vomit Avatar

    Personally I would never pierce my cats (I have three), I wouldn’t even de-claw (did I spell that right?) them. I rather have a few scratched furniture than to make my cats go through agony for something that I could do once every two weeks (cutting their nails). The only reason why I neutered them was because of the smell (as in you couldn’t breathe in the house and I was cleaning the whole place three times a day) and doing this was the only way I could keep them. It was either this or put them back in the street from where I saved them. I’m against any bad treatment to animals and I do not agree with piercing any animal or any human which did not give his/her consent.

    And I’m for sure against beating horses to death or beating any animal to death for that matter, but what the hell does it have to do with piercing cats ears? Did I miss something?

  19. GNB Avatar
    GNB

    #67: Sodapop

    Is your son circumsized? If not, are you protesting circumcision?

    Newborn babies can not consent to you removing their foreskin.

    No consent = no modification.

    Isn’t that what you’re all preaching?

  20. GNB Avatar
    GNB

    #67: Sodapop

    Is your son circumsized? If not, are you protesting circumcision?

    Newborn babies can not consent to you removing their foreskin.

    No consent = no modification.

    Isn’t that what you’re all preaching?

  21. malibu_ellyn Avatar
    malibu_ellyn

    very uncool (N)

  22. malibu_ellyn Avatar
    malibu_ellyn

    very uncool (N)

  23. Sindy Schism Avatar

    Ethan on August 10th, 2008 at 3:29 pm:
    ” Guide dogs and other assistance animals cannot give consent. It is a question of where a person draws the line of what is okay and what isn’t, and who’s to say what line balances things best? ”
    ” Nobody here has any validity dictating how another interacts with animals in their life.”

    Dear Ethan, you are rearted… the end..

  24. Sindy Schism Avatar

    Ethan on August 10th, 2008 at 3:29 pm:
    ” Guide dogs and other assistance animals cannot give consent. It is a question of where a person draws the line of what is okay and what isn’t, and who’s to say what line balances things best? ”
    ” Nobody here has any validity dictating how another interacts with animals in their life.”

    Dear Ethan, you are rearted… the end..

  25. meli Avatar
    meli

    109: It’s just an old saying. You know, beating a dead horse is pointless because the horse is already dead, etc. Like arguing religion or politics.

    I haven’t been a regular here so I don’t know for sure, but it sounds like these kinds of posts (animal piercing/tattoos) come up somewhat frequently and end up with the same comments over and over again.

  26. meli Avatar
    meli

    109: It’s just an old saying. You know, beating a dead horse is pointless because the horse is already dead, etc. Like arguing religion or politics.

    I haven’t been a regular here so I don’t know for sure, but it sounds like these kinds of posts (animal piercing/tattoos) come up somewhat frequently and end up with the same comments over and over again.

  27. Viking's Valkyrie Avatar
    Viking’s Valkyrie

    There was no reference to beating anything to death, Veronika/ IAM:E-Vomit . I was simply pointing out that to discuss this topic would be redundant and pointless. Much like

  28. Viking's Valkyrie Avatar
    Viking’s Valkyrie

    There was no reference to beating anything to death, Veronika/ IAM:E-Vomit . I was simply pointing out that to discuss this topic would be redundant and pointless. Much like

  29. HereKittyKitty Avatar
    HereKittyKitty

    I don’t agree with piercing an animal at all, but perhaps people should look at the reality of things…

    Did you know that 60% of cats in America are overweight? And 40% of those obese.
    Believe me, cats are NOT consenting to being overstuffed to the point that feline diabetes and heart problems are on the rise. Everyone is so worried about an earring in a cat’s ear while looking the other way at what’s going on in their own homes.

    You overstuff your animals and create health issues and it’s just as much an abuse issue as putting an earring in the ear. Even more.

    Don’t cast stones.

  30. HereKittyKitty Avatar
    HereKittyKitty

    I don’t agree with piercing an animal at all, but perhaps people should look at the reality of things…

    Did you know that 60% of cats in America are overweight? And 40% of those obese.
    Believe me, cats are NOT consenting to being overstuffed to the point that feline diabetes and heart problems are on the rise. Everyone is so worried about an earring in a cat’s ear while looking the other way at what’s going on in their own homes.

    You overstuff your animals and create health issues and it’s just as much an abuse issue as putting an earring in the ear. Even more.

    Don’t cast stones.

  31. splanchna Avatar
    splanchna

    Fucking stupid human. Just because a person (myself, him, you, anybody for that matter) wants to put jewelry in their body, cut something off, remove a whole from their body, tattoo themselves, split a part of their body, or even die their hair… In fact, modify themselves in any way @ all Gives them NO FUCKING RIGHT WHATSOEVER to do anything to harm an animal in that fashion. I’m not saying that because I’m Vegan, I’m saying that because the animal did NOT choose to have this modification done… I’m sure they have no vane bone in their body and could care less about having something pierced. It’s cruel and whoever does it should be raped, murdered, and raped again. Then, brought back to life @ the hospital and taken somewhere really quiet and cut in to little tiny pieces and then flushed down the toilet on top of a pile of shit.
    Stupid STUPID humyn!

  32. splanchna Avatar
    splanchna

    Fucking stupid human. Just because a person (myself, him, you, anybody for that matter) wants to put jewelry in their body, cut something off, remove a whole from their body, tattoo themselves, split a part of their body, or even die their hair… In fact, modify themselves in any way @ all Gives them NO FUCKING RIGHT WHATSOEVER to do anything to harm an animal in that fashion. I’m not saying that because I’m Vegan, I’m saying that because the animal did NOT choose to have this modification done… I’m sure they have no vane bone in their body and could care less about having something pierced. It’s cruel and whoever does it should be raped, murdered, and raped again. Then, brought back to life @ the hospital and taken somewhere really quiet and cut in to little tiny pieces and then flushed down the toilet on top of a pile of shit.
    Stupid STUPID humyn!

  33. HereKittyKitty Avatar
    HereKittyKitty

    …so should we also rape. murder, and rape again the owners of all those obese, ill-fed cats who are being subjected to diabetes, arthritis, hepatic lipidosis and heart disease?
    The cats don’t choose those human-induced health problems, you know.
    It’s a much bigger problem.

  34. HereKittyKitty Avatar
    HereKittyKitty

    …so should we also rape. murder, and rape again the owners of all those obese, ill-fed cats who are being subjected to diabetes, arthritis, hepatic lipidosis and heart disease?
    The cats don’t choose those human-induced health problems, you know.
    It’s a much bigger problem.

  35. Nat Avatar
    Nat

    Ok, so I’ve already clearly expressed my views here, but I’m pretty sure everyone can stop saying “ZOMG THE CAT DIDN’T CONSENT!!” because hey, it didn’t consent to any of the good stuff that’s happened to it either. It’s an animal, not a human; the issue is of unnecessary pain and risk of infection, not permission. And I’m pretty sure we can shut up with the “pffft, you think THAT’S bad??” stuff too, because no-one’s even tried to claim this is the worst thing ever, but that doesn’t change that it’s bad. I’m not trying to insult anyone here, just saying, let’s keep this in the planes of reality and practicality, yeah?

  36. Nat Avatar
    Nat

    Ok, so I’ve already clearly expressed my views here, but I’m pretty sure everyone can stop saying “ZOMG THE CAT DIDN’T CONSENT!!” because hey, it didn’t consent to any of the good stuff that’s happened to it either. It’s an animal, not a human; the issue is of unnecessary pain and risk of infection, not permission. And I’m pretty sure we can shut up with the “pffft, you think THAT’S bad??” stuff too, because no-one’s even tried to claim this is the worst thing ever, but that doesn’t change that it’s bad. I’m not trying to insult anyone here, just saying, let’s keep this in the planes of reality and practicality, yeah?

  37. Jordan Ginsberg Avatar
    Jordan Ginsberg

    Hey, Splanchna, why don’t you sit out the next couple of plays?

  38. Jordan Ginsberg Avatar
    Jordan Ginsberg

    Hey, Splanchna, why don’t you sit out the next couple of plays?

  39. Nat Avatar
    Nat

    I’m also pretty sure committing horrendous crimes isn’t really gonna help the cat. Let’s try not to lose our heads.

  40. Nat Avatar
    Nat

    I’m also pretty sure committing horrendous crimes isn’t really gonna help the cat. Let’s try not to lose our heads.

  41. Heretic Avatar

    What a douche bag! I’ve seen worse, but seriously I hope at lest the cat scratched the living shit out of him, or however did that. What a fucking douchebag!

    P.S. No I’m not a vegan.. I know someone’s going to say I am.

  42. Heretic Avatar

    What a douche bag! I’ve seen worse, but seriously I hope at lest the cat scratched the living shit out of him, or however did that. What a fucking douchebag!

    P.S. No I’m not a vegan.. I know someone’s going to say I am.

  43. Ridiculous Nickolas Avatar

    Man, did anyone else notice how nobody complained at all about how hairy the pussy was this time?

  44. Ridiculous Nickolas Avatar

    Man, did anyone else notice how nobody complained at all about how hairy the pussy was this time?

  45. HJP Avatar
    HJP

    Um, yes, actually we still do shove a rod thru bull’s noses and then a ring to follow it. Also, we castrate spring calves by having one person hold them by the head while the sack is cut, testicles are removed and then the sack is filled with a dose of antibiotics and iodine and the calf is set free into the herd again. There are still parts of America that are actually farm and country that still do things traditionally.

  46. HJP Avatar
    HJP

    Um, yes, actually we still do shove a rod thru bull’s noses and then a ring to follow it. Also, we castrate spring calves by having one person hold them by the head while the sack is cut, testicles are removed and then the sack is filled with a dose of antibiotics and iodine and the calf is set free into the herd again. There are still parts of America that are actually farm and country that still do things traditionally.

  47. kidd Avatar
    kidd

    wow, splanchna. take a fucking chill pill.

  48. kidd Avatar
    kidd

    wow, splanchna. take a fucking chill pill.

  49. Narcissus Avatar

    #106 – I hope it’s a magnetic earring. It’d be pretty great if it were, actually. I was thinking of getting a magnetic earring for my cat, too, so I could take a picture and get on Modblog and make a bunch of new friends.

    #115 – Not all lardy cats are that way because their owners are dicks who overfeed them. My sister’s cat is pretty fat, even though she started out on the same diet as the others, who didn’t gain weight. Diets (vet-supervised) didn’t help, and some only made her fatter. Two of her siblings live down the street from my parents, and they are fatties, too. (And before anyone gets upset that I adopted a kitten from a breeder or something, no, our neighbor just knew someone who’d found a litter of kittens under her back porch, so we got ourselves an adorable little stray. Her mama is spayed and lives on a farm now. Actually, I think her mom was a little pudgy? There is a family resemblance.)

  50. Narcissus Avatar

    #106 – I hope it’s a magnetic earring. It’d be pretty great if it were, actually. I was thinking of getting a magnetic earring for my cat, too, so I could take a picture and get on Modblog and make a bunch of new friends.

    #115 – Not all lardy cats are that way because their owners are dicks who overfeed them. My sister’s cat is pretty fat, even though she started out on the same diet as the others, who didn’t gain weight. Diets (vet-supervised) didn’t help, and some only made her fatter. Two of her siblings live down the street from my parents, and they are fatties, too. (And before anyone gets upset that I adopted a kitten from a breeder or something, no, our neighbor just knew someone who’d found a litter of kittens under her back porch, so we got ourselves an adorable little stray. Her mama is spayed and lives on a farm now. Actually, I think her mom was a little pudgy? There is a family resemblance.)

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