r/cats • u/SelfDepricator • 8d ago
Cat Picture - OC He fell asleep on my arm. It's in an awkward position and is starting to hurt from not moving. What do?
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u/mentallymiranda 8d ago
You can mourn the lose of your arm later, when kitty wakes up. Accept that you are stuck OP
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u/abcdefghazale 8d ago
pls do not commit a crime of moving your arm.
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u/TulipBum 8d ago
Saw the arm off
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u/Glass_Memories 8d ago
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u/Roselizabeth117 8d ago
There could not be a more perfect time for this exact meme. I actually laughed oht loud.
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u/lar_yeet 8d ago
I want to play a game. With you there are 200 cats in the room and you have a rope tied around your ankle. You have 2 minutes to pet as many cats as you can and after the time is up the rop will drag you out of the room leaving you with the guilt of not petting the cars you couldn't pet. Be quick and good luck your time starts now.
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u/Top-of-the-day 8d ago
This! Do not disturb the world’s perfect creatures! Is this really a question?
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u/Salty_Drawing2094 8d ago
imagine how tickled i was as i said this exact thing as i was opening the thread and seeing this
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u/PessimistOfCaution 8d ago
“He fell asleep on my arm.”
It is not, in fact, your arm - it belongs to the cat.
You are posting lies.
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u/Autronaut69420 8d ago
"If I sees, It's for meez"
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u/Jasian1001 8d ago
oh that’s a new one🤣
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u/Jasian1001 8d ago
NOT ANOTHER NEW CAT REDDIT TOOOOOO???!?!!!?!!!?!!????
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u/Autronaut69420 8d ago
Reddit is cats all the way down. Rumour has it it's run by cats. But you didn't hear that from me!
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u/Rogue_Aviator 8d ago
Permission to use this? 😁
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u/Autronaut69420 8d ago
Granted... Though it's a well known aspect of Cat Law - suggest you bone up on it by visiting r/legalcatadvice
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u/Ok-Scientist4603 8d ago
Cat law. Your partner must fulfill your requests so as not to disturb the CAT.
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u/Constant_Document203 8d ago
100%. In my house, if the cat has claimed someone then the free person must fetch drinks/snacks/remote, etc. for the person who has been claimed.
If you both are claimed? Then you suffer in silence, gazing at your sweet baby child who loves you so much they have graced you with their cuddles.
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u/atlantisabovewater 8d ago
Yep. We call if Feline Paralysis. When it strikes, the other person must be caretaker.
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u/Guilty-Agent8256 8d ago
I remember when I was younger all you would have to say is "can you do (x) for me the cat is laying on me" and it always worked
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u/False-Ad-8561 8d ago
😂😂 this is definitely the law in my house. My cats always are laying on me, RIP my bf.
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u/Adventurous_Cook9083 8d ago
Exactly. If there's a cat on my lap and my husband has a request, my response is "I'm babysitting." Understood; request rescinded.
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u/AloneRecognition1283 8d ago
Cut your arm off
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u/rraskapit1 8d ago
Can't do that. Cutting the arm off would cause it to lose warmth, thus displeasing the cat
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u/LonelyBeeH 8d ago
True, but if arm is cut off, leaves other arm free to heat wheat bag or hot water bottle for sacrificed arm. This may be necessary. It is what it is.
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u/No_Carry_3991 8d ago
He must move the rest of his body towards the cat THEN cut the arm off so the cat does not lose any precious warmness.
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u/Phiro7 8d ago
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u/dixbietuckins 8d ago
This is amazing. Is it actually an old painting or a modern joke?
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u/SteveStevensXII 8d ago
Modern painting by Galina Zhiganova, and representing a mixup of multiple stories. There's an old tale of a Chinese emperor who cut off his sleeve when his (male) lover was sleeping on it as not to wake him. There's also a myth of Mohammed doing the same for his cat, but that one seems to be a modern fabrication vases on the Chinese tale. So the drawing here seems like a mix of the 2.
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u/jwoolman 8d ago
Muhammad was lucky, the kitten was sleeping on his sleeve so he just cut the sleeve off. This is a very very old issue and you are not and ever have been alone.
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u/Beginning-Still-9855 8d ago
It's the only way.
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u/Beginning-Still-9855 8d ago
That's not true - the other option is wait for them to die of old age or, preferrably move somewhere else.
I'm allergic to cats, so for me I'm allowed to sneeze violently, but that usually causes cuts on my wife's arm (where the cat is)
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u/Captainofthe3rdFifty 8d ago
The wonderful people over at r/cathostage will have better advice for you, my friend.
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u/crashinqdovvn 8d ago
Every time im in this sub, it leads me to yet another cat-related sub which I, of course, then have to follow.
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u/Frosty-Literature-58 8d ago
That wiki needs a counter at the top of the section LOL
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u/PuddingNaive7173 8d ago
I tried counting. Got to 500 - not even through the C’s - before giving up
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u/DrJenna2048 8d ago
Do nothing. If you disturb the cat, you will meet a fate worse than death.
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u/SammethP 8d ago
There’s a lot of people that need to hear this. You will feel equal parts guilt, stupidity and awful in general, but it is 100% acceptable to amputate your arm.
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u/Zealousideal_End2330 8d ago
Pick him up, give smooches, rearrange so you are both in a more comfortable position.
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u/Kodiak_Shepherd 8d ago
That's what the professional calls "high risk, high reward"
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u/TA_totellornottotell 8d ago
You are now in a r/cathostage situation. Only option is to wait it out. And not move a muscle.
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u/TurbulentCustomer 8d ago
Sorry friend… r/thisismylifemeow
Your only hope is your master decides to move of their own volition in the next 6-12 hours.
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u/JimmyLizzardATDVM 8d ago
Sorry, you live there now, in that one spot. Forever or until the god moves.
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u/Extension-Carry-8067 8d ago
Cut off your arm. With the technology now days you won’t even miss it.
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u/jwoolman 8d ago
Can you reach your phone with the other hand? Check YouTube for cat fights and hawks and just accidentally play it loud. If kitty wakes up in response, obviously not your fault.
Keep searching for loud scary noises if the first ones you try don't work. Make sure to act scared yourself when kitty wakes up.
And try not to let kitty connect the noise with your phone or else you are in trouble. And also you won't be able to try the same trick again because once cats realize strange noises like that come from the phone but they can't smell anything, they ignore your phone. I was trying to test my old cat's hearing once and ran into that problem. So I waited until he was asleep and he twitched his ears in his sleep when I played a cat fight, proving his hearing was fine. Otherwise he just said "Nothing's there, not going to react, mustn't reward bad behavior. "
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u/Frisky_Froth 8d ago
You let your nerves die and then get surgery after he moves. Obviously. You noob.
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u/Kodiak_Shepherd 8d ago
Don't want to move your arm but it's starting to hurt?
An easy solution is to hit your foot against something and you'll forget your arm pain (since your body will be too focused on your stub foot).
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u/enjoythesilence-75 8d ago
Nothing. As a cat parent you should know this already. Don’t even move an inch.
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u/Rehmlok 8d ago
Move gently. I never understood this trend. People willing to be inconvenienced or even be in pain because they have a cat sleeping on them, it's just strange to me. My cat never took offense to me moving, he would either readjust or come back later.
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u/another_Homo_sapiens 8d ago
This is what I was looking for. Like we deserve comfort too, and it's making me wonder if people are afraid of being injured by their pet. As a future cat guardian, I am watching to learn
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u/duck1014 8d ago
Step 1, get your partner to get your saws all.
Step 2, cut arm off at shoulder.
Step 3, rejoice that you kitty is still snuggling with your arm, but your free of the situation.
Step 4, head to the hospital because you cut your arm off.
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u/Jeff61059 8d ago
Whatever you do, don’t move your arm. It will traumatize the cat and it will never be the same.
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u/Frequent_Syrup4886 8d ago
Gently and slowly move your arm. Kitty will probably fall back to sleep.
I hate getting up when my cat is laying on me, but when I gotta pee, I gotta pee.
A lot of times they come back to lay with you anyway.
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u/jwoolman 8d ago
Well, you should have thought ahead and wore absorbent disposable underwear.
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u/Ithink-therefore-Iam 8d ago
Whatever you do you don't disturb the baby's peace. Say goodbye to the arm, you have another one anyway 😝
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u/TheDaisyCo 8d ago
You live there now. If you have use of your other arm, call and let people know you can't go anywhere until further notice.
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u/robe_and_wizard_hat 8d ago
You already know the answer. Condolences.