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human
From what I’ve seen, so much of the charges of cats being “cold and uncaring” comes from the fact that cats are constant exercises in *consent.*

A lot of dogs will accept forced hugs and attention.

Most cats won’t.

In fact, a cat that does not want to be touched will not hesitate to scratch or bite if a human continues to not take “no” for an answer.

If someone is complaining that cats are terrible because they won’t “just accept their love without complaint,” that’s a red flag to pay attention to. There’s a good chance it’ll start popping in other situations as well.
gpt
Some cats are truly just cold, cat people should accept that tbh, i have 4 cats in two separate households because my parents are divorced lol, i treat every cat the same and one is really affectionate, extremely so, two are normal i guess and the other one is cold. Their personalities are more variable than dogs.

I had dogs before and they were never as cold as some cats