Monday November 15, 2010

The weird thing about the “you’re selfish” argument is that sometimes the person making the accusation is himself being selfish.

For example:

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And freeze.

I can understand Walnut’s rationale for calling Turnip selfish. They both like canned cat food, but she won’t get to eat any because her brother ate most of it. The way Walnut sees it, Turnip should have taken her into consideration before devouring the entire can of “Friskies”–especially when it was the “Turkey and Giblets Dinner” flavor!

But…isn’t Walnut’s basis for calling Turnip selfish also somewhat selfish? She was upset that he didn’t leave enough canned food–not for Pepper or me–but for her. As in herself. As in selfish.

…Right? Kind of?

Anyway, because I can’t leave this on a cliffhanger, here is the rest of the story:

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Note: I don’t know why, but Turnip always wakes up in the middle of the night and starts acting crazy. He knocks things off my desk, chews my wires, and jumps on my stomach while I’m trying to sleep. I seriously think he does it on purpose because he knows I’ll end up buying his good behavior with canned cat food.

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This would never happen in real life though because (1) Turnip and Walnut have their own food dishes, and (2) cats can’t talk.

Posted 11/15/2010 at 2:34 AM

23 Comments

haha i read the title of ur blog and i already knew how right u were.  the funny cat illustration was pretty funny too  

Posted 11/15/2010 at 2:46 AM by Manbeast

Cute kats! šŸ™‚
Cats talk in meowing. šŸ˜€

I agree with your statement btw… lol, both parties are usually selfish. lol.

Posted 11/15/2010 at 2:57 AM by iamthebella

You should go into politics. . .

Posted 11/15/2010 at 4:13 AM by Ewithani

i love your cats haha.  but yeah, makes sense.

Posted 11/15/2010 at 3:13 AM by npr32486

I wonder how long they could keep that argument going?

Posted 11/15/2010 at 7:26 AM by amygwen

your blogs always make me smile(: i love this. i agree 100%

Posted 11/15/2010 at 3:27 AM by mikaelchoe

that’s it, dry cat food for everyone!

Posted 11/15/2010 at 11:35 AM by cbr600

this is why when i have kids, their daily food portions will be a reflection of how much chores they’ve done in the house. =P

Posted 11/15/2010 at 11:21 AM by ThePrince

Amusing, as usual.

Posted 11/15/2010 at 9:52 PM by yakko1

Lol. Amusing analogy. I get the point you’re trying to convey, and yes, I do agree to some degree.

Posted 11/15/2010 at 3:47 PM by Annieothergirl

Cats can totally talk. What are you talking about? >.>

I think you really do bring up a valid point. I think someone unselfish would never call someone selfish…right? I need time to ponder this life-question over o_O

Posted 11/15/2010 at 10:28 AM by lilxwunxnxluv

Walnut sounds like a major bitch.

Posted 11/15/2010 at 9:42 PM by niggachang

I used to have a cat that talked, but he would also share. I miss that cat.

Posted 11/15/2010 at 6:6 PM by dirtbubble

Expecting people to share is kind of selfish. Or expecting cats…I should say.

Posted 11/15/2010 at 8:0 AM by mycontinuity

niceeee.

Posted 11/17/2010 at 12:36 AM by VietButterfly

I tell people they’re being selfish when I’m feeling selfish. Which would be all the time, actually. šŸ˜›

Posted 11/16/2010 at 1:45 AM by eciila

your comic has these cats “talking” telepathically right? While that seems impossible in real life, isn’t it possible that cats in their own form of communication have disputes such as this? … yeah i’m just dumb, sorry.

Posted 11/17/2010 at 9:22 AM by AloofGoof

I think the cat owner is selfish for not automatically knowing the other cat would want food! šŸ˜›

Posted 11/16/2010 at 8:21 AM by grim_truth

Yeah, I agree. I think everyone’s selfish.

Posted 11/15/2010 at 9:59 PM by xxSHhHxxBExxQUiETxx

I had to laugh at the cat knocking about in order to get the human up to feed him. We had a cat like that. He had us trained very well. lol

Posted 11/16/2010 at 9:30 AM by Marshall1250

i believe that anything someone does is going to be out of self-interest.

Posted 11/28/2010 at 3:42 AM by aimlessdrive440

Aw your argument is so cute! And correct! 

Posted 11/16/2010 at 1:4 AM by boilingicicle

I love this. 

Posted 11/16/2010 at 12:56 AM by TheDarkCreature

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