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| Yeah, who wouldn't want to pay attention to Xena? |
Keywords play a very important role when it comes to being popular online: Whether you are a company that sells a certain product or service, whether you are an author who would like to sell his ebook on his website, or whether you are a blogger who simply would like to find some readers to interact with, you will sooner or later have to deal with keywords.
What does that have to do with an introvert cat that watches Xena? Not much, apart from the fact that people always tell me cats rule the internet, so I thought I might take advantage of that and combine a cat with two of the most popular keywords for my blog (introverts, Xena). I might have used the Hobbit, too, but as I was actually watching Xena with the cats, I thought this was more fitting. Keywords aside, let's talk about cats.
Is there really something like an introvert cat?
Believe it or not, cats can actually be introverts, too. I have spent time with two Siamese cats in the last few weeks (I'm cat-sitting, or as the cats would say, I'm their temporary servant), and the two could easily be defined as introvert cat and extrovert cat. While one of them always comes to me, wanting attention, and letting me know what he wants by any means possible, the other cat is more of an introvert. She does like attention every now and then, but she will not often come to me to get it. If I make the first step though, she often enjoys the attention well enough - but sometimes also lets me know that she'd rather be left alone. I know, there's more to being an introvert like that, but she's definitely less of an extrovert than her brother.Would you like to be cat?
I've heard people say that they would like to be a cat, because cats don't have to work for their accommodation and food. They sleep around 20 hours each day. It seems like a great life. And if you happen to live in a nice house with a great garden and not that many cars around, then you would be happy indeed. An additional bonus would be a very loving owner.But I am not sure whether I would like to swap my life for the life of a cat. Maybe temporarily, in certain moments, when being a cat would be an advantage around other people, but not for good! What about you? Would you give up your current life to become a cat FOREVER?
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We used to have a cat when I was younger and I'm pretty sure it was bipolar. Sometimes it loved to be stroked, and other times it wouldn't let me pass on the stairs (I was very young and scared of the infamous black cat we called Lucky). Maybe introverts and extroverts are not inventions of society, but are instead a part of animal nature.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the interesting comment. There has been a lot of research into the topic of introversion lately (and the myth that introverts are a weird minority has been busted). In general I think that humans and animals often have more in common than many people would like to admit.
DeleteAnd while I am writing this, the "introvert" cat coughed up a fur ball. Good that we humans don't have to do that.