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[–] Karl@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

What?? Why? I thought cats love laserpens

[–] maniclucky@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've been told it's because they never get the satisfaction of catching the dot.

[–] Karl@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

oh that makes sense.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 6 points 1 week ago

Because they can never catch it. There's no reward for a successful hunt.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

They do. They love them so much that they become obsessed with them. But the laserpen has no physical mass, meaning that the cats can't understand why they can never catch it. So they work even harder to catch it. But they can't. It's just a light beam.

So it's kind of like going hunting, and never getting the kill, despite the fact that you thought you killed it several times.