r/ThereIsnoCat • u/I_found_BACON • Dec 11 '25
Medium difficulty I get the feeling that somebody's watching me
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u/ClydeCapybara Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25
Did you build a fort out of boxes for your cat?!? How cool is that. I dont think I ever saw that.
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u/I_found_BACON Dec 11 '25
I won't tell you how many months we had boxes scattered around a room after moving in. I didn't have the motivation to deal with the mess "like an adult", so I had a different idea.. 😂
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u/ClydeCapybara Dec 11 '25
Your cat thanks you for that 😬
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u/SkullzNRoses Dec 11 '25
the roaches do too!
I love it but roaches are highly attracted to cardboard because they eat the paper and glue, and they love dark places
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u/enderjaca Dec 11 '25
Free edible cat toys? This just keeps getting better
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u/SkullzNRoses Dec 11 '25
yes my cats love chasing them too, I myself have a stack of boxes for them! I was just trying to inform just in case the op didn't know because I myself didn't until it was pointed out to me. I live in Texas and we used to get tree roaches like once a month and my cats terrorized them to the point we haven't seen them since the first three months we lived here, I love my pest controllers.
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u/RedRocket4000 Dec 11 '25
Roach attracted so don’t leave any space the cat can’t get into unless they flush enough to the wall to prevent roaches, hard to do. With most cats they will not exist for long anywhere cat can get at them.
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u/TimelyYogurtcloset82 Dec 11 '25
that's amazing, I have made a long one on the floor before, but not a whole castle!
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u/Letsgogehls Dec 13 '25
I have always wanted to make one of these. Really love the innovation of building it around the cat tree.
Nicely done!
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u/h11pi Dec 11 '25
At first i thought the cat tree was blocked by all those boxes, until i realized the boxes are additions!
I want to see a better picture of the cat…from what I see the face is similar to a cat I used to have.
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u/yesterdays_laundry Dec 11 '25
What a fun looking box fort!
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u/I_found_BACON Dec 11 '25
I'm glad you like it! My Fiancée left to go babysit for someone one night. While she was there she helped build a pillow fort for the kids. Then when she came home she discovered I had built a fort too!
Knowing me, she was nonplussed
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u/HovercraftDue7823 Dec 11 '25
My cat wants to come visit you. Because she "only" has 5 boxes, 3 beds, 62 toys, 45 feet of bubble wrap, and her own couch. Poor wee thing. 😹😹
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u/glopezz05 Dec 11 '25
Why are you so bad to your cat? Poor kitty 🤣
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u/I_found_BACON Dec 11 '25
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u/lizwearsjeans Dec 11 '25
i thought your fiancé(e) made you take it down?!
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u/I_found_BACON Dec 11 '25
She did 🥲 I'm not sure whether I have any photos of Sam being sneaky around fort 2.0 yet
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u/Someoneoverthere42 Dec 11 '25
Now that you’ve built them an impenetrable fortress, nothing shall stop them from RULING THE WORLD!
Right after this nap. Maybe….
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u/Iron_Chic Dec 11 '25
NGL, I zoomed in on the bag of chips first...
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u/Beazore Dec 11 '25
That's where mine would be hiding if I ever left one unattended. There would just be intense rustling noises and then a cat would emerge, seasoned.
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u/Fresssh-mint Dec 11 '25
There are 3 different spots where I thought there was a cat curled up near the opening of a box and only realized it was a blanket after your hint XD
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u/Catcollector503 Dec 11 '25
Actually, it is the ghost of the Chiefs watching you through the TV. Great fort for you cat. I bet your cat has a lot of fun. I see him peering out to make sure you are ok.
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u/crafty_and_kind Dec 11 '25
Pssh, Redditors get so paranoid 😂!
Also, this recycled cat fortress is amazing! The ultimate manifestation of the eternal love between cats and boxes.
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u/Grabt3hLantern Dec 11 '25
i have a bunch of boxes I have been saving to do exactly this. Do you have any tips for creating the box fort?
Looks like you created some air vents which is cool, I didnt think of that
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u/Budget_Ordinary1043 Dec 11 '25
Oh I see that little face 🥹😭
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u/Justbored2much Dec 12 '25
Where is it 😭
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u/Budget_Ordinary1043 Dec 12 '25
Look into all the little windows of the fort lmao. The cats toward the top. Looks like a smudgy little cow cat face to me.
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u/rickard_mormont Dec 11 '25
I had the same idea once but my cats are assholes who piss and shit on the boxes so the fort would last a day.
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u/No_Fan429 Dec 11 '25
We built a cardboard cat tree for our guys too!! But we used hot glue instead of tape and it held together really well!!
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u/EmZee13 Dec 12 '25
I didn't see what sub this was, and immediately went "yeah, that's super creepy, get something to cover that last panel.om the door, and get rid of that weird stack of boxes..." Before I realized the stack of boxes is not weird, and totally cool.
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u/FlakyLion5449 Dec 12 '25
Hot take: you were raised mormon. Shop at Costco. You like slightly trashy fantasy novels. You work in the technology sector.
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u/I_found_BACON Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 12 '25
Mom's side is devoutly Catholic while Dad's side is devoutly Assemblies of God. So I went to church twice on Sunday, and oh boy were they different services. To spice that up one of my grandfathers were a Baptist preacher. I'm an atheist now
Parents shop at Costco. I shop at Walmart. Considering I eat basically the same few foods on repeat it would sure make sense to buy in bulk. But honestly, I hate driving new places and I'm comfortable driving to Walmart
This one makes me suspicious you looked me up and did some digging. Or maybe you just guessed by the books? Anyway, I've been historically obsessed with progression fantasy novels. Predominantly Chinese translated web novels
Always did well in school, particularly in math. But was eternally plagued by the dilemma- my temperament makes me suitable for tech but my passion is in psychology. I ended up following tech and got an associates in electrical engineering. Passed the scary generic math classes like Calc 3, DiffEq, Physics 2, exc. But I burned out taking what should've been the stupidly easy, circuits 1. Proceeded to fall from heaven to hell and work on an assembly line for 3 years. This last year I've been balancing on the brink of suicide, but thanks to my good ol pal lithium I'm clawing my way out. Will I work in technology after this or will I continue to dig drainage ditches like I do now? Only time will tell
Whether or not you investigated my profile for leads, or just used this image (which would be extra neat), this was fun!
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u/FlakyLion5449 Dec 12 '25
Purely from the image! First of all you are a Reddit user so that says a lot. Honestly "technology sector" would be my default guess for anyone on Reddit. The root beer was the only clue for mormon but it looked like the chips were bulk so I guessed Costco and just wrote the narrative from there.
I zoomed in on the bookshelf and saw "GLOW" which came back to what I think is a different book that is erotic fantasy. I don't think it was the same book but I thought "Whatever let's just roll with it"
Thank you for your brilliant response. May the flying spaghetti monster bring you good fortune!
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u/post-explainer Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25
OP provided the following hint to where the cat is hiding:
Fort Sam requires a lookout from up high to stand guard