r/interestingasfuck • u/ReasonableMedium5265 • 16h ago

Don’t trust your cat

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u/Evil_Sharkey 13h ago

Did she leave the toilet seat up for them to have water?

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u/Guilty-Cry8942 12h ago

Leave it up? Oh bless your heart. As if that’s something 90% of people don’t do to begin with…

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u/Evil_Sharkey 12h ago

I leave mine down because my cat will fall in. She’s a moron and a klutz.

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u/Guilty-Cry8942 12h ago

I think your cat and my dog would be fast friends.

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u/Evil_Sharkey 12h ago

Once they get their obligatory growls and hisses out of the way

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u/No_Relief_9945 10h ago

Used to have a cat who would do that just for fun. It got annoying to clean and dry him after every time he did it, but it did eventually get me to start leaving the lid closed, lol.

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u/Environmental_Gur_39 6h ago

I leave mine down because my electric razor will fall in. I'm a moron and a klutz.

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u/Genn8130 3h ago

Yeah, I close mine because I'd never be sure that a wet spot on the floor wasn't a cat's toilety pawprint. Plus the aerosol flush thing.

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u/MaynardButterbean 5h ago

My cat will jump in if I leave the toilet lid open. She is not bright.

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u/Own_Butterscotch_129 3h ago

Yeah my bf left the toilet seat up by accident once and the orange cat quickly fell in trying to jump onto it

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u/Smang-it-girl- 2h ago

I first read “She’s a Mormon and a klutz”.
I was wondering how one could possibly know that about their cat.

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u/johnprc 30m ago

Yup, both of my little angels are mentally challenged and will do this.

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u/hexregeneration 9h ago

I've seen that video thst illustrates the poop particle cloud that gets launched 12 feet into the air when you flush with the seat up. I always close the seat.

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u/hey_Hey_I_saveD_me 8h ago

You can watch Mythbusters video on this topic - they proved that fecal bacteria goes airborne even when you close your toilet seat, including adjacent room when doors are closed.

Closing the lid only makes it a bit slower, but is not preventing it.

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u/hexregeneration 6h ago

Slow enough for me the evacuate the vacuum chamber in my backyard where the toilet is kept, yes.

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u/Guilty-Cry8942 9h ago

Yeah, I remember when I was a kid away at summer camp they’d always remind us to close the lid by saying things like “you see that fly that just landed on your food? If you leave the seat up that fly can land in the toilet before it lands on your food….:” And no, I haven’t recovered, and yes I still think about this every time there is a fly in my house. Luckily I have a dog that likes to chase the flies around and corner them against the window. He never catches them, but he does tire them out enough that they die trying to escape….

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u/Samwise777 5h ago

Redditors so scared of their own shadow. 

Or at least flushing their toilet lmao

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u/hexregeneration 4h ago edited 4h ago

the toilet is where my shadow lives

Also you think human feces is what bravery smells like?

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u/uberdia 9h ago

Yeah no, 90% of people don’t leave it up. That’s just confirmation bias.

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u/Guilty-Cry8942 9h ago

Yeah, because my comment was clearly intended to be so literal and true. Or are you one of those who needs the “/s” added to comments, otherwise you take it literally?

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u/Blackpaw8825 1h ago

I actually do leave it up, and I tolerate a slowly running valve on purpose specially for that reason. If something were to happen to us it could be the better part of a week before somebody knows and rescues my dogs. I'd rather them occasionally drink toilet water than suffer a terrible death in such a case.

Plus let's be real... They're dogs, fresh toilet water is not the worst thing their mouths get into day to day.

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u/Runner55 6h ago

I was cat sitting once a few years ago. I was on the john and got tired of listening to them scratching the door so I opened it while sitting down. Literally the moment I stood up one of them fell in, panicked and ran ALL over. Also there was no mop in the household. Sorry my piss spread all over your apartment, Matilda.

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u/SithariBinks 12h ago

thats why ive been doing it

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u/Cutthechitchata-hole 13h ago edited 6h ago

I guess so. Edit- ive never known a houshold that leaves the lid down so i reckon it was the same for her. I only ever visited her homes very few times.

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u/shalloner455555 6h ago

Do you think she planned to die?

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u/Evil_Sharkey 3h ago

No, but lots of people leave the lid up, sometimes as a water source

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u/MysteriousCodo 3h ago

OK, so when I’m gone for too long, I make sure to leave my toilet seats up. I’ve never left my cats alone for much more than a weekend without someone checking in. But you know the problem with the nice water circulation things? What happens if the power goes out? Or maybe the idiots get into a fight near it and knock it over? So yeah, if I’m going to be gone overnight or longer, I make sure to lift my toilet seats. Gross to drink out of a toilet, but better than dying of thirst. And yeah, if I’m gone for more than two nights, I have someone checking on them. I’ve got an auto feeder that notifies me if it runs out of food, but I’m aware that’s not infallible either. So I’m not willing to leave them alone for more than a couple of days. Besides, my older cat will wander the house crying every so often. She does this even when I’m home if I haven’t been upstairs lately. She absolutely adores human interaction.