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Students identifying as Cats

132 replies

Pussinskool · 14/03/2023 20:25

m.sundayworld.com/news/northern-ireland-news/school-hit-by-bizarre-claims-students-that-identifying-as-cats-refused-to-use-toilets/2032958934.html

In a nutshell:

A group of students identifying as Cats

Demanding litter trays be placed in the school and smearing poo over the walls & toilet seats.

Restricted toilets access to the rest of the students due to this. Parents going batshit on social media about it, the school having to cut the phones because they're getting hounded.

The school is now apparently having to seek legal advice, as this new territory.

Stop here world, I want to get off!

AIBU that this 'identifying as' has gone too far?

OP posts:
Hankunamatata · 14/03/2023 20:28

Jesus wept

Oxterguff · 14/03/2023 20:29

This has to be a joke 😂😂😂

TheABC · 14/03/2023 20:29

That's got to be a wind up

MadonnasFacelift · 14/03/2023 20:29

Well this is just the logical conclusion of self-ID. If you can 'identify' as the opposite sex, you can 'identify' as anything.

Wynandham · 14/03/2023 20:29

First 2 sentences say 'rumour' and 'hoax'

MosquitoBuffet · 14/03/2023 20:29

Proves a point though, as to how ridiculous the whole notion of 'identifying' is....

TroysMammy · 14/03/2023 20:30

Totally ridiculous. What cat smears it's poo over walls? Take away the toilet paper and let them wash their nether regions like a cat.

Mayorquimby2 · 14/03/2023 20:30

How many idiots are going to keep falling for this

Greensleevevssnotnose · 14/03/2023 20:30

It's a joke 😂😂😂😂

TomatoSandwiches · 14/03/2023 20:31

Send the teachers some super soakers, it helps with naughty cats and I imagine smeared poo as well.

TroysMammy · 14/03/2023 20:32

I wanted to identify as a panda because they do sod all every day except eat. It was the boring diet of bamboo that made me change my mind.

AlwaysLatte · 14/03/2023 20:32

I think these 'cats' need to start identifying as members of society, or perhaps go and climb trees while the university gets back to education.

Sparklesocks · 14/03/2023 20:34

Didn’t this do the rounds before and turn out to be a load of old shite? Amazing how some people happily swallow whatever they’re given.

YesItsMeIDontCare · 14/03/2023 20:35

I've been trying to identify as a cat for years. My cat lives a life of absolute bloody luxury and I want a piece of that!

Merryoldgoat · 14/03/2023 20:38

All this tells me is some people have very poor comprehension skills.

Loafbeginsat60 · 14/03/2023 20:39

It's just a wind up.

We have heard of it in two schools here. It's all nonsense

Shulk · 14/03/2023 20:41

Same hoax was pushed in the US. Thoroughly debunked but some Republican politicians are still insisting it’s factual.

SkyandSurf · 14/03/2023 20:48

This story is famously a hoax to stir up moral panic.

Maybe research more before you accidentally perpetuate misinformation.

EsmeSusanOgg · 14/03/2023 20:51

YABU for posting an obvious hoax.

LlynTegid · 14/03/2023 20:53

Smearing walls has a history in Northern Ireland, makes this hoax in very poor taste.

Moonflower12 · 14/03/2023 20:54

My students often identify as cats. They're 3 years old though. And if it's not cats, it's dogs. And they still use the toilet properly.

Newyeardietstartstomorrow · 14/03/2023 20:55

🤣🤣🤣 did you read the article? It's talking about a hoax!

YerAWizardHarry · 14/03/2023 20:55

This is apparently a thing at a secondary school not far from us in the NE of Scotland as well!

willstarttomorrow · 14/03/2023 20:55

Well I have been identifying as a total slob for a while now and I would like to report it is working for me........

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