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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:
whynotwhatknot · 15/03/2023 00:31

i always said id id as a cat-but i was joking

what do they mean they dont know how to respond tell them to grow the fuck up and kick them out

whynotwhatknot · 15/03/2023 00:33

2X4B523P · 15/03/2023 00:29

Do they follow the teachings of Cloister the stupid, the holy Popadom and wear the sacred custard stains and gravy marks? If not then they won’t make it to the promised land of Fuchal.

boys from the dwarf!

adriftinadenofvipers · 15/03/2023 00:38

My DC teacher in NI heard about this rumour the other day - it's a hoax but very funny!!

Aweebitpainful · 15/03/2023 00:40

I identify as a millionaire

Show me the money!

Somethingneedstochange78 · 15/03/2023 00:44

🤣🤣🤣My neice used to say she was a tortoise if there was a cardboard box she could use as a shell.

TomatoesAndPeaches · 15/03/2023 01:19

It was a HOAX !

It clearly says it in the post

sleepwouldbenice · 15/03/2023 01:26

Appreciate it's a hoax but for the record my cat toilets outside and has much better manners so they can sod off anyway

Fraaahnces · 15/03/2023 01:30

Obviously identifying as different sexes isn’t getting the attention they need. Fucking narcissists controlling the narrative everywhere. These bastards are going to be looking after us in nursing homes. Utterly terrifying. “Help! Nurse! I’ve broken my hip.”, “”You’ve just mislabeled me. I identify as a psychiatrist today.”

WhyCantYourPartnerDoIt · 15/03/2023 01:47

Furries are a thing but still NOPE to this happening in schools.

Hawkins003 · 15/03/2023 01:50

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.

Yet if it's main stream media, then somehowwe are meant to except it as the whole truthand nothing but the truth?

caringcarer · 15/03/2023 01:53

I've read there is a male prisoner that identifies as a baby and demands to suck a dummy and wear nappies he demands get changed.

DownNative · 15/03/2023 02:40

LlynTegid · 14/03/2023 20:53

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

There's absolutely nothing in the article about smearing shite on walls. It mentions leaving it on the floor and on a toilet seat just once.

Of course, it's a hoax anyway.

sweeneytoddsrazor · 15/03/2023 02:52

I once knew someone who thought they were a werewolf

Are they alright noooooooowwwww?

Poopoolittlekitten · 15/03/2023 06:03

its a hoax. FFS!

SybilWrites · 15/03/2023 06:08

There are a load of furries at my dds' school who identify as cats (and other animals). That's absolutely true! They eat on the floor and wear tails. As far as I know there's nothing sexual about it.

JubbyMomma · 15/03/2023 06:26

‘Furries’ in my DD’s school too. She tells me how they bark at people when you go near them. Obviously they are bullied for this but it doesn’t put them off. Worlds gone mad.

GrammarTeacher · 15/03/2023 06:54

Have never seen/heard any actual evidence of this happening anywhere. Wearing a cat's ears hairband doesn't mean you identify as a cat. And I really seriously doubt (for many reasons) that any school is letting their children eat from the floor

Florissant · 15/03/2023 07:21

It would make school dinners interesting.

Manybeards · 15/03/2023 07:27

sweeneytoddsrazor · 15/03/2023 02:52

I once knew someone who thought they were a werewolf

Are they alright noooooooowwwww?

She used to howl at things, I wish I was joking

Riapia · 15/03/2023 08:15

EsmeSusanOgg · 14/03/2023 20:51

YABU for posting an obvious hoax.

You may wish to identify it as a hoax.
If I identify it as the truth then it must be accepted as the truth by everyone.

PoseyFlump · 15/03/2023 08:31

This is a hoax as the link says but some people do identify as cats.

I can't decide if they are genuinely born in the wrong mammals body or are mentally ill. 🤔

knackeredcat · 15/03/2023 08:35

Even for us seasoned cat staff this is ridiculous, hoax or not. Maybe I should identify not just as any old cat, but Karl Lagerfeld's Choupette given her life of luxury and sizeable inheritance 😆

EsmeSusanOgg · 15/03/2023 08:55

Riapia · 15/03/2023 08:15

You may wish to identify it as a hoax.
If I identify it as the truth then it must be accepted as the truth by everyone.

Whilst a bit of sarcasm is appreciated, this is the way disinformation is spread.

Andante57 · 15/03/2023 09:02

A pronoun guide intended to educate Bristol University staff on gender inclusion has divided opinion due to references to ‘catgender’ and ‘emojiself……According to the LGBTA Wiki the guide linked out to, "someone who is catgender may use nya/nyan pronouns". Nya/nyan means “meow” in Japanese. Catgender is also described as someone who "strongly identifies" with cats or other felines or “experiences delusions relating to being a cat or other feline".

This is from the Independent (and it was covered by several other newspapers) in February last year.

user1492757084 · 15/03/2023 09:02

The cats should go to the local pound, where they belong. Their owners/parents should take them there. It is unfeasable for students to learn with hoards of cats in the classrooms and in the playground.
The cats need to hear that animals never qualify for social security payments, human health care, driver's licences etc. and that identifying as a cat also has tham not able to apply for council housing. Life is not promising as a cat.
The cats should learn these things and sign with their claws that they understand before being locked in a cage at the pound..

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