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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 98 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

This is perfect because at first glance you'd think wow that's a heavy cat, it broke the roof!

In reality though it's a normal weight cat that has been traveling through space at 40,000mph and rocketed through the atmosphere crashing into the roof. A meowteor...

Ok I'll see myself out

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That would be catastrophic.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

So I have a friend who's a gastroenterologist. They have animal butt artwork on all the walls it's so wonderfully dorky. The employee of the month gets the cat ass trophy (it's more of a plaque) at their desk for the whole month. I say, if your doctor doesn't have at least that good a sense of humor, you have multiple problems

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I have a feline we would be fine.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That would be impawsible to survive for anything but a cat.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Cats already like heat, but on entering the atmosphere they convert to their liquid form and their heat capacity increases greatly! Since they're now liquid the impact doesn't affect them as much either! Cats really are amazing.

[–] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Research suggests that cats are already liquid at room temperature, earning the researcher a well deserved Ig Nobel prize.

https://improbable.com/ig/winners/?amp=1#ig2017

https://www.drgoulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Rheology-of-cats.pdf

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This isn't even a joke...

One of my favorite Wikipedia articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_righting_reflex

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 13 points 1 month ago

And a cat could only survive it 8 times.

[–] AlmightyDoorman@kbin.earth 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I would argue, that the reason why the cat choose this spot is partially because it is the deepest spot, eliminating the uncomfortable slope it would have if it sat 1 meter to the right. Thus there is a causation, the roof shape causes the cat to sit at this spot.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago

The causation could also be that the cat jumped from below and therefore the lowest point is the easiest to reach

[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Or the cat is liquid and fluided towards at the lowest point

Ohohoho is funny because it's impossible for the cat to be so heavy that it would cause structural damage ohohoho

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Garfield needs to go on another diet

[–] StellarExtract@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Tlf@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

Queue the music

[–] YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

That cat's still responsible for this some how.

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

I'm pretty sure that roof is corrugated, not correlated.

[–] FelixMortane@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

I like the caption for this of "How to spot the poly morphed dragon"

[–] 667@lemmy.radio 9 points 1 month ago

It’s a Neutron Cat.

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 8 points 1 month ago

There was previously a boulder in that spot, but the cat pushed it off the ledge.

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

He might not have caused it, but he sure is claiming to have.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

False, that fatass fuckin cat definitely caused that dent

[–] prex@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Caused it by distracting the driver who backed into the post.
The cat is presiding over his achievement.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bullshit, cats can increase their mass at will

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

I agree, my source? Every time I try to lift a cat off of my lap or off of a surface they're not supposed to be on.

[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

That's definitely a dragon in disguise. Looks like a cat to mortal eyes, but weights a helluva lot more.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Can I have a few more pixels with that?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Dense Cat will destroy us all!