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Cat Pretends to Be Helpless to Manipulate Cat Sitter

A screenshot of a Reddit thread featuring a humorous personal anecdote by user 'MonkeyHamlet' (posted 4 years ago) about cat sitting a 29-year-old cat. The post details the cat appearing severely helpless—needing to be carried up stairs, fed by spoon, slept with, and escorted to the litter tray—only for the owner to reveal the cat was fully capable and had intentionally manipulated the sitter (labeled a 'soft touch'). A follow-up visit confirmed the cat resumed the act. Below the post, user 'rebeltrillionaire' (with an 'Expert' flair, posted 4 years ago) comments with a sarcastic imaginary diary entry from the cat: 'Dear diary: made another stranger my bitch,' which received 9.5k upvotes. The original post has 13.6k upvotes, highlighting its popularity.
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"Dear diary: made another stranger my bitch"

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MonkeyHamlet
I once cat sat for a 29 year old cat. She would sit at the bottom of the stairs and yowl pitifully to be carried up. She couldn't find her bowl anymore and had to be fed a spoonful at a time. She had to sleep in the bed with me and I had to walk her to the litter tray during the night. Then I spoke to her owner after the cat sitting had finished and she informed me that the cat needed none of these things, was perfectly capable of climbing stairs, feeding herself and slept in her basket, and had simply identified me as a soft touch. I went over to visit a couple of weeks later and the cat ran straight to the bottom of the stairs and started yowling.
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"Dear diary: made another stranger my bitch"

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Anecdote about a cat pretending to be helpless to manipulate a cat sitter, followed by a sarcastic comment imagining the cat's diary entry.

Overview

A screenshot of a Reddit thread featuring a humorous personal anecdote by user 'MonkeyHamlet' (posted 4 years ago) about cat sitting a 29-year-old cat. The post details the cat appearing severely helpless—needing to be carried up stairs, fed by spoon, slept with, and escorted to the litter tray—only for the owner to reveal the cat was fully capable and had intentionally manipulated the sitter (labeled a 'soft touch'). A follow-up visit confirmed the cat resumed the act. Below the post, user 'rebeltrillionaire' (with an 'Expert' flair, posted 4 years ago) comments with a sarcastic imaginary diary entry from the cat: 'Dear diary: made another stranger my bitch,' which received 9.5k upvotes. The original post has 13.6k upvotes, highlighting its popularity.

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The image is a screenshot of a Reddit thread, likely from a pet or humor-focused subreddit (e.g., r/funny, r/pets). It captures user-generated content: an original anecdote by 'MonkeyHamlet' and a top comment by 'rebeltrillionaire.' The Reddit UI elements are visible, including usernames, timestamps ('4y'), upvote/downvote counters, and the 'Expert' flair. No watermarks beyond native platform UI are present. The content is original storytelling with a comedic comment response, typical of Reddit's community-driven humor.

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