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Two Cat (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by Lisk91@sh.itjust.works to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Not quite…

In 2014 an anthropologist was told by Sanrio that Kitty White was not simply a cat (i.e. "depicted on all fours"), describing her as a little English girl called Kitty White, from outside London.[10] Following reports that interpreted this to mean she was human, a Sanrio PR representative said that the organization had "never said she was a human", explaining anthropomorphization by comparing the character to Mickey Mouse: "No one would mistake the Disney character for a human–but at the same time he's not quite a mouse. Just like Hello Kitty isn't a human, she's not quite a cat either."[48] Sanrio stated further, "Hello Kitty was done in the motif of a cat. It's going too far to say that Hello Kitty is not a cat."[11] Source

Still a cat, as much as Mickey is still a mouse. They just have human traits mixed in.

Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. Source

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Note that Hello Kitty herself owns a less anthropomorphic cat - like if Goofy owned Pluto.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This will always be my favorite

[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Hey, you'd be afraid if some random human suddenly came into your home despite you being human.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

To be fair, this cartoon implies disgust at the sight of a mouse. Not fear for your life because of an intruder. Which is probably why it’s so funny. 😊

Edit: though it might still be funny the other way around. 😂

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean I’d be scared if a saw a mouse sized human scurrying around

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

And naked, no less!

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Not quite Felis Catus, not quite Homo Sapiens. Possibly Felis Sapiens or Homo Catus though.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

New comments adding to the fray:

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Sounds like a little historical whitewashing. Not the first time something like this has happened.