What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?
The last thing I Googled was “Is my cat a psychopath?”
The reasons are pretty obvious. And the sheer number of results indicates that others have clearly been there before me (with their own cats, I mean, not with mine), although they all seem to be about listing signs and none of them really help us to break free of our entrapment.
It’s great that I’m not alone. But it’s terrifying that living under their rule seems to be an international habit, with them treating us like dirt and us letting them.
“Signs of a Psychopath” is my latest Discovery Plus treat. This show, whose content is exactly as it sounds, may appear to have no place on a blog about cats but, if you know Louis Catorze, you can most likely imagine the direction in which this post is going.
Whether or not someone you know qualifies as a psychopath rather depends on where you look; sources cite checklists of anywhere between four and forty (!) signs to look out for. But these seem to be common throughout:
1. Superficial charm.
2. High intelligence (just hear me out).
3. Pathological egocentricity.
4. Manipulative behaviour.
5. Parasitic lifestyle (Cat Daddy nodded very emphatically when I told him about this one).
6. Callous lack of regard for humanity.
7. History of behavioural problems.
Louis Catorze ticks six of the above seven boxes. I’m sure you can figure out the anomalous one.
Here he is, pretending to be cute. Don’t believe him:
louiscatorze.com 
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