Depending on who you ask, the answer is yes, immediately yes, and always yes. I am of the mindset that it’s probably going to be a good idea if you do your research.

(editors note (my note): This took a drastic turn away from its original purpose)

Here are points for getting a Cat

1. Scheduling and responsibility?
2. Want a friend? (Can’t be alone with a cat! right?)
3. Makes your significant other a little happier? Maybe even you?

Scheduling and Responsibility

The cat needs to be fed. Someone needs to feed that cat. Someone needs to make sure that the cat is taken care of. Typically animals anticipate that their meals are going to be served around a similar time every day, which ultimately requires that your life is regular enough to provide that (or at least something close to that). Who knows, maybe you could even make yourself something to eat before feeding your cat. Bam. Two meals (prepared), one (happy) cat.

Vet visits would require you to plan to bring the cat to the vet at least once a year. So while you might not fully be able to visit your doctor on a regular yearly basis, you can afford to have your cat visit one! Its like your vicariously experiencing proper health care in lieu of the broken shambles of your countries systemic incapability of taking care of its people.

Want a Friend?

Cats and pets are a wonderful tool to use against loneliness and depression in general. You can’t be alone with a cat! right? Technically if you are with another living thing, then you are not alone, maybe feeling lonely is more complicated than that, but you have a physical presence that helps. I also feel as though cats don’t overdo it. The cat is never going to ghost you after receiving a text making plans for the weekend that you already took off from work to go to. No phone! If anything, they’ll just use your carpet as a bathroom when they’re mad at you.

Makes your significant other a little happier? Maybe even you?

Cats and pets in general are a wonderful source of a regular sense of happiness. Maybe happiness is much too large of a target to fully encompass in an article about adopting a cat, but it’s certainly a large enough target to hit!

They are small and soft. They like pets. They aren’t god people, they can’t fix your parents gaslighting you regularly, but they (and I repeat) are very soft and often small!

But maybe, you know, she feels better. You see a glimmer of joy in her beautiful brown eyes that glisten like opals. She works hard. She misses the innocence of a cat sleeping next to her in her childhood home and wants another memory besides watching the small innocence of her lifetime friend withering away in years past before inevitably being taken back into the earth. Maybe joy isn’t real, maybe we’re all monkeys with depression, but for one second you want to believe joy is possible. That a life with you is full of good. That you will not hurt her, and that this small joy you’ve brought into her life will be a bundle of joy and pleasure that you build together.

Also, apparently having pets is good for your triglyceride levels!

Conclusion:

Cats are great! Get a cat if you want one, can afford one, and feel like your life would benefit from it. Chances are if you wanted to read this post, you’ve probably already made your decision towards cat adoption. Briefly, in summary, cats help you be a better person and might have a funner social connotation than you might believe.

Here is a picture of my friend’s dad meeting his cat!