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[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 120 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As others have said, definitely affection. Your cat loves you and is hanging out with you!

Easiest way to show it back, is to blink slowly back at your cat. Shows trust back to them!

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I always slow blink at neighbourhood cats.

[–] toeblast96@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

at first i read that as attraction

o_o

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Some of us just can't help it when cats think we're sexy.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's called animal magnetism. It's also what allows geckos to stick to things.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So the geckos think that the wall is sexy and then it sticks to the wall?

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago

Geckos just radiate it, like an aura, which is why they stick to just about anything.