Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, “I’d take my 100 dogs home and live like a king.”

Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn’t teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren’t scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

  • Pyr@lemmy.ca
    17·
    5 天前

    I would bring my bed into the room and turn on the floor fan.

  • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    5 天前

    my cat has a dedicated overstimulated corner on my desk where she goes if I’m annoying her too much but still wants attention, and I imagine that’s not pretty common. She also stares at the wall.

  • unsettlinglymoist@lemmy.world
    7·
    4 天前

    Well, I have a very specific play routine I do with my cat almost every day that no imposter could emulate. I’ll point at her and exclaim, “YOU!!! I know what you’ve done!” and she’ll take off running for her life and I’ll chase after her. When I finally catch her, I ball my hand into a fist and shove it in her belly and she gives me rabbit kicks and sassy chomps.

  • lengau@midwest.social
    27·
    6 天前

    Lie down and take out my phone. The two cats who immediately get between my face and my phone are mine, as are my 198 new cats.

    • TXL@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      5 天前

      This is probably worth starting with even when you already know which one is yours.

  • you_are_dust@lemmy.world
    33·
    6 天前

    I’d try and use the bathroom. I’d assume that the two cats that follow me in are mine. If it turns out that all cats will just follow strangers into the bathroom, then one cat is immediately going to jump in the bathtub and start messing with the curtain. Another cat is going to try and dive head first into the toilet. Those will be mine.

  • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    6 天前

    Well, first I’d be asking what you did to the eye on 99 other pets. After that, I’d find a stairway and take home the first one that tried to trip me going up the stairs

  • imouto@lemmy.world
    13·
    6 天前

    If they are truly ‘identical’ down to every atom, unless we are talking about spiritual things, they are simply all the same?

  • BlueLineBae@midwest.socialEnglish
    21·
    6 天前

    My dog is the most cowardly dog I’ve ever met. All I would have to do is bring the toy he is afraid of. All the other dogs will either ignore it or want to play with it. But my dog will recognize the scary toy and cower. I got him that toy for Christmas and it was a really nice expensive toy. Same brand as all his other toys he loves. But for whatever reason, he’s scared of it. So I gave it to my parent’s dogs who think it’s just the best toy they’ve ever seen.

  • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
    5·
    5 天前

    Kika: raise the palm of my hand threateningly, and start saying things like “nojenta” (disgusting), “jaguara” (sly), “cachaceira” (drunkard), “chata” (boring) etc. Most cats will go away. Kika will however come closer and turn her butt towards me, as if saying “slap it”.

    Siegfrieda: start speaking in German. No, seriously. She actually identifies when I’m speaking in Portuguese or in German, and if it’s the later she immediately thinks it’s something with her. Good luck finding 99 cats with a bent mouth and a protruding fang, though.