Frankie vs. Entertainment Media

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Our old cat Frankie (RIP) was a Media Snob.

• Once, Ruth was telling me about this kind of absurd "Music for Cats" kickstarter — the composer was trying to focus on frequencies where cats' hearing is most acute and nuanced, and also mimic natural sounds that cats are known to like. Frankie was sitting with me as Ruth was telling me all this, so I played one of the sample tracks. She immediately got up and left the room. Maybe they accidentally recorded Kidz Bop For Cats, or some feline equivalent of Komar and Melamid's "Most Wanted Song."
• Another time, our housemate was at the kitchen table with Frankie on his lap, watching some bird-related video. She was like "bird?!," and hopped up to look behind the laptop screen... then saw there was nothing there and stalked out of the room, visibly outraged. She never again paid ANY attention to a video screen, because I guess television ONLY SHOWS LIES.