From the bowels of TikTok comes the latest “cute” video of an attention monger abusing her cat, this time by feeding him Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.
The user opened the bag in front of Butters the cat, waved the Cheetos in his face, held them up to his nose, then feebly protested “These are my snacks! It’s spicy!” after getting the little dude interested.
She allowed Butters to eat Cheetos from her hand and lick her fingers, and his reaction is about what you’d expect from an obligate carnivore who just ate ultra-processed food made from cheap corn filler, chili powder, cayenne pepper, and cancer-causing artificial food dyes. He’s disgusted and uncomfortable.
The difference is, Butters can’t guzzle milk or water to wash the taste away, so he settles for angrily swatting at his human while she laughs at him.
The woman thought her video was so clever, she’s shared it online and is enjoying the cheap dopamine hit that comes with accumulating internet points, aka likes.
Here’s a question for people who make social media “content” at the expense of their pets: how many likes are worth destroying the trust between you and your cat(s)?
I’m sure some people think I’m a scold, but all it takes is one clown to start a viral trend, and then all of a sudden you have thousands of people, all of them desperate for validation from strangers on the internet, foisting Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and Takis on their unsuspecting cats. As a general rule, the dumbest and most abusive trends go viral.
Pain In The Bud 
I don’t think you are a scold at all- you are right to raise this, please keep doing it- There are various campaigns to remove this type of content from many platforms ( and much much worse) the core issue is oibviously the dumbass that did it and filmed it, They remain primarily anonymous apart from their followers ( also dumbasses) The fight against this “trash of humanity” continues.
I do recall watching a human eating the worlds hottest chilli – which was actually very funny as no animals were involved at all.
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Yeah, and the person gets to make the decision about whether to eat the chili knowing what to expect. This “content creator” waved the Cheetos in her cat’s face, taunted him with them, and made sure he was interested, knowing he was gonna react poorly (and likely got sick) after eating them.
As for coming off like a scold, I guess it’s a case of picking your battles. This one bothered me because it had 2 million views IIRC, and I wasn’t going to help add to that by linking to it, but I think it really does show how something totally random can become inexplicably popular.
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Know what is funny? Director of Flow making the cat throwing his Oscar off the mantle in some sort of video. Have no idea what it looks like because i am not on any social media site.
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It’s on YouTube and just as funny as expected:
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I totally agree with your comments. Torturing animals is never funny. It’s unfortunate that so many people are idiots. I feel bad for the trusting kitty who ate the Cheetos. Poor cat deserves better.
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Yes, he definitely deserves better.
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Those things are horrible for us. Imagine what it’s doing to a poor little kitty’s insides. People do stupid things to get attention
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Was thinking the same thing. What kind of adult eats that stuff? It’s nasty.
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Thanks for that Flow video! And yes. That stuff is gross and nasty. They sell healthier versions of it.
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I hate to admit it but I love that nasty snack. I’d never give it to my kitty though. You’re right. There are much healthier snacks around.
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Sorry, I was a bit of a jerk about that. My biggest weakness are rice snacks from Japan. We’ve got a Japanese grocery store here with a name that translates to “Yummy Delicious,” and I’m obsessed with it.
When it comes to human food, I give Bud tiny pieces of cheese as a treat every once in a while. I don’t know if he’s lactose intolerant like most cats, because he’s never gotten sick from it, but I do make sure to limit it to very small amounts.
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THAT IS ANIMAL ABUSE!!! And not shocked at all.
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Once again, right on! You nailed it. Then maybe these people decide to go further and abuse animals to the death in videos for likes snd money?
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That happens all the time on Youtube and Facebook, where western viewers PayPal and Venmo money to people in Asian countries to capture wild monkeys, especially babies, and then torture them on camera.
It’s been going on for years now, and getting Youtube or Meta to care is like banging your head against the wall. I wrote about it a while back, but it’s probably worth a follow-up because nothing is done.
FWIW it also upsets me to see sites and bloggers fund-raise off of this stuff. It costs nothing to complain to Google and Meta. People shouldn’t be profiting off animal misery, on any side of the issue.
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The like is for your coverage, not that video, which I won’t watch either. That’s horrible and you are right to say so! There are alot of cat videos I just don’t like … I hated the ones where people used cucumbers to scare their cats. I don’t like them when a person grabs their limbs and moves them around, either. Cats like to move under their own power. The natural actions of cats are gorgeous and entertaining enough on their own!
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I couldn’t believe it the first time I saw a video of some guy treating his cat like a doll and having him “dance” to a dubstep track while manipulating his paws.
I would get scratched to ribbons if I ever tried that with Bud, and he’d be justified.
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I’m loving your respect for your treasured Little Buddy 💚
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To Virtual. Do not get me wrong. I also eat junk. It’s just that i don’t like very salty stuff like the ones in the video. And salt is also very dangerous to that cat in video.
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Gah, what won’t these nitwits do to get attention????
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