/r/likeus is a Subreddit for posting pictures and videos of animals behaving in human ways. As you can imagine, this can often lead to a level of anthropomorphizing. Occasionally people will disagree on whether a post truly belongs in the sub. Take this post, where a cat is given a kitten after losing hers, and seemingly begins to cry.
Objections raised largely centered around the scientific consensus that cats can't "cry" as an emotional response, and the cat in the video likely just has an eye infection or dry eyes from anesthetic. However, OP (a mod of the sub) is ready to argue with everyone who disagrees. It's unclear how many of the removed responses are from OP removing them.
An argument over the meaning of physical responses in animals
For added drama, it turns out that OP's post history is filled with videos of animals crying, and arguments for why it's real.
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Why would the cat "cry" when she just got freed from a bunch of parasitic clumps of cells without worth? Or is she sad that she now has another lump of cells?
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Holy shit
rent free
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Animals can't cry
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They can, but only to clear eyes or in pain etc.
Here's a fascinating post speculating why humans cry: https://meltingasphalt.com/tears/
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The video proves you false
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Simp means Sucker Idolizing Mediocre Kitty. A man is only a simp if the girl he is after has a mediocre kitty, but Kim Yo-jong's kitty is a goddess kitty, at worst. I will continue to donate 50% of my paycheck to Kim Yo-jong because I know that it's not simping. Yo-jong if you see this I love you please text me back.
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"My goal is to make these rare and controversial cases of animals crying emotional tears better known.":
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An argument over the meaning of physical responses in animals:
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