People Debate Whether It’s Gross or Fine to Let Cats Around the Cookware

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Mel Dawn
Nov 16, 2021 9:00 AM EST

Now that we likely won't have to socially distance ourselves from relatives this holiday season, we can once again look forward to that familiar tension, passive-aggression, and underlying sense that some family drama could erupt at any moment. It's not even Thanksgiving yet and redditors like u/randogenerate are already turning to r/amitheasshole for guidance, lest the family dinner get cancelled. u/randogenerate explains in their post that they had taken a funny picture of their cat sitting in a roasting pan and shared it to the family group chat with the message, 'look what we're having for Thanksgiving.' OP's sister was very disturbed by the image. Though Reddit was pretty supportive, agreeing that OP was not the a-hole, Twitter had very different thoughts on the matter. Keep scrolling to see how the internet responded to u/randogenerate's cookware-loving kitty. 

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    Cat - AITA for letting my cat sit in the roasting pan
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    Font - Throwaway account. I bought a new roasting pan yesterday. Got it home, took it out of the box and left it on the table. Come back in the room two minutes later and, no surprise, one of my cats is happily sitting in it looking at me with big eyes like "for me??" Its adorable. I take a picture and send it to the group chat for my family saying "look what we're having for Thanksgiving." I get the normal responses of lols and hope you're not going to actually cook the turkey in that. You know
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    Font - I say yes l'm going to cook in it and l'm literally about to wash it and put it away until Thanksgiving. She keeps going on about how disgusting it is and how they won't be eating anything out of it. Its gross. I just don't respond. My mom calls me like an hour later and tells me my sister is very upset and my mom is just going to get some roasting pans from the dollar store for the turkey because my sister is afraid of her husband getting sick. Like am I crazy? Its a metal pan l've alrea
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    Redditors decided that OP was not the a-hole

    Font - windyafternoon · 3d Pooperintendant [56] Imao I refuse to believe your sister is this naive and I think she's just starting drama for no reason instead. but either way you're NTA 6 Reply 1 1.7k 3 .. +
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    Font - KittyKittyMuffinPile · 3d Partassipant [4] 15 Awards NTA - Your sister lacks the requisite intelligence required to understand common sense things. That's not on you. A clean pan that a cat has sat in will not trigger allergies. Cats do not have spirit energy which enters the pan, which then causes the allergy. Reply 1 9.7k +
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    Font - Djorgal · 3d Certified Proctologist [29] NTA. It's been washed and it's made of metal. There are going to be cat hairs in your house, probably some even in the food, from the fact that you have a cat. That's not really avoidable, but the pan is clean. Reply 1 752 3
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    Font - Zestyclose_Meeting_8 · 3d Colo-rectal Surgeon [49] NTA. Your sister is... not intelligent if she thinks the cat sitting in the pan will trigger allergies. His allergies will be triggered by the fact that he's in the same house as your cat. Your mother needs to stop enabling her ridiculous behaviour simply because she's having a tantrum. Reply 1 365 ... +
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    Font - PresentationLimp890 · 3d Doesn't one generally wash new pots and pans before using them? I guess I would tell them that if that bothers them so much, that maybe you shouldn't mention that it also makes a great litter box. NTA. 6 Reply 1 139
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    Font - 1Sluggo · 3d Asshole Enthusiast [6] Wait. I don't understand. He's allergic to cats yet he's ok to be at your house for hours around cats? If he was truly allergic they wouldn't be able to be there. NTA 6 Reply 1 68 ...
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    The post made its way to Twitter

    Organism - Am I the Asshole? @AΙTA online AITA for letting my cat sit in the roasting pan? bit.ly/3ncMs6k yesterday. Got it home, took it out of the box and left it on TA for letting my cat sit in the roasting p. the table. Come back in the room two minutes later and, no surprise, one of my cats is happily sitting in it looking at me with big eyes like "for me??" Its adorable. I take a picture and send it to the group chat for my family saying "look what we're having for Thanksgiving." I get the
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    Unlike Reddit, much of Twitter was not on OP's side

    Font - Je suis Fatty-Gay ... @TimelsNotGiven Replying to @AITA_online If you allow your animals on your counters & in your pots/pans/dishes please let me know so that I NEVER eat your food. It's people like this that make potlucks dangerous.
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    Rectangle - JoeyTheRedKangaroo @JoeyTheRedKRoo1 ... Replying to @AITA_online Cat people just don't understand how to other people this is sick as hell. When many (not all) no cat/pet people see this, this isn't cute this is ewww.
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    Organism - ApryllsTheCruelestMonth @wil. · 2d Replying to @AITA_online Not eating at anyone's house again unless I know for a fact that they are absolutely meticulous about EVERYTHING, especially about kitchen cleanliness. 34 ApryllsTheCruelestMonth @wil.. · 2d Also, when you cook and have pets, it's a good idea to take your fur covered clothes off, and change into something clean, and hair-free. 13
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    Font - Flying Pigs @PigsBFlying · 2d Replying to @AITA_online More proof you should never eat at a potluck. You caught him this time. How many times has he jumped on the counter/table and traipsed all over the food then jumped down before you returned in 2 minutes? 3 27 1 22 Flying Pigs @PigsBFlying · 2d Sorry - NTA because the cat sat in the pan you washed, but you are a tiny bit TA for being so proud that your cat roams all over your food prep surfaces. 25
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    Organism - Rachel Sedai of the Blue Ajah · 2d Replying to @AITA_online Ok so... This gives me the ick. Yes, I love cats, have always had cats, but they don't go in cookware. Not ever. Her family overreacted, but even with all the washing in the world l'd still be giving the cat that tray and buying a new one for actually cooking with. 3 24 Tiffany Iriana Hofscher @Tiffan... · 2d I mean, you do you, but this is wildly irrational. Stick it in the oven on high for a few minutes, soap, bleach...any
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    But not all of Twitter was scandalized

    Font - Annie @NowW_MoreCheese Replying to @AITA_online It's washed. The raw turkey is far more gross than any house pet and shes not whining about that touching the pan
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    Smile - Kristy M @llamalluv Replying to @AITA_online Behold, the photo that had the police knocking on my door: 450
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    Felidae - BD @briskide Replying to @AIITA_online Ok! Cat thread where they're sitting in unusual places/boxes! Go! Seconds before my long kitty jammed herself into a burrito bag.
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    Font - Fiona McPhaden @fmcphaden · 2d This used to be the box where we put the things we wanted to keep safe from the cats. It no longer serves that purpose. 17 27 82 2,672
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    Cat - Marielle @TheNolaChick Replying to @AlITA_online Here's my cat drinking his water on the stove. O Don't worry, though. Obviously I threw the stove away when he was done with it. CELISA D Whirgetbol
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    Product - Pizza Al @PizzaAl2 Replying to @AITA_online YTA for not understanding that the cat legally owns that pan now
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