See I've had the opposite experience. As long as there's a cat box in neutral territory, food, and water, and you let the cat lead on socializing with you, it's fine. People run into problems when they treat cats like accessories instead of animals that have their own thoughts, agency, and borders.

Of course there will always be exceptions but if a cat is fucking with you and only you then you made it angry at you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You seem to be imagining these cats harassing But_my_mom_says_im_cool directly. He's complaining about property damage, not socialization problems. Cats are not crows. They do not remember when you're rude to them, and then decide to destroy your garden. They'll simply destroy your garden if it seems like fun

[–] Maggoty 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but so will any animal. As to the not crows thing I disagree. They absolutely remember and spray and poop your area.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It's fortunate that your experience with stray cats has been as positive as it's been, but anyone who's actually dealt with them knows you're full of shit

[–] Maggoty 1 points 4 days ago

I think the difference is probably I have the luxury of not dealing with cats who don't want to interact with me. If you have to force them to do stuff then yeah it's going to suck.