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Cats · by Mara Fischer · 2026-10-05

my cat ignores every toy but goes insane for receipt paper. am I wasting money?

Not literally asking for budgeting advice, just laughing/crying. Bought a small rotating pile of toys over the last month and the current champion is one CVS-length receipt I was trying to throw away. Do you keep buying toys until you hit the magic one or accept the paper-based economy?

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Tola Ibrahim · 14 likes

Buy fewer fancy toys, more varieties of cheap weirdness.

Youssef Mahmoud · 9 likes

Accept the paper-based economy but supervise so they don't eat it.

Bianca Santos · 7 likes

Wand toys still give you the best odds in my experience. Everything else is roulette.

Aisha Rahman · 0 likes

Mine likes receipt paper, butcher paper, tissue paper. She's basically an office shredder.

Isha Menon · 0 likes

The magic toy is usually the one you didn't pay for.

Mara Fischer · 0 likes

this feels offensively true