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Japanese-Style Cat Cafe Seeks Kickstarter Funds to Open in L.A…Again


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They’re pretty common in Tokyo – cafes full of cats, where people with or without pets can feel like the temporary owners of a whole menagerie of purring, face-rubbing, string-batting cuties. Catfe wants to bring this concept to the U.S...but the first Kickstarter failed.

Now they’re trying again, with a new stipulation that assuages the concerns of animal-rights folks – some of the cats will be adoptable right then and there. This also ensures that I WILL NEVER EVER GO THERE.

Why? Simple: I have a wife who would gladly adopt every pet she sees. I have an apartment with limited space. If we go to a Catfe where the cats are on offer, it is a near-certainty that I don’t get to leave without one. I realize it may have been a requirement to get the necessary support, but I’m warning you single guys who don’t know any better: take a woman on a date to Catfe, and you’ll be choosing between looking like a callous asshole, or bringing home one or more of the four-legged residents.