Tokyo’s Commuter Cat

This cat rides the Seibu Ikebukuro railway line in Tokyo all by itself. And this is not the first time. Passengers have been taking pictures of the cat riding the subway since 2013! Railway regulations stipulate that all animals must be in carriers, but they can’t cite the cat’s owners, because no one knows who they are.

The various people seated next to the cat show that it’s not accompanying its owner on an excursion into the city, but that it is indeed hopping on the train somewhere along the line all on its own. It even seems to be learning the basics of train etiquette, as in recent photos it’s generally perched on the bench seat in a compact manner, leaving room for others who want to sit down.

The staff of the Seibu Ikebukuro line are apparently turning a blind eye to the commuter cat, at least as long as no one complains. You can see more pictures this cat at RocketNews24. -via The Daily Dot

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I have extreme [anti]faith in humanity. Someone will gripe. Besides, in an open air space like that, someone who has allergies would only be triggered if they pet the friggin cat and if they're allergic they shouldn't be doing that.

But hoping for the best is always better anyway.
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Maybe not, since the cat has been riding for years. Most of the people who ride the line are regulars, so if anyone were severely allergic, they should have heard about it by now.
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"The staff of the Seibu Ikebukuro line are apparently turning a blind eye to the commuter cat, at least as long as no one complains." Which is unfortunate that eventually some numbnut will complain despite the cat absolutely causing no problems whatsoever. S/he probably just likes people and it learned it can always find them in the long 'tube-thing that that moves faster than a mouse on cheese."
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It's amazing what the Vogel's were able to do with a complete devotion to collecting art. They bought it from artists who were not yet famous so they were able to get many of them for under 50 dollars. They have no fancy cars, penthouse apt. or yachts which they could easily have had if they had sold their monumental collection to the highest bidder. Instead they give it away to the National Gallery because they like the idea that the gallery will not ever sell one of them and that they public will have access to it.

The whole point of their life is shared passion and selflessness in the devotion to a cause; in this case art that they felt had value. They were proven right a thousand times over.

Many people seem to think if they don't like something, it should have no value to anyone else. I would like to go through some people's record collections and point out the "bad taste" of some of their recordings. I would be wrong and the person who loves the music would be right. It has value inasmuch as it speaks to the individual's asthetic sense. One of the artists said that Herbie Vogel's sense was one in which there was no buffer between his eyes and his soul. Most people walk through life blind to anything but the easily understood. Others find value and beauty in the challenging. I hope to always be in the latter group.
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I watched the documentary - it's on Netflix. It's nicely done. The most interesting thing to me is that these people, as far as I can tell, actually fit the definition of hoarders. It's just that instead of hoarding pizza boxes and empty tin cans or cats, they happened to be obsessed with something that others find valuable.
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I saw a documentary about them. Nice that they loved art, but they collected some real crap at times.

One wonders what amazing salaries mail sorters and librarians live on.
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A great documentary about them, 'Herb and Dorothy,' has been available on Netflix (US) instant queue for a while now. They are a really cute couple and I enjoyed it, even though I'm not a particular fan of minimalist art.
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