Even then you'd have to infect yourself with the cat while getting together, as humans don't transfer to each other.
Personally I don't think there's any causation here at all with attractiveness directly.
It may be correlated with more outdoorsy people, those people are probably more attractive on average.
I painted a scenario where your environment would occur, and dispute it by saying those cats in that environment generally aren't infected
Unless those attractive people are hanging out in barns or patios with outside cats.
Now that could be the case if you go at it from an outdoors perspective, outdoorsy people may be more attractive on average, and they may encounter infected cats more on average.
Your characterization of cat ownership is unrealistic.
I guess anecdotes from you or I isn't really telling if an indoor or outdoor majority of cat ownership is "unrealistic". Maybe we need a study :p
Do outside cat owners generally let their cats inside their home?
The ratio of cat owners with outdoor cats is irrelevant. They exist and they are common. That’s enough to sink your assertions.
> The ratio of cat owners with outdoor cats is irrelevant.
It's extremely relevant when talking about a large enough scale of infection to support the attractiveness causation hypothesis posed by GP.
> I have seen these cats for multiple years so unless they have an outdoor cat house (something I have never seen in my life)
Outdoor cats generally stay underneath the house / porches, cars, etc. during cold or especially hot weather.
> That’s enough to sink your assertions.
I'm disputing the above proposed hypothesis on the grounds I don't think it's common enough occurrence and we're lacking information.
Hooking up was simply an example of why the person would be at the other person's environment.
Replace it with getting together if you're getting hung up on it. Whether or not the humans met up to have sex, talk, stand on their head, or whatever is irrelevant.
The point was house cats generally don't eat infected mice, if you're hanging out in barns or on the patio with outside cats, sure maybe.