Celebrationing!! I currently have 100 subscribers! That might seem like small potatoes to some of you guys out there, but for me it’s honestly astonishing
So to celebrate, the scalies got gussied up and are enjoying the Festival
my package of dried mangoes assures me that they are made from “only the juiciest” mangoes, which is an interesting sentiment to me. “You would not BELIEVE how much water these bad boys had in them before we removed almost all of it.”
“This beef jerky was made from the juiciest goddamn cows you’d ever laid your eyes on. You could slap a side of this beef and hear a basketball hitting a gym floor. We had to wring those fuckers out like a shamwow for days.”
I’ve been painting all these since April I believe and I’ve gone through so fucking much that I can’t believe the collection is done! I’m so happy!!! I made a huge effort believe me ugh!
Sorry if I'm bothering you, but.... I'm that one post you said cats shouldn't be outdoor cats and I was wondering why? Isn't it good to let them move around outside since they enjoy it?
This is legitimately a huge (and still somewhat controversial) topic and I don’t really have the time to go into it in a lot of detail right now but here is a quick summary:
- Cats are damaging to local ecosystems. Well-fed pet cats still enjoy hunting and end up killing not for food but for fun and to practice their hunting skills. It’s a natural instinct, not malice, but it can absolutely devastate local songbird and wildlife populations.
- Outdoor cats are at MUCH higher risk of injury from vehicles, other animals, or even ill-intentioned humans (we once rescued a black cat with a broken tail I’m 99% sure had been broken by a group of kids swinging her around by her tail)
- Outdoor cats are at greater risk for contracting communicable diseases like Feline HIV
- Outdoor cats can get lost or even stolen (I’ve had both happen to me before)
- Outdoor cats are at higher risk of suffering from the elements (getting caught in snowstorms, freezing to death, etc.)
- Outdoor cats are much more likely to contract parasites like fleas, ticks, and worms
- It is much more difficult to spot irregularities in your cat’s health if they are regularly outdoors (you can’t monitor how frequently they urinate or defecate, and whether or not there are any changes to their bathroom habits)
- Outdoor cats are more likely to end up consuming something dangerous (rat poison, spoiled food, etc.)
- Outdoor cats who are not fixed are likely to increase the feral cat population by getting pregnant/impregnating other cats.
In general, outdoor cats are damaging to local ecosystems and at great risk of premature death.
Now, that’s not to say you can’t find ways to let your cats enjoy the outdoors, though! Here are some fun solutions:
Catios:
Cat harnesses (yes, cats can be taught to walk on leashes!)
Cat-safe plants for nibbles and noms:
Cat “TV” (ie shelves or seats near windows where cats an easily observe the outdoors from the safety of inside)
Basically domestic cats are not safe outside alone, nor is it safe for the local wildlife to have them there in numbers. There is a lot of information out there discussing this you can find on google (and like I said, there are people who disagree) but these are the main reasons I tend to encourage people keeping indoor cats, ESPECIALLY if you are in an urban or residential (non-rural) area where risk of traffic collision is high.
i really hate coming out but still want my extended family to know, so my mother took it upon herself to invent the game “guess which one of my kids is gay.”
the rules are simple.
sit down with uncle so-and-so
he says something about gay people in passing
my mom says “there’s a gay person at this table right now. guess which of my kids it is!
he looks frantically between the three of us trying to figure out if she’s joking or not and trying desperately not to offend anyone but also she won’t continue with the conversation unless he makes a guess so he has to make a guess
we all enjoy his discomfort immensely
This isnt coming out of the closet. This is coughing loudly from within the closet to scare the people outside of it, which is immensely more entertaining.
Early video game designer: Okay, we’re just about done with this level
Video game designer’s manager: Great! Did you figure out what to put at the end?
designer: Yeah, we put this tough, nasty, mean, ugly monster that the player has to beat. We made sure killing the monster feels as rewarding as possible.
