Maalus

joined 2 years ago
[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Everything is skewed, even the measured studies. Most insecure people won't go to a literal dick measuring contest. Which means even the measured ones trend "upwards" of the actual average.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I hissed at him mostly when I first got him as a foster home. He had lots of bad habits since he lived on the streets for so long. He broke those habits quickly and we have been a "hissless" home since. Sometimes we understood one another without words - he kept peeing behind a wall on the floor, I put the litterbox there and he knew what to do next.

He was so spooked initially he didn't eat for a month and hid under the sofa. What got him out was me watching a female cat that was peeking out of her carrier and meowing at the camera (almost playing peekaboo). Though to be fair, he was exploring at night - I caught him doing it next morning when I saw pawprints on a dusty shelf, like 10cm away from my head when I was sleeping. He just didn't eat anything (wetfood, egg yolk, dry food) which is scary when a cat does that, they need to eat each day or they get liver issues. Pheromones weren't working. Vet said he needs exposure therapy which meant back to a cage with him. Spent hours sitting next to him watching either bird videos or some series / cartoons I was watching at the time. He still runs at the slightest rustle but he has chilled out immensly, became a complete and utter lapcat, and knows how to use voice buttons to say what he needs. My latest trick with him is asking him to turn off the lights. There are two outcomes, either he goes and turns them off, or he gets up, presses the "no" button and goes back to sleep / whatever he was doing. Both outcomes are hilarious obviously

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

People being brutal, people crying over critique isn't "just how art goes", and isn't a universal experience. I would actually call it "abuse" instead.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It is 100% about killing rich people. Also why guillotines are talked about in the context. I don't know why you are trying to spin it any other way.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

That version is less funny

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I've hissed at him enough times that he knows how I hiss. Usually he scrambles and removes himself from the situation pretty quickly. The soda thing, coughs etc is more like "ugh fuck this" slowly getting up, look of disdain and moving somewhere else. Note that "somewhere else" is often a change from "in front of the keyboard" to "onto the chair that's next to me". I'd wager that it is more about the sparkly bit / bubbles making noise, than the hiss of the can.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

As I said multiple times - doxxing can use public databases and social media to gather that information. Read the wikipedia definition, it is right there.

Imagine a vtuber posting a photo on their private facebook. Then their neighbors grabbing that photo, knowing they are said vtuber, going to the fandom, linking the photo as "this is the vtuber, they live at XYZ". Would you still go "oh that's not doxxing, they posted their faces on the internet that one time!"? Of course you wouldn't.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

All animals have living tissue in their nails / claws / talons, birds, dogs, cats, etc. Trimming their nails is completely normal and part of a routine that keeps them healthy. Otherwise you run the risk of talons curving and going into the foot of a bird for instance. For cats, they can grow these huge dead nails in their rear legs for instance, they usually try to bite them off. Cutting the tip helps them peel off and get rid of those.

That's why declawing is not only inhumane, it is 100% stupid - you can achieve the exact same "result" - your cat not being able to damage furniture - by providing them with a scratching post and regularly cutting their nails - without maiming your pet. There are more alternatives to declawing, like silicone covers for their claws too. The people who go for it are literally the worst.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Not really a problem often. Cats with light fur tend to have white nails and you can see the quick (the living part of the nail) really easily. There are also methods on how to cut the nail properly, with correct angles and specialized scissors. Even with dark-coloured claws, it isn't hard to avoid it. Simply trimming the extremely sharp hook end is enough, you don't need to cut half their claw off.

Declawing means removing a digit in a cats' paw. It is a completely different process to what I'm describing here and is a horrific thing to do to a cat, basically maiming it in the process. It should only be done as last resort in illness to save a cats life, not to prevent it from scratching. It is basically the difference between cutting your nails so they are short, and cutting the end of your fingers so there is no nail to cut.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

My cat doesn't tolerate sodas being opened next to him, sneezes and coughs. For some reason it's completely unacceptable even if I turn away from him while doing it.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago (7 children)

Cut their claws, I taught my adult cat that me touching his paws is okay and that sometimes he gets a trim. We can now "spar" all the time because he just doesn't have sharp points to claw me with. He can make biscuits on me all he wants, jump on me, off me etc.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Agree, fuck em. But doxxing because of their political views is not okay

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