my shoulder hurts

the act itself being an unpleasant sensory experience

absolutely no short term reward

long term reward of “not losing your teeth” too abstract

knowing that no matter how well you do it one day you will still always have to do it again the next

Cats that are allowed outdoors should definitely be spayed or neutered to prevent population growth.

Out of all the cats I’ve had, only one outdoor cat died before the age of twenty.

Poisoning by a human is a danger that an indoor cat or supervised outdoor cat would have been very unlikely to face. Around my area, there’s also death by coyote, family dog, car, exposure to disease and parasites, exposure to potentially toxic outside flora (Lilies, Rhododendron, Daffodils, etc), intentional or accidental poisoning via rat poison or other animal deterrents, neighborhood trappers who take nuisance “stray” cats to shelters or release them in rural areas, etc.

That they had a special tough cat? And be proud that it dies by causes that were totally preventable?

Cats are not humans. Cats are pets. Domestic animals. As the name implies they should be contained within the houses boundaries.

No other domestic pet is given this tremendous amount of confidence to survive on their own.

No other domestic animal spends that much time unsupervised. For what? An anthropomorphic construct of freedom?

Cats don’t need freedom. They need play time, proper feedings and attention. Having a cat takes time as much as other pets you can choose to keep.

Why would anyone give up a close bond with their pet for that idea that it might need freedom?

Yesterday I saw a famous German TV show, in which shelters all over Germany can show their overlooked and not easily adoptable pets.

A caretaker who showed a Persian stated, that maybe one out of 15 cats is going back to their former owners. Most cats are not chipped. And they are not ferals either.

If only one out 15 outdoor cats cares enough to check shelters instead of assuming their cat is dead or will return on their own, the other 14 people shouldn’t own any pets.

Shelters are owerflowing cause people think their anthropomorphic views of cats are an valid excuse to feed an animal… 5 times a week and then let it go on their own again.

Let’s all just stay inside. Let’s never leave our houses. Let’s never drive cars, ride trains or planes. Never use a cell phone (cancer !!), never play on your laptop.

that’s foolish.

Death is always a possibility. But I’ll be damned if I make my cats suffer than keep them locked inside like prisoners.

No amount of faux fur play toys can replace runnin’ free in the sun through grass & green.

Meet Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the black woman who invented that rock and roll sound 

You know what’s sad, before I even read this article I was ready to refute this because I grew up believing Chuck Berry created Rock and roll. It’s said how so many knew of this great woman yet none spoke on her greatness.

I also discovered Big Mama Thornton, who’s another hugely influential early inventor of rock and roll — I’m pretty sure Hound Dog was originally popularized by her, before Elvis stole it.

Love Sister Rosetta Tharpe! #BlackGirlMagic

A few of her performances:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeaBNAXfHfQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9bX5mzdihs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR2gR6SZC2M

Also I heard she was bisexual…

A young woman is imprisoned in a castle by a monstrously formed prince. The servants of the castle hope for them to fall in love, and when the spell is broken they assume their prayers have been answered. They are all surprised, but nonetheless pleased, when it is revealed to them that the young woman and prince are the truest of friends, and nothing more.

They say the kingdom is ruled by an evil queen, a woman who is incapable of loving. She is unmarried, she has no consorts, and she wishes for no partner. She is the wretched queen, the heartless queen. She must hate her daughter, for her daughter is beautiful, and women are incapable of liking another woman who’s prettier than themselves. It must be for this reason that the princess was sent away, not for how she was attacked by a man in the woods. They say the kingdom is ruled by an evil queen because she cannot love. The queen loves her daughter, and that is enough for them both.

There lives a prince who is forced to choose a bride at the ball. He meets many beautiful women, but find none which he loves. He spies one in a gorgeous gown and wonder in her eyes, and he dances with her all night long. The kingdom is sure he has found his bride. When the clock strikes midnight he tells her how he will never love a woman, or a man, in the way he is expected to. The beautiful woman smiles and tells him she expects nothing from him. The next morning the prince and the beautiful woman are missing, having run off together to see the world. They leave their shoes behind in their haste.