Jay in Serenity

Anyway my friend had some not so nice teeth and during dinner the father of his fwb was like “you work where you work, you sleep with him and his teeth look like that? Get him an appointment.”and then bounced. So his fwb made him an appointment at the practice she managed and my friend ended up needing like 3k worth of dental work and his friend with benefits just gave it to him for free.

The reason that this comparison is inaccurate is because humans have the ability to use reason and make logical choices, but cats don’t. Humans see a car coming and wait until the street is clear to cross. Cats don’t. Humans know not to eat strange food on the ground. Cats don’t. Humans can look up which plants are toxic and avoid them. Cats can’t. Humans don’t eat raw rabbits and rodents that may carry disease. Cats do. Humans who hunt follow laws that prevent them from killing endangered species (besides shitty poachers). Cats don’t.

A far more accurate comparison would be a cat and a toddler. They lack the ability to recognize danger and don’t have the ability to reason that an adult does. I’m sure a toddler would have a great time roaming around the neighborhood, but no one is going to argue in favor of that. People can understand that doing that is irresponsible and dangerous. But no sane person is going to lock their toddler inside and provide them with nothing to do; no one is saying we should do that for cats either. Play with them. Provide cat trees. Rotate their toys. Give them puzzle feeders. And if you want them to go outside you can leash train them. Or build a catio. The options aren’t let them roam vs. never provide them with entertainment. If it is unbearable to entertain and care for a cat that is kept indoors, you probably shouldn’t own a cat.

Would you let your dog roam? Or your bird? How about your rabbit? I’m sure all of these animals would have a great time running (or flying) around the neighborhood, but we generally recognize that this is a bad idea. It’s no different for cats. We are caretakers for our animals, so it is up to us to use our big brains to make logical choices about what they should or shouldn’t do. We have the ability to understand the risks associated with free roaming. Cats don’t. We can weigh risks and benefits before making a decision. Cats can’t.

I’ve seen two cats who were roadkill, multiple poisoned rats that make easy prey, gardens full of poisonous (to cats) plants, and a cat at the vet who survived his arm being mauled by a fox through a catio. Yet people still do it. I’m in a small village, no idea how much worse in a bigger place it would be.

It is entirely cultural. Sadly, it also means people don’t tend to play with their pets and let them free roam as their only enrichment. So they baulk at how “bored” a cat would be indoors. Forgetting it’s not just kittens who need playtime. You are seen as a “weirdo” for harness/lead training a cat here, which I don’t agree with obviously.

Most rescues will not let you adopt a cat if you do not let it be indoor-outdoor. They will even check up on your garden to see it’s safety (like a cat can’t jump a fence lol). Charities do this, too.

I still keep my cat indoors only. My step mum thought I was being cruel until I explained to her the dangers of a cat outside.

Across the pond in New Zealand ONE SINGLE CAT drove an entire species to extinction. There are still arseholes over there but they’re generally even stricter than we are here in Oz.

Hey guys, I almost got scammed just now and I want to give y'all a warning and a heads up to keep an eye on any suspicious activity.

Out of nowhere, I got these suspicious messages:

The situation seemed plausible so I was ready to take steps to prevent my account getting banned. But then, they sent me this:

And that's when I got suspicious.

NO website customer support will ask you to message them on a separate website!!! EVER!!!

I looked it up and apparently this is a scam that's going around on tumblr where they take your account AND try to trick you into giving them money on top of it!

I'm glad I caught it but I know it was only because I have educated myself on how scams work. That's why I wanted to share this with you guys, in case they go through my followers or other warrior cats blogs and try to scam them too. I'm pretty sure the account that messaged me was stolen this way because the posting habits look legitimate if outdated. (Btw, Please don't harass them for this reason and others)

TLDR: New scam going around, NEVER message someone pretending to be website support on a different website or follow a link someone you don't know sends you.

Take care of yourselves out there, and maybe share this around to make sure no one gets taken advantage of. Thanks <3

are you thirty? have a sip!

are you hungry? have a spack!

have you been snitting in the sale proclation? mack your tabbers!.

are you stick? purt your indies!

do you need to prot a buntle? go! now!

are you tired? break your togs!

do a quick snat of your vitals. are you fond? do you need to reduct your plandles? if you have a trick, tog it. if you need to sitch, go so.

are you grod or too trinking? if you need to break off a grint or mend the bontle, go to that now!

He has a situationship with Marnie he is DESPERATE to hide due to his position as Mayor despITE THE FACT THAT NOBODY WOULD CARE. He's all up in his own ass for no fucking reason when he does the bare fucking minimum.

MEANWHILE my boy Theo, Raccoon Mayor of Grimshire changes his whole-ass biological sleep schedule in order to run his town. Yes, he likes finer things like cheeses and seems lazy on the surface.

But he DOES work hard. He DOES try deeply for the town. He DESPERATELY doesn't want any of the residents to die, even if it means accepting scorn and hate from the villagers as he bows his head to the demands of the Army and Pirates.

The villagers lament that they wish Percy was mayor and talk about how hard he works (and he does!! I love that little man!!) and look to him when things start going down because he is such a public face of the towns government-

But in the end, when things are at the most dire and even Percy is shaking and even he doesn't know what to do or say-

Theo steps up. He stops bowing his head and bares his teeth. He rallys his people, lays out a very good plan for the town to SURVIVE, and people listen.

Finn - Grimshire

[TW: blood]

Grimshire is out now in Early Access!! [HERE] I am extremely grateful and immensely proud to share that I was the character portrait artist for the game (I drew the faces you see during character dialogue)!

Finn always struck me as dashingly heroic, but I suspect he would have vastly preferred a far duller evening and likely needed 17 kettles of tea just to unrattle his nerves.

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