edit: It's not a great picture, but I was trying to remove anything that could be used to doxx.
The cat pictured is Ripley. Don't tell her I told you.
Not Shoot 'em Up?
toynbee
joined 2 years ago
According to the vet, she probably scratched her ear and nicked a blood vessel, causing a hematoma. They drained her ear, but it seems to be (fortunately slowly) refilling. We're planning to schedule another appointment for Monday, when they said they could basically sew her ear together to prevent it from happening again. I would have guessed they would go for cauterization, but apparently not.
edit; She's also quite underweight (apparently she's six pounds). I thought that was because she's getting old (she's approaching fifteen years) but the vet says she just needs to eat more. We got her some wet food to entice her appetite.
He's a good boy, though.
In case you enjoy webcomics, especially extremely vintage ones, there's one called Sluggy Freelance. One pretty early storyline has the protagonists encounter vampires and discover that turning into a vampire automatically makes you skinny, gives you abs, etc. They recommend that the vampires advertise this, which is initially rejected, but ...
I don't know whether it's maintained its quality, but it looks like it's still ongoing! I don't have the time to spend hours of my life reading comics anymore, but when I did, I greatly enjoyed this one.
edit: https://sluggy.com/
Lumpy Space Princess?
Some examples of very enjoyable related media that are not Don't Look Up include The Last Policeman book trilogy and the Netflix animated series Carol & the End of the World.
(There's nothing wrong with Don't Look Up, but it's the only recommendation I ever see.)
If not in person, I prefer asynchronous conversation. It doesn't require my constant full attention, so if I'm working or something I can still engage; and if it's any kind of serious conversation (whether emotional or just reasoning out something complex), I can take my time to think about an answer to ensure I provide a complete and accurate (to the best of my ability) thought.
That said, no one ever seems to respond to texts, even if they started the conversation. It's a lot harder to do that in a voiced conversation.
My body has chosen approximately this path for me.
Assuming it's not a bit, good luck at your interview. I believe in you!
I'm not sure how I could be aware of whether a thought was truly original. Many of the other comments in this post are random things like "coconut car cacophony" or whatever. It's possible that no one has ever thought those words in conjunction before, but does it count as a thought or just a barrage of words with no meaning behind them? Additionally, if they do comprise an original thought, how would I know? I don't feel a burst of originality while thinking those words and, if I did, I probably wouldn't trust it.
A statement or expressible opinion would be something I could research. A thought is harder to define. I can't guarantee no one has ever said "coconut car cacophony" before, but I can look for it; if someone has expressed a sentence (or opinion) that has actual meaning (unlike my three words), I can look for things that might have derived from that statement. For example, "e=mc^2" was likely an original thought, but it has since become commonplace (regardless of an understanding of its meaning) and, if I were to have that thought without a prior introduction to it, I could look for it or other physics theories for which it was the basis. Finding it or derivatives, I would be able to determine that someone had thought of it before I did, verifying its prior existence.
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I put this up in my first house, but have lost it since then and can't find a replacement!
(lemmy.world)
Either it was a local thing (I originally got the picture at Good Will) or my search skills are lacking. My wife loved it so I wish I could get her a reproduction.
Earlier today, I basically passed out. (I've had guests for most of the past week and have had very inadequate sleep.) Before I fell asleep, I texted a friend about a YouTube video that might interest them (Legal Eagle suing Honey). Then I fell asleep.
While I was sleeping, the friend responded with their insights about the case. I have no memory of it, but apparently the attached picture is how I responded to their comments on a video about a legal case. For some reason, that friend did not respond.
edit: Just refining the wording.
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Recently, I was shopping for a hard drive at a big box store and tried to filter by capacity ...
(lemmy.world)
I'm not even sure how many chickens I can fit on my current hard drive, but it's probably more than the number of persons I can fit.
I don't know why she cares. She's chill about everything else. She's never met a raccoon. She's never met any wild animal other than a praying mantis. Still, when my TV wasn't wall mounted, we had to make sure not to put on anything raccoon related or she'd try to jump into the TV, Super Mario style.
Before last night I didn't even know my sister still painted. It's great that she does.
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She is an old cat for sure.
It's hard to say whether it's bothering her. The ear was very visibly swollen before the draining. She never used to hold it sideways like that, either - that's developed over the last two weeks or so.
She's mostly been minding her own business - we had trouble even finding her to take her to the appointment - but recently she's been very clingy and rubbing (to be fair) both ears against us. I suspect it's itchy at the very least.
Honestly, she's so old I'm just worried about her.