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Ruvan22 posted...

In all seriousness how do you get them in these costumes and shirts? Mad props to you, I can barely hold an arm before claws start getting thrown

Archie is just so relaxed that you can do almost anything (except hold him like a baby). He just kinda rolls with it.

...Mereoleona is a bit more difficult. The bee costume has two straps: one across the chest and the other across the belly. She hates the belly strap and will bite when it's being put on and taken off. Shirts, she's also kinda fussy when you go to put her arms through the holes. She gets treats though.

CobraGT posted...

Reminds me of a card you buy showing a dolled up cat saying "For this you die in your sleep." (too cute)

The gray one is super chill but the orange one might lol

Ruvan22 posted...

Is Archie wearing a bow tie WITH his bee costume?!?

Yes! He's a dapper little bee.

Same costume. One of these kitties is very fat.

Giving her leftover tortilla chips because I desperately wish I had given my old cat all the sliced turkey and chicken fingers his heart desired.

Pretty sure one of these cats slapped the other while I wasn't looking.

spikethedevil posted...

Dawww, she doing something with her teeth?

She was mid yawn, but it sure looks like she's baring her teeth lol

CanuckCowboy posted...

I think that's just a cute fluffy orange demon.

Its a good cat disguise though.

She's a sweet baby lol

Isn't she the prettiest kitty in the world?

Decided to give Mereoleona a break from the shirts and dresses; she just looks naked now. She also snuck up on me while I was eating some peanut butter-filled pretzels like, "Ya gonna finish those?"

Archie dipped his tail in some bright orange paint last night and I didn't notice it until this morning. Little jerk bit me when I tried to clean it off.

It was just a teeny tiny bit and I don't think he licked any of it, at least.

KFHEWUI posted...

Eddy's twin. She is actually bigger than her momma.

Ohhhhh I love the look on the kitten's face.

Archie loves to lie on anything that isn't a bed.

Ruvan22 posted...

Well with a name like Archibald he deserved that bowtie...AND your attention. Pet the damn cat!

He got plenty of scritches and love! I love it when he curls up in my lap. He's been snuggling up with me at bedtime lately too. I do have to get onto him because he keeps slapping the stuff I have hanging from the ceiling light switch though...

Ruvan22 posted...

Is Archie his nickname? Is his full name Archibald?

Yes, actually! I almost never call him Archibald though. An old neighbor actually named him that when she was thinking about adopting him.

Can't pay attention to anything but him.

Ruvan22 posted...

I'm sitting right there... Aster has a three course meal (dry, wet, raw ground beef)... and he's *still* wondering whether to swipe some of my food RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME

You give that baby all the spaghetti he wants right now!

apolloooo posted...

Oh yeah when i was sick silver stole my grilled cheese bread and she got diarrhea for a few days.

Dumb ass little shit

Mereoleona steals food sometimes... She once stole some freshly shredded cheese right out of a bowl.

He looks so tired lol

KFHEWUI posted...

The greatest gift of all!

They love each other.

Ruvan22 posted...

Wait are these child tshirts? I don't think you've posted that picture of Archie but you should have him wear a tshirt with a tux on it to match his bowtie!

Oh no, they're like... dog shirts? I bought them at a pet store.

I wish I had a shirt like that for Archie. I used to have a tuxedo t-shirt from prom that I kept until it fell apart. We could have matched lol

CanuckCowboy posted...

Hahaha.

Walter tolerates a lot but that would be a tough pic to get.

Have you posted any pictures of him wearing clothes? I'd love to see them.

Ruvan22 posted...

What kind of tshirt is she wearing today?

It's a "medium" shirt that says

SAN
FRAN
CISCO

like that. It was on clearance and another shirt she has is a medium, so I figured it would fit... this one was much larger. Did I post the picture of Archie wearing it? It's massive and baggy on Mereoleona, but kinda tight on him. So, I actually have the end of it twisted and tied up with a ponytail holder. All her other shirts are being washed.

spikethedevil posted...

Thats just torture lol.

She was compensated for her suffering lol

I found this little witch hat. Mereoleona was rewarded with treats for being so patient.

I never really enjoyed Home Improvement. It was the kind of show I wouldn't complain if someone was watching it, but I never stopped on it while flipping through the channels.

I actively enjoyed watching Boy Meets World. I initially saw it in re-runs on Disney Channel and ABC Family, but I still liked it quite a bit as a kid (you gotta keep in mind that by the time its season finale aired, I was in third grade).

I got really into watching it in college; it would run in two or three hour blocks early in the morning while I got ready for class. I still vividly remember watching it while studying for my cellular pathways test. Do I remember any of those pathways now? Of course not. But there was something comforting about the routine of watching it while I ate my breakfast every morning.

Ruvan22 posted...

I don't think so -does he always have a bow tie?

Not always. When I bought some of the clothes for Mereoleona, I got Archie a little bowtie too.

Ruvan22 posted...

I feel his chonkiness completes the dapper look...

It really does. He's a big boy.

J03can posted...

Last night Winston tried to take down my birthday streamers that I've left up too long

He looks so proud of himself.

I'm sure it will and few people will be willing to address the classism involved.

Did I post this already? I don't think I did, but if I did, you can admire Archie again.

hyperpowder posted...

I guarantee these people are around like minded anti-mask/anti-vax people. They're going to get covid regardless.

Telling someone who is vaccinated to wear a mask isn't going to stop these people from hanging around other anti-mask/anti-vax people.

So this argument is pretty dumb

My "argument" is that being gleeful about the death of anti-vaxxers often also includes the suffering of innocents, but go off I guess...

hyperpowder posted...

I have no sympathy for anti-vaxers. They have no sympathy for others to actually get the vaccine.

Strider102 posted...

I don't want anyone to die.

However anti-vaxxers and their ilk are beyond my sympathy. They made their choices.

So, the only real issue here is that, often times, it's not just the anti-vaxxers themselves who suffer for their idiocy.

Their children suffer. Their parents (maybe their immunocompromised, or maybe the anti-vaxxer now has power of attorney over them) suffer.

Also, I would be willing to bet that a non-trivial percentage of people haven't been able to get vaccinated because they can't potentially miss work due to the side effects. I was fine after I got both of mine, but one of my friends was completely wiped out for a few days.

g980 posted...

ok so to be clear, i am on the side "dont half ass parenting" and you are on the side "do half ass parenting"

What kind of job is cool with your kid being at work that doesnt offer paid sick time?

And why does my personal experience lactating even factor in
I am completely in support of rooms for mothers to pump
Whether or not you bring kids to work has nothing to do with breastfeeding

@_Rinku_ have you personally breastfed? I get the feeling youve never had a job, much less a baby

Yawn. You're on the side of "sacrifice your career even if an emergency comes up" so I don't really care what you have to say. You can stop now.

g980 posted...

Lol i have a 4 month old, yes i know a lot about breastfeeding and caring for a baby

Which is why i am saying dont bring them to work
They require more than half your attention

Either youre being a negligent parent, or a useless worker. Kid should win every time, so just stay home.

And fuck outta here with the "thats sexist"nonsense. Have the husband stay home with the kid. Ive already used a few sick days of my own to watch my kid.

Ah, cool, so you're not the one whose body went through intense physical trauma. Good, I can completely discard your opinion!

P.S. not everyone is fortunate enough to have a second parent who can watch the kid. Get over yourself and acquire even a measure of human kindness for those less fortunate than yourself.

Anyone remember the House of Horrors match between him and Randy Orton that just looked like a normal suburban house lol

Anyway, not surprised to see WWE let go of more of their good talent. I haven't watched in like two years; who do they even have left at this point?

g980 posted...

Uh no dont bring your breastfeeding child to work

A) it probably is sick too if the nanny is sick
B) if you are watching your kid, you arent working
C) if you are working, you arent watching your kid

But yea bozos dont get that lactation rooms are super common and super necessary

How do you get this far in life completely lacking empathy for others?

I never want to have children. I genuinely think that a lot of people who do have them shouldn't. But even I know that only a total asshole says shit like, "Stay home with your kid, lady," because it's revoltingly sexist AND it's bad for society as a whole.

Do you know what happens to society when it becomes so prohibitively expensive and socially hostile to have a child? People stop having children! Then you end up with an upside down triangle population. Just look at Japan and their looming population crisis with a massive elderly population that cannot be supported by the relatively tiny youth/young adult population.

Also, just... have some empathy? Can you imagine how difficult it is to try to care for an infant, nurse, and work? Can you even begin to conceive of how PHYSICALLY DRAINING that is? For your body to literally provide nourishment to another?

Do you have any idea how expensive formula is? Like genuinely. Tell me how much you think one can is and how long you think it lasts.

YugiNoob posted...

Evil cate

Handsome kitty.

abaddon41_80 posted...

The problem here is that people seem to think minimum wage is for adults supporting a family. It isn't. Minimum wage is meant to be for entry-level adults with no dependents or for young students who are dependents. If you are trying to support two kids on minimum wage, as bad as I feel for the children, that is the result of your stupid decisions. Someone in this topic said it best,

Nope. It was literally meant to support a family. Try again before busting out your dressed up "TEENAGERS GETTING SPENDING CASH" shit.

Ruvan22 posted...

Was Archie always that antisocial?

Honestly, yeah. He was never cuddly with my old cat Tuffy and would try to fight him. It was embarrassing, but Tuffy (geriatric and declawed) would beat him up about half the time. He did start to snuggle with Tuffy when he was... well, near the end of his life. He got very sick at the end and only then did Archie even come close to snuggling with him.

He's always hated other cats. He loses his shit when he sees other cats through the window. I tried to bring my neighbor's cat in (he had gotten out) and Archie started hissing at him. My friends brought a maybe six week old kitten over and Archie spent the entire hour it was here hissing at it or trying to sneak up and slap it. He's extremely sweet to people, but he just loathes other animals.

WilliamPorygon posted...

I get so jealous when I see other people's cats snuggling. I think Mereoleona would snuggle other cats, but Archie is just a complete butthole who slaps every animal that isn't him.

These two are absolutely precious though. The one on the bottom is totally using the other as a pillow.

Dragon25k posted...

To a certain extent. But there is a point where if someone is that much better for you, you gotta do what you gotta do.

Sounds like while there may be people that are better for you, there are likely not people for whom you are the better option.

There was another topic like this today.

I mentioned the there that a job in my city is paying $8/hr and complaining that everyone is leaving. Gee, I wonder why.

I developed what's known as a felon infection on my left index finger tip. It swelled to I'd say about an inch? Anyway, I went to an urgent care twice trying to get it dealt with because I basically couldn't use that hand. The second time, they lanced and expressed it which HURT like hell. You'd think, "It's just someone squeezing your finger, it can't hurt that bad," but it does. Holy shit it does.

That was six years ago and I still freak out whenever one of my fingertips gets a little tender or red. The cuticle on that finger actually detached on the swollen side and now it's lopsided.

I can beat that.

A local hobby store was hiring. Relatively big city where COL is low compared to the rest of the country, but steadily rising and definitely higher than the rest of the state. Fast food joints in town are all advertising $14 to start with (admittedly not great) benefits. I thought, this could be a fun side job, maybe get an employee discount even, so I inquired.

$8/hr. No benefits. I almost laughed when I heard it.

Genuinely can't eat without being harassed.

It's Mereoleona's birthday! ...or, rather, it's the birthday of the fictional character I named her after and, given that she was an elderly stray, I have no idea when her birthday actually is.

She's eleven now! Maybe! Again, I have no idea how old she might actually be, but the get guessed at least ten.

a-c-a-b posted...

With a million bucks I would never have to work again.

Assuming you're 30 now and live to be 80, that's only $20,000 to live on per year. Hardly "never work again" money.

Ruvan22 posted...

Aww I'm glad to hear she likes modeling shirts/ vests! How hard does she bite?

Very hard when she's getting her paws cleaned. She'll do a more gentle warning bite if she's just feeling overstimulated.

apolloooo posted...

Does she like the paw covering? Have you planned for other vet visit for further exam?

I actually had to take the paw covers off because they were too small. There was a size chart on the back and, according to it, she should have been able to wear an even smaller size, so I don't know what's up with that. I'm still looking for socks for her. The pet store has some "walking boots" that I could get her, but I'm worried they'd be too big.

It sounds horrible, but I feel just... uneasy about taking her to the vet. My usual one just kept giving me borderline useless advice on keeping her paws clean and didn't even notice the spots on her chest last time (and then charged me hundreds of dollars). Mereoleona is also very reactive and I worry that she'll bite a new vet. She's bitten me multiple times while I clean her up. Poor girl has it rough, but I'm gonna keep taking care of her.

She seems happy though. She purrs. She meows when I'm carrying her food to her designated spot. She likes to sit next to me on the couch. She even got super snuggly the other day.

Mereoleona has taken quite well to wearing shirts. It's to keep her from licking herself raw, but she also seems to just like being fashionable.

Derwood posted...

Both of those can be true. You might not have the connections to get a job without a degree while you're buddy might nepotize his way into success lol

Blue_Inigo posted...

I just got to the end of the anime today and feel sad that it's over. I need more!

I'm really excited for the movie!

Nukazie posted...

is that the one with the hot nun

I don't know if I'd say Sister Lily is 'hot" but she is cute. You might be thinking of Fire Force?

It's legit one of my favorite anime. It's rough at the start, but it gets good around the end of the first cour (~episode 14ish) and just stays good with a lot of high points.