I have been astonished at how perfect my cat is — incredibly affectionate and loving, very playful, very fun, obsessed with us and always wants to be around us, never bites or scratches, always uses the litter — while also being a ton of work because he's so demanding and needy and loud
The variability in cat behaviour and temperament is far greater than is broadly advertised
I currently live with really terrible pet owners and this made me laugh. I was struck by the idea that a pet being loud and needy meant extra work, because my roommates just don’t do that work and neglect the animal. Since you’re a good person that wouldn’t even occur to you.
I really want to make some little microtactics games but it turns out turn based games are harder to rig up than many other genres! Because you have to explicitly lay out specific rules for the structure of turns and etc, rather than adapting a little platforming engine and seeing what it does
Anyway I want to make a surreal tactics game where you spend the campaign climbing a vast tower, in which all units are immortal and can only be knocked around or pushed off edges to fall further down the tower, including you. You can recruit people on your way up, build or ruin relationships, form rivalries, lose and regain party members as they catch up to you or get knocked off, etc; some people have decided to just live on the tower and make do
The final reveal is that the tower is a crucible for stored consciousnesses; they solved immortality in the real world but don't have enough room for people to all be immortal, so they consign most consciousnesses to virtual towers where they compete to get to the top and receive a chance for instantiation in a real body, as a cynical way to keep the population limited
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i sometimes wonder how my life might be different if i hadn't burned out on Everquest shortly after being, like, actually involved in its development as what they called a Community Leader
like i had signed an NDA and was gonna go out to San Diego with a group and actually face-to-face with the devs, many of whom i had a forum-friendly relationship with at the time already and had many text conversations with about the game and stuff
but right as that all started happening i just hit the wall and lost interest
probably something more to that regarding my own brain but
wild times
at one point in my early twenties i had several actual professional comic book writers, ppl who have gone on to be like, mini-celebs and have their names in movies and tv shows as "based on a story by" or creative consultant or whatever, in my online and IRL friends circle, but they were "older" (by like 4 years lmao) and i was too shy and anxious to try networking or pitching anything to them and then I moved and fell out of touch
if they ever invent the slap-your-younger-self time machine i will pay for ur ticket if you come with me and give me moral support
i sometimes wonder how my life might be different if i hadn't burned out on Everquest shortly after being, like, actually involved in its development as what they called a Community Leader
like i had signed an NDA and was gonna go out to San Diego with a group and actually face-to-face with the devs, many of whom i had a forum-friendly relationship with at the time already and had many text conversations with about the game and stuff
but right as that all started happening i just hit the wall and lost interest
probably something more to that regarding my own brain but
wild times
at one point in my early twenties i had several actual professional comic book writers, ppl who have gone on to be like, mini-celebs and have their names in movies and tv shows as "based on a story by" or creative consultant or whatever, in my online and IRL friends circle, but they were "older" (by like 4 years lmao) and i was too shy and anxious to try networking or pitching anything to them and then I moved and fell out of touch
if they ever invent the slap-your-younger-self time machine i will pay for ur ticket if you come with me and give me moral support
in the very early internet days, like early 90s, my friend's sister who was super into Broadway musicals, somehow became pen pals via email with Elton John and Nathan Lane and is still in touch
Lmao. Only after getting all the cat stuff do I feel like maybe. Maybe. I shouldn’t move forward and get a furry companion.
What are your concerns?
I have found having a cat to be pretty anxiety-inducing, though overall worth it.
Having a cat depend on me and my on again off again allergies to cats.
I think you are a tender and vulnerable person so it would be a challenge for you to have a cat depend on you BUT it would also perhaps be a positive way for you to grow, as it has been for me
Also even if you e.g. had anxiety attacks about cat health or struggled with uncertainty about their welfare I'm confident you're a person who is caring enough that a cat would be better off with you than in a shelter or with uncaring or neglectful guardians
I am concerned that your experience would mirror mine in the ways that were difficult, e.g. when I had a near panic attack over Finn possibly eating some yarn, which could have killed him, because I think you experience some similar anxieties that others would find silly or easily dismissed
But the allergy thing is also worth considering
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Lmao. Only after getting all the cat stuff do I feel like maybe. Maybe. I shouldn’t move forward and get a furry companion.
What are your concerns?
I have found having a cat to be pretty anxiety-inducing, though overall worth it.
Having a cat depend on me and my on again off again allergies to cats.
I think you are a tender and vulnerable person so it would be a challenge for you to have a cat depend on you BUT it would also perhaps be a positive way for you to grow, as it has been for me
Also even if you e.g. had anxiety attacks about cat health or struggled with uncertainty about their welfare I'm confident you're a person who is caring enough that a cat would be better off with you than in a shelter or with uncaring or neglectful guardians
I am concerned that your experience would mirror mine in the ways that were difficult, e.g. when I had a near panic attack over Finn possibly eating some yarn, which could have killed him, because I think you experience some similar anxieties that others would find silly or easily dismissed
But the allergy thing is also worth considering
For clarity, I had cats from age…. Like 8 to 28… I know how to deal with a cat but it’s scary, yeah.
I’m gonna get a cat eventually, I’ve got all the stuff.
friends with mild but not super serious cat allergies have found good results with keeping the bedroom a no-cat zone and taking over the counter allergy medications
it's definitely rough though and worth sticking your face into different cats and figuring out which ones are more or less allergy inducing
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I would like a cat but I know what it takes to properly take care of a cat and I fear I wouldn't be a very good cat mom
So the new show on WarhammerTV this week is called the Interrogator. Feels like a 40k Noir story about an inquisition interrogator.
wait what?
why has nobody told me about this thing?!
Its part of Warhammer+ stuff. It has some good stuff. Not sure its worth the money but I have enjoyed it. The Exodite is gorgeous. Angels of Death was really good.
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I also had cats as a kid! For me it has not been the like, technical details of care, which are real but doable, but more the emotional burden of being the primary decision maker and caretaker
I may just be projecting tbh, having a cat has been extremely emotionally complex for me
I will almost certainly have a harder time when Finn dies than when my father died
friends with mild but not super serious cat allergies have found good results with keeping the bedroom a no-cat zone and taking over the counter allergy medications
it's definitely rough though and worth sticking your face into different cats and figuring out which ones are more or less allergy inducing
I also had cats as a kid! For me it has not been the like, technical details of care, which are real but doable, but more the emotional burden of being the primary decision maker and caretaker
I may just be projecting tbh, having a cat has been extremely emotionally complex for me
I will almost certainly have a harder time when Finn dies than when my father died
Yeah I 100% get what you’re saying. It’s a lot like my experience too. That’s why I took so long to get a cat again.
So the new show on WarhammerTV this week is called the Interrogator. Feels like a 40k Noir story about an inquisition interrogator.
wait what?
why has nobody told me about this thing?!
Its part of Warhammer+ stuff. It has some good stuff. Not sure its worth the money but I have enjoyed it. The Exodite is gorgeous. Angels of Death was really good.
Very important q: how far back do the digital white dwarf backissues go?
because if I can reread some early 90s white dwarf I am in
I have been astonished at how perfect my cat is — incredibly affectionate and loving, very playful, very fun, obsessed with us and always wants to be around us, never bites or scratches, always uses the litter — while also being a ton of work because he's so demanding and needy and loud
The variability in cat behaviour and temperament is far greater than is broadly advertised
I currently live with really terrible pet owners and this made me laugh. I was struck by the idea that a pet being loud and needy meant extra work, because my roommates just don’t do that work and neglect the animal. Since you’re a good person that wouldn’t even occur to you.
I wish to meet your cat.
I would love for you to meet my cat
I guess some people could just ignore their loud needy cat but like
Ever since we got cats I resent being chained down
Not that I want to travel but
Ugh
Heavy is the head that must clean the box
you can pay a neighborhood kid $20 to do it and they'll do a terrible half assed job but it will be good enough
Allegedly a voice of reason.
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i will say i was drinking pretty heavily when i had cats and coming home and scooping the poop at 2am completely wasted as part of my going to bed ritual wasn't really that bad
One time I came home from school as- I don’t know, a 10 year old? And my dog had pissed a massive puddle which I didn’t see and then slipped in. My head smacked off the ground and I was laying there disoriented and crying my eyes out. My dog sank to his haunches next to me, submissive in posture, and started to gently lick the piss out of my hair.
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I currently live with really terrible pet owners and this made me laugh. I was struck by the idea that a pet being loud and needy meant extra work, because my roommates just don’t do that work and neglect the animal. Since you’re a good person that wouldn’t even occur to you.
I wish to meet your cat.
I really want to make some little microtactics games but it turns out turn based games are harder to rig up than many other genres! Because you have to explicitly lay out specific rules for the structure of turns and etc, rather than adapting a little platforming engine and seeing what it does
Anyway I want to make a surreal tactics game where you spend the campaign climbing a vast tower, in which all units are immortal and can only be knocked around or pushed off edges to fall further down the tower, including you. You can recruit people on your way up, build or ruin relationships, form rivalries, lose and regain party members as they catch up to you or get knocked off, etc; some people have decided to just live on the tower and make do
The final reveal is that the tower is a crucible for stored consciousnesses; they solved immortality in the real world but don't have enough room for people to all be immortal, so they consign most consciousnesses to virtual towers where they compete to get to the top and receive a chance for instantiation in a real body, as a cynical way to keep the population limited
Sphinx cats are very cute imo.
Having a cat depend on me and my on again off again allergies to cats.
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at one point in my early twenties i had several actual professional comic book writers, ppl who have gone on to be like, mini-celebs and have their names in movies and tv shows as "based on a story by" or creative consultant or whatever, in my online and IRL friends circle, but they were "older" (by like 4 years lmao) and i was too shy and anxious to try networking or pitching anything to them and then I moved and fell out of touch
if they ever invent the slap-your-younger-self time machine i will pay for ur ticket if you come with me and give me moral support
Neco gets it.
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in the very early internet days, like early 90s, my friend's sister who was super into Broadway musicals, somehow became pen pals via email with Elton John and Nathan Lane and is still in touch
i am super jealous
I think you are a tender and vulnerable person so it would be a challenge for you to have a cat depend on you BUT it would also perhaps be a positive way for you to grow, as it has been for me
Also even if you e.g. had anxiety attacks about cat health or struggled with uncertainty about their welfare I'm confident you're a person who is caring enough that a cat would be better off with you than in a shelter or with uncaring or neglectful guardians
I am concerned that your experience would mirror mine in the ways that were difficult, e.g. when I had a near panic attack over Finn possibly eating some yarn, which could have killed him, because I think you experience some similar anxieties that others would find silly or easily dismissed
But the allergy thing is also worth considering
lmao
sphinx cats are gross and would be weird and gross to touch!
no flesh only fuzz please
For clarity, I had cats from age…. Like 8 to 28… I know how to deal with a cat but it’s scary, yeah.
I’m gonna get a cat eventually, I’ve got all the stuff.
Check out my site, the Bismuth Heart | My Twitter
wait what?
why has nobody told me about this thing?!
Don’t call my favorite cat breed gross please.
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it's definitely rough though and worth sticking your face into different cats and figuring out which ones are more or less allergy inducing
so I am not getting a cat, for the cat's sake
Its part of Warhammer+ stuff. It has some good stuff. Not sure its worth the money but I have enjoyed it. The Exodite is gorgeous. Angels of Death was really good.
rainy streets, burnt-out protagonist, investigation
hm yes perhaps I shall
I may just be projecting tbh, having a cat has been extremely emotionally complex for me
I will almost certainly have a harder time when Finn dies than when my father died
fine, they aren't inherently gross BUT they gross me out
well, specifically, the thought of touching them grosses me out, the appearance is more goofy than anything
No, I refuse…. I want a cat that snuggles.
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namely the poop and hair and stepping in cold puke in the mornings
Yeah I 100% get what you’re saying. It’s a lot like my experience too. That’s why I took so long to get a cat again.
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Very important q: how far back do the digital white dwarf backissues go?
because if I can reread some early 90s white dwarf I am in
having a partner who deals with this as part of the division of labor is
i n c r e d i b l e
I get all the cats and none of the poop (except when I take the big bag of poop out to the garbage since it's my job to do the trash)
I already have these issues by myself tbh
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i suppose having someone else handle it would be pretty good
I would love for you to meet my cat
I guess some people could just ignore their loud needy cat but like
He's really fuckin loud
It's easier to just do it
Not that I want to travel but
Ugh
Heavy is the head that must clean the box
I have agreed to this in exchange for not having to clean the bathtub or do most laundry
you can pay a neighborhood kid $20 to do it and they'll do a terrible half assed job but it will be good enough
Still have the adorable dog. But we already plan to get at least one probably 2 cats once we are in the new house.
She cleans the litter but I help with the rest. Good division of labor.
Change your own litter box, Felix. Nobody's gonna hold your paw once you're 3.
Pets contain multitudes
I pay a lovely woman...more than that...a day...and she plays with them a lot and is great so
But still
I cannot leave my children! They need me! (I just stress. I think I mostly resent not being 25 anymore. Oh well. Cats are good.)