Beans
3mon 26d ago by slrpnk.net/u/Track_Shovel in lemmyshitpost from slrpnk.net
is 9 pounds
was 9 pounds.
That 1% Nacho kid is going to have a new goal.
Is now 18 pounds, until the chicken is digested 😂
You will want thick gloves, a thick towel, and a container with lid to insert the cat into. Beans is not declawed, and knows you will struggle to maneuver under the bed. You may need a spray bottle of water as well.
Good luck.
Fuck it, I'm getting another chicken.
Beats getting another hand.
declawed
I haven't yet had my fingertips snipped off either. Lovely euphemism for "mutilation of extremities".
Me, looking up what declawing actually does: wtf that's not declawing, that's amputation!
Reading further: "can lead to behavioural issues" no shit, you don't say...
Do you just go around looking to be offended?
I take offense to that.
No, I'm just a guy who doesn't hate cats.
I take offense to that. I'm a guy who hates cats but still doesn't think they should be declawed.
Right on, brother!
Fuck you. Clipping animals to make them more human friendly is atrocious.
Where did literally anybody support declawing cats.
They answered yes while creating a reason to be offended for having to answer yes.
Can't make this shit up. Impotent rage is some people's identity.
They didn't "create a reason to be upset." Declawing cats is a reason to be upset. It's inhumane.
How would you feel if someone cut all your fingertips off at the first knuckle and said "wow, impotent rage must be your identity" when you got upset about it?
In this instance I agree with his point though. I don't see you walking around without fingertips.
On a whole I don't support any sort of unnecessary bodily modification, declawing, tail bobbing, circumcisions, or whatever.
What bothers me is when people find it necessary to interject some unneeded drivel because of some passing word that's a perfectly well accepted term.
You literally just contradicted yourself in two sentences.
You claim you don't support inhumane practices, but then you call it "unnecessary drivel" when someone speaks out against them? And then you try to normalize those inhumane practices as simply "perfectly well accepted terms"?
They're not just words, those words have meanings, and the meaning of this one is atrocious.
Ok, but no one said anything about declawing their cat. No one suggested that declawing cats wasn't harmful to them. What exactly is the point of getting pissy with someone for using the correct term for a thing?
The top-level comment literally said "because the cat isn't declawed" not "because cats have claws."
It subtly insinuates that cats being declawed is the norm and that cats with claws are a deviation from that norm, when the reality is that cats with claws are the norm and that cats being declawed is the deviation. Not only that, but it's also harmful and atrocious to force that deviation upon them.
The top-level comment was an attempt to normalize the mutilation of pets, and the next person's response was completely appropriate and called for.
It subtly insinuates that cats being declawed is the norm and that cats with claws are a deviation from that norm
No, it doesn't. Declawing was a common thing to do and it's still legal in most places. It's not that unusual to find rescue cats that have been declawed.
it’s also harmful and atrocious to force that deviation upon them.
Yes, for the 10th time in this thread, literally no one here has suggested otherwise.
The top-level comment was an attempt to normalize the mutilation of pets
Not it's not, it was an observation of the absence of a still relatively commonly seen occurrence. If they really cared cats, then a simple correction would have sufficed, rather than bringing attention to themselves with passive aggressive shittiness.
Declawing was a common thing to do and it's still legal in most places.
Exactly, all the more reason to call it out when you see language that normalizes it.
literally no one here has suggested otherwise.
If you agree that it's bad, then get with the effing program instead of focusing your ire on the people who are actually calling it out!
it was an observation of the absence of a still relatively commonly seen occurrence.
Again, a sane person would say "cats have claws," not "that cat hasn't been declawed." See the difference?
If they really cared cats, then a simple correction would have sufficed
Oh, you want to question whether someone really cares about cats? Someone who actually called out language that was attempting to normalize declawing, while you're the one rushing to defend that language? I don't think so.
rather than bringing attention to themselves with passive aggressive shittiness
You're the one doing that by arguing on the same side as the rhe people saying things like "do you go around looking for reasons to be offended" and "some people make impotent rage their identity."
If it's a euphemism then it's not the correct term; mutilation is correct.
It is the currently used term, perhaps but it’s certainly not the correct one.
It's not unneeded. A lot of people don't understand what declawing actually is or haven't put thought into the harm it causes. They just think it's a harmless way to protect their furniture.
You think a lot of people on Lemmy don't understand that declawing harms cats?
I don't know what everyone on lemmy knows or not.
Really? You have no grasp on the general demographic and ideological leaning of this platform and how that might be an indicator?
Is that information even available anywhere or are we just guessing?
Yes, it is available.
Oh. Alright then.
If one wants to be an 'aktually' arse then take note that 'declawing' is actually a much more precise term than 'mutilation of extremities' which could perfectly well mean putting their tail in a wood chipper and be technically correct
Are you literally being the arse you wish to see in the world?
Also, no, that's a really shitty take. "Mutilation" doesn't have to refer to the most extreme examples in every case. Amputating the tips of their digits is mutilation, and just because you can think of a more extreme example of mutilation doesn't change that fact.
The thick gloves protect you while you grab Beans and put him in the container.
And it's just always a good idea to carry a towel.
But claws are the fun part!
same vibe
Trigger warning. Why you gotta bring artax into this?
No. Eyes don't match. So the whole movie monster fails. The terror of cat's eyes (specifically in the dark, when you can't determine size and distance of the cat) is hard coded into our brains. An evolutionary thing as "cats" for most of the time used to be on the upper end of the food chain and your chances of reproduction massively raised if you were the first one to spot the cat - and run for your live. Just look at the typical cartoon panel symbolizing the dark and dangerous unknown, a dark place with cat's eyes looking out. You'll be subtily terrified - if the shape and proportions match the "cat" scheme.
That isn’t a cat.
Even the cats are splurging on rotiserie chickens in this economy?!
They will never own a home
Beans must be a millennial (/s)
Our Cleo once grabbed a whole KFC drumstick, and managed to swallow it whole. That was one expensive evening at Kitty ER.
She also frickin LOVES Parmesan cheese. I caught her getting into a large cabinet, and in the back she had a stash of those little packets, like you get at a pizzeria.
Beans hunted that bird and took it back to her lair let beans have her feast! 😤😤
Greetings, fellow old person
That poor greasy carpet...
Become ungovernable.
I cooked a lobster tail once, and our big alpha tomcat decided that he was just going to take it from me, right off my plate. I was more than willing to share, but he had other plans.
He had NEVER tried to steal anything before, he just really couldn't resist the smell of that lobster.
So what kind of violin did you make from him?
Not my Jake, he was a varmint, but we loved him. He took his job protecting us very seriously. But that lobster just smelled toooo good. I get it.
I had a cat that was like that with tuna. He never begged for any other food but he'd try to get that if you had it on your plate. It got to the point where he wouldn't even bother me while I was making the food, he would just go and wait on the desk where I ate. He never sat there otherwise so he was planning that shit out lol. He also once stole an entire McDonald's cheeseburger, wrapper, and all and hid under the bed with it like Beans when he was a very young kitten. That thing was bigger than him.
Whenever I make tuna, I squeeze all the juice on a plate, with a few chunks of tuna. They slurp that up quick, and that satisfies them.
You have to keep an eye on them though, and make sure the one big one doesn't get it all. Everybody gets a few licks of the tuna juice.
Nine pounds apparently is around 4kg, that's well within the normal weight range for a cat, why are you calling beans out for it?
I think the point was that a 9lb cat doesn't need 2-3lbs of food. Beans is choosing not to share.
A cat can have an entire rotisserie chicken as a treat.
i think the point is that Beans has chosen to dedicate their entire weight to violence. they all know they outweigh Beans and shouldn't be afraid, but Beans has made Beans into the world's most dangerious teeny tiny little itty bitty kitty terrorist
tru. Beans won this prize fair and square
I'll give you £9 for Beans.
£1/lb for fresh cat? In this economy??
Bad deal. I got my beans for 30p
Beans would learn about the spray bottle that day. He would growl and be wet at the same time. Sad thing he knew he was not getting any of this without taking action so he took his chances. You may chastise him but he has already won
I love eating chicken and beans
My dog resource guards. I don't know if I'm supposed to do this but when she gets in that mood I feel it is important that she not "win". I'm thinking this would reinforce that behavior.
I get bit a lot.
You should swap out the thing she has with something else of value. Treats, licky mat, toy, another piece of meat, whatever. This gets her used to something being taken off her and it not being a bad thing. Eventually the swap is just for praise or a pat, but for really valuable things you may still need something more valuable.
Hunt your own roitisserie chicken don't steal Beans' ya jerk! He found that one fair and square, ambushed it on the counter.
Looks like hes splurging on it.
Every single day I see something from a pet owner that reaffirms how happy I am to not have pets.
My cat I got when he was a few months old.
Picked up from the street, would have died in the winter probably.
However I raised him to deny any of my food. He has its own food.
It was difficult the first 3 times. He begged for the food the whole time I ate. And even tried to get sth. But I was iron willed to keep my food.
The 4th time he never begged or tried to get sth.
And now I can even leave the food unattended for 2 minutes with him nearby and he won't try to get sth.
3 minutes is risky though.
I've raised dozen of strays I picked-up from the streets over my lifetime. None but one was food motivated enough to steal our food, and the orange one that did isn't so stubborn as to push his luck, a simple hush was enough to deter him.
Though I'm South-East Asian, most of our food is plant-based and the occasional meat we have is drenched in seasoning I don't think they recognize it as food lol.
I guess I'm lucky my cat wont touch any of my food.
How do you feel about children?
A very very happy uncle to many, love spending time with them, but also love going home to a quiet house a lot too
Yeah my daughter did this to a box of popcorn chicken one time....
Dragged it under the bed and growled at you for 40 minutes?
Good show, old bean.
get that money Beans
Nuh-uh. Caught that chicken fair and square
Beans is my spirit animal
ROAR
apex predator
Lmfao!
Beans will whoop your ass if you touch his chicken.
Beans with the mean genes and the sharp beans
let beans live
You should feed your cat more often.
just like my sister. under my. bed, flicking her bean.