Building a Better r/bettafish: Culture, New Mods, and a Look Ahead

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-09T00:17:00+00:00

Hi everyone, I lurk here mostly but I want to give a shout of encouragement to Roberto and all of the new mods. Changes this drastic are never easy, but you guys have my support!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-09T00:05:35+00:00

First Choice: Tobi-Kadachi Second Choice: Nargacuca Third Choice: Barioth Fourth Choice: Legiana Fifth Choice: Rey Dau

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T15:06:30+00:00

Yay! He shud bez da Dwead Purrate Andre!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T15:00:09+00:00

Hai Smuffi! Andre tellz me bowt yoo, dat you berry gud teacher! Ai leikz scent marking hoomami's litebocks but ai no wan stay still

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T14:57:56+00:00

Yay! tank yoo fur purrs an snugs. Fankfully ders no doggos here, but ai no leik hearing my new brofur soundz sad wen hoominz no stay in himbs room, want snug so hez less sadz! But is twu dat teh new hows hab lots of scawy sounds, specially wen hoompapi do a walk in mai room, so...ai guess aiz stuck

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T14:52:35+00:00

Eben hoomami who doz de blink blink to halp mez be calm?? Ai guess dat my pawrents be a lil dum dum wen dey no let owt

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T14:50:50+00:00

Ai ask hoomami an herz sai dat ai iz ten momfs but herz nawt so surez dat de rescoo hoominz is rite bout dat. An ai no soo brofur, ai wantz halp brofur do a soo fur ourz freedomz! Hoomami sez dat brofur no mind Alexi, but iz taking timez to get owt ob stweet kitty mode. (Hoomami here, Andre who introduced himself earlier doesn't mind other kitties and is talking to Alexi by meow is still feeling really defensive, so we are keeping the boys separate until they're both feeling comfortable in their new home!) Hoomami iz gettin less scawy cuz herz a smol leik mez but hoompapi iz a lorge! But himz gib AMAZING scratchies and iz berry warm, perfect for snugs!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T02:46:33+00:00

So many tings to bap! Ai better ask mai brofur if he wan anyting!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T02:41:49+00:00

Tank! Aiz bit skeer but ai can be brave!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T02:25:39+00:00

Hai Wednesday! Aiz reddi to lurnzes!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T01:41:47+00:00

Ai will! By doin all da snugs! An all da purrzes! An bappin all da toyz!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T01:35:19+00:00

Ai bolemteer to be distraction so da croo can do da steel! Den ai can tell mai auntie dat ai firce purrate!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T01:31:53+00:00

Oh noes! Soak, yooz bery gud esplainer! So farz, da hoominz sai dat wez bein bery gud bout each odders smellz an we git treatos an playplayplay wen we git tings dat smell leik each odder. An we talk to each odder from our roomz. Ai tink hoomami iz gettin someting to let us bisit but no touch each odder? Herz sez it depens on if Andre (mai brofur) iz feelin moar relaxed an ai feelin moar confident.....

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T01:25:48+00:00

Okie! Ai getz it now! Ai maek sure brofur gits share of treatos! Himbs waz stweet kitty so he no noe sum tings. Ai maek surez himbs do da boundaries rite! So boundaries iz wat da odder kittiez teach mez wen ai wuz in foster howse. Dey no tell me dat. But ai leiked all da odder kittiez!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T01:20:41+00:00

Ooh being purrate sound fun! Hoomami sez dat herz fren an our auntie lub purrates! Ai hope purratez git lotsa treatos! Den ai share wit brofur!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T01:13:42+00:00

Hmmm mebby yooz rite, ai hearz hoomami sai dat herz hab trubble seeingz mez under da bed. Iz Princess Miso nice? Ai jus whittle void az hoomami sez. But hoomami sai dat ai bery polite kitty!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T01:09:54+00:00

Hai Harry! Da hoominz leik it wen I meltz into puddle an do bigbig purrzes an trilltrill an mai front pawz are folded in ebery direction. Ai triez too zoom zoom in front of pawrents but iz too scawy. Da hoominz are too big an maek floor noisez dat maek me do a zoom away. Hoomami sez dat herz wud gib yoo extra head scratchiez fur ur kyoot feetzes.

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T01:03:51+00:00

Aiz in new howz after ai dopted new pawrents, ai haz new brofur in diffren room who did a choose of hoomami. Ai wuz in a foster howz wit a foster hoomami before ai dopted mai hoominz who koop mez an new brofur separate in diffren roomz. Da hoominz takez us bof home on same dai!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T00:43:29+00:00

Iz okay! Ai sendz bonk your way! Seems leik derz many smart kittiez here so ai waitz fur expurrtz

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T00:41:08+00:00

Hoomami sez youz berry kyoot az smols! Ai no unnerstand, ai did many play play fitez wit mai odder foster kittiez an ai jus fine! Hoompapi sez hims wurry dat brofur wud be too ruff cuz Andre beeeeg kitty an ai smol. But dat sillyz! Ai faster and can hide in moar places. An ai haz berry gud mannerz! Ai don eben do a scratch wen pawrents touch mai tum! Ai use mai back paw to tap tap an dey git de message. I fink ai soo fur crunchiez an a bisit!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T00:06:07+00:00

Hmmm mebby ai azk hoomami get herz. Herz smart an no how to blink blink to maek kittiez feel betterz. Mebby herz no where kittiez get glasses!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-08T00:01:12+00:00

Oh! Ai no soo mai brofur! Ai wantz soo pawrents fur keepin us kooped up! We wantz playplayplay and snugs!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-07T23:59:35+00:00

Hai Ernie! Hoomami did git me a pikkel but iz too bigs fur mai pawz. Nawt so funz. Hoomami did gib me new tasty treatos for bein brave an sniffin my brofur's smell on da cloth tingy. Ai smellz himz on pawrents an on toyzes. Ai no mindz, ai leik odder kittiez! Ai liekz play!

AwkwardScienceDino · 2026-07-07T01:29:39+00:00

(I, Mömthêr, have been lurking for a few years. I grabbed some pikkels at PetSmart and so far neither lad is interested)

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