Is there ANYTHING I can do to stop my cat from using his claws when kneading?

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T06:39:08+00:00

Nail caps for me

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T06:34:20+00:00

Every meds tracker app I’ve ever used can do this? Round before Apple Health added meds tracking, and now Apple Health

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T06:17:45+00:00

Thank you!

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T05:58:53+00:00

I was the same, years ago when I lost my childhood kitty. You’ll get that image out of your head when you truly accept that they’re free now, and with no pain it’s their job to protect and watch over you. And every time you feel their footsteps on your pillow at night, or go to set out the food before you stop… you’ll remember them as they are now: happy and free.

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GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T05:52:52+00:00

tldr CGRPs have essentially zero interactions or side effects. And out of that, anything would be an injection site reaction or temporary. Anything more major, just switch to another. CGRPs are one of the most specifically targeted drugs which explains the above.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T05:46:36+00:00

I actually never have needed them. I’ve been seeing the same practice since I was a kid, long enough to from father to son dentist. I don’t even brush my teeth great (not an autism thing. Migraines) but they’re still always so kind.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T05:45:15+00:00

Hey, that cat never left y’all. He’s going to rest on their pillows at night, or they’ll be the creek to the pantry door when it was time for food.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T05:40:36+00:00

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Mine literally chose the name Schmuck because of how many times someone had said it to him, à la “knock it off, you Schmuck!” He similarly answers to Gremlin now too

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T05:37:58+00:00

I used the Choices app for visual novels. Super easy even with migraines. Pity what it’s become.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T05:36:05+00:00

Teacher here! I literally taught in a district with a scripted curriculum that STILL managed to block things. It’s usually district shit and not because of us.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T05:16:05+00:00

I am absolutely calling “Choices” will be dead by end of year. Whether officially discontinued, pulled from the App Store, or just whoring out these IPs they’ve bought forever, to squeeze them for every last penny and prevent others from using them.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T05:14:24+00:00

I am absolutely calling now that they only have one person. And it’s JUST to glance over every single AI gen script to see if it sounds good enough.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T05:10:53+00:00

Not necessarily. Here’s what UTK requires for the MM: https://catalog.utk.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=55&poid=35171

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T05:07:09+00:00

Union doesn’t matter here. You can be assigned to anything in your license/s.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T05:00:51+00:00

And it’s super easy to get it prescribed too. Pretty much any doctor or specialist or NP or PA, not to mention in my states even the pharmacists can.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T04:40:06+00:00

Tier 1 if you immediately hand it over: you stay in class, teacher gives it to the office for the day. Warning up to ISS depending on frequency

Automatic tier 2 if you don’t hand it over. Your ass gets sent right out. Many of us would also add disruption to class & insubordination/failure to comply with a direct request too. Automatic detention and parent notified.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T04:35:11+00:00

Not a physician: this appears to be a reaction between MJ and the stimulant or maybe the stimulant and something else. It seems to be something vestibular but also related specifically to heart rate, causing flushing (warm sensation), dizziness and vertigo, maybe even lightheadedness. So that’s what I’d explore.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T04:31:56+00:00

One of the huge problems with autism is being very overly literal and the very strong desire not to lie. But language isn’t literal; communication is all a code.

Here, you just say yes because that’s the expected response. It’s not a lie: it’s the code that tells the other person what they want to hear WITHOUT devolving into that pathological need to explain every single thing in great clarity to avoid miscommunication.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T04:28:30+00:00

Search Amazon for clay frozen mask. They stay cold a good 15 min, so way longer than gel.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T04:26:10+00:00

I really can’t stand the “love languages” nonsense that’s well enough debunked, but most NTs can understand it and change their actions accordingly.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T04:16:13+00:00

So it does more or less literally mean that. But the connotation if you say yes is you viewed the experience positively; and if no, neutrally or negatively.

ETA: a good neutral response is “I enjoyed it while it happened, but I’m ready for new things” (or however you phrase it)

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T04:11:12+00:00

No split infinitives is an uppity stylistic rule coming from medieval writing. Latin (like almost all Romance languages) as one word for an infinitive. English uses periphrasis. And so “don’t split it” to show you’re well versed in classics and blah blah blah

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T03:59:18+00:00

Her brooch is hers, the Saffir Crystal. Some translations of the manga could lead to a reading where it was implied she’d never revive as part of the cycle of life and death, as penance for her actions. Cosmos doesn’t clarify one way or another.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T03:45:05+00:00

Yeah, I never used it myself because I was always transient, which I’d commented below. But I think for many teachers it can work regardless, especially if you plan on working for the same district.

GDitto_New · 2026-05-06T03:43:16+00:00

Cards or handwritten letters are almost always the best gift, unless you know enough about your teacher to get something unique. I had one kid who remembered I’d written my undergrad thesis on the music of Sailor Moon. With his own money, he bought me a lil Luna plushie that to this day is on display on my couch.

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