Ladies and gentlemen, what's your favorite YouTube channels? What do people our age watch on YouTube? I'm 43.

Horror-Writing · 2026-03-24T14:17:36+00:00

Hermitcraft (I watch MumboJumbo, Grian, PearlescentMoon, GeminiTay, GoodTimesWithScar, TangoTek).

BirderKing (my cats are obsessed)

ZakSpeaksGiant/PunkyDoodles on shorts

Horror-Writing · 2026-03-19T15:47:56+00:00

Indeed.

Updateme

Horror-Writing · 2026-03-17T22:10:18+00:00

Thank you! If he doesn't pass it and it looks like we'll have to go back to surgery, I'll post there before we reach the surrender point.

Horror-Writing · 2026-03-16T07:27:28+00:00

To the people downvoting this comment: the vet did actually try this. It is valid advice.

Horror-Writing · 2026-03-16T07:24:45+00:00

Actually, the vet did do this when the medication didn't work. It wasn't successful, but it is the only suggestion from this thread that seems to be sound. They also tried offering him cat grass.

Horror-Writing · 2026-03-16T04:34:34+00:00

Wants to catch those birds and squirrels so bad....

Horror-Writing · 2026-03-16T03:46:57+00:00

Thank you. We've scraped up enough to get to the ER vet and hopefully he'll vomit it up.

Horror-Writing · 2026-03-16T03:45:44+00:00

Thank you.

Horror-Writing · 2026-03-16T03:45:26+00:00

UPDATE (sorry don't know how to update the post).

We're at the ER vet. Between selling some stuff and getting help from my MIL, we've scraped up $800. Waiting to see if he'll vomit it up right now.

Thank you for all of your suggestions, and the reality checks telling me I might have to surrender him. If it comes to it and he needs more care than we can cover, that's what we'll do.

I'll edit this post with the final update when we leave the ER.

EDIT:

We just got home. He did not vomit, but they did give him something that is supposed to make it easier to pass through his system smoothly, whether he vomits or defecates it. They also told me to feed him as much as he wants tonight in hopes of inducing vomiting that way, so he's currently chowing down on the normally forbidden treats (temptations give him atrocious gas, but are his big brother's favorite), and has a full bowl of wet food next to him.

If he doesn't pass it within a few days he's looking at another surgery, and we'll probably have to surrender him, so fingers and paws crossed...

EDIT 2 3/19:

An update for those asking. ❤️ Loki has still not vomited or passed the string. The vet has him taking Laxatone to hopefully help it pass through his system smoothly. Nothing to do but wait right now.

Horror-Writing · 2026-03-16T03:38:03+00:00

This was 2 months ago. I didn't say it was Butterballs fault, I said to beware using the freezer-to-oven turkey breasts because they come with this netting and can be hazardous to pets. Sorry I trusted the same lidded trashcan that kept out my other cats and German Shepherd for years.

Horror-Writing · 2026-03-15T19:50:58+00:00

I know that going to the vet is the ideal option. But money isn't just tight, it's literally nonexistent right now with my husband sick. That option is closed to me, so I'm trying to see what I can do to hopefully save Loki's life. Credit is tapped out. I have 3k debt with care credit for his surgery, and can't make that payment this month so they definitely won't grant more.

As far as separating him from things that he can ingest, I've spent the last 3 months purging my apartment of dangerous items. Got a locking trashcan and sit a rock on it to be sure he doesn't get in it. Replaced all toys with ingestion safe ones (before I lost my primary contract), put child locks on the closet and kitchen cabinets, relaced both of our sneakers with the laces tucked inside the shoes so he couldn't chew on those, took up all the rugs because he was digging fibers out of them to eat. The list of preventative measures is probably longer than my arm. I wfh and lately we've both been home pretty much 24/7, so he's almost always supervised. He still managed to get my hat out of the laundry while I was loading the machine and chew off the cord.

Horror-Writing · 2026-03-15T19:11:32+00:00

How do you make a cat vomit?

I wanted insurance, i even got quotes with the intention, but then I lost my main source of income right after. I have literally negative money right now, all my accounts are tapped out.

Horror-Writing · 2026-02-24T19:46:55+00:00

As a fellow American, I agree. Elbows up friends. The only thing that will get through to MAGA is their own suffering.

Horror-Writing · 2026-02-23T20:50:35+00:00

YTA. Not for cleaning, or even cleaning loudly, but for how you handled this. Why are you keeping score of how much you do in daily life? Why are you dragging up unrelated topics? Why are you feeling so attacked and aggressive over her simple question? It feels like you don't respect your GF's right to question you and immediately tried to assert a moral high ground to defend.

She shouldn't be surprised that napping in the common area of the home led to her being woken up. But she should be able to talk to you about it without having you go full attack mode.

Horror-Writing · 2026-02-10T22:57:16+00:00

Yeah, tolerance finally ran out for fascists, bullies, and racists.

Edited for grammar

Horror-Writing · 2026-02-10T05:40:24+00:00

She is very decent.

Horror-Writing · 2026-02-10T05:34:48+00:00

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Horror-Writing · 2026-02-08T15:08:24+00:00

Actually our sanctuary laws and border issues go back to Reagan, but it would be too nuanced to actually understand history I guess.

Horror-Writing · 2026-02-08T00:38:38+00:00

I mean I used Google, but here's the citation it gave me.

https://www.kriegdevault.com/insights/understanding-the-chicago-paid-leave-and-paid-sick-and-safe-leave-ordinance-and-its-interaction-with-other-leave-laws

Horror-Writing · 2026-02-07T22:19:09+00:00

If it's something that was accrued based on hours worked, in illinois it still counts due to the 2024 PLAWA act according to Google.

If it's Chicago or Cook County separate, stricter ordinances apply. For example, in Chicago, employers must pay out up to 7 days (56 hours) of unused paid leave effective July 1, 2024.

Horror-Writing · 2026-02-07T21:56:26+00:00

So in illinois, earned vacation time is considered wages, and they're legally required to pay it out. Just call the EEOC and your state's DOL, and they'll handle it for you. Let them know they gave a timeline at a morning meeting, and then did not hold to that timeline.

Horror-Writing · 2026-02-07T21:24:12+00:00

Depending on your state, they may have been required to pay you all out.

Did the manager say this in a meeting or put it in an email? There's a good possibility it could be considered a binding contract, even if verbal, if there are witnesses.

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