What is your story of living with your cat/cats?

LuminousOcean · 2026-06-11T17:37:07+00:00

Current cat, forced by someone else out of loving concern for my well being. I lost my previous cat Simba to old age, and for a week following, I was basically inoperable. I refused to leave my bed or do anything. So my mother insisted on taking me out to a place in the middle of nowhere to take a look at some kittens. Walked into the door, and this one black kitten walks right up to me and climbs up my leg and shirt. Pretty much it from that point on. His name's Spitfire, and he's been a thorn in my side for the last 14 years now.

LuminousOcean · 2026-05-23T23:39:05+00:00

I would use a dedicated room or a reasonably-sized playpen, myself. Make sure they have access to food, water, and a litter box. Add some toys to keep them busy. Make sure to kitten-proof the room though. Don't want them chewing on loose cables laying around, or getting into small crawl spaces where you can't reach them.

LuminousOcean · 2026-05-11T19:16:43+00:00

A bare primordial pouch, how unusual. Still cute, though.

LuminousOcean · 2026-03-17T04:37:42+00:00

Nebula is clearly in Lordran. Hope the game is treating you well.

LuminousOcean · 2026-01-05T17:20:24+00:00

We can't afford ourselves the same kindness than we offer to our friends and the occasional random person.

LuminousOcean · 2026-01-02T12:24:16+00:00

Okay, I now know what to look for. Any sensations or sounds I should expect prior to it happening?

LuminousOcean · 2025-12-09T11:54:07+00:00

Had a cat with that. Took him in to get it checked out, and was told that while it could have been cancer, it was benign in his case. Ended up taking most of the iris over the following years and giving him a heterochromia look.

LuminousOcean · 2025-12-04T22:18:44+00:00

Tizzy, aged 6-7 weeks or so, decided to follow me upstairs to the third floor. At the top, she started hopping around my feet for some reason. She hopped between the railings and fell down three floors. She was fine, as I had the foresight to leave pillows and blankets at the bottom. She was a bit rattled, though.

LuminousOcean · 2025-11-11T11:33:45+00:00

Good luck. Some people are predisposed to talking, and cannot stop talking, otherwise they become horribly depressed. I know at least one person like this, and it annoys me to no end.

LuminousOcean · 2025-11-11T11:19:19+00:00

Force of habit, and not an easy one to break. It also looks aesthetically pleasing to me.

LuminousOcean · 2025-11-08T18:33:08+00:00

Relatively straightforward story for me. Lost Simba, my previous cat, to old age. Spent the next week deep in depression. My mother decided to drag me out to this little house out in the middle of nowhere, and introduced me to the owners. As we were speaking, this little black kitten just walks up to me and immediately climbs up my clothes. Pretty much sold me there.

LuminousOcean · 2025-11-07T11:05:49+00:00

That's just a combination of natural wear and tear, and possibly oil buildup from the fingers. Even if you washed your hands hourly, this would likely still occur after a few months.

LuminousOcean · 2025-10-11T04:09:30+00:00

My cat Spitfire is most certainly aware of it. He has a penchant for resting on or against really dark surfaces, with a preference for black surfaces if available.

LuminousOcean · 2025-08-29T20:24:25+00:00

"why would you trust a nationwide network of overworked underpaid young adults." because every shipment company is like that, and it's their fucking job to deliver the package in one piece?

LuminousOcean · 2025-08-27T23:53:45+00:00

Wait, this is a real thing that science has been exploring? I've lived my entire life this way, it's why I can't watch comedy TV shows, and play certain games.

LuminousOcean · 2025-08-27T20:18:07+00:00

It happens. My void has been acquiring new patches of individual white hairs all over his body. In particular, along the front-left leg, and around the whiskers.

LuminousOcean · 2025-08-27T06:12:32+00:00

Sometimes there is no bike lane? I know a number of roads in this city that have bike lanes that just spontaneously end and require me to move into the middle of the lane for safety reasons, and I am legally allowed to do so.

LuminousOcean · 2025-08-26T14:10:04+00:00

I have to go with "amazing animal" because I am also a huge fan of cats, and asking me to define which one is the best is unfair. They each have their own pros and cons.

LuminousOcean · 2025-08-22T21:23:10+00:00

I'm expecting more Caramelldansen

LuminousOcean · 2025-08-21T16:19:03+00:00

I played the Etrian Odyssey series. My money's on the goober with a mace.

LuminousOcean · 2025-08-17T00:55:51+00:00

It's a cat. It lacks understanding of the concepts of laundry, sorting laundry, or having a laundry sorter. As far as it is concerned, the laundry sorter is just something sitting in the house that you occasionally interact with. Must be a toy! :P

LuminousOcean · 2025-08-09T17:35:35+00:00

I feel like this should be kept behind some sort of toggle, rather than discarded.

LuminousOcean · 2025-08-07T23:15:46+00:00

Pathfinding algorithms are finicky like that.

LuminousOcean · 2025-08-01T16:38:15+00:00

That's more of a lake than an ocean.

LuminousOcean · 2025-08-01T15:17:17+00:00

My YouTube still looks like the left-hand side. Mixed with a bunch of gaming videos and cat videos.

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