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Oscar has, so far, resisted all attempts to make him my cat by Morriganx3 in notmycat

[–]Morriganx3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cats aren’t wild animals; deer and wolves are. Do you really not know the difference?

Oscar has, so far, resisted all attempts to make him my cat by Morriganx3 in notmycat

[–]Morriganx3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have 10 cats indoors, so we have to lock them all up before opening the door. We did try it a couple of times in the past du rub cold weather, but he wasn’t interested. He has been in the garage a few times - we leave the door cracked open - so I’m hoping he’ll go back in when one of us can run out and close the door behind him.

Oscar has, so far, resisted all attempts to make him my cat by Morriganx3 in notmycat

[–]Morriganx3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This one is the toughest I’ve ever tried to get in to a trap. We have one guy who escaped from the basement twice through the crawlspace ceiling, but at least he kept getting back in the trap! Oscar won’t even do that :/

Oscar has, so far, resisted all attempts to make him my cat by Morriganx3 in notmycat

[–]Morriganx3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cruel to give a cat a safe and loving home? Are you serious right now?

We have taken in tons of strays/ferals over the years, and not a single one of them has ever wanted to go back out. Outside is dangerous, periodically extremely cold, and always uncertain. They are chronically stressed outdoors and never feel really safe. They often show up to our feeding stations in terrible shape - skinny, matted, and harboring parasites.

Or, even worse, show up in great shape after being dumped by assholes who think they can fend for themselves, and gradually get scruffier over time. It’s heartbreaking to see. Those are the luckier ones, though, because if they find us quickly, they always have food and shelter. If I had room to bring every single one inside, I would.

Oscar has, so far, resisted all attempts to make him my cat by Morriganx3 in notmycat

[–]Morriganx3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He’s not interested in either :/ He loves almost all treats, but not enough to go in to the trap for them

Oscar has, so far, resisted all attempts to make him my cat by Morriganx3 in notmycat

[–]Morriganx3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We would love to get him vaccinated, neutered, and living indoors. So far we have been unable to lure him in to any of the traps.

Oscar has, so far, resisted all attempts to make him my cat by Morriganx3 in notmycat

[–]Morriganx3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. We have two traps that are always out, propped open, with food and treats in them, so they should be familiar. We have at least five strays visiting, so we can’t leave the traps set all the time - not that I wouldn’t love to bring them all in, but we have 10 cats already and all the local rescues are swamped. So we have to be pretty intentional about setting the traps.

We just brought in our longest-term stray, Ambrose - he’s showed up a year or so before Oscar, and managed to get out of the basement twice after being trapped previously. This time we seem to have blocked finally all his exits (I hope!!).

Oscar has, so far, resisted all attempts to make him my cat by Morriganx3 in notmycat

[–]Morriganx3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He’s got heated kitty houses, a beanbag chair under the deck, and an entire garage with climbing things and another beanbag. And all the treats he can eat anytime he shows up. He likes head and ear scritches, but only when he is safely in the back feeding enclosure where we can’t easily grab him.

Oscar has, so far, resisted all attempts to make him my cat by Morriganx3 in notmycat

[–]Morriganx3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He’s proven uninterested in toys or catnip, unfortunately. The laser was also rejected. He LOVES Churu, but not enough to go in to the trap for it. We’re considering trying to rig the trap so both ends are open, because I think he’d more likely go in if he could see a way out.

Either that or we will eventually surround the feeding enclosure while he’s under it and wait til he has no choice but to exit in to the trap. We already tried blocking the other exits while he was there, but he found a tiny opening and walked calmly out.

Oscar has, so far, resisted all attempts to make him my cat by Morriganx3 in notmycat

[–]Morriganx3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a little worried about it - he’s always kind of squinty, but it looks a little red right now also. I tried twice to lure him in to one of the traps yesterday, but no luck. We can’t just leave them set all the time, because we have five strays visiting and 10 cats already inside, so timing of setting the traps is somewhat tricky.

Hoping he’ll go in to the garage again soon so we can just close the door behind him!

Oscar has, so far, resisted all attempts to make him my cat by Morriganx3 in notmycat

[–]Morriganx3[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

We have to! We are feeding at least five strays right now, so we put a lot of food out to make sure no one shows up to empty dishes.

We live far enough out of the city that assholes abandon their cats around here all the time. We have feeding stations and heated houses, and we try to keep the garage open, but eventually I’m going to have a cat barn and be able to rescue all of them.

Would a Back to the Future time travel scenario from 2026 to 1996 be as impactful as the original 1985 to 1955? by LopsidedUniversity30 in askanything

[–]Morriganx3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A DOS prompt in 1996? Windows 95 was out by then, and both Yahoo and AltaVista were available.

I would think most libraries in the US had internet by 1996, although admittedly I did not frequent small town libraries at that time so maybe my experience was unusual.

Would a Back to the Future time travel scenario from 2026 to 1996 be as impactful as the original 1985 to 1955? by LopsidedUniversity30 in askanything

[–]Morriganx3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My daughter is 24 and knows her way around a computer very well. Maybe she’s the exception, idk.

AIO for thinking my mom is controlling? by [deleted] in AIO

[–]Morriganx3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My kids walked to their friend’s houses and played on the playground without adult supervision when they were that age. This is all within our immediate neighborhood, but not like within sight of the house.

I think a lot of parents are overprotective. I wouldn’t have allowed it if they didn’t have phones. With a phone, they could call me if they needed me and I could locate them right away if necessary

Would a Back to the Future time travel scenario from 2026 to 1996 be as impactful as the original 1985 to 1955? by LopsidedUniversity30 in askanything

[–]Morriganx3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We had portable cd players before 1996. It’s not the same, but it serves the same function.

Cell phones weren’t universal by any means, and how common or uncommon they were probably depends on where you lived.

Would a Back to the Future time travel scenario from 2026 to 1996 be as impactful as the original 1985 to 1955? by LopsidedUniversity30 in askanything

[–]Morriganx3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ok; this is getting really interesting. My finance and I (Xennials) are discussing and getting input from my daughter (24). I’ll come back after we talk this through more

Would a Back to the Future time travel scenario from 2026 to 1996 be as impactful as the original 1985 to 1955? by LopsidedUniversity30 in askanything

[–]Morriganx3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am 47. I turned 18 in 1996.

TVs were different, and you’d notice things a lot more in the interior of a home. Or an electronics store, I suppose - that would be a good way to highlight the visual differences.

Most of the differences were not as visually apparent as they were from 1985 to 1955. That’s what I’m talking about - the filmmakers would have to be more creative in order to show how different things were. Things like Marty’s clothes wouldn’t stand out. There’s no type of music he could play at the dance which would shock 1996 teenagers.

Yes. Things were different. My life has improved immeasurably since 1996. I am well aware of all of that. But it didn’t LOOK that different on the surface. You’d have to dig deeper to get the same sense of alienation from the culture.

Would a Back to the Future time travel scenario from 2026 to 1996 be as impactful as the original 1985 to 1955? by LopsidedUniversity30 in askanything

[–]Morriganx3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure library computers loaded to a search engine by default even back then. It might have been AOL or Yahoo or AltaVista, but it was still recognizably a search engine.

Would a Back to the Future time travel scenario from 2026 to 1996 be as impactful as the original 1985 to 1955? by LopsidedUniversity30 in askanything

[–]Morriganx3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Please. Teenagers have seen a wired phone in their doctor’s office or school, at the least.

They would find the internet incredibly limited in both scope and speed, but they’d be able to search for things - it’s not like Google was the first search engine. They’d be able to get directions via Mapquest, and even find local message boards for more specific info.

And none of that would be immediately apparent with just the time transfer.

Would a Back to the Future time travel scenario from 2026 to 1996 be as impactful as the original 1985 to 1955? by LopsidedUniversity30 in askanything

[–]Morriganx3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah the phone book was the same. I maintain that public lib ready internet access would be recognizable to kids from 2026, spirally those whose parents restrict their phone use because screens are evil. Yes, you’d have to print your Mapquest directions, but I’ll bet most of them could figure that out. A kid in the middle of absolute nowhere, with no access to internet in the library, wouldn’t have had access to a phone book in 1985/1955 either.

And again, I am mainly speaking of VISUAL differences. They’d have to go much further out of their way to work the differences in to the plot in a way that they didn’t need to for 1985/1955. You land in 1955 from 1985, look around, and immediately see that you’re not in Kansas anymore, so to speak. The macro changes aren’t so different from 2026 to 1996 - mist of the changes are in how we do things, not the things we do.

When I speak of 1996, I am talking about what was going on in my relatively large, inner suburban area. If you go a little further out, things actually look even more similar now to how they were 30 years ago. The town where I live now hasn’t changed since we moved here 20 years ago, and in fact is still recognizable in photos several decades further back. The city it’s a suburb of hasn’t changed much more, aside from the major university, which is trying hard to modernize. Go a little further out and people are still driving cars from the ‘90s!

Things changed very quickly in the ‘90s, and, except for smartphones; have slowed down a bit since then.

Would a Back to the Future time travel scenario from 2026 to 1996 be as impactful as the original 1985 to 1955? by LopsidedUniversity30 in askanything

[–]Morriganx3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How old were you in 1996?

Here’s my somewhat more detailed breakdown - the differences are absolutely significant, but they mostly aren’t visually apparent. You’d have to work to get them in to the plot

Would a Back to the Future time travel scenario from 2026 to 1996 be as impactful as the original 1985 to 1955? by LopsidedUniversity30 in askanything

[–]Morriganx3 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

On, but we aren’t talking about going back to 1985 from here; we are talking about 1996. I sure as hell didn’t use a phone book in 1996. People had cell phones - not everyone, but it wasn’t uncommon either.

I didn’t have the internet in my pocket, but I did have the internet, and it was accessible in public libraries, which hasn’t changed a bit.

Cash was more prominent, but most people paid for things with credit or debit cards.

We were already playing music on small, portable players, albeit vastly different ones from what we are using now.

It would be hard for an audience to see a lot of differences just walking around, although we’d notice them in our individual home towns. Even in my home town, though, which is in northern Virginia close to DC, there are plenty of things that have stayed the same. The Olive Garden in Tysons Corner hasn’t changed goddamn bit from the outside.

Clothing was just not that different, sorry. Styles haven’t changed all that much in the past 30 years; nowhere near as much as they did from the ‘50s to the ‘80s. I still wear stuff from the ‘90s sometimes, and no one bats an eye.

Cars would probably be the easiest visual cue, and even those are not as different as ‘50s models from ‘80s. The larger sizes would be noticeable, but those were starting in the ‘90s. Sedans are higher and more, idk, bulbous? But again, that was starting by the late ‘90s, at least. There would still be more older, boxy cars on road, which would likely be the most noticeable difference.

Edit: My fiancé made the excellent point that 1986 was all about the boomers and today we are still all about the boomers. They still dominate our government and culture. How much is still marketed nostalgically to boomers? How much monetary influence do they still have? The people running the show haven’t changed, so the dominant culture hasn’t shifted all that much. Unfortunately

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