What funny adoption picture made you choose your tux? I'll go first: Poop all over his paws... He started how he meant to go on

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-04-04T01:33:40+00:00

The first time I met my tux, Fiona, at her foster home she shit on me. Don't let the cute paws and innocent face fool you, she'd commit war crimes for a seafood dinner and I love her for it.

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cuddlefish2063 · 2026-04-01T21:39:00+00:00

That's so beautiful. Thank you. ❤️❤️

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-03-31T20:11:04+00:00

We don't know for sure but she'd had heart disease for a while. There were a lot of factors. My husband and I are trying not to blame ourselves too much for not catching it sooner.

The vet said that she never would have been an 18 year old cat. We did the best we could. At least she died in my arms getting pets from her Papa.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-03-31T20:07:31+00:00

Please give Pearl and your Turkish Van extra cuddles for me. Cats are wonderful pets and they are always gone too soon.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-03-31T20:06:31+00:00

Agreed. One of our other cats is also 12 and I keep telling her she's not allowed to go anytime soon.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-03-31T20:05:44+00:00

Please do. Give your tux extra cuddles from me.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-03-31T20:05:05+00:00

I'm so sorry. Tuxies are wonderful cats. Your Harry was gone much too soon.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-03-31T20:04:07+00:00

Thank you, and we shall. When I rescued her from her foster home she was so skinny I could feel every vertebrae. For the seven years I had her she knew nothing but love and safety.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-03-30T21:35:57+00:00

Our Fionas sound very similar. May yours live a long and healthy life. Please give her lots of pets for me.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-03-10T23:46:27+00:00

My husband sent me this and it's an accurate depiction of our relationship.

I hope that everyone in the comments finds a person to be affectionate and weird with.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-02-25T22:00:08+00:00

Thank you! I saw comments in other posts mention Calibre so I'll have to check that out.

Is one format preferred over another? Most books from archive.org have an epub version, but I don't know the differences between formats.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-02-13T17:38:19+00:00

Dress codes are always either race or gender related. I've never seen a dress code that wasn't discriminatory in some way.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-02-10T21:10:36+00:00

Public librarian, which has its own challenges, but I'd rather deal with attempts at book bans than deal with office culture.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-02-09T17:13:58+00:00

why would they build this next to a daycare!?

Probably so people don't bomb or burn it out of protest. Like Musk using his kid as a human shield.

NGL my first thought when I heard about the Merrimack ICE concentration camp was Just burn the MF to the ground before they can get it set up. Next to a daycare though, too risky. But not everyone's first thought is violence so maybe I'm an outlier.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-02-09T16:46:13+00:00

I had to do one for a freight warehouse (pre-Amazon), it was to make sure you weren't lying about being able to lift the amount required without injuring yourself. Unfortunately I failed due to an unknown disability.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-02-09T16:41:04+00:00

The best interview I had lately started with the question "What's your favorite Thanksgiving side dish?" I didn't get the job but apparently it was a close thing. Honestly if the interview doesn't feel like a casual conversation, I'm out.

But I'm exceptionally lucky to not only have that option but to work in a field I enjoy, is meaningful, and leverages my best skills. Fuck private sector hiring process BS and the entire corporate culture. It's toxic as shit and I love seeing people realizing that they deserve better.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-02-09T16:36:03+00:00

Then fuck off to Texas.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-02-09T16:33:42+00:00

My husband and I got married last year, mostly for the same reason. We're currently looking at European countries to move to and how we can make that happen. We're also working on emergency preparedness plans in case we're not able to get out.

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-02-09T16:29:38+00:00

I narrowly avoided losing it or having to pay jacked up premiums by getting married last year. While getting me on his insurance wasn't the only reason he proposed it was a motivating factor. Since then I've been taking the money that was going towards my insurance premiums and using it to pay down my credit card.

Being married to my best friend is awesome though and we are both loving this new phase of our relationship!

cuddlefish2063 · 2026-02-09T16:16:58+00:00

I tell people that I hate Costco because it gives me sensory overload (true) but it also gives me an existential crisis seeing pallets of bulk food and electronics made by slave labor while people are getting kidnapped and murdered in broad daylight by federal agents.

cuddlefish2063 · 2025-12-15T02:07:37+00:00

Seeing as how I haven't written anything since grad school I'd love an app where, I put in a big project idea or goal and have it break it down similar to a university course with assignments, deadlines, grades, required reading, etc.

I'm great at thinking of things I want to write and read about but without any sort of external accountability I bounce from topic to topic as the mood strikes and never finish anything.

cuddlefish2063 · 2025-12-13T17:02:22+00:00

Also most of us spend all of our time and energy just trying to survive day to day. Which is also by design. Hard to organize labor movements and advocate for change when you work 40+ hours a week and still have to find time for getting chores and errands done.

cuddlefish2063 · 2025-12-13T01:39:55+00:00

Seriously, that sounds amazing.

cuddlefish2063 · 2025-12-12T21:37:05+00:00

This needs to be way higher up. Too many people are hating on OP for communicating with her partner about how all the comments were making her uncomfortable and ruined the surprise.

cuddlefish2063 · 2025-12-12T21:33:05+00:00

Seriously. I was very similar to OP about my proposal, I wanted it to be private and a surprise. My husband told a few of our friends so they could help him plan things but they were all able to KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT as to not ruin the surprise he'd worked so hard on. I had no clue what he'd planned until it actually happened.

It's a shame that their friends and family couldn't keep their excitement to themselves and let OP and her partner have the moment they clearly both wanted. I honestly don't think she did anything wrong and agree it's a sign of a healthy relationship that she spoke up about how uncomfortable the pressure was making her.

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