That’s just it. “Old(er) People: give me your worst fuckups”

“KNEEL BEFORE NEIL!!”

This looks heavenly.

Until I feel a sneeze coming on.

Ooh good idea! My cats have had something similar to OPs toy. They loved it at first, then grew tired.

Then I got the mat accessory, which is like a big pocket made out of the spring wire sun shades for cars, and the toy contained inside mimicked a panicked mousie. They loved playing with that. Then grew tired.

A new venue for the coked up ‘mouse’ toy would probably rekindle their interest for a couple of weeks.

I think I laughed too, but it was the Sunday school teacher that shared that with me. I think that may have been the moment where little me learned that not all adults can be relied on for facts.

“Lions are the boys and tigers are the girls.”

“People used to live to be 900 years old.”

Makes me want to ask what other kooky wrongness they hold in their head, either in childrearing beliefs or general day to day knowledge.

Yeah, my initial take was self-degradation. Interesting to see the variety of interpretations.

And in case self-degradation is what OP meant, I tend to remind myself “would I say that in that way to my bestie?” Pretending I’m mentoring a vulnerable kid/teen is also working.

You act like I don’t already sing it daily to my cats.

Catfishing!

No, really. It’s a Purina/Friskies app. One of my girls couldn’t care less, but the other LOVES to watch it and swat my phone. I had to keep adjusting the settings until it fully captured her attention. You can change size, quantity, color, and speed of the fish. I thought a full-on fish fracas would be to her liking, but turns out that just one really large fish is more fun for her.

Edit: I also had to demonstrate swatting the fish to her so she could see that they wiggle and disappear when whacked.

Mr. Grey is a recurring character in the series Penny Dreadful.

A rational person might talk it through. A mean person will turn up the mean. 0/10, cannot recommend

Do people ever just say no and not pull forward?

Will there be a dedicated clergy to help the majority of souls with their critical thinking skills?

I want to add that if kitty refuses to go in the weird litter, my vet advised this: Sit in a room with him (this method works better for boys) and have his regular litter and litter box in there, preferably do the bleach decontamination treatment on it first and use fresh litter. Wait for him to start going…and, scoot the collection cup right into the stream to catch the pee. This worked for me. Kitty was the sort to stand tall, so he kind of made it easy to have enough room to maneuver, and the vet said usually when they start going, they don’t stop, even if they are a little weirded out by you putting unfamiliar containers around their backsides.

If you don’t think he’ll let you get back there with the sample cup, you can try to catch it in something sanitary and plastic with a handle, like a measuring cup that will never ever ever see the kitchen again.

You could also try this with multiple puppy pads instead of a litter box.

I’ve had cats hold their pee all dang day at the vet even being given fluids and the vet techs periodically applying light pressure to the bladder area. But get them in a quiet room with me and let them figure out they’re not going anywhere anytime soon, and eventually they will go!

Why kitty, they bring more boxes for thine amusement.

liberals will never view cops as human enough to have mental health issues

Where is this coming from? Do you make that assumption about liberals and military? Because (while not perfect, and continually improving) mental health care for military has made huge advances in understanding and public acceptance in the last 2 decades.

I would like to see the same shift happen for police.

I would like for police leadership to truly normalize mental healthcare, and not just give it lip service.

I would also like for police as a whole to maybe adopt similar rigorous criteria for new career candidates, much like lawyers, CPAs, and other professional licenses. I’m held to a high standard of conduct and criminal liability because I have the technical knowledge to really destructively ruin peoples’ lives. And the most dangerous tool of my trade is merely a calculator.

Obligatory “how do I go 3 days without pooping?”

I thought of another one: Never Cry Wolf

I saw this way back when it was first released, and boy has it stuck with me. That said, my memories of it might have gotten fuzzy in the last, what, 42 years (😳)

A biologist goes to the tundra to investigate why caribou are dying. Wolves have been floated as the culprits. He is very isolated. Life happens. I don’t remember it as a generally upbeat movie, but it was a good, well-made movie that made me think quite a lot.