Thank you, much appreciated!

Could someone post the transcript here? I refuse to adhere to “accept cookies or subscribe” model. Much appreciated.

Plenty of those around. I hope they find an outlet for that frustration, do some introspection and become the best version of themselves, whatever that looks like. I’m just not interested in being a part of that process.

Yes.

Making a lot of outrageous assumptions here, enough to make me lean towards you either being a bot, or just incredibly ignorant. Either way, I’ll have a more pleasant life without you, hopefully you can find some happiness in your life as well. :)

Well, that is certainly a takeaway from this. Maybe not the intended or correct one, but certainly a takeaway.

Thanks, it was about 20 years ago, and exactly as you said, good riddance.

Funnily enough, my grandfather who fought in the winter war supported me. Quote: “War is not a place for anyone. It is horrifying.”

Finland. My own father came very close to disowning me for not going to the army. He did call me colourful slurs for years, before I cut ties.

We have it, it sucks. Especially in it’s current form, it’s discriminatory and archaic. You basically have 4 choices: go to the army, do civil service (pesudo-slave labour essentially), go to jail (usually house arrest) or try to get out of it by faking a mental illness.

I did civil service, and nobody told me of the stigma that follows not going to the army; especially conservative people will treat you like a second class citizen, a coward, lazy, hippie or a traitor. It’s even worse if you decide to protest and go to jail instead of serving. On top of that, there’s not a lot of the service places nowadays, it cannot be a for profit company, and has to be “useful to the community” sort of thing. Most people go to schools, unemployment centers or old folk’s homes. The work I did for 364 days was in a school, and had nothing to do with my studies or interests, nor did it teach me any skills. I was mostly bored out of my mind.

Being stuck in the army/service also delays your studies, and can make it harder for some people to continue studying afterwards due to the forced delay in between.

If you add in how it’s incredibly discriminatory, that only males have to do it, it’s voluntary for females, and certain religious groups get a free pass, but I can’t get a free pass because of my principals or morals. I believe some promising athletes can get a free pass as well, but don’t quote me on that.

Basically, at least in it’s current state, it’s bad. With some fundamental changes and prioritizing the wishes/principals of the individual, I wouldn’t have a problem with it. I’m not a fan of my individual choice being ignored with a threat of jailtime. An opt-out model I would be fine with, but I guess that kind of doesn’t fit with your questions, as it’s not exactly mandatory at that point.

There’s a lot more to be said, but that covers most of my main opinions briefly.

Sales, finance, middle management and one “prompt engineer”.

Pheromone vaporizators work wonders. Just make sure to pre-emptively set it up like 2 weeks prior. Not magic, but helps massively in my experience. Might help with your resident cat’s anxiety long term, too.

I would not under any circumstances do the introduction of a new cat during a move or shortly after, as you said, it will just add to the stress of the resident cat and prolong the process needlessly.

On top of that, best way I have found is have the kitten in one room, and every day introduce the kitten’s smell to the new cat. Smells are incredibly important for cats.

Take it slow, do short controlled “shows” for the resident cat, show the kitten far away, don’t let it too close too quickly, that’s when defense kicks in and it prolongs the process.

Overall, be patient, go slow, don’t force interactions, pay close mind to body language. Majority of cats will get a long as long as the introduction is done properly, and on their terms. How long it takes is highly dependent on the individual cats and their tempers. From your post, it could be on the longer end of the spectrum.

Have a worst case scenario planned out before making any choices. If it seems like there’s no way, you will have to accept that as well, and be ready to rehome the kitten.

This is a good video about the subject: https://youtu.be/tsYT7yIOdqQ Jackson Galaxy is a weird dude, but he does know cats.

You have a way with words, this was a beautiful way of putting my feelings into words. I will use this rhetoric going forward in your honor. Thank you.

I mean, 19 years as an active member of EFF, but sure. You do you.

I hope you take this in the spirit in which it was meant: fuck you and your defeatist edgy apathy. Refuse and resist until the bitter end.

Exact same answer, except no hammocks, candles, soap or PS5 but I might have some weed.

Does the dickish attitude come with the package or is it extra? So sorry for asking questions after being out the scene for a bit, glad to see nothing’s changed in the past 20 years.