My cats once got in a fight with a praying mantis in an old townhouse.

I’d seen praying mantisses before but this one was a. in my home and b. large enough to be genuinely a little intimidating. The cats won, but it took a long time because they were being more cautious than usual.

I have a friend who named his kid after a character from the Star Wars EU.

The friend in question was very upset when the EU was declared noncanon.

I used to use canned air, but they eventually stopped caring.

The room where I spend most of my time and they get up to most of their shenanigans is pretty long across so, unless I used a super soaker, I’m not sure I could hit them with water.

I have occasionally thrown something soft - like a pillow, I have no desire to issue actual corporal punishment - in their direction. That’s gotten mixed results.

TIL - thank you for the insight.

Almost everyone, actually, I think.

Clearly good for engagement, though.

No, this is Patrick Ed.

I’ve never done any, but I used to work with someone who said he used to work with someone who had been a heavy acid user back in the day, but stopped.

The intermediary said that the original user would occasionally stretch, popping his vertebrae, then have to take a brief timeout as he’d released essentially a microdose.

I don’t know enough about drugs to know if that’s plausible (and haven’t thought about this anecdote in years) but the idea of having an unexpected trip at any moment always sounded very worrying.

Thanks!

What is “full bleed” in this case?

I’ve never once had a cat who cared about verbal excoriation. Mine will only stop doing naughty things if you get up and approach them, then as soon as you sit back down they’re back to doing it again.

I remember the day I learned how multiplication worked.

I described it as adding repeatedly.

Yeah, probably.

Also wasps.

I don’t really have much memory of this, but I apparently started using keyboards when I was two. I only know because of things my father told me and one personal memory.

Eventually I I joined a company which encouraged me to record my skills with my history. I was nineteen at the time. They certainly were aware of that.

I recorded in their system that I had been using keyboards for seventeen years. They didn’t appreciate it. I think I might have taken their request too literally.

I think you’ve just neatly summarized, uh …

… The world (such as we’ve incentivized it, anyway).

Good to know, thanks!

Very regal.

To be clear, mine has bald spots (one above each eye) and I was curious whether yours did … A question I suppose I could have answered by simply looking at your picture. I apologize and thank you for responding!

edit: As I said, she doesn’t like to look at the camera, so I don’t have a lot of photos of her from head on … But this near four year old photo kinda shows the bald spots. I think they only increase how adorable she is.

You not only stole my cat but cloned her? How rude.

Beautiful, though.

edit: Wait, do they have the bald spots?

edit: So far as I know, she’s a cat, not a car.

You lemmings keep stealing my cats.

(She doesn’t like to look at the camera but she has the same eyes also)