Terrible…My cat(Sophie)is 12 years old and just started limping… I’m glad she has had a great life it just makes me sad cause she was my sons cat and he moved out across the country, and she’s all I have.
@Kidsandliz@ragingredd well all of that. Obviously first. I’ve seen some of the cats take a fall from the upstairs so like 14 ft to hard wood. They rotate fast But they aren’t 12. I panic a little and check on them when they calm down and I can find them.
Maybe also talk to your son? If you’re missing him? Like. I answer when my mom calls. I just. Don’t think to call people. It’s not how my brain is wired. most of the time I also don’t have much to say. Cause IDK. It’s not interesting? My limit is about on here.
I’m not a very social person so I don’t always parse things the same as other people.
But there were a lot of things I could have helped with if my mom had told me. IDK. Maybe entirely different with your situation. And even if it was the same maybe it’s not fair.
Maybe it’s just new and he’s focused on it. I still think it’s ok to talk about it.
@Kidsandliz@ragingredd that happened to my cat at about age 10. Brought him to a really nice cats-only vet. They felt around and moved his legs and said he will probably get better, which he did eventually. We never figured out what he did to get “injured,” he was indoor-only.
At that age even though we think cats are indestructible, they are just like us at an older age and can get joint and muscle issues more easily and not bounce back as quickly. Oh, to be a kitten again!
I did set up a low bench next to the bed so he had an easier way to get in and out of bed, but he didn’t always use it.
@ragingredd What happens when you test that leg or paw? Is there any reaction (because it hurts)? Feel the paw pad. Is it warm? That’s a good sign, means it’s still getting blood flow.
Are there any other signs? Discomfort, not eating, anything out of the ordinary?
Twelve is considered old for a cat (yeah, I know, I know…we’ve had cats live into their twenties). But cats do get arthritis. And just like us older folk, sometimes just twisting the wrong way brings on pain.
@ragingredd she’s a very beautiful muted calico and looks like she could be my cat’s sister. Please do take her to the vet if you can. If it is arthritis, a heating pad may help if all the other causes are ruled out. Missy loves her heating pad.
@ragingredd my 14 yr. old Calico is experiencing hip pain from arthritis. I got her on Gabapentin and she is doing great; playing like a kitten again. I give her about 30mg nightly in her wet food. It’s a fine powder in a capsule that I break open and sprinkle about 1/3 in her food. The vet prescribed 100mg but she is very sensitive to it and it knocked her out cold. The reduced dose is just right and she’s doing great.
The combination of what ought to have happened for me today but didn’t (personal issue), and the implications of what did happen (national issues), makes this one of the worst days of my life to date.
@werehatrack technically we don’t know yet. On the political bullshit. But republicans have waged a long hard fight against people. Trying to turn them against their own interest and back to serfs for the rich. At a state level. And medle with election results. Mail in ballots are not fully counted yet. And maybe they got away with it. It was literally in their playbook. To gerrymander and put in corrupt laws and work their way up the chain.
I’m sorry about your situation. Id literally consider leaving the country at this point if I were you. And had the means.
Although. According to Trump and the supreme Court. Biden could just drone strike him.
@unksol@werehatrack Just like the “safe harbor” provided by the democrats to immigrants and the lack of ID requirements for voting have nothing to do with their push…
For context, I live down the street from several of the facilities used to house refugees and unfortunately, these people with genuine and real hardships are being used as political pawns. It’s rather infuriating on many levels.
@werehatrack@zinimusprime you are required to identify yourself to vote. No election has had any percentage of immigrants vote. It’s checked and verified against your registration to vote. It’s a two step process. You can’t just show up and vote.
It’s also a crime that would draw attention to you. And temporary people do not commit crimes for exactly that reason.
@unksol@zinimusprime They don’t commit such pointless crimes which have no benefit to them and carry such a significant risk, in any event. It would be just as foolish to assume that all undocumented aliens have crminal intent as it is to assume that no elected officials do.
@unksol@werehatrack, I just received the go ahead from the president of the company I work for to move abroad and keep my job (I work remote). It’ll probably be 8 or so months as I have just torn out my backyard to begin landscaping the whole thing. The cost and the time to get my house prepared to rent is the delay.
@kittykat9180@werehatrack well wasn’t saying we should all flee the country. But for some people. It may make a lot of sense. To give up on America. The amount of damage they want to do. May take America off the world stage. Never mind how badly they plan to treat people. And corrupt future elections. This is so depressing.
@lisaviolet he’s getting pretty old and already showing signs of losing his mind. I’ll be surprised if he makes it 4 years.
The last 3 republicans presidents ended their term in recession. I’ve been debating when I think the next one will start under trump (again). I am thinking it will begin during 2026.
Honestly, I’m able to see the humor in the absurd situation for now. I know bad things are coming, but useless to be too upset about them before they hit…
… also, dual-citizenship (and the ability to pick up a third if I need it) helps at a time like this, I have an out should things get really dangerous for me.
@OnionSoup it’s like reality show Season 2 was renewed!
My only other consolation is that my mother who died this year at age 95 would be happy. I’m still having to deal with her accounts and mail. She was getting 3-5 pieces of postal mail a week from Trump campaign, from RNCC, from Eric Trump, from Lara Trump. For a while I used their postage-paid envelopes to send back the stuff saying Deceased and Please Remove, but nothing could stop the barrage of Trump Mail to her street mailbox.
@pmarin she must have been in a swing state. I don’t think I got a single piece of political propaganda sent to me from either party (Presidential at least, I got state level stuff). I think this is the first time I’ve received zero Presidential junk mail.
@OnionSoup No it was Oregon. But it was all fundraising. Hence the envelopes to send in your checks. Old people like to use checks. Don’t know if she ever sent them any money. But once you got Elon Musk funding you, old people checks don’t matter much anyway.
@OnionSoup@pmarin My BIL (the one who’s still alive even though his body is riddled with cancer) told my husband that he felt really bad that he could no longer afford to send money to the red hat grifters. He even tried to explain it to them and the begging didn’t stop.
I’m pretty meh at this point. Fury, the kitty with lung cancer is still here, really no difference in symptoms since he was diagnosed about a year ago and at his last vet appointment in May (when we were told he probably had two months to live).
Jingles, the dog with congestive heart failure just caught this past summer, otoh, well, we took him in last Thursday since he’d been coughing a lot and his CHF is 40% worse. His furosimide (diuretic to keep the fluid draining from his lungs) dosage was doubled and he’s peeing more and the coughing has lessened quite a bit. The vet did advise a cardiologist because there are medications that can help, but the dosage is very specific. Well, that would be around $1K, Jingles is sixteen years old and there’s no guarantee.
I’m in the process of deleting all the data from my Twitter account. I will keep my account open because I want to save my name and not have someone pretending to be me. I have found being able to contact companies I deal with can be more productive when you take your problems public.
Going to get back to making shirts again. That was always fun. The first one on deck is a shirt that says “PETTY BITCH” to wear around the neighborhood.
I’m going to do my very best to avoid politics right now. The outrage, the gloating, the second-guessing…is just exhausting and there’s not a damned thing I can do about it.
Seriously going to start looking at transferring my job to our Calgary office. To hell with my family. If my mom remembered to vote (and I didn’t remind her) I know she voted for him. My sister can deal with her. I’m done.
I am doing great! Independent of the election results, I was doing fine, but now even better. But to be fair, I wouldn’t have lost my mind if Kamala won. It’d just be another day at the office, so I guess the election has nothing to do with it…
I just had a really tough conversation with my 21 yr old son about what happened yesterday. He doesn’t understand how this could happen, why people would vote for him, how his LGBTQ friends will be affected, how his girl friends will be affected, how his parents will be affected and how his Grandparents will be affected. I told him, at this point, we worry about family first, wait and see. Luckily, we live in a Blue state for now. Nothing changes today, but the future is in his generations hands. So, yeah, I made blueberry muffins and decided to stay off of social media for a while.
Not good today. Grief is hard, especially when you have an anxiety disorder. I’ll be fine for days and then I’ll wake up crying and crash again. My anxiety’s been so bad, today I felt like I was gonna crawl out of my skin and all I can do is sit on the couch in a ball.
Yes.
The correct answer is meh
At the moment I’m a pessimistic anxious mess.
I’ll hold out on answering the poll until later in the day…
TERRIFIC!! No more TV ads for something kinda, sorta important that ended yesterday. HALLELUJAH!!
/giphy HALLELUJAH!!
@IndifferentDude So it’s time to dump TV stock?
I think I accidentally shoplifted today. Going back tomorrow. Scanned points card but not credit card.
@Salanth I did that the other day, and it was a bag of rubber bands from homedepo. Ran out of hands, slipped into my hoody and forgot about it
Sometimes when I feel anxious and overwhelmed it makes me feel sleepy and that’s how I feel right now.
Terrible…My cat(Sophie)is 12 years old and just started limping… I’m glad she has had a great life it just makes me sad cause she was my sons cat and he moved out across the country, and she’s all I have.
@ragingredd I’m so sorry! She’s a beautiful cat.
@ragingredd Take her to the vet. She may have hurt herself and you didn’t see it happen.
@Kidsandliz @ragingredd well all of that. Obviously first. I’ve seen some of the cats take a fall from the upstairs so like 14 ft to hard wood. They rotate fast But they aren’t 12. I panic a little and check on them when they calm down and I can find them.
Maybe also talk to your son? If you’re missing him? Like. I answer when my mom calls. I just. Don’t think to call people. It’s not how my brain is wired. most of the time I also don’t have much to say. Cause IDK. It’s not interesting? My limit is about on here.
I’m not a very social person so I don’t always parse things the same as other people.
But there were a lot of things I could have helped with if my mom had told me. IDK. Maybe entirely different with your situation. And even if it was the same maybe it’s not fair.
Maybe it’s just new and he’s focused on it. I still think it’s ok to talk about it.
@Kidsandliz @ragingredd that happened to my cat at about age 10. Brought him to a really nice cats-only vet. They felt around and moved his legs and said he will probably get better, which he did eventually. We never figured out what he did to get “injured,” he was indoor-only.
At that age even though we think cats are indestructible, they are just like us at an older age and can get joint and muscle issues more easily and not bounce back as quickly. Oh, to be a kitten again!
I did set up a low bench next to the bed so he had an easier way to get in and out of bed, but he didn’t always use it.
@ragingredd What happens when you test that leg or paw? Is there any reaction (because it hurts)? Feel the paw pad. Is it warm? That’s a good sign, means it’s still getting blood flow.
Are there any other signs? Discomfort, not eating, anything out of the ordinary?
Twelve is considered old for a cat (yeah, I know, I know…we’ve had cats live into their twenties). But cats do get arthritis. And just like us older folk, sometimes just twisting the wrong way brings on pain.
She’s a very beautiful cat.
@ragingredd
she’s a very beautiful muted calico and looks like she could be my cat’s sister. Please do take her to the vet if you can. If it is arthritis, a heating pad may help if all the other causes are ruled out. Missy loves her heating pad.
@ragingredd my 14 yr. old Calico is experiencing hip pain from arthritis. I got her on Gabapentin and she is doing great; playing like a kitten again. I give her about 30mg nightly in her wet food. It’s a fine powder in a capsule that I break open and sprinkle about 1/3 in her food. The vet prescribed 100mg but she is very sensitive to it and it knocked her out cold. The reduced dose is just right and she’s doing great.
Locking the doors and not coming out until everything has settled down. And grateful that everything can be delivered.
The combination of what ought to have happened for me today but didn’t (personal issue), and the implications of what did happen (national issues), makes this one of the worst days of my life to date.
@werehatrack technically we don’t know yet. On the political bullshit. But republicans have waged a long hard fight against people. Trying to turn them against their own interest and back to serfs for the rich. At a state level. And medle with election results. Mail in ballots are not fully counted yet. And maybe they got away with it. It was literally in their playbook. To gerrymander and put in corrupt laws and work their way up the chain.
I’m sorry about your situation. Id literally consider leaving the country at this point if I were you. And had the means.
Although. According to Trump and the supreme Court. Biden could just drone strike him.
@unksol @werehatrack Just like the “safe harbor” provided by the democrats to immigrants and the lack of ID requirements for voting have nothing to do with their push…
For context, I live down the street from several of the facilities used to house refugees and unfortunately, these people with genuine and real hardships are being used as political pawns. It’s rather infuriating on many levels.
@werehatrack @zinimusprime you are required to identify yourself to vote. No election has had any percentage of immigrants vote. It’s checked and verified against your registration to vote. It’s a two step process. You can’t just show up and vote.
It’s also a crime that would draw attention to you. And temporary people do not commit crimes for exactly that reason.
@unksol @zinimusprime They don’t commit such pointless crimes which have no benefit to them and carry such a significant risk, in any event. It would be just as foolish to assume that all undocumented aliens have crminal intent as it is to assume that no elected officials do.
@unksol @werehatrack, I just received the go ahead from the president of the company I work for to move abroad and keep my job (I work remote). It’ll probably be 8 or so months as I have just torn out my backyard to begin landscaping the whole thing. The cost and the time to get my house prepared to rent is the delay.
@kittykat9180 @werehatrack well wasn’t saying we should all flee the country. But for some people. It may make a lot of sense. To give up on America. The amount of damage they want to do. May take America off the world stage. Never mind how badly they plan to treat people. And corrupt future elections. This is so depressing.
@kittykat9180 @unksol @werehatrack What future elections? Didn’t the felon say if he was voted in, we’d never have to vote again?
@unksol @werehatrack, I have the means to leave, so I’m going to do it.
@lisaviolet he’s getting pretty old and already showing signs of losing his mind. I’ll be surprised if he makes it 4 years.
The last 3 republicans presidents ended their term in recession. I’ve been debating when I think the next one will start under trump (again). I am thinking it will begin during 2026.
@kittykat9180 I’ve read more than one scenario where Vance pulls out the 25th amendment, trump is dumped and Vance becomes president.
That’s some scary scenario.
D) None of the above.
I woke up and was able to get vertical. Everything else is gravy.
@chienfou I read gravy as gravity.
@chienfou @Pavlov the gravy was leftover from the turkey forum earlier this week.
@Pavlov @pmarin
/giphy lol
I feel like I did eight years ago.
@Pavlov except 8 years older…
@Pavlov
Worse this time.
8 years ago there was room to wonder what he would be.
Now we know he wants to destroy the constitution and he’s up for executing his political enemies.
He’s been quite clear.
And he’s not trying to figure out what he can get away with anymore
So this is much much worse.
Hopeless
I can’t believe Maine voted to keep their stupid flag.
@zachdecker I didn’t know about that issue. Maine is geographically furthest state from me at the moment (excluding Hawaii…)
@zachdecker I can’t believe there was an initiative to spend money on changing it.
Honestly, I’m able to see the humor in the absurd situation for now. I know bad things are coming, but useless to be too upset about them before they hit…
… also, dual-citizenship (and the ability to pick up a third if I need it) helps at a time like this, I have an out should things get really dangerous for me.
@OnionSoup it’s like reality show Season 2 was renewed!
My only other consolation is that my mother who died this year at age 95 would be happy. I’m still having to deal with her accounts and mail. She was getting 3-5 pieces of postal mail a week from Trump campaign, from RNCC, from Eric Trump, from Lara Trump. For a while I used their postage-paid envelopes to send back the stuff saying Deceased and Please Remove, but nothing could stop the barrage of Trump Mail to her street mailbox.
@pmarin she must have been in a swing state. I don’t think I got a single piece of political propaganda sent to me from either party (Presidential at least, I got state level stuff). I think this is the first time I’ve received zero Presidential junk mail.
@OnionSoup No it was Oregon. But it was all fundraising. Hence the envelopes to send in your checks. Old people like to use checks. Don’t know if she ever sent them any money. But once you got Elon Musk funding you, old people checks don’t matter much anyway.
@OnionSoup @pmarin My BIL (the one who’s still alive even though his body is riddled with cancer) told my husband that he felt really bad that he could no longer afford to send money to the red hat grifters. He even tried to explain it to them and the begging didn’t stop.
I mean… much better finally but kind of weird for y’all to be asking about my BMs.
@mikey Well, here’s hoping you’re regular.
@mikey should probably stop eating all of those expired foods sold on sketchy deals websites…
@ddbelyea NOPE. As the Phoenicians used to say: If sketchy deal-a-day food doesn’t double as Imodium A-D, I don’t want to be loose.
I’m pretty meh at this point. Fury, the kitty with lung cancer is still here, really no difference in symptoms since he was diagnosed about a year ago and at his last vet appointment in May (when we were told he probably had two months to live).
Jingles, the dog with congestive heart failure just caught this past summer, otoh, well, we took him in last Thursday since he’d been coughing a lot and his CHF is 40% worse. His furosimide (diuretic to keep the fluid draining from his lungs) dosage was doubled and he’s peeing more and the coughing has lessened quite a bit. The vet did advise a cardiologist because there are medications that can help, but the dosage is very specific. Well, that would be around $1K, Jingles is sixteen years old and there’s no guarantee.
I’m in the process of deleting all the data from my Twitter account. I will keep my account open because I want to save my name and not have someone pretending to be me. I have found being able to contact companies I deal with can be more productive when you take your problems public.
Going to get back to making shirts again. That was always fun. The first one on deck is a shirt that says “PETTY BITCH” to wear around the neighborhood.
I’m going to do my very best to avoid politics right now. The outrage, the gloating, the second-guessing…is just exhausting and there’s not a damned thing I can do about it.
Seriously going to start looking at transferring my job to our Calgary office. To hell with my family. If my mom remembered to vote (and I didn’t remind her) I know she voted for him. My sister can deal with her. I’m done.
This catshirt feels appropriate today:
https://shirt.woot.com/offers/ew-humans
I am doing great! Independent of the election results, I was doing fine, but now even better. But to be fair, I wouldn’t have lost my mind if Kamala won. It’d just be another day at the office, so I guess the election has nothing to do with it…
I just had a really tough conversation with my 21 yr old son about what happened yesterday. He doesn’t understand how this could happen, why people would vote for him, how his LGBTQ friends will be affected, how his girl friends will be affected, how his parents will be affected and how his Grandparents will be affected. I told him, at this point, we worry about family first, wait and see. Luckily, we live in a Blue state for now. Nothing changes today, but the future is in his generations hands. So, yeah, I made blueberry muffins and decided to stay off of social media for a while.
@somf69 his LGBTQ friends and girlfriends will not be affected.
Not good today. Grief is hard, especially when you have an anxiety disorder. I’ll be fine for days and then I’ll wake up crying and crash again. My anxiety’s been so bad, today I felt like I was gonna crawl out of my skin and all I can do is sit on the couch in a ball.
Yeah.