The video in the article has some good footage too. The “why is there bright light when I am nocturnal?!” face is a mood I felt on a deeply personal level.

Is that a forehead whisker? Is he unhappy about being a unicorn, or are you just not being prompt enough about food time?

This picture is my life goal. Content, comfortable and safe snoozing. Give winter a gentle pat for me, I wouldn’t want to wake them up.

I’ve never felt so conflicted. On one hand, I want to hug the puppy. On the other, sand. It makes me sad like porcupines do. Why won’t they let me love them?

Apex predator, so majestic

Oof. I have a different musculoskeletal problem with a far less interesting story behind it, but functionally a quite similar limitation that also prevents much… verticality. I completely hear you on the mindless zombie complications too, it’s fucking awful. I’m sorry we have both found ourselves in this shitty boat!

The meal makes good sense. 30 mins is a fair bit though, so I can see why you space it our that far.

If you ever feel like something a little different, maybe one of my tricks might help you. I order delivery… but I extend it out by nuking potatoes and frozen vegetables. A potato the size of my fist takes 3 mins 30 in my microwave, broccoli and spinach similar from frozen. The tinned tomatoes I buy are also a “heat up and add flavors” quick option because they’re not watery.

One curry from my local Indian place that has way too much sauce turns into 3 meals with a much better nutritional balance when I dump any or all of those in. They’re done before the food even arrives, i don’t have to watch an appliance with a flame, or clean much, and the cost per portion reduces to something sensible.

opioids made me intolerant to dairy,

TIL that’s a thing. I just have to ration mine to a ridiculous degree at a low dosage or i get the more common peristalsis problems in a very unpleasant way.

I’m managing the rollercoaster ride to make the ups and downs as tolerable as I can.

Amen. And I wish you the best of luck in doing so.

Can I ask how this particular meal works with your limitations? I have strategies I’ve had to implement too, so I’m always interested in how others manage.

He’s a beautiful little lamp. I love how his shade contrasts his natural coloring. Very fetching.

Sorry buddy, fashion is pain.

Well that’s just precious. And you have great taste in music. Please snuggle her for me and let her know she’s a great cat.

I appreciate you. I also appreciate Japanese supernatural stories, this one is great. Thanks for introducing me to it!

Love it. Thanks for reminding me of the sound of my cat galloping across the floorboards like a clumsy Clydesdale.

Awww look at the tiny little floof. For toys, my cat also loved little crunched up foil balls. Loud enough to be fun, oddly shaped enough to be unpredictable, light enough to be thwacked great distances.

Also, I’m going to need you to keep posting a lot more pictures.

0% chance I could resist tickling the toes if I walked past

I love everything about this picture. You’re all adorable.

Want.

I’m glad I just ate, otherwise I would have been even more jealous. It looks like perfection and I wish I could eat it.

Legal advice given to me by an employer treated all citizens as eligible. Their advice tends to err on the side of caution at the best of times, but I have no reason to disagree that it’s at the very least legally contentious even if not yet officially contested.

Tl;dr I wouldn’t want to rely on it in court, whether everyone else is happy to risk that is whatever.

He is just the cutest little thing. <3

That’s caused by intentionally breeding cartilage deficiency genes that cause arthritis and joint pain as the gene effects more cartilage than just in the ears.

Selective breeding for variants like stunted legs will also cause a whole bunch of joint pain and arthritis. Especially with legs, which are taking the entire force of a regularly leaping creature on a small surface area, unlike other body parts which have the full impact cushioned by the lower body muscles and joints.

Skeletons just aren’t made to be fucked with by anything except evolution and maybe a skilled surgeon. Even then there are no guarantees it’s a good mutation or a good surgery.

I think this one is a regular cat who is still crouched down from sniffing its stylish accessory. It just looks like it’s a fully standing Munchkin because of the perspective, diffuse lighting and floof ruffles on the shoulderblades that are very slightly out of frame. The curve top right looks like it might be its left hip.

Also wishful thinking. I hope the lizard went on to lead a long and fulfilling life too, for what it’s worth.