ShortysTRM

ShortysTRM t1_j6uvnww wrote

I was worried when I had to scroll this far, but your's is actually better than what I was imagining.

Mine says, "ehhhhhhh, whatever," and listens to Liam Lynch's "United States of Whatever" 24/7. The chorus plays immediately after he weakly fumbles his way through your drywall and says his tagline. I'll stop now.

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ShortysTRM t1_j1o8teg wrote

I'm not sure this cat has an owner. I feel like a large proportion of the population doesn't. I'm most confused by the person who recorded this. If it's the owner of an outdoor cat watching this happen, then it's horrible. I understand that it's not the cats fault in a way, so I do feel a bit dumb for what I said initially, but I do hate that this is a situation that any of us have to discuss because nothing about it is good, and I'm sorry to say that I hope the owl would win since their numbers are probably much lower than housecats.

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ShortysTRM t1_j1o7gg8 wrote

Sorry, I didn't see your comment about your cat. I was really using the term "you" in a general context, but I do appreciate the fact that you're responsible with your cat.

My problem is that I've seen too much reckless pet ownership to care about this cat more than the native owl it's challenging. I'm sorry if it sounded cold, I love animals more than people in most situations. To imply that I would ever be unkind to an animal hits pretty deep. I'd love to tell you more about my obsession with owls, eagles, kestrels, woodpeckers, titmouse, chickadees, hummingbirds, etc, but this probably isn't the subreddit for that. I've got a cat, too, and she's spoiled.

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ShortysTRM t1_j1nvzak wrote

Hey, if you leave your cat outside, this is a risk you take. Maybe the owl will leave it on your porch like the "gifts" the cat kills and drops on your porch. At least the owl will eat its prey.

This sounds a lot angrier than I meant it to. Sorry, our neighbors leave their cats out and we've had to stop feeding birds/squirrels/chipmunks because of it.

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ShortysTRM t1_iwo7t7j wrote

From what I can tell, these people keep referring to any type of known matter existing anywhere in any amount as "space," ignoring the infinite void that you and I and everyone else seem to be wondering about. I think they're saying that all matter in the void is expanding outwardly from one singular point, not that there isn't an endless expanse of nothingness for it to expand into. I don't know this for sure, but the ones who do seem to be ignoring the entire concept of "yes, the paint is expanding onto the blank canvas, but how big is the canvas, and does it ever end?"

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