tacos

joined 1 year ago
[–] tacos@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

He deserves worse, but this is a good start.

[–] tacos@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Cops sure do seem to work hard at being shitty. Maybe if they didn't do that, they wouldn't risk losing their jobs?

[–] tacos@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Did not hear about that. He sucks, but Elmo sucks more.

[–] tacos@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We live in a rural area where sometimes city folk dump pets. So to say we've had a lot of cats is a bit of an understatement. The gentle introduction is great, but if that doesn't work there are a few other possibilities. Getting them fixed will lower, but not eliminate, the desire to fight and be territorial. Catnip might help. Time might do it. A sympathetic vet might get you some kitty Prozac to calm down the aggressive one(s), allowing them to be together without heightened response. A blind play sometimes works, where they're playing with each other under a door or through a box - ie, not face-to-face.

And after all that, some cats just don't get along.

[–] tacos@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

That's known as Gish Gallop and it is, sadly, super effective because it always takes longer to disprove a lie than to make one up. And that assumes you can get peoples attention for the disproving.