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  • pikasaurX4@lemm.eetoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlWhat is your least favourite acronym?
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    1 year ago

    Just to be “that guy” I wanted to say that an acronym is technically an initialism that you pronounce as a word, like SCUBA, LASER, or NASA. If it’s just letters that stand for something, it’s called an initialism. No one cares (not even me), but I had to say it :P

    Most acronyms that have a W in them are pointless to say aloud in English. It’s almost always shorter to just say the words. Like WTF, for example. Those are my least favorite

    Oh and YMMV. I used to work with car data and we would use YMMB to mean “year/make/model/body” and so I always start reading YMMV wrong and that bugs me




  • Cleaning the litter box sucks but it’s something you have to do as the caretaker. It’s ok to vent but I would caution you, as others have, that “if this is the worst part of their lives, fine” is all well and good until the cat is sick due to box avoidance. I’ve struggled with this too and I’ve had to take my cat to the vet because of a UTI she got from not going simply because there was one tiny pee spot in her giant litter box that takes up half my bathroom. Do the right thing and make sure it gets done either by sucking it up or finding someone who will.

    If you want some advice, I have a few suggestions. You could pay a friend or relative to do it if they have regular, convenient access. You can also try to wear something like latex gloves while dealing with it and I always wear a face mask because the dust that kicks up gets in my sinuses every time. Some people have even had success teaching their cat to use the toilet

    I know the box is the most annoying part about taking care of a cat but it is what it is. Hope you find something that works and I hope your cat stays healthy


  • One time I got trapped in a store because the door was behind the counter where the register was and a guy was sitting there the whole time. I decided not to buy anything, but I looked around for a while so I felt like he might question me. So I just kept pretending to look around which made it even more awkward to leave empty handed.

    I think I decided not to buy anything after 20 minutes but spent a whole hour in there trying to figure out how to leave


  • pikasaurX4@lemm.eeOPtocats@lemmy.worldI found some cat food, let’s eat!
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    2 years ago

    Lol, she is extremely picky so I understand your pain. It gets to the point where she will just start barfing up foods if she eats them too much. We had a really bad incident about 4 or 5 years ago where she stopped eating and I thought she was sick. Eventually we got this brand and she has been eating it ever since. We do have to keep rotating the proteins, but she’ll almost always stomach the salmon