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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • While I like the concept, the idea that a family of 4 needs 4 bathrooms is ridiculous. Maybe a half bath with a sink and toilet, but the extra 2 showers could be used for more communal space. The long hallways on the exterior two bedrooms bother me, that’s a fair amount of space not being utilized for anything.

    The only way this apartment layout makes sense to me is if ‘family’ is being described as 4 adults (or 4 couples) sharing a single apartment.


  • Big issue is modern conservativism does not reflect what conservatism actually should be. I don’t agree with either philosophy as a whole but the classical definition of a small government only just powerful enough to protect the rights of its citizens without any superfluous powers or privileges that could be abused for self enrichment or tyranny does have some merit, even if that merit has been buried in the political backyard since at least the 70s. Modern day Republicans are everything the conservatives who built the party feared.




  • Well lets stick to facts. He was arrested at McDs 3 days after the murder.

    However, nothing of what he supposedly had in his possession makes sense, especial with the revelation his bag was searched illegally off camera before they finally turned on a body cam to search it.

    MO doesn’t make sense that he would go through efforts to hide his identity in New York and ditch clothing backpack but keep the fake IDs, gun and manifesto saying everything cops would want to hear on his person 3 days later.




  • China considers itself a regional power, and doesn’t delude itself into calling itself a world power like Russia does. So it’s unlikely they’d direct any strikes at CONUS if a war broke out. They would instead try to force all US/allied influences out of their sphere of influence and just play the defensive game until some kind of peace could be negotiated.

    They have aspirations to become a global power in the next century and possibly could do it, the real question is do they intend to share the stage with the US or find ways to erode US power down to regional power and rise up to take their place?


  • True but China really doesn’t need to strike the heartland. All of their war goals and strategic interests are south east Asia. The only reason they might want to conduct strikes on the US would be preemptive attacks to disable ICBMs and long range bombers.

    If China/US war broke out tomorrow their primary targets would be Taiwan, Japan and Korea. UD calculus would be to either come get involved and counter those pushes, or abandon their longtime allies in the region, which would send a dangerous signal to other US allies and partners abroad. Even if Trump wanted to avoid a war with China, US Navy has too many assets tied up in SEA to just turn away.


  • Rakonat@lemmy.worldtocats@lemmy.worldMy cats right now
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    I can strongly recommend a fountain. My current cat isn’t fond of drinking from a bowl, but I found a fountain that I just swap the water every morning on. Comes with different kinds of heads. Somedays he wants a steady flow, other days he wants to nip at water out of the air. Always have a second bowl on the opposite corner of the kitchen just incase he’s been picky, food dish is over in the living room by my computer.


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    My mom was a florist with a greenhouse attached to the house. Cats loved roaming the greenhouse to find mice of course, but by far their favorite was all the glasses of water my mom used to cut flowers with, we joked that one particular tuxedo cat had a refined palette and would only sip on rose water.

    When those cats were thirsty, they didn’t check the water by the dog food or one in their cat tree for a sip, they’d go right to the table and counter top and sniff around at every glass they could find till something seemed just right for them.

    Me and my sisters pretty much had to go around the house collecting glasses every day we got home from school cause my mother couldn’t be bothered to clean up after herself.



  • I accidentally smacked my cat along her head on accident one day. Before i could even apologize she meowed and pushed her head right into my hand. Then tried headbutting my palm like she wanted me to do it again. She loved being manhandled, squished and lightly batted around. But god forbid you try to snuggle her.