Paladin of Cats

Jack, late 20s, UK. They/them. Jeskai. I like cats, space, strategy games, Esperanto, AI, MtG, pokémon and D&D, in no particular order. Aspiring writer, amateur worldbuilder and mapmaker. Always tired. One day I'll live on Mars. Feel free to say hi!

[homunculus-argument]

Having a whole living room wall full of decorative crosses and crucifixes in your house is the spiritual equivalent of consistently taking antibiotics "just in case" and washing your hands with bleach. Not only are you not making anything better for yourself, I'm pretty sure that you're making things way, way worse for everyone.

[blurbofparadise]

Religious OCD is a hell of a thing, it makes ya afraid of yourself and other people on every level, levels most people cant even imagine, and there is no escape, no relief, no way to feel okay, only sinking and scraping deeper and deeper and deeper into the same delusion that is eating you alive.

[asynca]

My greatest enemy is my 10+-years-ago self, who is still out there being read and misrepresenting me

[carryonmywaywardscone]

Conversely, your greatest admirer is likely your 10-year-old self who is still inside you somewhere and can’t believe you can now draw how you do, can write all those words in a row, drive that car, buy cake whenever you want to because you’re grown-up now, etc, etc

[shithowdy]

today i took the worst photo of a loon one can possibly take while remaining identifiably a loon

[shithowdy]

loon :)

[shithowdy]

i painted my loon :)

[homunculus-argument]

Feeling physical exhaustion as a psychosomatic reaction to things that feel daunting or intimidating is such a ridiculously counterproductive thing to do. Like there's a situation that requires you to be alert and mentally present and paying attention, and your brain just goes "hey I don't wanna. I don't wanna be here. How about going unconscious instead. No fuck you we're warping out. Night night."

[homunculus-argument]

Like I would appreciate more information than just "hey there was something but no worry I already pulled the alarm. wdym you need to know what it was. no we don't. we don't have to deal with that, I already pulled a full emergency shutdown." Like bitch yes we fucking do. The fuck did you do that for.

[herowyn]

5 0    Y E A R S    A G O

[rarebird22]

Almost 57 years ago!

[doyouknowwhatimeme]

[serenity-bitty]

reminds me of

the shellfish allergy NO NO FUCKING S HRIMP OR HE D IE post

[p1netre3s]

reminded me of this

[monsterquill]

“some people don’t deserve redemption” redemption isn’t something that’s deserved, it’s something someone does. it’s making the choice to change the way you live your life, to be better, to do good things instead of bad things and try to make up for the bad things. and everyone can and should do that, at any time, no matter what they’ve done. we can’t change the past, but we can choose what kind of person to be now and in the future. we have the responsibility to do so. it is so completely not about “deserving.”

[dingdongyouarewrong]

[r2x2]

The Amnesty International report that JK Rowling is trying to censor through legal threats.

It can also be found on Google Drive here and on Bluesky here.

[cbarc]

Please save and share this info where possible. This report has since been removed by Amnesty International due to legal threats of libel from JK Rowling. This information is no longer easily accessible.

[hugdog]

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO BE SAD ABOUT?

[maryoliveoil]

Also loved that it actually is Woke Odyssey. Not in a "we cast black and trans actors" way but in a "this is a movie about man's hubris, the disregard for and destruction of social contracts, the disdain with which we treat the living and the dead, the violence we wage against each other, the way we become enraptured with 'great' instead of 'right,' and the way all of that degrades the soul of man" way

[nothazellevesque]

since the 2004 spongebob squarepants movie can be considered a retelling of the odyssey, this means that the climax, in which spongebob returns to the krusty krab to fight off the mind controlled bikini bottom denizens and sings goofy goober rock, can be considered a retelling of the scene in which odysseus slaughters penelope’s suitors.

[breealtair]

Me, while watching the movie: What's even the point of including Athena if that's how you're going to use her? Why do the gods even exist then!?

Me, by the end of the movie: ...oh.

[vvvermw]

role swap designs i made lol. this took way too long. and also my thoughts here too

[what-even-is-thiss]

I just had an argument with someone who was like “why would we settle for food stamps when we could have universal basic income?”

And it’s just like. People need food right now you know.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Hippie church moms donating quinoa chips to my local food bank have done more for me materially than any internet idealist ever has.

[what-even-is-thiss]

People get pissed at me for being a pragmatist in my political ideals but I’ve been in the position where I was out of food right now.

And who helped me with that? Not people calling for some nebulous revolution. Not people telling me that the system was useless. Not people preaching at me to grow my own food. It was a church food bank partially funded by the state of Texas that some southern hippies donated a bunch of Whole Foods nonsense to.

And you know what? I’m sick and tired of defeatism. What can we get done right now, huh? Are you gonna accept something a bit better to help people right now or are you waiting for your perfect utopia to come to you?

Yeah, UBI is better than the quinoa chips. Sure. But right now the quinoa chips are stopping people from going hungry and if all we can do is get the food bank quinoa chips to more people, then I say so be it. That’s something. I’ll almost always take baby steps over nothing.

[kat4884]

the gooners

they’re everywhere

[felixcloud6288]

Dat's right boss. Now just tell us what ya need and we'll get it done boss.

[quadtator-lawful-evil]

who needs ta sleep with da fishes boss

[bananapudding752]

sorry bawss, I was too busy searchin up da anime girls boss. real pretty.

[felixcloud6288]

Forget dem anime goils. Dere only temporary. But da boss is forever. Right boss?

[hellsitegenetics]

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Closest match: Oeneis jutta genome assembly, chromosome: 18 Common name: Jutta Arctic

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[felixcloud6288]

Da boss got turned into a butterfly!!

[pfaugh]

Wadda bea-utiful transformation, boss. goes to show youse gotta preciate the lil things in life

[hraeiou]

ay boss congrats on da metamoiphosis

[cal3ris]

is this gonna get me fired you think

[autismcatboy]

[ Image ID: A question form.

Question: What is holding you back from using Al more in your work?

Response: I enjoy thinking and learning with my own brain

End ID. ]

[redstonedust]

'being single sucks because youll be lonely' lame and untrue. 'being single sucks because a lot of groceries are portioned to make food for more than one person and you cant really take advantage of buying in bulk because it'll go bad before you use it all' this i cannot deny.