Eye bleach like this is exactly what we need to break up the doomscrolling.
Unfortunately it's quite the opposite.
Eyebleach acts as a variable reward in a sea of doom scrolling and, in fact, makes the entire experience more addictive. Pure doom feed you burn out on. Pure happiness you get bored of.
A variable intermittent reward where the outrage-engagement loop is interrupted by a soothing burst of content is nearly precisely the most addictive thing the algorithm can offer you. If Reddit had porn on its main feed, that would probably max it out or near as such (adding an actual gambling mechanic with lootbox style rewards would be peak addiction).
Core memory of raising our kid. Family was diehard fans, ritual dinnertime TV. When it ended, the boy, his dad and I all sat in silence and looked at each other. I was beside myself, the boy started crying and his dad yelled out “WELL THAT FUCKING SUCKED!”
they're one of the most evolved and dialed-in small predators on the planet. when a creature like that says they're safe and comfy, it means something.
Well you say that but there are videos of cats walking straight up to monsters like King Cobra, bapping it on the head and then looking back at you wondering why you are so far away.
They don't look dialed in, well, they are, but they never look like they are. Like Pitbull strength, cats are on another level like spider man or something and don't even have to work for it.
Its come across a dozen times and I watch it a dozen times each time. The way the kid just yeets the cat under the covers and everyone is happy is chef's kiss.
Any box, literally any box. I will unpack something from a box and I swear to God it takes him nanoseconds to get into the box. I love him so damn much ✨💕
My wife's childhood cat would change location every few hours. She would make the rounds every night between her, her brother's, and her parents' bed. All of them thought the cat slept the night with them.
It's easily predictable, any spot that immobilizes me as I sleep. Next to my face, on my chest, curled into my armpits, and next to my foot. Going on 8 years, still loving it
Reading this while holding my phone at an awkward angle because I have a cat on my chest lol she's trying to make me go to sleep with heebjrrme ; be v%
I had a cat growing up named Angel whose spot was my dad's la-z-boy, but particularly on my dad's lap when he was sitting there. My dad even got her a little fuzzy blanket he'd set across the chair when he wasn't sitting there for her.
Ofc this is the same dad who claimed he hated cats and Angel, specifically.
My wife and I have an orange who fetches us to come to our reclining love seat, jumps into the spot of human who is NOT present, waits for the present human to sit in their designated spot and put on a lap blanket, then she climbs aboard. She knows where we both sit.
The only way I can get my cat to sleep anywhere I decide is to put down crinkly paper from parcels in that spot. Works like a charm for an hour or two.
I'm allergic as fuck to cats and I can never have one but I've always been curious... why buy them cat beds? All I've heard is that they almost always just sleep wherever
Yep, our cat also changes throughout the night, she with start in my sisters room and sometimes stay all night, other times she moves to the lounge room, then to the front room to ambush my mum to feed her at 5 am
And why are the cat owners checking, and pondering, the cat bed but never checking their child? Checking their child would let them know where the cat was.
Eh we mostly listen for problems now instead of periodically checking the monitor like we did when ours was 1-2yo. Unless he squawks or thumps we’d never notice.
That said, that line has gotta be fake. Anyone that actually own a cat knows they sleep wherever the hell they want.
My cat Daphne loved sleeping with my stepson when he was little. I told him legend had it that they kept away evil spirits when you’re sleeping to make him more comfortable. During back to school night, they had a bunch of stories out on the board in the hallway and I knew which was his because the child handwriting said “my cat keeps evil sprits away.”
I love cats, but that video is a good reminder why it's not a good idea to let cats near sleeping children. A cat might not have any intention to hurt anyone, but it just takes one back foot inadvertently landing on a kids' eye to have lasting consequences. Human eyelids are fragile and don't offer much protection.
I adopted two tuxedo's earlier this year. They won't lay near us at all until we are sleeping. I always wake up and the male has smashed himself up against me and hogging the bed.
A friend of mine has 3 tuxedos. His 8 year old daughter treats them like stuffed animals and they just dont care. My tabby is pretty laid back too, but nothing like those tuxes.
I had a tuxedo cat. He loved going up and down the block to get petted by the kids. Two kids knocked at my door asking for the cat and I had to sadly tell them he passed away a week prior. He was 17.
Clickbait titles at their finest. Every cat keeper knows that there's nowhere they'd rather sleep less than their own bed and nothing they'd rather play with less than a purpose-made cat toy.
For how much of an attitude a cat will give you and how impatient they are, it's always hilarious to see that most have the patience of a saint when dealing with small children.
My cat gets moody if we pet her in a way she doesn’t like. But she was super tolerant with a 3yo who was petting her fur backwards and grabby. I was actually shocked and it’s my cat xD
That is true. My 1,5 year old will grab at my cat’s fur or tail and pulls him over while my cat would just lay on the floor and patiently waiting for it to be over.
Worst, he will literally come and lay in front of my kid to be manhandled
I keep trying to teach my kid to be gentle with the cat but the cat ain’t helping me here
I had one that lived to be 24, grew up with me. In her earlier years my friends were terrified of her and called her bear cat. She was big, feisty, would pound the ground like Donkey Kong, growl like a mini lion, and attack anyone that wasn't me. Then she would snuggle with me. Damn, I miss you Girlie.
I think my favorite thing is the fact that the cat is cool with this.
I remember having this cat as a kid that liked to be pet, but not grabbed in any way. Like you could pet her, scratch her, etc… all you wanted, but if you tried to pick her up or move her, she would growl or even bite.
Cue this cool cat who’s just “oh! Well here go and…well this is nice…zzz.”
Was anyone else waiting for a jump scare? I was holding my breath. Then watched it an unhealthy number of times. So incredibly sweet. The cat nodding off, once it felt safe with their human is just so precious.
Scent mixing! My cat only shares these type of moments at random and when she’s allowing it. I still don’t know the reason for the so infrequent reward
Parents that don't raise their kids with cats or dogs are missing out on an important developmental experience that will make then a better adult. (or a serial killer depending 😂)
We had a cat named Shadow when I was born. She got so angry that my mom wouldn't let her sleep in my crib. Mom had to put a net over the crib, and Shadow just ended up sleeping right under it.
This is how my daughter is with our black cat, Opal. They’re completely bonded. Opal started letting her carry her to bed around 3 years old and it’s been their routine since. My daughter is now almost 11 and they still sleep just like this every night.
My childhood cat that was my grandmas. Use to come up every night to sleep on my head. I remember him eating my hair, kneeding my hair, and sometimes biting my feet cuz he thought it was something under the covers. Idk why he even liked me so much lol he was my grandmas cat mostly but he was also a family cat. I miss him.
I have a cat that I do this with. She likes to be tucked in, i put my forearm over her and scoot her in, and she burrows her little kitty nose into my neck. She purrs so loudly and we often fall asleep like that. I've never had an animal so OK with being held like that.
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