Unfortunately, nowhere near as much as they deserve.

See, there should be a smiling mask that gets put on over top of a clear ball, with the whole thing mounted to sit on top of the wearer’s head with a support structure that rests on the shoulders and looks like lead bricks. This all represents the fake brave face we put on to face the world while feeling empty AF inside, along with all the weight we carry on our shoulders.

Because when idiots are in charge, errors are made SOP.

FTFY because anyone can make errors, but these short-sighted assholes do all the wrong things on purpose.

Speaking from experience? How’d it go?

Dangerously obsessed fans have been around since long before the Internet entered people’s lives - tech has just made it much easier to stalk people now.

They won’t know because they don’t want to know. They just want to live in their little fantasy where they get to pretend all their shitty attitudes are good, and any problems they cause are always someone else’s fault.

Wish we could limit his destruction to just them, tho. 😔

If he couldn’t get just ONE to do the job it was designed for, why bother with more?

Well, that’s quite an insulting assumption of how our relationship stood. Even if he wasn’t into me as you not so subtly imply, he was most definitely into my spouse & the reaction was the same.

Maybe - just maybe - it’s possible some are different than others?

Nah.

My thinking is that he was getting the socialization with other cats at my aunt’s that he didn’t have as a solo cat in our home.

You’re one up on me. Many years ago, I was in a situation for a while where I had to home my cat at the time with my aunt who was a bit of a “crazy cat lady.” When I came to visit a few months later, he didn’t really react to my presence at all.

That’s the thing, tho - I could take them, and after a getting to know each other period they’d likely be fine with me. There’s no real loyalty as long as they get what they want. Dogs might adapt, but if they see their original human love even after a year or more, they’re dumping your ass for that person.

Love 'em (got 2), but they’re just not quite as attached to their humans as dogs tend to be.

Hey, we all have our blind spots… 🤷‍♀️

Ah, but they “took” it - presumably to their world where who knows if it’ll grow? Of course, there’s a 50/50 chance it could grow as big as a pumpkin…

Oh, well. There’s always the fact they didn’t get the butter.

Take solace in the fact they probably won’t know how to grow more.

Moreso now

I would expect beamforming to be used rather than needlessly wasteful omnidirectional.

No, it’s the year of the Linux handheld.

Is that paper 100% untouched by machines? Is it manually counted by multiple people of opposing parties?

If no to either, then it’s untrustworthy.