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[mavies]

You're sure about this? You can't un-read it, y'know. Although thinking about it there are videos of stuff a lot worse online, and I'm probably just being squeamish because I saw it happening to a completely undeserving kitten. A really cute one, at that. He (we weren't sure if it was actually a he, but he was too nice to be an it) was about two thirds the size of his litter-mates, ribs like bent matchsticks showing beneath his thin black fur. Despite being the runt of the litter, he was damn feisty, crawling round the box we were carrying him in and mewing like a good'un. We named him Spidey.

Okay so basically the vet was holding the kitten to check it had an arsehole. He was prodding the general area with his fingers, none too gently, when all of a sudden out squirts a disgustingly large globule of what I take to be a of pus. Gooey white shit splattered the table, exactly like a giant spot bursting, with the little feline practically screeching with pain. My stomach turns. In retrospect it's pretty obvious the kitten was fucked, but I was still hoping for the best. The vet continues handling him, moving on to its eyes. Unlike his siblings, both of them are still sealed shut, with one of them looking all swollen and distended. He forces one set of eyelids open, revealing a disturbing lack of anything. Oh well thinks I, nothing wrong with a one-eyed cat. Might have some difficulty chasing balls of string, but no biggie. The vet is looking none too happy as he goes on to the other eye, the enlarged one. As he pries the lids open, I catch sight of something vaguelly resembling an eyeball and a sparkle of hope lights my young, foolish heart. This comes to an end abruptly as out shoots a goddamn fountain of the same ugly white slime that came out his bum. With this my bubble is thoroughly burst. There was a lot of that shit. A tea-spoon full at least. The poor little thing must've contained more pus than brains and blood. I'm still fighting my gag reflex when the vet pulls out the needle to end his sorry little life.

I suppose it's the for the best though. I mean, Spidey?

[Nabubrush]

You're sure about this? You can't un-read it, y'know.

Yeah, that was pretty rough chuckles. I'm sorry you went through that, dude.

Somebody nice, Wombles . . . I know this is futile . . . there is nothing for you to see there.

[littlefallsmets]

I have no idea who Stan Humphries is but I have to assume that its pronounced with an "Umphries" and that rappers in the top ten are thus allowed to bumphries.

I love kitties and I feel bad for this poor kitty but I must say that there is an irony in the naming a cat Spidey and then watching his body expell pretty-much web fluid.

[Nabubrush]

I have no idea who Stan Humphries is but I have to assume that its pronounced with an "Umphries" and that rappers in the top ten are thus allowed to bumphries.

I love kitties and I feel bad for this poor kitty but I must say that there is an irony in the naming a cat Spidey and then watching his body expell pretty-much web fluid.

Fuck man. You ever hear of spoiler tags? Jesus.

[littlefallsmets]

You say "spoiler" I say "teaser".

[Nabubrush]

Also, Stan Humphries is the quarterback who guided the Chargers to their only Super Bowl appearance. I could have sworn that Ash told me he played golf with him, but I searched and can't find it.

[linnea]

Yeah, that was pretty rough chuckles. I'm sorry you went through that, dude.

Somebody nice, Wombles . . . I know this is futile . . . there is nothing for you to see there.

*twitch*

if only I had heeded your warning, Nabu...

[theinevitable]

holy fuck*ng shit why are people/mammals/animals in general so easy to fuck up?

There needs to be, like, a big dude somewhere, off in a room in the sky, making sure that these things don't happen. like, he would have the power to make sure that the world didn't have these things in it.

[AlohaDawg]

holy fuck*ng shit why are people/mammals/animals in general so easy to fuck up?

Think about the complexity of the system that is replicating itself. I think it's pretty farkin' miraculous that it goes more or less right 99.9% of the time.

[Nabubrush]

Think about the complexity of the system that is replicating itself. I think it's pretty farkin' miraculous that it goes more or less right 99.9% of the time.

My experience is that (at least with humans) there is normally something broken in there somewhere.

[theinevitable]

I mean, I know that on an abstract level. But, shit! We are so easy to break.

[Nabubrush]

I mean, I know that on an abstract level. But, shit! We are so easy to break.

That's worth 100 cans. You are wise beyond your years. The neat thing is that we can fix ourselves.

[Arachno-capitalist]

In the words of the vet, "he's buggered."

They say buggered in Qatar?

[AlohaDawg]

My experience is that (at least with humans) there is normally something broken in there somewhere.

That's why I say more or less. The number of chemicals and parts that all come together and mostly function mostly correctly is kind of surprising. We can build the space shuttle and that works mostly correctly most of the time, but we have not synthesized anything even moderately complex that can self replicate and react in a self-preservation kind of way to environmental changes or injury. Nature is awesome.

[Nabubrush]

That's why I say more or less. The number of chemicals and parts that all come together and mostly function mostly correctly is kind of surprising. We can build the space shuttle and that works mostly correctly most of the time, but we have not synthesized anything even moderately complex that can self replicate and react in a self-preservation kind of way to environmental changes or injury. Nature is awesome.

Yeah - I guess the stats translate into everyone is 99.9% unbroken, not 99.9% of the population is completely unbroken.