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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • So if I hypothetically own a home and rent my basement suite out, you think I would be inherently exploiting someone? What’s my alternative? What if I need the rental income to afford the mortgage?

    I feel like following this train of thought results in either nobody owns anything to keep it fair, or everyone is entitled to a home for free, both of which are not realistic.



  • This is coming off as deliberately obtuse.

    If you have a nuke, and someone wants to take your shit or kill you, they will be deterred from doing so. Will anyone ever use a nuke in this situation? Who knows, but it would probably cause a world war. Millions, if not billions could die. Governments could collapse. Entire species could be wiped out. The results are nearly unfathomable. I don’t think anyone wants to be the cause of that.

    If Ukraine nuked Russia, or vice versa, it would likely result in the destruction of both countries regardless of who the nuke hit, hence the previous commenters wiki link to mutually assured destruction.

    It’s uncharted territory for humanity, and no one wants to fuck around a find out.




  • TJDetweiler@lemmy.catocats@lemmy.worldHow on earth?
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    6 months ago

    Haha damn, totally missed it.

    It’s actually significantly more expansive than it looks. Part of the bridge you see runs under our deck, and then on the other side there is an enclosed ramp up to our kitchen window. Another part of it forks off to the front of the deck so they have a primo sunbathing spot .We simply unlock the little cat door that was installed in the window screen, and they are out.

    Thanks for the kind words. We feel good about the compromise of letting them outside, but not letting them kill all the surrounding wildlife.


  • TJDetweiler@lemmy.catocats@lemmy.worldHow on earth?
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    6 months ago

    I made a catio in my backyard (3rd one attached the house) because our little bastards will kill everything in a kilometre radius. Not that we’ve ever tested that, but we’ve seen how they act when creatures smaller then them are out and about within their purview.