Fun fact: it’s “jibe” not “jive” - https://www.grammarly.com/commonly-confused-words/jibe-vs-jive

Please don’t take this as me being an asshole, it’s just that English is my second language, and I find this kind of stuff fascinating.

I love how the most debated thing on the list became the alkaline water. Love you, guys.

Don’t give up, that just means you gotta practice. Maybe start with a child, their skin is softer and easier to manipulate.

You will become unrecognizable.

If you like this, you should join us at !bats@lemmy.world for more adorable bat pics!

That’s excellent news! Thank you for what you do, you are a beautiful human being.

I’m number 6. Pet my belly if you dare.

Here you go

To torture the cat that never gets fed, of course.

Very impressive to get the right number of badgers. Bravo!

I thought so too, but turns out it is a word, even if it might be misused here: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/129015/is-disclude-a-word-and-what-authority-says-a-word-is-a-word-or-isnt

Happy Birthday! What a good boy!

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Art by Maggie Vanderwallè

If it makes you feel better, I asked the same question at first. Then felt stupid.

My human male child loved both of those things, so I can only imagine a boy cat would too.

“Am I a joke to you?”

I just assumed it was a tail, lol. But I think you are right, it doesn’t look quite right.

100%. The bipolar meds help too though.

I’m a former gifted child, and I can honestly say I somewhat redeemed myself. Wasted my 20s with undiagnosed ADHD and bipolar, spent my 30s getting diagnosed and medicated, and changing my hated career by going to grad school, and now in my 40s I own a business in an industry I truly enjoy. Most importantly, I’m happy.

Moral of the story: sometimes things get better with age, and it’s never too late to start.