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Cats shouldn’t be bathed. They clean themselves perfectly fine. This is just cruelty to them.

Edit: to all those coming at me with these rare occasions of cats plunging into something poisonous and need to be rescued by bathing them: do you honestly think, that this “funny” post is about a cat which needed a bath because it fell into something deadly?

There is no “acting your age”, there are only stereotypes, expectations and some people who are afraid acting out of those.

Do I know why that happened to you? No, just guessing.

What I do know though: if it was like some replies here suggest, that it’s all due to IT folks not playing well with others, then forums like stack overflow wouldn’t exist.

What I also know: I’ve been to a lot of forums, not all IT related, and I met quite a few people online who just love to be rude, regardless of the topic.

So if I had to guess why, I’d say because they are assholes, not because it was an IT forum.

Has someone ever tried to put trump into a bikini? Preferably with a realistic looking body and wet hair as he just came out of the sea?

What learned so far:

you need to politically engage to fight for a life which is enjoyable

Get used to it, climate change will definitely worsen it.

Your most important ally still wants to invade: https://www.firstpost.com/world/trump-asked-us-special-forces-to-plan-greenland-invasion-faces-resistance-from-military-generals-report-13967597.html

“You exchange real money at a booth, and in return you get tokens or fake currency that are only usable inside that ecosystem.”

To me that sounds like Reddit’s award system.

“Boosting posts or creators (opt-in)”

I hate this idea. I don’t want algorithms nor paid boosting to change the sorting of content. That’s one of the reasons I left Reddit.

Instead of introducing a complex internal currency or paid boosting, Fediverse instances could adopt a simple, transparent system inspired by Signal’s (the messenger) supporter badges.

Users voluntarily donate to their instance (one-time or recurring). In return, their profile gets a small, instance specific badge visible next to their avatar.

Badges are purely visual, they don’t have any influence on post visibility or sorting.

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I forgot to mention, that the badges are only visible for a certain time, like a month or so

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I’m not saying, that this is the best solution, but to me this solution is fair, doesn’t interfere with the core values of the fediverse and still raises awareness of the importance of financial support.

Bin ich fasziniert von Katzen? Ganz klar: ja (und von Hunden, und eigentlich allen Tieren).

Bin ich fasziniert von online cat content? Nö. Mich nervt vor allem die Sprachverhunzung die in den meisten Fällen über einem eher alltäglichen Bild einer Katze verwendet wird.

Ich kann jedoch nicht verstehen, dass jemand mit Katzen nichts anfangen kann oder diese sogar hasst. Je stärker die Ablehnung anderer gegenüber Tieren, je größer ist mein Misstrauen gegenüber diesen Menschen.

That was my thought too, the article skips the most obvious cause: violence and state repression work as a deterrent. If being queer or trans risks surveillance, legal attack, or violence, people will understandably stay silent.