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@Elmy I thought both of those were one image LD

It makes sense that way too!

@JourneymanGeek That's kind of why I chose them XD

@Elmy Is that... swimming?

@Sarov I think it's peeking over a fence or wall, preparing a deadly attack on the unsuspicious dog

Aah. Explains the raised bum.

@Elmy I thought it was the classic "Hang in there" kitten

@AllisonC oh you're right, it could be. You just have to change the perspective in your mind

Hey everyone, I'm new here. Thanks for inviting me to the chat!

Nevermind, this art didn't work

lol

fixed width is a bit funny on chat

if you're using the desktop view, you will see a fixed width button pop up which should make word art look right

@JourneymanGeek Wait what? No I don't?

o0

@Sarov Once you entered some text, the button appears, but it doesn't do that if you ping someone

Oh.
So it needs multiple lines. Neat.

yes

When you click it, you really need to pay attention to the text window. If all text shifts to the right a little bit, you have activated the fixed width. If you click it again, it shifts back to the left and isn't fixed width anymore

@JourneymanGeek TIL

lol

its a super poorly designed well hidden feature

haha

What happens if I turn it on then remove a line?

Wait is it just purely adding four spaces?

It is.

How about inline code?

Current pets :) ^^

Got a few baby bees this weekend

@curious What is that??? Looks like cigars rolled from green tabacco leafs

@Elmy Leaf cutter bee cocoons :)

They're fascinating little critters!

They cut up some leaves, stick them in a hole to create a cavity they fill with pollen and stick a bee egg in it

The baby bee grows in the tube and emerges when it's ready

Indeed fascinating. Do they live wild or do you keep them as pets?

Porque no los dos? Live in the wild with them!

Bee barbarian. Beebarian.

@Elmy Go hybrid? They're wild but I take care of them as in providing housing, food sources and in this case, made sure they wouldn't get eaten up by something else (I'm learning!)

@Sarov Live in the wild and bee bare?

Have you ever seen a shaved bear? They're terrifying. I can barely bear bare bears.

@Sarov I really regret searching Google images for this :)

I warned you.

I'm curious

Curiosity killed the cat. Satisfaction brought it back. Then a bear killed it again.

That's how the saying goes, right?

I've got a few more lives left, luckily!

Well, I got some wet food to feed my cats who normally eat dry food for a few days on the recommendation of my vet (they were starting to get a little bit overweight). Ran out of wet food last night, so gave them dry food this morning and one of them just turned his nose up at it and walked away. I've created a monster LOL

@JacobJones Hahhah, he's cultured now :) In all seriousness, though, wet food is a great option and I'm a big advocate of feeding it (my cats get only wet food, for both weight control and urinary health)

@AllisonC Yeah I think I'm going to have to switch to exclusively wet food. Not the biggest deal, a bit more expensive but I can manage. I always thought that wet food would be more unhealthy than dry food until my vet explained why that's not the case. It just looks like it would be worse for you for some reason haha. His brother, the fatter one, will eat anything so I can have him on dry food, but I feel like that would be unfair since obviously wet food is more appealing to them

@JacobJones Traditionally, dry food was "healthy" and wet food was "a treat" and "unhealthy," but it's based on a couple of fundamental misunderstandings about cats' diet. They get their water from their food, and are biologically designed that way, so wet food keeps them more hydrated (plus gives them more protein and fewer carbs), and fills them up with fewer calories than dry does.

Plus, the wet food doesn't swell in their stomachs like dry does (which can cause vomiting). The biggest argument I see toward dry food is "dental health," but if you've ever seen that vomit you know that cats aren't chewing their food, even if "crunchy things" did clean teeth.

I had the "dental health" fight with a previous vet and previous cat, when I switched him to all wet due to his urinary issues; he blocked, but the vet still wanted him to eat kibble (just prescription kibble instead of regular), because "his teeth would get bad." That fight ended when they did his dental cleaning and they were no worse than they had been previously. :)

My current cats have been all-wet since they were kittens (I let them free-feed dry with supplemental wet until about 8-10 months), and the oldest ones are only just now being advised to have dental cleanings done, at 5 years old.

@AllisonC oh that’s great to hear! My boys are both around 2 yrs, and I haven’t committed to dental cleanings yet. At some point I’m sure I’m going to have to, I actually had a friend lose his cat because of tooth problem that created an abscess that ended up causing his brain to get infected. It was very sad and out of the blue for him, so things like that make me nervous!