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Abbeh posted:Anyone have some really good cat/kitten gifs?    
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Abbeh posted:Anyone have some really good cat/kitten gifs? Sure, what are you after? I've got some kittens just being cute:   I've got bouncy kittens:   and I've got kittens playing with tails:  
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Aug 11, 2013 00:25
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From the people who gave us Kitten Vs. Scary Thing, we have the sequel. Kitten Vs. TWO Scary Things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-1F-CokXNU
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Aug 11, 2013 00:30
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Tycho's got a doppelganger So far, it seems to be working. 
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Aug 11, 2013 02:01
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Beatnik-Filmstar posted:
That cat has had a rough life, good on your parents for giving it a nice home. I'd pet him all day if I could.
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Aug 11, 2013 02:07
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All those gifs helped make a lousy week not quite so lovely. Thanks guys  And in return, here are some gifs of my own kitties:     vv why yes, yes it is Abbeh has a new favorite as of 03:22 on Aug 11, 2013 |
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Aug 11, 2013 02:21
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^: Is that a hand knit scarf in that first picture?
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Aug 11, 2013 03:21
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Abbeh posted:Anyone have some really good cat/kitten gifs? Maybe.     
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Aug 11, 2013 04:00
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Golden-i posted:Tycho's got a doppelganger Don't you mean... doggelganger?
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Aug 11, 2013 04:15
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a kitten posted:Maybe. This must always be accompanied by the video.
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Aug 11, 2013 04:22
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Demon box!
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Aug 11, 2013 04:23
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She better have adopted that kitten. Oh god, the butt wiggle.
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Aug 11, 2013 07:59
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So majestic.
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Aug 11, 2013 09:28
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The cat's expression reminds me of that neti pot woman.  They both have that 'I'm not here right now' stare.
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Aug 11, 2013 14:05
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Must... purge... unclean thoughts... Seems like something David Cronenberg would cook up.
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Aug 11, 2013 14:54
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Richard Renaldi is a photographer from Chicago. He looks for complete strangers on the streets and asks them to stand together in each other's personal space and takes photos. Some of them you would never guess they had never met. The series is called Touching Strangers http://www.renaldi.com/projects/#num=content-188&id=album-11 
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Aug 11, 2013 14:58
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Taken off imgur, two stories of awesome police officers and their new pups. This Baltimore City Police Officer found this pup in an abandoned house, took him to the shelter, then went back and adopted him after his shift.   quote:On Wednesday Baltimore police officer, Dan Waskiewicz, was honored by the Baltimore Humane Society for adopting a pit bull he saved in May. In completely unrelated news, Guillermo del Toro is a giant adorable fanboy.  Dat face. He spent roughly 370USD on figurines of the kaiju he knew and loved while growing up, and that helped inspire him while making Pacific Rim. Guillermo del Toro in Akihabara Guillermo del Toro in "Fat Otaku Heaven"
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Aug 12, 2013 01:57
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That there is the gooniest of happiness.
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Aug 12, 2013 08:02
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This guy's entire photoset of his daughters (and other random places and people from Japan), is just too http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyokazu/with/7131290781/ I couldn't really pick just one, but here's a random one... http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyokazu/7131290781/
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Aug 12, 2013 15:24
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Anyone have more animal rescue stories with happy endings? I love those.
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Aug 12, 2013 18:47
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I'm going to throw in a song that is... I don't know, lifting my spirits? Astounding me with its beauty? Whatever, here it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID9lYh_uUVs Manhatta - The Cinematic Orchestra. It's 11 minutes long, and to me feels very powerful.
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Aug 12, 2013 19:37
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I think I did a thing you guys might like. I wrote this up for another forum, but I figured it might as well go here.quote:Around 8 or 9ish, I decided to go for a little drive. Just wanted to zone out on the road and let my mind wander; it's something I do from time to time. It's a relaxing thing for me. I don't know why, but it is. Sociopastry posted:Anyone have more animal rescue stories with happy endings? I love those.  I don't think we have the same idea of what a happy ending is at least I hope we don't
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Aug 13, 2013 18:11
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grumplestiltzkin posted:I think I did a thing you guys might like. I wrote this up for another forum, but I figured it might as well go here. I grew up in south Florida, lived on both coasts. I spent about eight years in Port Charlotte. I also have a Florida travel story, although I'm not sure if it's "feel good" as much as "slightly creepy." It has a happy ending, though, from my point of view. When I was very young, my father was a pool contractor and owned two HUGE flatbed trucks. Like, bigger than standard flatbed tow trucks. We're crossing Alligator Alley late one night way back before the fences, back before it was part of 75, back when it was two lanes through swamp. I don't know if you remember those days, but Alligator Alley was desolate back then. Anyway, it's the middle of the night, we're in the middle of nowhere, and our giant truck breaks down. We're stuck in the heart of the swamp, smack between the two coasts. My father pops the hood and has a look, turns out the fan belt snapped. I don't think driving without the belt was an option on that enormous truck in south Florida heat. As I remember it, the truck wouldn't even run without the belt. Anyway, we're on a section of the Alley where the weeds and cattails push right up to the road. There's no traffic, no people, nothing. Cell phones essentially didn't exist. We were stuck. We hear some noise in the reeds and bush, like a big animal crashing around in there. Like something in a movie, we start to see the tops of some stalks waving, the noise gets louder, the bushes are moving more and more, and, all of a sudden, a hand pops out, pushes apart the plants, and out comes this old black guy in boots, jeans, and long sleeves. For people who don't know Alligator Alley, it's nearly a hundred miles of (back then) two-lane blacktop with no towns, no rest stops, no exits, no nothing. The old man said he was out there fishing, but he didn't have fishing gear in his hands, there was no vehicle of any kind visible, and it was something like two in the morning in the middle of the swamp. The whole situation was bizarre. The average number of people you would expect to find hoofing it through the middle of the Everglades on any given night is zero. The dude says he might have something that would help, and produces a length of rope. My father ties it around the pulleys, we say thanks, the old man disappears back into the swamp, and we take off. We drive the rest of the way across the alley, and, as we are pulling into our driveway at home, there's a thump and a screech and the rope gives. So, we got home OK, which was feel-good, but the entire event stands as one of the weirdest I've ever been involved in.
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Aug 13, 2013 20:43
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Aug 14, 2013 02:40
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On how I got Pod. I was looking for a second cat to hang out with Shinobi. Shinobi would talk and cry and talk and talk and shred things until I got home, even with scratching posts, toys, etc. When I got home, I almost got tripped because I'd have a magnetic torti on my leg in seconds. To this day, I'm still amazed I didn't break my neck. I love my 'nobi and figured she needed company. So, I let my friends know and kept an eye out at Petsmart. They had mostly much younger kittens and my schedule wouldn't let me give a young kitten the attention they needed (Shinobi was about a year old). We tried a foster cat, who turned out to be the meanest cat I ever did meet. She got me so badly I needed stitches and if I allowed them even a paw's width of space, she'd go after Shinobi. She even ignored the yelps of pain from Shinobi. So I took Callie back to her foster mom, who understood. I donated the cat's fee back to them, too. So, I went back to searching while I worked. And then one evening, my neighbors show up at my doorstep with this tiny, gimpy legged little black and white kitten with a dot on her tummy. They found her, apparently, after someone sicced his dog on her*. And they knew I was looking for a second cat. Her leg looked pretty bad. There was an open wound, too. I was honestly pretty skeptical about her chances, given how thin she was, the injury, etc. So I called Banfield, took Tripod to the bedroom and set up an Emergency 2nd Cat Station. She seemed so much smaller than Shinobi (And it turned out she was only about 6 months younger). She was the cuddliest danged thing I ever met. She'd dangle around my neck like a boa if I laid down. She sat in my lap. She sat on my feet if I stood. She followed me around, slept against me and was a general cuddlebug. I took her to the vet at Banfield, and sadly the awesome cat guy wasn't there. Instead, I got Captain Cat Hater who took my 287 bucks to have her vet tech look at the cat, get her tests done, dose her with antibiotics, shots, etc. She told me to come back in a week if my cat wasn't dead and refused to look at her leg. I couldn't afford that again, since I had *just* graduated and already blown most of my graduation money on funding Pod so far. Yeah. The bright-eyed, trying to nibble on and escape from her vet tech by walking around cat. As it turns out, she had a dislocated hip. Her leg is still more weight than actually in use, but the new, awesome vet simply told me to let it be unless she was in pain. Disheartened, I took her home. And we waited a week. She plumped up on Blue Buffalo and is still spoiled rotten to date about 4 years later. People love to poke the dot on her tummy. I'm glad I didn't give up on her. *This neighbor was later evicted for having the cops called on him, cruelty to animals and starting a knife fight. He was a real winner.
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Aug 14, 2013 03:58
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I misread that as 'How I got an iPod' and got really confused there. 
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Aug 14, 2013 04:20
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Yeah, her full name is Tripod. It's a bit cliche, but Pod is just so fun to say.
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Aug 14, 2013 05:12
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Rescue cats are always the best cats. Glad she found a great family. This story is unfortunately not pet related, but is pretty cute non-the-less. About 3 years ago I was doing my first costume while attending Gencon (a gaming convention in Indianapolis). I was dressed as Roxas from Kingdom Hearts (wearing the Organization XIII cloak and a pretty decent keyblade that I had acquired a year earlier. I was feeling pretty nervous as I had not dressed up for anything outside of Halloween and I thought my costume looked pretty basic compared to the really great costumes next to me). Fast forward to the costume parade, I'm marching in the parade with the other cosplayers when I noticed there was a kid, probably about 10, keeping in perfect step with me. He was dressed as Black Lantern Superman but I also noticed he was carrying a keyblade as well. As we walked on he looked up at me at asked "Hey, do you mind if I walk next to you in the parade?" I smiled and said "Sure, keyblade wielders need to stick together, right?" He immediately perked up and started asking me what I knew about Kingdom Hearts and I happily talked with him for next 10 minutes as parade continued down the convention hall. As we rounded the corner and began the final loop of the walk, I asked him "How did Black Lantern Superman come across a keyblade?" He looked around sheepishly for a second seeing if anybody else was listening and then turned back to me: "Well I lost my BL ring so I though I'd be Black Lantern Sora. You don't think that's stupid, do you?" "Dude, that's great and creative. You should be proud of yourself." His face lit up and he thanked me as we reached the end of the parade and ran to his parents. He pointed towards me and they all waved before walking into the convention hall for the costume contest. It gave me a great feeling for the rest of the weekend knowing I had help that kid have a great day.
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Aug 14, 2013 06:14
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SynthOrange posted:I misread that as 'How I got an iPod' and got really confused there. Day I got cookie .
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Aug 14, 2013 06:17
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Aerofallosov posted:Yeah, her full name is Tripod. It's a bit cliche, but Pod is just so fun to say. Aw man. That's what I call my housemate's 3 legged cat. His 'real' name is Salem, but that's boring. I call him Tripod, my buddy calls him Tricycle, etc. He's adorable but he's an outdoor cat(I live in a pretty safe area, there's no big predators around to mess with him) so I don't really get to play with him unless I'm leaving or coming home.
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Aug 14, 2013 07:02
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Name 'em Yardstick got three feet 
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Aug 14, 2013 11:17
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HEGEL CURES THESES posted:Name 'em Yardstick OH! Oh I don't want to like you but I do. :3 
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Aug 14, 2013 11:51
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Toddler and dog play the blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOHkOr_c-iM
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Aug 14, 2013 16:33
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Panda mama and panda cub reunited. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sInbWZ66cxQ
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Aug 14, 2013 18:26
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HEGEL CURES THESES posted:Name 'em Yardstick I have been having a really lovely week and that awful pun genuinely cheered me up. Thanks. 
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Aug 14, 2013 20:13
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Found this on a friend's tumblr, titled: "A local humane society posts pictures of new adoptions." This one makes me go . Seriously. New forever friends.  Edited to add clarity. CatStacking has a new favorite as of 05:32 on Aug 15, 2013 |
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Aug 15, 2013 04:59
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cuntvalet posted:A local humane society posts pictures of new adoptions. This one makes me go It's not a competition, you don't need to claim that it's your humane society. It doesn't have to be your pics, just cute pics. But thank you for the cute pic.  Like this! I don't know this puppy, but he's flippin' adorable. 
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Aug 15, 2013 05:23
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Teddybear posted:It's not a competition, you don't need to claim that it's your humane society. It doesn't have to be your pics, just cute pics. But thank you for the cute pic. I didn't mean to claim its my humane society (I've worked at the one in my city...they don't do heart warming things like that) I found the picture on a tumblr and just posted the text it came with (added the 'It makes me go ' because it really does) so that it had some context. Though "sweet old man holding his new best friend for life" in an of itself is cute, adorable and uplifting of its own. Sorry if the text was unclear I can definitely see where it was confusing. I edited it for clarity. Also I kinda wish I knew which SPCA it was taken at to see if they have more just adopted pictures. 
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Aug 15, 2013 05:29
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Corgi will not be denied belly rubs  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQwirnKysXI
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I'm so far from anything approaching an expert on figure skating, but god drat if this clip doesn't bring (happy) tears to my eyes every single time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wazOhkRuySI
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