Time to be down voted to oblivion for my parents' exception to the rule: their outside cat just celebrated his 25th birthday. He's no longer an energetic, murderous little shit, but a grumpy no longer able to murder murderous little shit.

Very precious, 10/10 to pet

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not going to downvote you, but just because you know a lucky cat doesn't mean being outdoors isn't bad for the cat.

It's like hearing about some person who's reached 100 years old who has a cigar and a shot of bourbon every day and thinking that it's the shot and the cigar that caused the longevity instead of just the luck of the draw.

[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

exception to the rule

🙂

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm aware. I pretended to not see it because of all the people who would ignore it and consider your post confirmation that they can let their cat be an outdoor cat.

[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

Fair point! Added more emphasis to that bit!

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Holy shit that is an old cat lmao