• @[email protected]
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    556 months ago

    The longest-living cat ever verified was Creme Puff, a mixed tabby domestic cat who lived for 38 years and 3 days. Flossie, a cat born in 1995, is the current verified oldest living cat at 28 years old (as of June 2024).

    Damn.

    • @[email protected]
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      my cat’s about to turn 16 and i dread the day he doesn’t make it to being the next longest living cat.

      • @irreticent
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        106 months ago

        It needs more content. The last post was 9 months ago.

        I’ll see what I can come up with. Maybe I’ll post something.

        • @samus12345
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          46 months ago

          Lemmy is littered with dead communities that were copied over from reddit a year ago or so.

  • @Allonzee
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    336 months ago

    I guess Jon dyes his roots.

    • @[email protected]
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      Seriously. :(

      My cat is roughly 13 but I’m just lying to myself and saying she’s immortal! She’s been literally my only company for over a decade so when the inevitable happens it’s definitely not going to be a fun time…

      • @[email protected]
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        I call it The Price of Love.

        I just realised that we are more worried about mortality of our loved ones than our own.

        • @samus12345
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          66 months ago

          Makes sense. We won’t be upset after we die.

      • @[email protected]
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        Sometimes I remember that my cats won’t be with me forever and I cry and cry and wipe my snotty face in their fur and yet they still love me. I’ve long decided a long time ago that I’m saving one of my cats ashes to mix with mine so we can be together again after I die. She’s my soulmate.

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    In Jon’s defense, HE doesn’t appear to have aged, so why would he expect Garfield to?

    Is there a dog skeleton around somewhere as well?

    • @son_named_bort
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      It’s in the basement along the the skeletal remains of Lyman.

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        126 months ago

        That’s fucked up, Jon!

  • @[email protected]
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    It’s also perfectly possible Jon has acquired a new cat to replace the original, while keeping the name.

    It’s a bit weird, but I think it’s a very Jon thing to do

      • @Glytch
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        56 months ago

        Lyman said he was sleeping. He lied! He lied!

    • @[email protected]
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      Especially when it’s outside Zach’s usual style. I read SMBC and I didn’t recognize this as one of his.

  • @Shard
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    196 months ago

    On another note Garfield as a comic strip needs to be retired. Every joke that can be done has been done. Let Garfield die already…

    • @johannesvanderwhales
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      I don’t think Garfield is a strip aimed at people who value originality.

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        It literally isn’t. Jim Davis created it specifically to be predictable and safe, appealing to as wide an audience as possible. I don’t fault him for it - it was a very successful tactic, and I liked it as a kid. But creative or groundbreaking art it ain’t.

        That said, it did spawn Garfield: His 9 Lives, which was anything but predicable and safe.

          • @samus12345
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            26 months ago

            Turns out I’m Sorry John was already official a decade before the internet!

  • credit crazy
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    186 months ago

    Y’all have heard of r/imsorryjhon now get ready for c/imsorrygarfeild

    • @[email protected]
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      It’s not.

      It’s just reposting 4chan stuff. That post is fine, but look over the community and you’ll find a lot of punching down and the odd dog whistle post.

  • Flying Squid
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    Garfield may be dead, but he shall return.

  • @hexdream
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    56 months ago

    This is sticking in my head much more than is comfortable. Fuck.