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[–] [email protected] 128 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's killing me I'll be moved out of this house in a couple weeks and have to leave my friends Klaatu and Chauncy in the ground here.

I'm overprotective of my cats even in passing. A couple years ago a local utility company was moving their lines and someone was showing me where they would be trenching through my yard.

"I've got a cat buried right here"

He chuckled like I was making a joke.

"No, I'm serious. If that gets desecrated; It will be a bad day for everyone involved."

They steered clear. (Sorry, I'm just sad rambling now).

[–] Xanis 44 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

You know...years later and hundreds of miles, I swear I sometimes still hear a meow and catch the flicker of a tail out of the corner of my eye. Maybe in some small way, those of us who truly and deeply loved our pets, who made them family, never truly go forth alone.

Edit: Also, apparently I was flagged as a bot at one point. Which sorta diminishes this comment, but there you go. beep boop

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

I lost my cat of 16 years at the end of last year. I'd had him longer than I hadn't. He was the coolest dude, a highland lynx. A major goofball with zero balance, and all the chill. I still routinely see him lounging somewhere out of the corner of my eye, only to realize it's a random bag or something. Breaks my heart every time. Same with all the pets I've lost over the years. They're special in a way that non animal people will never be able to understand

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

apparently I was flagged as a bot at one point

You don't get "flagged" as a bot, it is a user setting in your preferences. You should fix it so that you are not marked as a bot.

[–] Xanis 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's fascinating since I know I never selected it. Didn't even know it existed. I appreciate the heads up!

Edit: Found the setting. Switched it to "On",, which I know based on other settings. Now not showing as bot. Weird bug, I'll take it though.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Omg. Can someone with Photoshop skills plz add the Saddam meme to this instead of the cat?

[–] [email protected] 110 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

1000006471

Edit: while I'm here, seems therapeutic and everyone else is doing it

I miss you, Mimz <3

Cat tax:

Mimz

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[–] MagnyusG 12 points 1 month ago

Photoshop seems like overkill for that

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

That's what I was expecting before seeing the entire picture

[–] Hobbes_Dent 40 points 1 month ago

Oh damn.

Thank you but damn.

Gotta go say hi to our passed cats when I get home in the morning.

[–] neomachino 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My son is 3 and goes over to the pear trees where we buried 2 pets in the past 2 years.

Our cat Bruce and our bearded dragon CJ.

He still feels a need to take care of them. He was "in charge" of feeding the lizards so every one in a while he grabs lettuce from the fridge and tries to take it outside for her. While he's over there he says stuff like "pspsps Bruce wanna play with me" and it fucking obliterates me every time.

Bruce was his best friend, he would do his bed time routine with us everynight and loved my son so much. I'm suprised he even remembers him since he was so young but their immediate bond was really special.

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[–] Dr_Fetus_Jackson 30 points 1 month ago

Rigby, MoMo, Sauron, Tiger, Doug. I miss all of you.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

Death is cruel.

Love with everything you can while you can.

I'm gonna put these onions away now.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oof this got me I miss my buddy <3

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[–] WrenFeathers 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] littlewonder 25 points 1 month ago

I hate how far away the cat is and how alone it seems that far down :(

I know dead beings can't feel emotions but I can't help it.

[–] vladmech 24 points 1 month ago

I’m 42 and have my first pet since I graduated high school and moved out, leaving our family dog with my parents, and I’m already dreading this. I love her so much and it’s weird knowing this is just something I/we all sign up for.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I walk past your tree every day my sweet Ganon.

[–] transMexicanCRTcowfart 6 points 1 month ago

Ganon looks so much like Roy, whom I rescued years ago, but had to rehome. I'm sorry for your loss.

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[–] Anticorp 23 points 1 month ago

Damn, that was unexpected.

[–] SpaceNoodle 22 points 1 month ago

Neo passed almost five years ago and we still accidentally call his little nephew by his name all the time.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Boris, Tu-Ba-Bou, Miss Moneypenny. You were so very loved.

[–] KazuyaDarklight 17 points 1 month ago

Whiskers, Salem, Boots, Telemain. ❤️

[–] afox 17 points 1 month ago

I drew Pickles on my phone to forever remember her. She is still my world.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Greebo, Lauser, Schlingel, Zorro, Flauschi, TinkTink.

I now have to get cuddled by my cats.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nikki, Socks, Porgy, Tails, Bandit, Rex, Francis, Snowfire, Jasmine, and Santa... Fuck I've had a lot of cats. I feel like I forgot one, too. ☹️

[–] 2ugly2live 16 points 1 month ago

Never stopped thinking of you, Luna. Thank you for being my best friend for 17 years. Miss you everyday. ♥️

[–] Ledivin 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Anyone know where to find the original? This image is fried from compression

[–] Orbituary 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] ramenshaman 6 points 1 month ago

It hurts even without the words

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Wheatley, Trip

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Still have her as my phone wallpaper

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

RIP kitties. Still miss them.

[–] P1nkman 15 points 1 month ago

Soti, Tigerpus and Asterix, you will always have a special place in my heart ❤️

[–] Orbituary 15 points 1 month ago

Bookee - my best friend, Colonel, Symi, Jackson, Sylvesters, Smokeys, Garfield, Babune, Skeezer, CC...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Dang it now I'm crying a little

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Whisky, Sir Benjamin the third, Goliath, Gizmo

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’ve scrolled past this like 10 times today and almost cried every time.

[–] Siegfried 6 points 1 month ago

You are not alone pal...

[–] Sam_Bass 11 points 1 month ago

Family never disappears even when they leave

[–] ramenshaman 11 points 1 month ago
[–] robocall 10 points 1 month ago

Such a sweet image.

[–] ElPussyKangaroo 10 points 1 month ago

This is sad. Please don't make me cry.

[–] FlashMobOfOne 8 points 1 month ago

I'm getting stuffed animal versions made of my pets before they pass so I have something to snuggle when I reminisce about them one day.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is why I can't bury them anymore. my childhood home will likely be sold and moved out of in the next year or 2, ending 2 generations of our family living there. 3 of my childhood pets are there, and I'm not about to be the freak who gets them back.

Its hard, to look at the boxes with their ashes. There have been too many taken too closely and too soon, too tragically, but they can always come with me. They're always home.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Thanks, OP.

I'm just about crying, but it's good to feel - shows how much they matter.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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