My cat just died...

[Mastiker]

My cat patches died early last night, most likely in her sleep. Nobody else was around this morning when I found her, so I called up my friend and we buried her in the back yard...

It's pretty sad. She's been around the house just as long as I have, and that's since I was one or two...

I could use a hug :gloomy:

[Mittens]

Okay, this is some scary shit, because last night, I dreamt that I had a cat that died, and I asked my mum where was she and she explained it and I was all tryin hard to hold back the tears ><

Im incredibly sorry for your loss and I give you kitty huggles from lil Mittens <3<3<3

[Knife-Fingered Sue Sanderson]

:( I'm sorry *hug*

One of my cats died from old age in April, and I have another dying of intestinal cancer. Just remember that she lived a long and happy life because she could be with you and your family.

[Digital Masta]

My cat died last year during surgery...we didn't bury her in the backyard or anything like that, she was cremated.

[Ozero]

(sticks fingers in ears, and hums, trying to protect his ignorance of his lil leela's mortality)

[Hatsumomo]

Awwww, I'm sorry.

[Soli]

Aww! *hugs* :(

[D-pad]

Aw, that's über sad dude. Just remember the good times.

[harper]

Sorry to hear that. I went through it when my dog died 6 months ago. It took me a while to get over it.

[Jay]

Look at the upside, Mastiker - at least you have dinner tonight. :D

DISCLAIMER: Humour is the best medicine for a broken heart. Don't hate me.

[Zugzwang]

That reminds me: I have a friend who had recently bought himself an imitation AK-47. So he has a lot of cats outside of his house, like thirteen, and they've been their for a pretty good while. Two days after his purchase and acquiring some ammunition, he just opens fire and blows all of them but two away: some cat that looks like Garefield and a calico.

Anyway: sorry about your cat. :(

[mawande]

Zugzwang, perhaps you should rethink being friends with this person. Has he been arrested, yet?

[Chris]

Sorry to hear. It always sucks to lose an animal like that.

[Anders]

I am deeply sorry for your loss. Cats are truly unique companions. My Heinrich had personality- he was almost human! I loved that cat dearly and the most difficult thing I've ever had to do was say "goodbye." I know our words can't take away the pain you must be feeling right now, but our thoughts are with you.

[Zugzwang]

Zugzwang, perhaps you should rethink being friends with this person. Has he been arrested, yet?
No.

I've know him for six years, and he's my best friend. He's not 'twisted' or anything, he's just a gun/military fanatic, and by gun fanatic I mean the kid's damn good with firearms.

He's not a kid with a magnifying glass, decimating a line of ants in his front yard. He knows what he's got, and he's got quite a collection - hell, he probably didn't want a colony of cats freeloading off him, and what better way for a guy to try out a brand new AK.

Seriously, cats were everywhere over at his place and it was disgusting. Crawling all over each other, shitting all over his back porch.

Sure, he could've sold them or gave them away or some shit... meh, he didn't though.

Yeah, that was mean, but ultimately: Darwin didn't lie.

[Knife-Fingered Sue Sanderson]

He's not a kid with a magnifying glass, decimating a line of ants in his front yard.

No, he's just mowing down cats with a gun. That's way more healthy...

Seriously, your friend is the worst kind of person, and his actions need to be alerted to local authorities for animal cruelty. I don't care how long you've known him. If you have too many cats in your yard, YOU CALL ANIMAL CONTROL! You don't "test" out your new gun. He is very twisted indeed. And you are too very cruel as well if you believe posting this story on a thread started by somebody who's pet just died was a good idea.

And as far as Dariwn goes, he didn't mean for "survival of the fittest" to be applied to animals against idiots with guns.

I know this comes off as mean, but if there is one thing I cannot abide in this world it's people who are cruel to animals. They deserve their own special circle in hell.

[Zugzwang]

No, he's just mowing down cats with a gun. That's way more healthy...
Actually: looking back at my post, I don't even know why I said that. It really makes shit sense. I guess I was trying to say he's not oblivious to what he's doing and what he's doing it with.

Seriously, your friend is the worst kind of person, and his actions need to be alerted to local authorities for animal cruelty. I don't care how long you've known him.
They didn't feel much.

If you have too many cats in your yard, YOU CALL ANIMAL CONTROL! You don't "test" out your new gun. He is very twisted indeed. And you are too very cruel as well if you believe posting this story on a thread started by somebody who's pet just died was a good idea.
Mastiker's Patches was part of his life, he grew up with her since he was one or two-years-old. My friend was getting rid of a bunch of mongrel leftovers who were probably better off dead. He didn't kill his two cats (who can't sexually reproduce mind you). What the fuck will animal control do? They'll make you feel better about yourself; they'll do the killing for you.

And as far as Dariwn goes, he didn't mean for "survival of the fittest" to be applied to animals against idiots with guns.
Kinda contradictory, me thinks. Cats have claws, Homosapiens have an impressive brain.

I know this comes off as mean, but if there is one thing I cannot abide in this world it's people who are cruel to animals. They deserve their own special circle in hell.
Hell doesn't exist.

[Knife-Fingered Sue Sanderson]

They didn't feel much.


I'm sure people don't feel much if they're shot in the head, but it still doesn't make it right.



Mastiker's Patches was part of his life, he grew up with her since he was one or two-years-old. My friend was getting rid of a bunch of mongrel leftovers who were probably better off dead. He didn't hurt his two cats.


So animals with no personal connection to humans are just "mongrel leftovers"?


Kinda contradictory, me thinks. Cats have claws, Homosapiens have an impressive brain.


No, it's not. Survival of the fittest, or natural selection, is how individuals WITHIN ONE species get to pass on their genetic material as compared to others. Giraffes with longer necks could eat more, and therefore have more babies. Giraffes with shorter necks couldn't eat as much and were less likely to survive and have offspring. That's how giraffes got longer necks.

And as far as homosapiens having impressive brains, that certainly doesn't explain a lot about your friend's behavior, nor you trying to defend his actions.

[Plekto]

I've know him for six years, and he's my best friend. He's not 'twisted' or anything, he's just a gun/military fanatic, and by gun fanatic I mean the kid's damn good with firearms.


Okay, red flag time. Killing cats is by definition twisted. And illegal as well in most of the country.


I guess I was trying to say he's not oblivious to what he's doing and what he's doing it with.


You really need to find a new friend. People who do this sort of thing in a premeditated fashion are essentially unstable. Not that he's a danger to others necessarily, but people like this... you can find MUCH better friends than this. He sounds exactly like the sort who ends up getting you both in trouble or finds himself in jail for the weekend after some "adventure".

Definately something dark and disturbed in his subconscious. A normal person would have rounded them up and taken them to the animal shelter and let them deal with it and shot watermellons or bottles or cans or something.

Plus, you're 18. Ditch him and go find a girl. Perfect excuse as well. "I don't feel like spending time with you... I want to spend it with my girlfriend..." always works with guys you don't want to(or shouldn't) hang around with.

[stsparky]

Um Zugzwang. Serial killers start with killing animals and work their way up to people.

It's sick. And desensitizing. And wrongheaded. Your friend needs help. There's likely some traumatic reason he is killing animals. If you're a good friend - you need to alert people that this man is a danger to the community.

I'd call my local Health and Human Services department.

Seriously. No joke. Cats may be some person's only contact to the wider outside world.

[Zugzwang]

:bored:

Listen: that's just what he told me he did. Whether he did it or not, I don't know. I don't really care either. There were still a shit-load of cats up at his house when I went up their earlier this week.

I really don't see the big deal. As far as I know he hasn't had a traumatic past or bullshit like that, he's never gotten me into trouble, he just (supposedly) killed a bunch of cats. Maybe there is something wrong with him. Just the whole 'dontz killz teh animulz' shit hits me the wrong way; as if killing other humans (who are animals by the way) isn't twisted. Pisses me off.

Plekto, I have a girlfriend and I don't really talk much with my friend anymore anyway.

I was kinda trying to defend his actions I guess; I don't see myself doing something like that. Hell, if there's a bug in my house, I get it and put it back outside. I don't think I'd get a guilty conscience though if I smashed it.

[h2orowe]

Mastiker! =( I'm sorry. I know how that goes. My dog Luke died when I was 14, and he was only 7, but he was like my best friend, srsly. Not in a like "I have no other friends so I'm going to smother my animal with gifts and over attention" but like, he'd always just chill with me when I was playing guitar, and I'd let him sleep on the coach at my first Orange house when I slept on it, then I'd let him sleep on my bed when I moved to the second Orange house and had my own room. I didn't care if he had fleas or not, because that dog was fricking awesome.

[Micah the Great]

I know this comes off as mean, but if there is one thing I cannot abide in this world it's people who are cruel to animals. They deserve their own special circle in hell.

I'm really not trying be a jerk... but are you serious? Did you forget about people that test chemical weapons on other humans, or torture or rape?? Humm...

What the fuck will animal control do? They'll make you feel better about yourself; they'll do the killing for you.

Hey, once the problem is out of your hands, you can just forget about it! It's possible they could do something, but most likely they'll kill them or leave 'em in a small cage w/ barely any food or water.... much better!

Just the whole 'dontz killz teh animulz' shit hits me the wrong way; as if killing other humans (who are animals by the way) isn't twisted. Pisses me off.

This is the attitude that kills me. I realize the thread was about dude's cat dying and i'm sure it sucks and all, but it's a cat. They die. I'm not saying any of you on here are definitely like this, but it totally confuses me on how people can spend so much time and money on a pet and say they love it so much and whatnot, when they could adopt a 'human' child and spend their time, money, and love on it. WTF world!

I'm not at all for cruelty, to anyone or anything, but just the act of killing an animal isn't bad. Do any of you eat meat? Hey, maybe that was someone's pet! I couldn't just go around and start shooting animals randomly for the hell of it... i'm sure i'd get sick to my stomach b/c it's wrong. But in my family, if we had a pet that was really old and sickly, or got hit by a car bad and was suffering... we'd just shoot it in the head. That or let it suffer slowly or wander off and get eaten by coyotes. Much better...

[Knife-Fingered Sue Sanderson]

I'm really not trying be a jerk... but are you serious? Did you forget about people that test chemical weapons on other humans, or torture or rape?? Humm...


Yes, I'm quite serious. I'm not saying that testing chemical weapons on people, rape, murder, etc., isn't bad or worse, but ever since I was a child nothing gets me madder than animal cruelty. It's just how I feel. My mother has instilled in me since birth to respect ALL living creatures - from people to pets to the "creepy crawlies." We all have our buttons, and animal cruelty is mine.

And there is a difference between "wow, I have too many stray cats on my property. It would be better for them if I put them down" and "Woo-ee! I got a new gun! What should I test it out on? Ooh, look - a cat!"

[Micah the Great]

^Agreed.

[Zugzwang]

And there is a difference between "wow, I have too many stray cats on my property. It would be better for them if I put them down" and "Woo-ee! I got a new gun! What should I test it out on? Ooh, look - a cat!"
Even if he did shoot the cats, I was just assuming why he did it. I wasn't saying he was all: 'looksz i gut gunz, i shut cats to test it owtx111!' as a fact.

[Knife-Fingered Sue Sanderson]

That reminds me: I have a friend who had recently bought himself an imitation AK-47. So he has a lot of cats outside of his house, like thirteen, and they've been their for a pretty good while. Two days after his purchase and acquiring some ammunition, he just opens fire and blows all of them but two away...

Even if he did shoot the cats, I was just assuming why he did it. I wasn't saying he was all: 'looksz i gut gunz, i shut cats to test it owtx111!' as a fact.


That's what it sounds like to me.

And even if you tried to go back on what you first said: your friend might be making it up, and you're just assuming his reasoning behind it, etc., why would you ever tell that to someone who's cat just died and not see why it's a problem?

[Chris]

Do any of you eat meat? Hey, maybe that was someone's pet!

Err... when was the last time you got hungry for a steak and starting kidnapping peoples cats?


I'm really not trying be a jerk... but are you serious? Did you forget about people that test chemical weapons on other humans, or torture or rape?? Humm...

I'm in no way stating that killing a cat is worse or anywhere near as close to a human, but the thing that pisses me off about someone killing, say, a kitten vs. someone killing at human is that, in most cases, a human can at least have some fighting chance of fighting back. Even an adult cat vs. man with ak47 = dead cat. And that's just fucked up no matter how you look at it. (yes, this argument would also apply to babies, which sickens me more than anything else on this earth)

[stsparky]

:bored: Listen: that's just what he told me he did. Whether he did it or not, I don't know. I don't really care either. There were still a shit-load of cats up at his house when I went up their earlier this week. ...
I really don't see the big deal. As far as I know he hasn't had a traumatic past or bullshit like that, he's never gotten me into trouble, he just (supposedly) killed a bunch of cats. Maybe there is something wrong with him. Just the whole 'dontz killz teh animulz' shit hits me the wrong way; as if killing other humans (who are animals by the way) isn't twisted. Pisses me off. ... I was kinda trying to defend his actions I guess; I don't see myself doing something like that. Hell, if there's a bug in my house, I get it and put it back outside. I don't think I'd get a guilty conscience though if I smashed it.
You friend has serious issues. This goes beyond teenaged thuggish behavior. Killing animals for sport (or out of boredom) is seriously sick. It's totally different than killing an animal for food. That these cats are strays is merely sad. Animal control needs to be called and the home owner needs to be cited.

Most serial killers start with killing small stray animals, then work on up to people's pets and then people. That you can see the connection between people and the cats being animals doesn't mean your friend still can. You friend needs help. Serious.

[Zugzwang]

@pandaclair: I wasn't going back on anything. He said he killed the cats, and I wasn't there when he supposedly did. I was just making up an assumption to his actions (if any were placed at all).

I didn't see it as a problem 'cause he didn't shoot Masitker's cat. Also, there weren't any kittens at his house, and I'm sure he didn't run around cackling like a madman whilst he was shooting them.

@stsparky: He's not insane, and he's not twisted. He didn't take the cat and peel it's skin off while it was still alive. He just shot a few cats. They're just animals to him. He doesn't see them as a necessity to his life.

Goddamn...

[Digital Masta]

@stsparky: He's not insane, and he's not twisted. He didn't take the cat and peel it's skin off while it was still alive. He just shot a few cats. They're just animals to him. He doesn't see them as a necessity to his life.

Goddamn...


What's the difference between killing them because you're bored and peeling off their skin while still alive because you're bored.

First strays aren't a necessity

Then people's pets

Then people

[雨]

What's the difference between killing them because you're bored and peeling off their skin while still alive because you're bored.The amount of pain they endure.

[Anders]

Drop it. All of you. Does anyone remember why this thread started? His Cat died. That's very sad- it's like a brother or sister dying. Grow up.

[Digital Masta]

Drop it. All of you. Does anyone remember why this thread started? His Cat died. That's very sad- it's like a brother or sister dying. Grow up.


Nobody's joking in regards to Zugzwang's friend killing cats because he doesn't see them as a needed part of his life. That's some serious f-uped stuff.


Besides how many times can you say, "Thats sorry, that sucks, etc" I know what its like to have your cat die, it sucks. I can't seem to rank in on the level of one of my brothers dying but it sucks nonetheless.

[Zugzwang]

Just so everyone knows though: he doesn't kill cats on a regular basis because he's bored or anything. If he just went around, trying to purge Earth of every cat, yeah, I could see that as a little fruity. If he skinned the cats alive, sure. I mean: you guys think killing a few freeloading cats is fucked up; look what goes on in the world around you.

I mean, as far as killing other animals go, there are local events where people hunt for sport.

I'm sorry, but most of you are coming off as self-important pricks. You could probably give two shits, so long as you know a lot of people are going to hear your claims...

Ohhh! Aren't you a budding example!

Besides how many times can you say, "Thats sorry, that sucks, etc" I know what its like to have your cat die, it sucks.
I know, right?

[Knife-Fingered Sue Sanderson]

I'm sorry, but most of you are coming off as self-important pricks. You could probably give two shits, so long as you know a lot of people are going to hear your claims...


I am not a self-important prick, and I give a lot more than two shits. I know this thread should merely be for offering condolences for Mastiker on the death of his cat. But YOU turned it into something else by offering that disturbing story about your friend blowing away some stray cats in his yard! I don't care if your friend didn't kill Mastiker's cat, it's a disgusting story that has no purpose being told to a grieving pet owner. Shame on your friend, and shame on you. I don't care if no one is around to hear my claims - killing cats for NO reason with a gun, not caring about a friend who kills stray animals for NO reason with a gun, and then sharing that tale is terrible.

[stsparky]

Anders. I am a cat-person myself. I'm sorry that a beloved pet died. But it died with people who cared for it. Masticker can grieve and recover. Perhaps he'll rescue a spayed cat from an animal rescue compound and make the world a little better.

I am stunned that Zugzwang can not process the thought that random and senselessly killing animals is a reason for concern. Ottis Toole (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ottis_Toole&redirect=no) or Jeffrey Dahmer (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeffrey_Dahmer&redirect=no)'s first actions began with killing animals. Don't be desensitized to this stuff. I'd put alot of distance between myself and him if I were you. No joke. You don't want to end up like one of Ed Gein (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ed_Gein&redirect=no)'s victims. That you thought it was okay to threadjack Masticker's grief with tales of your pal's brutality I think means you know deep down that there was something really creepy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_%281960_film%29) happening. I hope.

[Druid]

Hmm..Pets. Misery-Bombs with a timer, I think.

[Jay]

How about we all leave Zugzwang alone and let him associate with who he likes. Then if he gets done you can all shrug your shoulders and go "we tried. We really did".

Mastiker, don't feel to down mate. Unfortunately death is necessary for life to move forward.

[Plekto]

This is definately an odd situation, though. That he would post something so opposite of what you would think as being prudent as well as socially acceptable in a thread like this raises a question in my mind as to his motivation for doing so. Trolling? Some odd sense of morbid humor? Trying to get attention?

As for the actions of his friend, they aren't disturbing, really, in and of themselves. Many people in rural areas get rid of feral animals in similar ways. Without specifics, it's hard to tell exactly. The good or bad of it isn't the big deal to me. It's the way it happened. It strikes me as just one of a string of antisocial behavior on his friend's part(he did say he was a "gun nut") which will lead to all sorts of wierd and troublesome happenings. You know - the typical rebelious teenager who is very likely to get into trouble.

It's just better to steer clear of this type of personality when you find them, IMO.

P.S. By the way it happened, I mean that he used a weapon that was easily ten times more powerful than was required to "try out" a new weapon. Take shooting varmints(gophers and other vermin that infest fields). You generally use a small caliber rifle at long ranges(.223 or similar). When you see someone go out and use really big weapons to the point where the animals literally turn into a small red cloud... You keep a good distance from them for the rest of the day. Being so overkill as well as casual about it are signs of something not quite being right about the person.

[Zugzwang]

It was some odd sense of morbid humor, TBFH.

[japanat]

Fucking insensitive, really. Your posting it, I mean.