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Post by catlover13000 »

hello from the community! happy canteen gets a lot of food so if you want to donate i recommend checking out the less popular feeders. it is the most popular because mr fresh the meme cat who was adopted originated from there.

for those worried about the kitties every feeder has a different caretaker and some are more involved than others. from what ive seen a majority of the popular ones have either a dedicated caretaker or are involved with some business. unfortunately, you may come across feeders where the cats arent as cared for or where the caretaker lacks the funds to do so. to help with this the purrr app (where english speaking users can feed them) has a fund option where instead of feeding, you can support TNR or wellness treatments!

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Post by catlover13000 »

xrd wrote: post #137

How is this surviving the HN hug of death? Why is this not bigger than skibidi toilet? I have three kids, two girls and one boy. My son loves skibidi toilet, but my girls outnumber him and they've NEVER told me about this.

believe it or not there was a massive surge in popularity in 2024 when mr fresh still visited the happy canteen so they had time to prepare lol.

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Post by catlover13000 »

catlover13000 wrote: post #221

hello from the community! happy canteen gets a lot of food so if you want to donate i recommend checking out the less popular feeders. it is the most popular because mr fresh the meme cat who was adopted originated from there. for those worried about the kitties every feeder has a different caretaker and some are more involved than others. from what ive seen a majority of the popular ones have either a dedicated care…

i forgot to mention these feeders just began entering the U.S. this year. there are several located in shelters and have helped many homeless cats find owners! hopefully they will continue to spread and help in communities that have stray cat problems

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Post by varispeed »

omcnoe wrote: post #17

These feeders are part of a stray cat control program in China, aiming to both feed & neuter stray cat populations there. There have been some distasteful incidents of online groups organizing to try and harm/kill specific cats famous through this feeder program. China lacks animal welfare laws to protect these cats, it's not a crime. So people have taken to identifying these abusers and reporting them to their emplo…

If they neuter all stray cats, they will end up with no cats. Then they'll end up with mice.

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Post by [deleted] »

Llamamoe wrote: post #32
Wowfunhappy wrote: post #21

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"Membership" in anything should never be criminalized—that's freedom of association. Animal abuse should be criminalized.

You have a point but we are literally talking about an association whose entire and only raison d'etre is to perpetuate violent crime. Maybe it shouldn't be outright criminal, since people can potentially register for other reasons than to participate, but it definitely should at least be under scrutiny.

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Post by thr0w__4w4y »

catlover13000 wrote: post #223
catlover13000 wrote: post #221

hello from the community! happy canteen gets a lot of food so if you want to donate i recommend checking out the less popular feeders. it is the most popular because mr fresh the meme cat who was adopted originated from there. for those worried about the kitties every feeder has a different caretaker and some are more involved than others. from what ive seen a majority of the popular ones have either a dedicated care…

i forgot to mention these feeders just began entering the U.S. this year. there are several located in shelters and have helped many homeless cats find owners! hopefully they will continue to spread and help in communities that have stray cat problems

I noticed all the feeders seem to be similar / same. I'm in California, I feed 3 strays in an area where the average outdoor cat's lifespan is about 4.5 years (fires, traffic, hawks, coyotes, evil people).

Right now my process is very manual but it's a labor of love. All 3 cats only show up after dark. Ring stick up camera, bowls out (clean them every day), run out on a motion alert, etc. problem is I also have racoons, opposssums and skunks. (I'm not in L.A. highrises, I'm close to the ocean).

Where can such feeders now be purchased (US customer). Thank you!

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Post by GreenWatermelon »

RobotToaster wrote: post #103
torarnv wrote: post #69

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This seems like a good initiative, but makes me wonder, isn't there a risk these cats will end up overeating when endless Internet-people click the feed-button?

Cats generally don't overeat like dogs do.

The "oh lawd he comin"[0] meme is popular precisely because cat tend to over eat.

[0] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chonk-oh-lawd-he-comin

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Post by econ »

squigz wrote: post #217
econ wrote: post #212

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Depends on how you define it. If you spend pretty much all waking hours dedicated to some task you don't care about entirely to avoid dire consequences I'd say you are close enough. People might still want to use a different word to describe the same thing but it requires they care more about appearance than substance.

No, you are not close enough. This minimizes the seriousness of actual slavery to an extraordinary degree.

It does? In what way?

I think you underestimate the "normal" labor conditions in some places.

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Post by b112 »

Refreeze5224 wrote: post #197
b112 wrote: post #154

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Would you ask an amoeba the same thing? A plant? What about an insect? A mouse? Humans are capable of thought that cows are not. Chickens are not. For example, cows cannot conceive of object persistence. Human infants do not until 2+ years, some parrots do, etc. So what you have to ask yourself, is would the animals even be aware they are captured? And do they have the intellect to care? Or do they entirely live "in…

I think you're missing a key part of the argument. The question is, do you support inflicting excessive suffering on beings that are capable of suffering? Factory farming intentionally forces billions of animals, each capable of feeling pain and suffering, to more of that pain and suffering than is necessary, all in the pursuit of profit. It is not a question of eating meat or not. It's about inflicting more pain and…

What on earth are you on about? I specifically differentiate between fsctory and traditional farming. I specifically say one is bad the other not.

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Post by econ »

squigz wrote: post #208
aksss wrote: post #201

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I believe there are more slaves today than ever in the history of the planet simply due to population growth. While everyone WE know thinks slavery is morally evil, most of the world does not hold that view. In fact, I would say the default human view (looking at all cultures across time memorial) is that slavery is the rule not the exception. That doesn't go away with modernity, it goes away with culture.

Out of curiosity, which parts of the world is actual slavery a normal thing?

There is this

https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/

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