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Probably part of some base template Microsoft uses.

To add to this, the university decided to suspend him. The court did also order him to pay a fine to the victim.

this goes in detail, but claws are thicker, and physically closer and more wrapped around the bones, and they not that fragile

That doesn’t make them “closer to bone” than they are to nails. Handling a cat makes it very clear they are much closer to nails than to bone.

this will impact their preying abilites i think

You think wrong. At worst their claws are a little dull for a day. Cats sharpen them by scratching, and because claws aren’t bones and closer to nails it happens quickly.

indoor cats do spend some time outside

Then they’re not indoor cats.

Also, your cats are rescue cats, so they also have some amount of trauma, and may explain some amount of fear.

One of them has a scratch, the other was rescued too young for any trauma. Certainly nothing related to their nails. They don’t have a trauma response or a fear response, they just dislike it (same as human children often do). Stop assuming.

It is not just a way to do what they naturally do, naturally they get experienced in hunting, and during that, they wither their claws. It is a more gradual (not a discrete clip 1 mm in a day, a month together, as compared to a few microns every time they attack).

That’s not how it works. Your lack of experience handling cats is really showing here. The claws wither because the cats walk around on harder materials, like stone, wood or the pavement. This ‘chips’ off parts of the nail. They don’t need to hunt for this, it just happens as they walk around. They’re also not losing microns this way, they chip off bits or ‘slices’ off the nail, usually a couple mm long but quite thin. A house cat will also do so, but at a slower pace because house floors are less course and rough.

Also, the experience (and the reward of food) is now replaced by trauma, and some treats.

Cutting nails is not “traumatic” to a cat. Stop presenting this as a fact when it is clearly not. Most indoor cats don’t even mind at all. But cats are drama queens. 10 minutes late giving them food or cleaning the litter box? Time to yell throughout the house as if death was imminent. Anything they dislike and they’re more than happy to thoroughly inform you of it. Oh a treat? Nevermind then it’s all good.

but it is not as equivalent of a procedure to humans cutting nails, we do not really use our nails, a equivalent i think would be chopping our digits, because what claws to a cat are (tools), digits are to humans. If we clipping nails, that may be equivalent of saying scratching our digits (not as bad as chopping them, but definitely reducing their usability)

Nails aren’t trimmed beyond usability. They can still use them just fine. You’re really not impairing the cat here.

We do not really use are nails much (our nails are not like cat/dog claws, they much closer to bones

Cat nails really aren’t “close to bones”. They’re far too fragile for that. They’re designed to be like that, so it’s easy for the cat to sharpen them and keep them a reasonable length.

And this is why we should not have “indoor cats”. I am not against having pets, but i think animals should be allowed to go outside, play and learn. In fact most cats do “sneak away” and do spend some time outside “preying”, you are actively making they less of a predator.

Indoor cats don’t usually “sneak away”. Most are perfectly happy indoors and are often afraid of going somewhere they don’t know. And it’s fine if they’re not being some predator all the time. Humans aren’t either, nor are dogs or other animals.

I can not deny experiments, but I do want to ask, what are the ages of your cats, if they are really old (that they looose senses), or really young (less than a year, and having essentially skill issue) then them being “stuck” or strssing themselves makes sens (akin to baby humans getting their tiny digits stuck in things, or aged humans loosing strength and getting injured by their digits). If not, they are possibly just stayiing insides too much.

My cats are 2 and 4 years old. They’re rescue cats, taken from the streets of Greece at a very young age. They aren’t allowed to roam free outside anymore, but that’s fine. They’re plenty stimulated through play indoors (which lets them act out any “predatory instincts” they have), though they also like to sleep in some sunny spot all day. Perfectly happy cats.

Again, I am not an expert and would like to learn more about it.

Then try not to present your opinions as some true fact to people who actually know what they’re talking about. Trimming cat nails is completely normal and just a way to do what outdoor cats do naturally anyway. It’s not at all remotely equivalent to declawing a cat.

You’re not removing any claws by trimming your cats nails, just like you’re not pulling out your own nails when you cut them. You only cut off the top bit (couple mm at most).

Outdoor cats naturally trim their nails by being outdoors. This prevents them from growing too long. Indoor cats can’t do this that easily, though they will scratch things to trim and sharpen their nails. But that usually isn’t able to keep up with the growth of the nail.

There aren’t any real health benefits, just like there aren’t any for humans cutting their nails. But there are practical benefits. Claws that grow too long can cause the cat to get stuck in toys, carpets, couches, etc…, which can be frustrating and stressful to them. Cutting your cats nails every now and then is part of normal pet care routine.

I know our two cats don’t enjoy having their nails cut, but you can tell they are much happier afterwards when they notice they don’t get stuck as much. It doesn’t affect their ability to hunt or play (I think it even makes it easier for them).

No, it specifically talks about US lend-lease and the invasion of Europe. It’s not talking about the entire western contribution to the war.

The US army says that lend-lease and the invasion of Europe shortened the war. It does not say that the Soviets would have won without the Allies being in the war. Even your source says that the lend-lease and the invasion, even if not the deciding factor, were “a great help”.

Maybe read your sources a little better?

The Axis combined conscripted approximately 40 million men, whereas the Soviet Union conscripted approximately 34.5 million men. Without the Allies they would not have won just looking at the numbers.

The US conscripted 16 million, the British Commonwealth approximately 11 million. That’s a combined 27 million, which isn’t exactly insignificant compared to the USSRs 34.5 million (see https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342260/wwii-mobilization-by-country/).

The Soviets were forced to mobilize that many as they were essentially fighting an existential war at that time. They also suffered the brunt of the casualties, in no small part due to a lack of equipment.

Without the Allies, the USSR would have likely lost. Even Stalin knew and said as much. The US entry shortened the war but they certainly didn’t “win the war for the rest of the Allies” or anything. But to minimize the contribution as a “pinprick” is ridiculous and not supported by historians east nor west.

Because the US and UK did nothing else during the war except lend-lease of course. The bombing of German industry, blockades of their supply lines, the Africa-campaigns, extensive intelligence operations, no all of that definitely did nothing and didn’t contribute to the war effort at all.

It’s likely the Allies would have won the war without the US involved, though it’s estimated it would have taken much longer. Without UK involvement, it’s more probable that the Germans could have achieved a victory, though perhaps not a total capitulation of the Soviets. Without a western front to guard as heavily, they would probably have taken Moscow by the end of 41 (irl they were 20 miles out). Japan would also have a much freeer reign in the pacific theatre.

Don’t think they can vote if they’re not a citizen, no?

The form required for deadlifts basically requires you to stand up straight. It’s actually helped me personally to get a better standing form.

Definitely have someone explain and help you with your form though. It can be hard to tell for an inexperienced person if their form is good, and bad form is risky when deadlifting.

The weight doesn’t even have to be that high, it’s all about learning the proper form, which helps you realize a better posture.

It’s not, but without a diet change you’re unlikely to convert fat into muscle like that.

How the fuck did that thing ever become road legal. I think in some countries it even straight up isn’t iirc.

Depends, my girlfriend has issues playing Minecraft unless motion blur is on. Though I have to say whoever made the shader we’re using did a pretty good job implementing a not terrible looking blur imo.

I see people enter with left signal flashing and then they’ll take the 3rd exit (out of 4 total).

Pretty sure that’s how you’re supposed to signal. In most places it’s not a legal requirement but it is recommended and taught by most driving instructors.

Although I do assume they switch to their right signal before taking their exit. If they don’t, then yeah that’s wrong.

In spirit I suppose. But they have been an empire for a while: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Empire

Liechtenstein or Andorra perhaps. Bit too small for “empire”. Or Kosovo, given that they haven’t been independent for that long.

Korea had the longest unbroken chain of slavery of any society in human history, spanning over 1500 years.

Yes, Marxism-Leninism is surely the only alternative out there. I guess all those concessions to social democrats, greens etc… never happened. 🙄

Politics doesn’t exist on a one-dimensional scale you know. These extremely authoritarian branches of leftism are to me just as detestable as right-wing authoritarianists (though clearly one is more of a present threat). But I dislike being associated with those people because they believe they somehow must be similar in ideology to me.