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My wife and I brought two kittens into our lives 16 years ago. The bonds that we forged with those animals were deep. We had to walk one out of our lives in Nov

My wife and I brought two kittens into our lives 16 years ago. The bonds that we forged with those animals were deep. We had to walk one out of our lives in November due to advanced kidney disease. A couple weeks after that, the other one decided that her time had also arrived. I’m not ashamed to say that I miss them dearly. I weep from time to time. It’s like losing a limb. I can’t imagine ever putting myself through that again.

randycupertino 2y ago
ᛖᛁᛖᛋ ᛒᚱᛁᚷᚻᛏ, ᚳᛚᚪᚹᛋ ᛋᚻᚪᚱᛈ, ᛏᚪᛁᛚ ᚻᛖᛚᛞ ᚻᛁᚷᚻ. ᚷᚩ ᚳᛖᛖᚾᛚᛁ ᛁᚾᛏᚩ ᚦᛖ ᛘᛁᛋᛏ, ᚩᛚᛞ ᚹᚪᚱᚱᛡᚱ. ᚠᚪᛚᚻᚪᛚᛚᚪ ᚹᚪᛁᛏᛋ ᚠᚩᚱ ᛁᚩᚢ. Eyes bright, claws sharp, tail held high. Go keenly into the mist, old warrior. Valhalla waits for you.
- jjtheblunt 2y ago
  You wrote english in the elder futhark, tediously or with some letter by letter translation tool?
  - BizarroLand 2y ago
    Looks like this is a bit of a rabbit hole. https://wetnosespetsitting.com/coping-with-the-loss-of-a-pet/ https://wetnosespetsitting.com/coping-with-the-loss-of-a-pet... Has a copy of this, but it was attributed to a reddit post https://old.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/hmyago/rest_in_peace_francie_my_cat_passed_away_this/fx877wl/ https://old.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/hmyago/rest_in_peace_... But the runes were not on that post. Searching the runes (which kind of sounds badass) led to https://imgur.com/gallery/rest-easy-boy-4OYHNTn https://imgur.com/gallery/rest-easy-boy-4OYHNTn from May, 2022 https://www.instagram.com/kaitbernhardt/p/CUvyLLEMaNN/ https://www.instagram.com/kaitbernhardt/p/CUvyLLEMaNN/ from October 2021 But the trail seems to go cold there. The lore seems to suggest that it originated on Reddit but it probably got lost in the purge when Reddit exiled non-official clients.
    - randycupertino 2y ago
      Someone posted it to me when my cat passed and I saved it because I thought it was lovely.
  - fsckboy 2y ago
    Are the runes used on the common /r/cats copy pasta accurate? https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/kfeq3m/are_the_runes_used_on_the_common_rcats_copy_pasta/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/kfeq3m/a... TLDR: Yes Does anyone know what kind of runes these are? I mean, I know they're norse, but are there different kinds of norse runes? I've had hard time figuring that out. Furthermore, are the runes accurate to the English translation below? yes, the runes and the translation seem to match. runes were not only used for norse. english also used runes before the latin alphabet arrived
    - jjtheblunt 2y ago
      My Germanic Linguistics teacher in undergrad and grad school was really interesting; this book considers many things you just asked above. Elmer Antonsen, A Concise Grammar of the Older Runic Inscriptions https://a.co/d/eTV2tFs https://a.co/d/eTV2tFs
veunes 2y ago
I haven’t lost any pets yet in my conscious age. I’m so scared because I know how much pain it will be for me
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
  It sucks, but it is worth it, to have them in our lives. I have had pets throughout my life. The only one I don’t miss, is a psychotic parrot, from my early childhood (given how long they live, it may still be kicking around, biting people’s ears off). Our cat (a marmalade tom) is like a member of the family. We lost his brother, a few years ago, and that was rough. I do recommend getting rescues, over breeder animals. I feel it is better for the soul. I have a friend who is in his mid-sixties, and delayed getting a dog, until he figured it would outlive him, as he hates the pain of loss. Not sure I’d want to do that, myself. I have seen what happens to pets, when their owners pass. In a lot of cases, they end up in kill shelters. https://theonion.com/we-gave-rex-to-a-nice-farm-family-vs-they-had-me-put-t-1819594265/ https://theonion.com/we-gave-rex-to-a-nice-farm-family-vs-th...
- dhosek 2y ago
  I found it a bit odd when I got a dog that I was struck with an instantaneous grief shortly after getting it as I considered the fact that I would almost certainly see it die.¹ Oddly, this has never happened with the many cats I’ve had although I have always grieved their deaths when they happened. ⸻ 1. The alternative, of course, being that I would die first.

randycupertino 2y ago

ᛖᛁᛖᛋ ᛒᚱᛁᚷᚻᛏ, ᚳᛚᚪᚹᛋ ᛋᚻᚪᚱᛈ, ᛏᚪᛁᛚ ᚻᛖᛚᛞ ᚻᛁᚷᚻ. ᚷᚩ ᚳᛖᛖᚾᛚᛁ ᛁᚾᛏᚩ ᚦᛖ ᛘᛁᛋᛏ, ᚩᛚᛞ ᚹᚪᚱᚱᛡᚱ. ᚠᚪᛚᚻᚪᛚᛚᚪ ᚹᚪᛁᛏᛋ ᚠᚩᚱ ᛁᚩᚢ. Eyes bright, claws sharp, tail held high. Go keenly into the mist, old warrior. Valhalla waits for you.

jjtheblunt 2y ago
You wrote english in the elder futhark, tediously or with some letter by letter translation tool?
- BizarroLand 2y ago
  Looks like this is a bit of a rabbit hole. https://wetnosespetsitting.com/coping-with-the-loss-of-a-pet/ https://wetnosespetsitting.com/coping-with-the-loss-of-a-pet... Has a copy of this, but it was attributed to a reddit post https://old.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/hmyago/rest_in_peace_francie_my_cat_passed_away_this/fx877wl/ https://old.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/hmyago/rest_in_peace_... But the runes were not on that post. Searching the runes (which kind of sounds badass) led to https://imgur.com/gallery/rest-easy-boy-4OYHNTn https://imgur.com/gallery/rest-easy-boy-4OYHNTn from May, 2022 https://www.instagram.com/kaitbernhardt/p/CUvyLLEMaNN/ https://www.instagram.com/kaitbernhardt/p/CUvyLLEMaNN/ from October 2021 But the trail seems to go cold there. The lore seems to suggest that it originated on Reddit but it probably got lost in the purge when Reddit exiled non-official clients.
  - randycupertino 2y ago
    Someone posted it to me when my cat passed and I saved it because I thought it was lovely.
- fsckboy 2y ago
  Are the runes used on the common /r/cats copy pasta accurate? https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/kfeq3m/are_the_runes_used_on_the_common_rcats_copy_pasta/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/kfeq3m/a... TLDR: Yes Does anyone know what kind of runes these are? I mean, I know they're norse, but are there different kinds of norse runes? I've had hard time figuring that out. Furthermore, are the runes accurate to the English translation below? yes, the runes and the translation seem to match. runes were not only used for norse. english also used runes before the latin alphabet arrived
  - jjtheblunt 2y ago
    My Germanic Linguistics teacher in undergrad and grad school was really interesting; this book considers many things you just asked above. Elmer Antonsen, A Concise Grammar of the Older Runic Inscriptions https://a.co/d/eTV2tFs https://a.co/d/eTV2tFs

veunes 2y ago

I haven’t lost any pets yet in my conscious age. I’m so scared because I know how much pain it will be for me

ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
It sucks, but it is worth it, to have them in our lives. I have had pets throughout my life. The only one I don’t miss, is a psychotic parrot, from my early childhood (given how long they live, it may still be kicking around, biting people’s ears off). Our cat (a marmalade tom) is like a member of the family. We lost his brother, a few years ago, and that was rough. I do recommend getting rescues, over breeder animals. I feel it is better for the soul. I have a friend who is in his mid-sixties, and delayed getting a dog, until he figured it would outlive him, as he hates the pain of loss. Not sure I’d want to do that, myself. I have seen what happens to pets, when their owners pass. In a lot of cases, they end up in kill shelters. https://theonion.com/we-gave-rex-to-a-nice-farm-family-vs-they-had-me-put-t-1819594265/ https://theonion.com/we-gave-rex-to-a-nice-farm-family-vs-th...
dhosek 2y ago
I found it a bit odd when I got a dog that I was struck with an instantaneous grief shortly after getting it as I considered the fact that I would almost certainly see it die.¹ Oddly, this has never happened with the many cats I’ve had although I have always grieved their deaths when they happened. ⸻ 1. The alternative, of course, being that I would die first.