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I Sleep In Late, And I’m Tired Of It

3 points by tommaxwell 13y ago

anigbrowl 13y ago
Get a dog. You could also consider a cat, but they're more complicated.
- dylangs1030 13y ago
  I'm going to go ahead and confirm that a cat will not help. I have 2, have had up to 4 at one time, and when I've slept in, they're helpless. A dog on the other hand is substantially...well, bigger.
  - anigbrowl 13y ago
    I have 10, and yes I meant the number between 9 and 11. This is equivalent to an alarm with a short snooze function, albeit one that involves scratching and sandpaper-like abrasion from feline tongues, and which can actually result in sleep deprivation instead of excess somnolence. Dogs fortunately come in a variety of sizes, but IME they're a bit more regular than cats, plus they're more prone to express gratitude than merely issue demands.
    - dylangs1030 13y ago
      Haha, that was funny. I can't believe you have 10! Do you breed them? I'll have to defer to your experience then. I've never had any of mine (I've had 6 total) scratch me to wake me up. They also fail to wake me up by making noise. The worst that ever happened was my kitten biting my nipple. I have found that younger cats like to play at the most inconvenient times for falling asleep...but once I'm there I've never found a mewing or even fighting cat to wake me. I've only had one dog, and they definitely do seem to appreciate people more, but cats are much more interesting, I think.
      - anigbrowl 13y ago
        No, I had a crazy cat lady neighbor that abandoned 9 of them (in stages), and #10 was an impossibly cute kitten that showed up because there were other cats here. I've recovered several lost cats for neighbors, they tend to gravitate to my yard since it has a bunch of contented cats. It's a long story. My wife and I are trying to turn it into a children's book.
        dylangs1030 13y ago
        Impossibly cute kittens are the best. I just recently got a purebred ragdoll...beautiful coat and bred to be extra affectionate. If you're ever in the market to buy/adopt another kitten on purpose, you might check out http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragdoll http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragdoll - they're more hyper, but they have these piercing blue eyes and a white/gray coat. They also don't mind how people pick them up...they'll pass out stomach completely exposed in your arms, for example. But on the flip side, you could make a cool Kafka-esque horror story in which you awake one day to find that you had inexplicably become, to your terror, a cat-lady...with mewing cats around you and all.

3 points by tommaxwell 13y ago

anigbrowl 13y ago

Get a dog. You could also consider a cat, but they're more complicated.

dylangs1030 13y ago
I'm going to go ahead and confirm that a cat will not help. I have 2, have had up to 4 at one time, and when I've slept in, they're helpless. A dog on the other hand is substantially...well, bigger.
- anigbrowl 13y ago
  I have 10, and yes I meant the number between 9 and 11. This is equivalent to an alarm with a short snooze function, albeit one that involves scratching and sandpaper-like abrasion from feline tongues, and which can actually result in sleep deprivation instead of excess somnolence. Dogs fortunately come in a variety of sizes, but IME they're a bit more regular than cats, plus they're more prone to express gratitude than merely issue demands.
  - dylangs1030 13y ago
    Haha, that was funny. I can't believe you have 10! Do you breed them? I'll have to defer to your experience then. I've never had any of mine (I've had 6 total) scratch me to wake me up. They also fail to wake me up by making noise. The worst that ever happened was my kitten biting my nipple. I have found that younger cats like to play at the most inconvenient times for falling asleep...but once I'm there I've never found a mewing or even fighting cat to wake me. I've only had one dog, and they definitely do seem to appreciate people more, but cats are much more interesting, I think.
    - anigbrowl 13y ago
      No, I had a crazy cat lady neighbor that abandoned 9 of them (in stages), and #10 was an impossibly cute kitten that showed up because there were other cats here. I've recovered several lost cats for neighbors, they tend to gravitate to my yard since it has a bunch of contented cats. It's a long story. My wife and I are trying to turn it into a children's book.
      - dylangs1030 13y ago
        Impossibly cute kittens are the best. I just recently got a purebred ragdoll...beautiful coat and bred to be extra affectionate. If you're ever in the market to buy/adopt another kitten on purpose, you might check out http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragdoll http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragdoll - they're more hyper, but they have these piercing blue eyes and a white/gray coat. They also don't mind how people pick them up...they'll pass out stomach completely exposed in your arms, for example. But on the flip side, you could make a cool Kafka-esque horror story in which you awake one day to find that you had inexplicably become, to your terror, a cat-lady...with mewing cats around you and all.