Karen Straits

I am a person of many interests. Cats like me.

[Karen Straits @Dark_Cygnet]

Workin at Starbucks is like starring in yr own bukkake film, constantly being sprayed in the face with all the fluid you're pumping. #trufax

[Pat Just Pat 🍉 @PatTheSocialist]

From JennyLouPru on Instagram

[Kittyworks @kittyworks]

"A raspberry? How about a little fruit punch."

[Big Timi @OrevaZSN]

why aren’t the robots working in the mines and oil fields and handling toxic chemicals or picking plastic out of the ocean? why are they writing emails and making powerpoint presentations? what the hell are we doing

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

I need a scientist to explain to me why this tiny paw has the same weight as a car

[Karen Straits @Dark_Cygnet]

@j88heon I was there tonight and thought the same thing!

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

My dream Gen X retirement community isn't a golf course or a luxury resort.

It's a fully renovated 80s/90s shopping mall.

Half the building is apartments. The other half looks exactly like the mall we grew up in.

The Waldenbooks is now a massive library where you can spend hours getting lost in books.

The food court is part of your meal plan, so you can grab an Orange Julius, a slice of pizza, Chinese food, or sit down for a proper meal at Shoney's whenever you want.

The movie theater plays classics every night.

The arcade is free and packed with Pac-Man, Galaga, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Donkey Kong, and every cabinet game we spent our allowance on.

Sam Goody is still there. You can browse CDs, listen to Bowie, The Ramones, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, or whatever you love. They even host monthly dance nights for anyone who still remembers MTV when it actually played music.

The Sharper Image has massage chairs you can reserve whenever your back reminds you that you're no longer 25.

The pharmacy is still an Eckerds.

Blockbuster is fully operational. You can rent movies, video games, and spend 30 minutes wandering the aisles before choosing something you'll probably fall asleep watching.

There's an aerobics studio offering Tae-Bo, Richard Simmons, MTV's The Grind workouts, and every fitness craze we survived the first time around.

There are fountains everywhere, a lazy river because we've earned it, and plenty of benches where people can sit and talk instead of staring at their phones.

Every morning we go mall walking before the stores "open."

Every evening we meet friends at the food court.

No algorithms. No endless scrolling. No influencers.

Just books, music, movies, arcades, friends, nostalgia, and the feeling that for a few hours, it's 1995 again.

Honestly, I'd put my name on the waiting list today.

[Karen Straits @Dark_Cygnet]

@ricecopperfish On AO3?

[Ƙŵɓñ🦅 @akokc_dark0]

Me during World War III fighting for China because I accepted all of Temu’s terms and conditions without reading them:

[‏ً @itsnwts]

Enough teaching girls how to square dance in PE, teach them how to punch a creėp so hard he swallows his own teeth.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

That’s a way.. 😅

[Antidepressant Content @depressionlesss]

the fact that God created so many different types of cats… yeah, i think we know who His favorite is

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

Only in America can peacefully protesting get you arrested, but a seven-hour gang rape gets you a homework assignment. What the fuck are we doing?!

[That Witchy UFO Girl @WitchyUFOGirl]

Good morning to everyone except the Home Depot in Lake City, FL, @LakeCityHD6864 @HomeDepot
where a managed cat colony had been peacefully living on the property for 6 years. Every cat was fixed, vaccinated, regularly fed and cared for, and there was an agreement with Home Depot allowing the colony to remain on the property.

That changed when a new manager took over and decided the cats were no longer welcome. Rather than giving The Ranch Rescue caretakers who had managed the colony for years an opportunity to trap and safely relocate them, something was done with the cats without their involvement.

Two were found dead under circumstances that raised concerns about possible poisoning, then the rest of the colony was removed. Despite repeated requests for information, Home Depot has yet to provide clear answers about what was done with the cats or where the remaining cats are.

Six years of responsible colony management, only for a new manager to come along and apparently decide animal cruelty and secrecy were the better option.

The cats deserved better, and the people who cared for them deserve answers.

[cat of the day @catoftoday]

Apparently Caracal kittens sound like laser beams.