• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1041·
    3 months ago

    “Accidentally”

    You’re a monster.

    You know you could have given them a little taste without harm, even though it has more salt than their food.

  • Illuminostro@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    3 months ago

    Any experienced cat owner knows your cat is plotting to kill you. After all, that’s what cats do. If you eat the delicious fish in front of them, it just accelerates your demise

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    262·
    3 months ago

    So I’m a total pet-drug-pusher. I had a cat who seriously jonesed for breve (half-and-half) so I gave her a milliliter a day. My dog today needs peanut-butter like it’s the ambrosia of the gods. It’s a small treat every once in a while.

    Out of respect for your friends of fur, allowing them a small dose might enhance their enjoyment of life a bit, especially since we are social beings who enjoy sharing a meal with each other. And unlike half-and-half, cats can actually digest tuna.

    • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.mlEnglish
      18·
      3 months ago

      I trained my cat to eat plain chicken by tearing off little pieces and any time he didn’t go for it I’d make sure he watched me eat a little. Do that, offer him the other half of the piece I ate, repeat a few times. Now he knows whenever there is a new food if I’m trying to give it to him and I take little bites that he should try it too. It’s a lot of fun

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
      22·
      3 months ago

      My cats are dum though. I’ll crack open a can of tomatoes and they freak out thinking it’s dinner time. I let them sniff it, but then they look confused.

      Same when I’m getting some Tums. They think it sounds like greenies.

      • VinnyDaCat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        Same when I’m getting some Tums. They think it sounds like greenies.

        Can relate. All my cats think my pill bottles are the same as the treat shaker. I always end up giving them a treat afterwards because I feel bad.

      • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Oh, man. The amount of times I’d exasperatedly repeat to my cat “it’s beans!” or someone similar and let them smell the can I’m opening. I know you know this doesn’t smell like tuna, you fuzzy idiot…

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      who seriously jonesed for breve (half-and-half)

      Doesn’t compute, what does this mean?

      • nelly_man@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        “Jones” is an American slang word meaning to be addicted to something, so “jonesing” for something means to crave something very strongly, and generally very vocally.

        “Breve” is a coffee drink that is commonly made with half-and-half, which is a product that is equal parts cream and milk. I assume that people have taken to using the term to refer to half-and-half itself, but I’ve not personally heard that.

        So the sentence is saying that their cat was addicted to half-and-half and would act like a junkie doing anything to get their next fix.

    • thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      3 months ago

      you’ve never pulled your phone out and snapped a quick picture? hell,i think most people would already have it in their hand when eating alone these days

      • littlecolt@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        It’s even faster if you have a gesture set up to open the camera app. I dunno why people get so suspicious of people being able to snap a picture quickly these days. It’s a simple practiced skill.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      I find that one can of tuna is just about the right amount for one meal of tuna salad for one person (if you’re not having it with anything extra, like bread).

      • mister_flibble@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        3 months ago

        The spicy Thai chili one is really good on rice, too. I usually add some sriracha mayo on top and call it a poor man’s poke bowl.

    • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      I’m a gourmand and a lazy one. If I go thru the effort to open a package, I’ll probably eat the whole thing. I’m trying to get better at portion control, but I’m many months in and my instincts are no better, and I’m less happy.

      • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        Only success I ever had was envelope budgeting calories. You’ve gotta approach it like your instincts are already broken and hopefully if you’re not type 2 diabetic yet you can fix it before you are and your hormones are also broken on top of your instincts. Trying to fix it after getting diabetes is much harder, because now you’re not only wrestling with learned behavior but an actual dysfunctional metabolic system.

        • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          Back when my weight started with a 3, I was told I was pre-diabetic, but I’m much better now, and my current GP hasn’t mentioned diabetes to me at all. I got down to 201 lbs. towards the beginning of the year, but I’m 220 today. (Current goal is 197, but 165 would be better.)

          I tried intermittent fasting both sticking to a 16/8 for a few months and separately abstaining entirely for a couple of weekends. Didn’t really help reset my instincts / cravings.

          I still feel hungry more often than I should eat. I have gotten into the habit of trying to silence the rumbling guts with calorie-free fluids and waiting 30 minutes, but frequently I find myself still hungry and in a worse mood after that wait.

          If I stick to the diet I have planned, I will lose weight, and sometimes I can do that, but it’s getting harder and less frequent.

      • littlecolt@lemm.eeEnglish
        9·
        3 months ago

        A can of tuna is about 250 kcal. That is not bad, and it’s all protein. You could do way worse!