stringere@sh.itjust.works to cats@lemmy.world · 12 days agoZelda's tortoiseshell tumtumsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1337arrow-down14
arrow-up1333arrow-down1imageZelda's tortoiseshell tumtumsh.itjust.worksstringere@sh.itjust.works to cats@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareQuibblekrust@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·10 days agoThat’s a sea turtle in your photo and not a tortoise. Anyway, rather they continue to argue with me, why don’t you just ask OP what they meant?
minus-squaredoctordevice@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 days agoI’m aware. It’s also the one the tortoiseshell pattern (in general, not just for cats) is named for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoiseshell And frankly, it doesn’t particularly matter what OP meant. Doesn’t make it correct. Tortoiseshell cat fur is a specific pattern.
minus-squareQuibblekrust@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days ago And frankly, it doesn’t particularly matter what OP meant This entire argument was me just trying to explain what OP meant. So yes, it matters. You’re an ass. Blocked.
minus-squaredoctordevice@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoOP used a word with a specific meaning. Someone pointed out that that word doesn’t apply here. You come in to say that we’re wrong for pointing out that word doesn’t apply and keep digging in to say why the word doesn’t mean what it means. One of us is an ass for sure.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoI meant the tortoiseshell pattern on her stomach and not the breed.
minus-squareQuibblekrust@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoYeah, Ii figured. I don’t know why that other guy was being so weird about it.
That’s a sea turtle in your photo and not a tortoise.
Anyway, rather they continue to argue with me, why don’t you just ask OP what they meant?
I’m aware. It’s also the one the tortoiseshell pattern (in general, not just for cats) is named for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoiseshell
And frankly, it doesn’t particularly matter what OP meant. Doesn’t make it correct. Tortoiseshell cat fur is a specific pattern.
This entire argument was me just trying to explain what OP meant. So yes, it matters.
You’re an ass. Blocked.
OP used a word with a specific meaning. Someone pointed out that that word doesn’t apply here. You come in to say that we’re wrong for pointing out that word doesn’t apply and keep digging in to say why the word doesn’t mean what it means.
One of us is an ass for sure.
I meant the tortoiseshell pattern on her stomach and not the breed.
Yeah, Ii figured. I don’t know why that other guy was being so weird about it.