Are you getting threads mixed up? The only thing I’ve been arguing is that there is no reason to think that the cat’s owner does bathe the cat without a good cause

The belief that there isn’t more information despite knowing we don’t have the original source is the assumption

Is that fewer assumptions than “there was a good reason to wash the cat”?

You’ve also assumed that:

• The actual original poster did not give any explanation on their post, wherever that was (since we know the tumblr blog is not the original)
• That they would give an explanation if there was one (you have to assume this for not doing so to be meaningful evidence)
• That they are acting surprised by the cat’s appearance despite seeing it regularly

Occam’s razor states that the most likely explanation for something is the one that requires the fewest assumptions. Your explanation - that the cat’s owner regularly bathes the cat for no good reason - requires large assumptions about the owner that there is no evidence for. It is therefore not the answer that Occam’s razor leads to

You assuming this person’s habits is not the explanation that requires the fewest assumptions

If it wasn’t a rare and unusual occurrence they probably wouldn’t be surprised by what the cat looks like

The tumblr blog here also does not appear to be the original source, it’s a general cute animals one, so additional context may well have been removed

do you honestly think, that this “funny” post is about a cat which needed a bath because it fell into something deadly?

Why shouldn’t it be? I’ve got a cat, if he got something nasty on himself and I had to bathe him I would absolutely be taking pictures of him looking ridiculous afterwards. “Deadly” here doesn’t need to mean that there was a big vat of cyanide sitting open or something, it could be as simple as the cat getting into a room with wet paint on the walls

This little guy definitely has an ominous castle in Transylvania

It’s simple. Bones are optional for cats

Well we can recognise people by their voices and, if we’re around someone long enough, even by the sound of their footsteps, right? And cats have far better hearing than us

Cats not looking at you is often good! It (usually) means they trust you enough to not feel like they have to watch you. Obviously a cat that likes you will often look at you, but a cat that doesn’t trust you will likely be keeping a close eye in case you do anything threatening

Only if you assume that its performance will continue improving for a good while and (at least) linearly. The companies are really struggling to give their models more compute or more training data now and frankly it doesn’t seem like there have been any big strides for a while

My boy Alaric is nowhere near as fluffy as Miez, but he has a similar problem: he forgets to hide his ears. The first time I ever saw him was when he was in the shelter, hiding behind his bed, with his ears sticking out

They could also just have one of the big breeds like a skogkatt or a Maine coon which can easily get a lot heavier than that without being unhealthy at all

I know. I’m not saying that they’re accusing the Marinera of breaking international law, I’m saying that current international law basically says unflagged vessels are fair game

There’s probably a solid argument that the flag-switching made this compatible with international law. Article 92 of UNCLOS reads:

1. Ships shall sail under the flag of one State only and, save in exceptional cases expressly provided for in international treaties or in this Convention, shall be subject to its exclusive jurisdiction on the high seas. A ship may not change its flag during a voyage or while in a port of call, save in the case of a real transfer of ownership or change of registry.

2. A ship which sails under the flags of two or more States, using them according to convenience, may not claim any of the nationalities in question with respect to any other State, and may be assimilated to a ship without nationality.

And then Article 110 permits boarding of ships without nationality. That’s not a comment on the ethics of doing so either way, of course, only legality

Alaric like the 4th century Goth! Just as his namesake destroyed Rome, he destroys toy mice and carpets

Em dashes are definitely a less reliable sign in professionally written and edited articles. That’s the context where actual humans will use them most often

This is a common issue, but it can be resolved by the sound of a treat bag shaking

Hit points are a resource and I am no hoarder