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[–] [S] 74 points 9 months ago (17 children)

A few weeks ago, Clay had to have knee replacement surgery, and has been at home resting and recovering ever since. She can’t move around a lot, so she’s been spending a lot of time cuddled up in bed — and all five cats immediately noticed that something was off with Mom. 

Normally, the cats won’t all cuddle with their mom at the same time … but when they realized she was sick, they knew she needed some extra love and figured out exactly what to do.

Source: https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/cats-cuddle-with-mom-after-surgery

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  • [–] 67 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Can confirm. Following open heart surgery, it was a competition to see if Rocket or Keanu could get closer to me.

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  • [–] 25 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Awwww. My wife says the same thing -- our cats always know when she's feeling off, and want to sit on her tummy :). She swears it helps her feel better too.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    and all five cats.

    I count 6 cats?

    —

    Is that the AI hyphen?

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    The creature by the left hand is not a cat, we figured.

    I have no idea if their text is AI-generated. Emdashes are used by real humans who write, too.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Emdashes are used by real humans who write, too.

    I had actually never heard of emdashes until the whole AI thing and I just used hyphens instead. Now I'm embarrassed by my earlier ignorance and use emdashes -- and people think I'm an AI. I do put spaces on each side of them which I think is incorrect, at least.

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  • [–] -3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

    Why is there no mention of the mysterious 6th creature who is being held by the human in the article?

    "All cats and the AI generated rabbit—dog hybrid cuddled up with mom after she has surgery"?

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    My theory is that it’s a dog that’s always by her side, so it wasn’t as newsworthy as 5 cats who are usually off by themselves.

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  • [–] 24 points 9 months ago

    They definitely can tell when we don't feel well, and they take such good care of us.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    It’s always nice to see someone with almost as many cats as me. And 2 in the leg boat, nice!

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    She's living the dream

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    Not a single one either trying to crawl into her mouth or laying on her chest with butt right in the her face?

    Maybe it's just my cats...

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    I hope she recovers well. I think she will with all those cute carers.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    I'm pretty sure that's how Catwoman was born.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    There's always that one who thinks they're too cool.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Okay, so assuming this isn't generated, what causes stuff like this?

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

    Take it easy bro. Exhibit A: hair with stripes. Exhibit B: hair.

    Non-subjective evidence is the source article from 2019. AI images in 2019 looked like this

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    My question was what else causes artifacts like that, precisely so I don't misidentify AI.

    If you don't see anything odd about the snippets: Look at how her collar narrows into a strange spike; look at how the cat's neck basically does the same.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    Phones do post processing in order to make up for physical constraints of their cameras. I find Samsung's blurs fur a bit and gives it that distinct look.

    Look into how YT started uploading shorts in low definition and upscaled them with AI, giving legitimate videos that look.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    "Is that a wolf on that blanket? Yeah, I'm out!!" -Cat on the right.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago