If my cat had her way, she would 1,000% over eat herself into morbid obesity and a very early grave. I limit her feeding because I know that this would be very bad for her longevity. Clearly, I abuse my cat.
I don't live in the USA and that is a very strange assumption to make in the context of this conversation.
If your cat is stressed by being leashed, it is absolutely something to work up towards and train for.
I strongly encourage you, and everyone else reading, you speak to a vet about the risks of outdoor living for a cat, and to read about the impact they have on the ecosystem around you.
How can you possibly know if they ever had close calls with cars or animals in 8 to 9 years of unsupervised, free roaming time outside? Also, isn't this very post about your cat having a potential close call with something, and you not knowing what it could have been? How could you possibly make that assertion?
But besides that, I cannot emphasize enough, it only takes once.
Your comment again ignores the havok that cats also wreak on the ecosystem around you, particularly for birds.
Cats being happier outdoors is entirely unfounded. Cats live incredibly fulfilling and happy lives indoors when properly cared for and stimulated, and crucially, much longer lives on average. Asserting that it's abuse to keep a cat indoors is absurd and no credible vet on earth would agree with that assertion. Furthermore, if you truly believe your cats will be happier exploring outside, then they can go for supervised walks on a leash.
In any context. It is not only for the cat's sake, but for the life of everything else around's sake. Cats wreak havoc on ecosystems, and they will also be exposed to more parasites and diseases outside, not just fleas. As well as predators such as coyotes or other various regional critters. Outdoor cats live nearly 3x less than indoor only cats.
Cats should not be allowed to free roam for more than the reasons you tried to preempt. For one, everyone thinks their cat won't get hit by a car right up until it does. "calm street and the cars are slow" works right up until it doesn't. It only takes once. They're also exposed to more diseases and parasites. The average outdoor cat lifespan is nearly 3x less than an indoor only cat.
But, furthermore, your entire preemptive defence is also just selfish. Outside/unleashed is a danger to the cats, but the cats are also a danger to the outside.
Please, please, please keep your cats inside, and if you want to let them out do so responsibly on a leash with supervision. This is directed at everyone reading, not just OP.
You're getting hammered pretty hard on the votes, but you are generally correct. I would not advise you try calling a Black person "coloured" in 2026. POC, or just flat out Black, is the more accepted term today. The point of POC is that it emphasizes the personhood over the colour aspect.
Worth noting that a token is not necessarily a word, though can be. One word could also take multiple tokens. It can also vary from LLM to LLM and their tokenization methods.
No loyalty to any brand or service, ever. Take your dollars and your time and your effort to whoever deserves it most. That even includes open source software.
No, that doesn't change anything about what I said really.
To me, if I'm hosting something for my friends and family, they can put in the effort to learn how to use it. Period. Whether that's as simple as logging in through a browser, installing an app, or using a VPN. They can learn, or they can pay for Netflix (as an example, since we're discussing a media server originally).
Then call it Matrix. They don't need to know and probably don't care about the specific server software you're using.