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  • I have been putting £60 a month aside for my 2 cats since they were born 14 years ago.

    After 12 years, one of the cats got bladder stones. It took some effort to diagnose at first so he had blood tests, urine tests, more extensive blood tests, several vet visits and 2 x-rays. Once diagnosed, surgery was arranged and the stones were removed.

    This completely wiped out my cat health fund.

    I continued to put the money aside, and then the same cat developed diabetes. So I now have another monthly bill of ~£40 a month for insulin and needles.

    My recommendation is to get insurance. Its always a gamble, but that money you spend on insurance could offset 1000’s in vet care.





  • On the face of things, being open about voting is good. Vote manipulation can be handled by the masses instead of some dystopian head admins.

    On the other hand sensitive idiots use the voting data to ban others from communities. Reddit started a rumour that voting habits were being used to ban users off the site for their political views, but on Lemmy it’s more obvious. Bans for “vote manipulation” for down voting a single post in a community have been reported multiple times on YePowerTrippinBastards.

    It’s a double edged sword.