How do I pet this cat?

There is this beautiful kitty that hangs out in my yard sometimes. Very long, beautiful fur and a sweet face. He seems shy, but unafraid. I've tried feeding him fish but he only comes along to eat it when I walk away.

He kind of psyched me out a bit this morning. He was like 20ft away, I hunched over and pspspsps-ed a bit, he started walking toward me curiously but 2/3rds of the way he veers off to the left and runs under a structure on the neighboring property.

I think I can win him over but I don't know how. Please help!

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u/Opposite_Bus1878 — 6 days ago
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What happened to Scihub?

I used to use Scihub all the time. It was only like 1 in 3 papers I needed that it had, but that was so much better than 0/3.
Its been about a year now since I can remember it having any results for me. It's like it lost all the articles it had or something. There were a few papers that I use as references regularly but didnt have printed out and now I'm suddenly unable to work on those topics anymore.

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u/Opposite_Bus1878 — 8 days ago

Weird RCMP press release

I'm just curious what word the NS RCMP could possibly be avoiding saying.

What word would be spelled the same way forward as backwards, but not be something they can say directly? Does his elbow say boob on it?

u/Opposite_Bus1878 — 13 days ago

Is asking help with determining fertility rate allowed here?

I got curious about my fertility rate, so I recorded some video of my swimmers under the microscope. I would like confirmation that I'm determining sperm health the right way. Can I post a microscope video of that here? Do you count all the living wigglers, or do you exclude the ones that try to swim but don't go anywhere?

Don't worry, I won't show you the macroscopic sample.

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u/Opposite_Bus1878 — 29 days ago

Looking to check my fertility rate.

Just recorded a video of my sperm swimming around under the microscope (as you do) and I was wondering if there are any health subreddits where one would be willing to determine my approximate fertility rate. Most health subreddits I see don't seem to like talking about sexual health.
Most things I've ever heard of which are bad for sperm count are things that I do (laptop on crotch, smoking weed for 20 years, alcohol, stress, cigarettes), but by my count I'm around 80% swimmers which just seems unlikely based on what I've read. Would like confirmation

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u/Opposite_Bus1878 — 29 days ago
▲ 23 r/icast

I cast....

Don't worry, they're only skin deep in the scrotom. Won't affect you longterm.

u/Opposite_Bus1878 — 1 month ago

Just clued in that I was drinking laxative

Couldn't figure out why I never feel hydrated drinking these, and looked up whether it was a diuretic or not. Turns out no, it isn't, but it might explain my other regularity.

u/Opposite_Bus1878 — 2 months ago

Came out to my vehicle and noticed my battery bank was a lot larger than I remember.

Do I still bring this back to the same recycling facility or is that just putting them at risk?

Also is this as bad a fire risk as I think it is? I set it back down on the seat as soon as I noticed and don't entirely want to touch it again until I know what to do with it

u/Opposite_Bus1878 — 2 months ago