u/rollk1

Is there an actual name or philosophy for something like "optimistic agnosticism"? It is definitely not organized religion because there are no rules, guilt trips, or fear of hell. But it is also not modern spirituality either, since there is no woo-woo energy or vague mystical stuff attached.

The core idea is admitting we have zero clue what happens when we die, but choosing to stay hopeful that existence has some kind of positive meaning beyond this life. Since there is no guaranteed heaven to fix everything later, the priority naturally becomes helping people here, enjoying everyday moments, and living without weird existential guilt.

It also feels different from how these conversations usually go. Instead of treating the unknown with cold finality or just shrugging it off, this mindset treats death more like curiosity and wanderlust, like standing at the edge of an unmapped place rather than facing pure dread.

Is there an established term for this mix of present-focus, caring about people, and genuine hope about the unknown?

I'm shopping around for a P2 and I've come across a 2023 Performance Plus that has the refreshed Smart Zone front end. The wheels also appear to be the original Launch Edition Performance wheels, not the refreshed design. Is it possible the previous owner retrofitted the new nose? Or are there actually some 2023 models that have the new frontend?

I still don't have the new Photos Wardrobe, Fake Call detection and other features. Has anyone received it?

I lost my buds the other day and have marked them lost in Find Hub. Someone has been using them as the location keeps updating but I'm looking for a way to see historicals as I'm curious where and when the last place I used them. Does this info exist anywhere?

My boy has a history of FIC (2 flares & 1 blockage; all within the past 18 months). His last flare was a month ago and he's been doing great since.

However, he usually only pees once every 24 hours, sometimes twice. This often makes me anxious, especially around the 20-hour mark where I start debating if he needs an emergency vet visit.

His current status:

• Behavior: Acting completely fine. Cuddling, grooming, eating, drinking, and playing.
• Diet: Hills c/d Multicare Stress (kibble during the day, diluted wet food at night).
• Hydration: Multiple water fountains throughout the house; I see him drinking at least once a day.
• The Pee: When he does go, it's always a healthy clump about the size of a tennis ball.
• Straining: None. No vocalizing, pacing, or signs of pain at the box.

Is this one pee per day a cause for concern, or is it just his natural cycle? I'm incredibly hyper-vigilant because of his history.

The past week or so I haven't been able to locate my car in the app and I just tried to reconfigure the Bluelink settings and I got an unsuccessful error...

Hey everyone,

I am currently coming down from a massive two-week cortisol bender and could really use a serious reality check. My male cat, Kitty, got back Monday from a weekend vet stay for a FIC crisis where he had to be catheterized (not a blockage and oddly perfect blood and urinalysis results). For some context on his medical background, this is his third strike, he has had one full blockage and two flares in the span of about 18 months. I know now that keeping him on his prescription Hill's c/d Stress food is a permanent, non-negotiable necessity for the long term, so I am not questioning that part. But medically, he is currently crushing his recovery and peeing totally normally, yet I am a complete basket case. I am hyper-analyzing every meow and constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop. The emergency vet trauma hangover is so real and I feel like I'm losing my mind.

The background is that I have two cats, Kitty and Sissy. The bizarre thing is that during the day, they are totally fine and will literally sleep peacefully on my bed together without any issues; maybe a light swat if she is in his bed at most. But the second the sun goes down, everything changes. Around dinner, playtime, and especially bedtime, Kitty turns into an absolute bouncer. If he is on the bed and hears her walk into the room, he tenses up, jumps down, and aggressively stalks or swats her to force her out of the space.

To be clear, he has always been like this. It is his long-term baseline, probably because he was a street cat. But since our total house footprint shrunk a few years ago after a roommate change, my bedroom and attention have become a fiercely contested premium.

Because of his recent medical scare, I went into absolute lockdown mode. Outside of the permanent medical food, I have pheromone diffusers blasting everywhere, microchip feeders to guarantee he only eats his food, a strict separation routine for dinner, and a permanent closed-door night split where Sissy gets downstairs and Kitty sleeps upstairs with me.

I kept them entirely separate all week to give him a completely low-stress environment to heal. But last night, I finally let them mingle, and they immediately hit that same exact bedtime roadblock. After a round of bedtime hissing, I hit an absolute breaking point of exhaustion and genuinely found myself wondering if I needed to rehome Sissy because the situation felt so unfair to them. I have since realized she isn't the root cause of his medical flares, which usually trigger from big external shocks like fireworks or holiday guests, but I am just so burnt out.

​I guess I just need to know if all of this intense, structural micro-management is even necessary, or if I am completely overthinking everything and driving myself crazy. Would keeping them separate for longer have actually helped at all? Or since they have lived together for so long and this behavior has always been his baseline, is a total relationship reset not even possible or necessary? Has anyone else survived this level of post-hospitalization hyper-vigilance? I would love to hear some unvarnished perspective or just some encouragement that it eventually gets easier to breathe again!

I wasn't sure this would work, but I asked Gemini to analyze my usual Postmates/GrubHub orders and create a cost-effective shopping list and recipes for home cooking. It took only 30 seconds and saved directly to Keep. I think the upcoming Gemini Intelligence may actually work and be useful after all 😂

Did you know that if you select all text, you can press the Caps Lock key to cycle through lower case, Sentence Case, and UPPERCASE?

Apparently this is a Gboard feature I've been unaware of for years.

Hopefully this makes someone as happy as I am 😂