I successfully got 2 middle aged cats to do this. They have both since passed and I have two new cats. I haven't bothered to train them, but I think it's because my wife cleans their box and I haven't thought about it.
The first two cats did this almost effortlessly. They didn't give us any trouble because we changed steps slowly.
I've heard people reference this platform before, but I have no idea what it is. I just looked at the substack.com, and I feel like I still don't understand it.
Is it a blogging platform mixed with a newsletter tool?
Either I missed it entirely, or the landing page assumes I know what it is before I get there.
Even the about page is buried in "link soup" at the bottom of the page and just leads to hand waving and eventually a short story about something in 1833.
I don't know what needs to be built, but I do know that I don't know what this is.
There is never a suggestion that the single mom working multiple minimum wage jobs to make ends meet is the target.
> If you have the resources to spend some time exploring, if you are on to interesting threads of novelty that few other people have, and if you have the spirit to tighten your belt, throw out your map, and explore off-road, then your real job is to do so.
> If you have the resources to spend some time exploring, if you are on to interesting threads of novelty that few other people have, and if you have the spirit to tighten your belt, throw out your map, and explore off-road, then your real job is to do so.
The essay is calling out people of means directly and telling them to stop wasting their time.
If you have the means, it is your real job to do so.
The entire article is a call to build a leisure class. Not whisky and xbox leisure. Newton and Seneca leisure.
This doesn't smell like privilege, it is privilege. But it is highlighting not only the opportunity of that life, but the duty.
The first two cats did this almost effortlessly. They didn't give us any trouble because we changed steps slowly.