I agree with a lot of your points, however, outdoor cats are really bad for local wildlife, so from a purely utilitarian standpoint there’s less animal suffering by keeping them inside. And they’re not slaves, we don’t force them into labor under penalty of death. You could argue for prisoners i suppose.

We fostered some feral kittens and I was worrying about the same stuff, restricting freedom and such, and then there was a big storm w hail and I went down to check on the kittens and they were cozy as hell.

There’s more to it than just deprivation. One of ours is the baby of a feral momma but our lil girl has never seen a hard day in her life, no outside, no shelters. And seeing how much personality she has just melts my heart.

maybe it’s like vent art. that’s p much the vibe all my Christmas mornings had. not that I consider genAI art but like, you know what I mean. whatever let’s you cope.

I used to be quite good at drawing and school beat it out of me too. that kind of trauma sticks with you.

I was thinking of office buildings where all of the interior walls are glass