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[-] Skua@kbin.earth 116 points 1 day ago

For those who are, like me, confused about how the cat could belong to a man who died an entire human lifetime ago: the museum houses descendants of Hemingway's childhood cat (and a bunch of other cats too). The website has a page about them that includes pictures of a few https://www.hemingwayhome.com/our-cats

[-] pnelego@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

This sent me down a rabbit hole where I learned PETA investigated the house. According to Wikipedia, even PETA said “What I found was a bunch of fat, happy and relaxed cats.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway_House

That article also has another picture of a cat lounging on priceless historical artifacts.

Their legal troubles with the USDA over these cats is an interesting read as well.

[-] Redjard@reddthat.com 11 points 22 hours ago

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A Hemingway Cat breaks the rules of the house

[-] VerilyFemme 53 points 1 day ago

Fuck yes I love shit like this.

That dude has the ancestral memory of the coziest spot in the home.

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

Went there as a teenager. I loved the kitties and they tolerated my stinky human love and I got to let one rub against me!

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago

That's a really nice house, why was bro so depressed anyway?

Oh... PTSD, chronic pain, alcoholism and untreated mental illness.

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 day ago

Do we know the polydactyl cats didn’t use their thumbs to do his writing?

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 69 points 1 day ago

You’re onto something:

[-] homes@piefed.world 40 points 1 day ago

If you haven’t been, it’s a great place to visit. The cats are everywhere, and they’re very friendly.

[-] Zorsith 25 points 1 day ago

Id love to see it, but unfortunately its in Florida and i have no desire to go there

[-] jmill@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

Legally it is Florida, so I won't try to convince you otherwise. Culturally though, the Florida Keys are pretty distinct from the mainland. Nice place, except for all the usual high tourism island pitfalls, but they are alleviated considerably since there is a bridge.

[-] Zetta@mander.xyz 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have ~5 polydactyl community cats in my neighborhood, use to be 7. I've adopted one of them, and another that is bonded with it that isn't poly. My dad adopted one of the poly's as well. If anyone wants them we have free polydactyl cats out here.

[-] Pronell@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Well, where are you?!

I'm in northern Minnesota and could likely talk my wife into adopting a homeless cat!

[-] Zetta@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Haha I am sadly quite far from you. They are all well fed atleast

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

That’s either a really short bed, or a really wide bed.

[-] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Maybe a way too many pillows just slightly off camera bed.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Probably short. The "tall" standard mattresses can't fit ~3% of the Western population on it lengthwise. Mattresses have a tendency to be really short.