Everyone's boss is talking about AI these days, but do any of those insolent morons realize that the only job AI is capable of replacing is theirs? 

Perhaps I'm a bit salty to the entire AI conversation, seeing as how my livelihood and financial well-being are determined by my ability to create, but it seems like AI buzzwords in the workplace are seriously misunderstood. Bosses and managers everywhere heard that they could replace their workforce with the likes of an AI datacenter-driven assistant, and they never stopped to question the costs of that transition. AI isn't good enough to replace a real, living person in the workplace. It may be capable of replacing some of their tasks or shortcutting some of the workload, but no AI system can replace an actual human. 

Surely, no boss would ever consider firing an entire department to replace them with faulty AI bots… Right?

Apparently, a thoughtless boss would do just that. And this guy went to Reddit's r/EntitledPeople to share his cousin's story of AI replacement, heeding a warning to the entire internet of the woes and worries of putting all of our eggs in the AI basket. 

At just a few ounces, Lucky was already showing the determination that would earn him his name.

Lucky's story is the kind that instantly grabs your heart. Posted in Reddit's r/kittens subreddit, this tiny kitten was discovered while his future family was picking up hay. He was found alone, squirming away from the rest of his littermates, with no mother cat in sight. Given how young and fragile he was, nobody expected him to survive the first night.

Two weeks later, Lucky is proving everybody wrong.

After being bottle-fed around the clock, the little fighter has grown to 11 ounces and developed quite the personality. He is eating well, growing steadily, learning to walk, and exploring the world through his newly opened eyes. According to his rescuer, he has already become the bossiest member of the household. He loves belly rubs, purrs the moment someone touches his sides, and grabs at fingers whenever he wants more attention.

What makes Lucky's story so special is how determined he seemed from the very beginning. Even when the odds were stacked against him, he kept fighting. The name Lucky feels fitting, but it is only part of the story. Luck may have brought him to the right people, but his own determination helped carry him through those difficult first days.

Looking at the photos, it's hard to believe this confident kitten is the same lil baby shown in the final image. From a fragile newborn struggling to survive to a thriving kitten discovering the world, Lucky's journey is a reminder that sometimes the smallest fighters have the biggest hearts.

One thing cats are always going to do is stretch like they just completed a 12 hour shift doing manual labor.

Cats stretch like they are preparing for the most physically demanding event of their lives, even though they've spent the last fourteen hours asleep on a blanket. One tiny nap later and suddenly it is time for the full dramatic stretch routine. Front paws extended as far as possible, tiny toes spread out, back arched, and a huge yawn thrown in for extra flair.

Cats manage to stretch across an impossible amount of space. A ten-pound animal suddenly turns into a four-foot-long furry noodle taking up the entire couch. Cats act like stretching is an Olympic sport and they're training for gold.

The best stretches always happen in the most inconvenient places too. Right in the middle of a hallway. Across somebody's laptop keyboard. Directly on top of clean laundry. Cats love turning every stretch into a full-body blocking maneuver that nobody can walk around without being guilt-tripped.

Kittens somehow make it even funnier because they stretch with complete seriousness despite being the size of a potato. Tiny little legs shaking with effort while they prepare for another exhausting day of sprinting into furniture and attacking invisible enemies.

Nobody commits harder to a stretch than cats though. Humans stretch for functionality. Cats stretch for performance. Every single one feels dramatic, theatrical, and slightly unnecessary in the most adorable way possible.

Is there something she can do about this, or is it too late?

Love eventually always feels like taking a mask off our significant other and going: Was it you all along? To be fair, the mask was most likely created by our own projections and expectations, and not maliciously by our partners. That said, by the time the mask is dropped, we're probably living together or even worse: married. The protagonist of this Reddit story seems to be going insane about her newfound insight into her husband's psychology.

Every cat parent knows that starting the weekend with a cat is the best.

Last Friday, when we went back home, each to their own cat (because we're all obviously cat parents here), everyone started their weekend in their own cat way. While one is going home early enough to catch some sunlight and go on a leashed walk with their cat, another arrives home after dark, cuddling their cat until they fall asleep. Every cat parent has their own way of celebrating the start of the weekend.

Since Friday is already here again, we're going to celebrate yet another workweek ending, and another wholesome whiskered weekend starting. We just want to stop for a few minutes and reflect on how ameowzing it is to start every weekend with a cat by your side. It means extra snuggles, extra floof, and definitely extra treats you'll have to give them. And it's all so wholesome.

Cats make everything better, not just weekends. But as this is the time and the place to start planning all the nothings you're going to do all weekend long, you might as well do it with even more cats in your life - with feline funnies!

Imagine you win $100,000, only to then find out that actually, you just won $20.

What would you do next? 

Well, if you're redhotmess77, you'd share the post to r/mildlyinfuriating, and let them help you!

As this person shared below, they were thrilled to discover they'd won $100,000 on a scratcher. That's the dream! 

Most players spend a lifetime trying to win, making visit after visit to their local gas station, only to win 2 or maybe 10 bucks at a time, if they win at all. 

Even winning a little bit of money is fun, so these folks keep trying. 

And even if you yourself don't buy them, some people like to give them out as presents for birthdays or holidays. 

It's all in good fun… until there's a massive sum of money involved.

What would you do if a stray cat waltzed into your home and gave birth?

Recently, TikToker Elliot Norris moved into a new home. His life has been remodeling and traveling, because he loves to travel. However, soon after moving in, he befriended a local stray cat. He started feeding her, and she started showing up several times a day. Then, all of a sudden, after coming home from a two-day trip, she comes by, goes right into his home, and starts to give birth in his guest room. 

Why doesn't this sort of thing happen to me? I love cats and kittens! I would make a great kitten doula. I mean, I would have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm great at researching, and I know people I can call who can help. Excuse me Cat Distribution System, when is it MY turn??

The birth went swimmingly, the kittens are all healthy and growing beautifully, and their mama has now found her furever home with Norris. 

How much does an ethernet cable cost? 

Even the "experts," who have only ever fixed a tech problem by wiggling a cord and blowing into the plug-end of the wire, know that an ethernet cable is the cheapest fix out there. IT teams have used them for decades as a quick fix for a tech problem, so when this database administrator noticed that his biggest problem with the system outage was a mere $5 ethernet cable, he rejoiced. 

He thought this would be an easy fix, so he sent his receipts to accounting to handle his expense report, but they asked him to take the longer, more labor-intensive route. The database technician took that rulebook logic and turned it into his own malicious compliance, sharing his story on Reddit's subreddit r/MaliciousCompliance, where users take orders quite literally (and maliciously, of course) to make a point. 

What could have been an easy $5 fix turned into a $200 ordeal for this company because they insisted on following the rules to the letter. 

If only they had known how simple an ethernet cable could be…

Have you ever held a kitten?

Strangely, not every human being has experienced the truest bliss of cradling a tiny, mewing kitten in the palm of their hand. While simultaneously worrying that you might crush this delicate, adorable flower, the kitten reminds you instantly that they're not to be trifled with, biting your fingers and scratching your forearms with enough force to take down an elephant. Yet, despite yourself, you must remain dignified and supurremely gentle. 

This feisty, sensitive, adorable kitten must be pawtected at all costs. 

If cat lovers weren't swayed by the charms of a kitten before ever holding it, once that furry feline touches your hands with their tickly whislers or nuzzles into the crook of your neck, it's all over. Cats and kittens know and understand that the greatest power lies in their cuteness. Too small to do real damage and too impulsive to formulate a really villainous plan, cats keep their cuteness on a simmer, ready to wield at any moment to get the humans to do their bidding. 

And we will gladly comply. 

Why is this bride insisting that a friend snap pics of her big day for free, instead of paying a professional photographer? 

There are so many expenses when it comes to planning a wedding that the pressure can become overwhelming. You'll need to hire a caterer, a florist, a DJ, and pay for the venue, at minimum. And of course you can't skimp out on your photographer, because this day is a big deal. All your loved ones are coming to celebrate you: don't you want to document one of the most special and important days of your life? 

We love a Good Samaritan who saves a cat!

We can't imagine the stress and horror a person who has lost their cat goes through. Searching by foot, posting online, calling shelters and vet offices - cat pawrents would do anything to find their cats and bring them home. Cats are our family, and that's very clear. It was also clear to one woman whose cat was found by a kind man from the r/notmycat community. She searched for her cat for over 24 hours, and as cat pawrents ourselves, we can't even imagine what she had gone through.

Our beloved cat once fell from the third-floor window and disappeared. We were devastated, but that lasted for a couple of hours, until we found her under a bush, scared, confused, and hurt. We took her to the vet, of course, and it has been a good few years since then. But we can't imagine going through a 24-hour search, not knowing where our cat is.

What on earth compelled this 23-year-old to violate her roommate's trust like this?

There is a common perception that people in their early twenties make a series of unwise decisions that hopefully only build character. However, this woman's behavior not only reflects the poor decision-making skills many of us could identify with in those early years of adulthood, but it also reflects on her poor character overall.

Her roommate specifically told her that getting a German Shepherd was a bad idea, especially given how many hours they work during the day. However, the woman refused to listen, and the roommate came home to find, you guessed it, an innocent-looking German Shepherd husky mix running around in her apartment. She shared her frustrations online in Reddit's r/mildlyinfuriating community, where she was met with sympathy, solidarity, and even some suggestions as to how to get back at her friend.

The fact that the friend assumed it would be totally fine to shirk her responsibilities as a pet parent and leave them all to her roommate and significant other only goes to show that this is someone who hasn't yet been told no enough in her life. Clearly, she also has not grasped the concept of what it is to share space with someone. Decisions like these require all parties to agree prior to making any moves. 

If the roommate cannot respect that, then she does not deserve to have her wishes as a member of the household respected either. The only way for the woman who shared this story to get even would be to make her friend acutely aware that her actions have consequences. It might be difficult at first, but that means letting go of cleaning up after her messes. It means saying no to any dog-related duties in the apartment. It also means that she has earned the right to drastically change the communal vibe of the apartment too, if she wishes.

We've seen plenty of roommates overcome these kinds of shenanigans, but rarely do they end up staying friends at the end of it all. It's hard not to predict that the end of this friendship is nigh, but we can only hope for the best… at least for the German Shepherd. 

Sometimes, you find love in the most unexpected of places.

Firstly, we have to say that we are obsessed with pawrents who take their cats on stroller rides. It's so cute. And who knew that such a heartwarming activity could lead to one of the cutest rescues we've seen from Reddit's r/Kittens subreddit?

On one of her daily evening stroller walks with her orange cat, Floki, our cat lover below heard a kitten "screaming its head off" as they walked by. Thanks to Floki, who responded more loudly to the kitten the closer they got, she eventually found the seriously smol gray kitten hiding in a patch of tall grass in a dark alley.

There's never a "right time" to find a cat, especially a young one who, technically, still needs their mom to help them do basic things, like go to the bathroom. But, if we waited for the right time to do everything, we would never achieve anything in life. When there is an abandoned baby right there in front of you, you don't think about the proper timing. You act first and ask questions later. 

The kitten still doesn't have a name, but if we might be so bold, we would suggest something like "Gandalf", or "Tempeh", because why not. Read the fully wholesome and tiny story below, as well as lots of cute pics of this itty bitty kitty!

Sometimes family support stops looking like support and starts looking like a long-term payment plan with guilt attached

This story has the same energy as a house that has been running on fumes for years while everyone inside keeps acting like someone else will magically fix it. A young adult tries to keep things afloat after graduation, takes on bills that are not theirs, helps cover rent, buys groceries, and even gets pulled into loans like this is some kind of bad financial relay race. At a certain point, helping out stops being temporary and starts becoming the family business model. And naturally, the people benefiting from it get very attached to the arrangement.

When a home runs on guilt, borrowed money, and one person's overtime shifts, the end result is usually less a family residence than a very expensive group project with terrible leadership.

Are you ready for your weekly dose of heartwarming Friday felines?

Fridays are tricky because you feel like they should be the easiest day of the work week, but they're not. Your brain is working at an all-time low capacity because you're exhausted from Monday (and Tuesday, and Wednesday, and Thursday), you have no drive to get any of your work done (see previous example), and you're daydreaming of being in bed with your cats. We get it. We're right there with you. The day keeps pounding you with teams calls,  passive-aggressive messages from your managers, and a clock that seems to move at a glacial pace.

It's enough to make anyone stand up, quit, and walk out without saying bye to anyone.

But if you do that, who will pay for your cat's weekly delivery of premium wet food? Who will get their luxury cat couch reupholstered? Who will pay for their self-cleaning automatic litter box? They don't have anyone but you, and these bills won't pay themselves.

So, we must resign ourselves to actually doing our work, but not before we scroll through our weekly purrscription of heartwarming Friday felines and a healthy portion of sweet feline silliness. These funny felines give us a meowment of softness in our pawsitively challenging day, and make us smile when the world tries to bring us down. You might be surprised how much a few wholesome cat pictures can turn your day around.

Or, you might be like us and know exactly how much a compilation of cute kitties like this can make your day better. If that's the case, we won't stop you. Scroll to your heart's content, enjoy your meowment of gentle feline serenity, and we hope you have a very giggly day and pawsitively purrfect weekend!

Some questions are better left unanswered.

We, as people, as opposed to robots, in relationships, should aim to consider context when answering a question or even when we're just chatting, but sometimes simple distractions or routine creep up on our daily conversations, and we end up getting on our loved one's nerves. That's exactly the case for the Redditor who shared this story.

Every cat owner, at some point in their lives, will discover that their cat has one extremely strange habit. 

There is a turning point in the life of every cat. Everything is normal, simple, calm - up until that very moment. One day, they will wake up and discover their thing. The one thing that they are not supposed to care about at all, but are obsessed with with all of their hearts. We have seen some cats obsess over sweet peas. We have seen some cats choose the sink as their favorite napping spot. We have seen cats obsessed with almonds - but not eating them, just attacking them over and over.

And today, as told by a very confused and frustrated owner on r/cats, we have a cat who has become absolutely obsessed with watching bird videos on the TV. It's the owners' fault, really. The kitty didn't even know such a thing existed until they showed it to him. And now, every morning and every night, it is the same story. The cat demands that his owners turn on the TV to the specific videos that he loves, and he will stare and commit kitty crimes until they cave to his demands. 

Can a relationship be salvageable after finding something like that?

Very few things in relationships are as countable as money, so when we do the math and the facts don't add up, we probably should go back to square one and reevaluate our future with the other person. Nine times out of ten, it's very hard to find a balance, and leaving becomes part of the equation.

This owner's solution to a recurring problem is to take food away from his employees

And the employees are tattling about it!

Working in food service is tough on the body, as anyone who's done it can tell you. You're going to need to comfortable shoes and you'll need a proper meal before working. 

Since you're already at a restaurant, most owners will let employees eat for free. Some offer unlimited meals, while others specify just one meal per shift. 

Workers are walking many miles per day in this active role, back and forth between the kitchen and their tables, so it makes sense to feed them. And restaurants serve thousands of meals per day at some locations, so who cares if the staffers are the ones eating a small fraction of those breakfasts, lunches, or dinners? 

This owner cares, and he's got a petty solution for it that his employees aren't going to be happy about, as one of them leaked in a Facebook post that spread across the internet. 

The only thing worse than working in an office is working in an office that uses the "hot desk" system.

If you are unfamiliar with "hot desks", it is a term to describe an office with desks that are open for anybody. No assigned seatings, no desk is reserved. You come to work in the morning, you choose one of the remaining free desks, and you get settled for the day. Then you do it all over again tomorrow.

While the office might save a few bucks from this system, we have never heard of an employee who actually enjoys sharing a desk with their coworkers. It is almost always a cause for some friction between the employees, and you can be sure that there will be at least one employee who thinks they are better than everyone else and tries to prove it by claiming ownership of one of the open desks. Usually, the one everybody wants the most.

That is exactly the case in the office from a story posted on Reddit's r/pettyrevenge Subreddit. While everyone in the office was trying to make the hot desk system work, one employee tried to rig the system by taking over a desk and leaving it in a state that ensured no one else would use it. He would constantly leave his coffee cups and other garbage on the desk just to make it look like the desk was constantly in use, even on days when he wasn't even in the office.

This led one of his coworkers to take action and put an end to the childish behavior. Every time this employee was not in the office, the coworker would either mess with the desk's cables, readjust the monitors, or even add more trash to the desk to make it look significantly less appealing. Eventually, this caught the manager's attention, who was appalled that someone had left a desk in that state, and proceeded to remind everyone of desk etiquette and cleanliness principles…