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[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

We have 2 cats. One will bully the other off of the wet food, so we have to lock her in the basement to feed the two separately, and let her out after like 20 minutes.

My wife and j have referred to it as "freeing the beast". As I walk over to the door to open it, hearing her meows from below, I like to give a dramatic monologue. "The time has come to break the seal, to unleash the insatiable hunger our predecessors sealed long ago". The little things that give life a bit more spice.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

I usually go with "appease the overlord"

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

Empowering the Chosen One

  • prophetic
  • religious overtones
  • spiritual
[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 6 points 2 months ago

"placate the huntress"

“The beast has awakened! Quickly, place out our offering lest we are devoured by its insatiable hunger!”

[–] don@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Calling the Omnigods “beasts” is a peculiar choice. I reckon we shall readily determine the level of Their benevolence forthwith.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

We say "giblet the baby". After our first cat got really into a cat food "with giblets" we started referring to any of her food as giblets, mostly so we could say the word giblets a lot. Eventually it came to mean all food when used as a noun and to feed as a verb.

[–] Mvlad88@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Feed the savages - it gives you the false feeling of superiority, but deep down you know that if you die and nobody finds you they will start eating you after like 2 days.