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There was a village where niche-artists lived happily, sharing their art. Villagers loved them and embraced their uniqueness. Until king Mass Consumption came to power. He aimed for conformity among his people and saw a threat in the deviating niche-artists. He sent prince Algorithm to enforce his rules. The niche artists rebelled, gathering their fellows to stand against the king's power. The king outlawed them but the niche artists resisted, fighting for their home and passion. But the other villagers liked the new rules and turned against the niche artists. “Why are we still here?” a niche artist asked their fellows. “I don’t know” another sighed. “Soon we can only hide, leave or perish”. Stripped from their homes they disappeared. King Mass Consumption became the hero, having provided safety for people in his country. Years later prince Algorithm became king and he further eliminated all irregularities. The people celebrated the conformity and they lived happily ever

Yesterday morning, on the 27th of March 2024 my dear cat Neo passed away at an age of almost 17 years. He was the last of our Oriental cats and his passing marks the end of an era for me. Our first Oriental Longhair was Jayto, born November 27th 2003 who later got company of Nintu, a black Oriental Shorthair born August 26th 2006. Sadly, Jayto got sick and died at an age of only 3 years old, not long after Nintu came. Nintu needed another Oriental cat friend because our ‘regular’ cat Joey, who had been with us since early 1995, was not interested in Oriental cat style stickiness. And so Neo came; a black Oriental Longhair born on May 9th 2007. Neo and Nintu have been best buddies for over 13 years. They played together, slept together and went on adventures together- including our family holidays. Their personalities were polar opposites and that made them such a good match. When Nintu died on May 7th 2020 at an age of almost 14, Neo missed his buddy so much that we adopted