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Pets Making Up Rules and Humans Following Them

A screenshot of a Twitter/X post by user Rebecca Mix (@rebeccarmix) sharing a humorous anecdote about pets making up rules that humans end up following. The post describes how her cat has established a bedtime routine where he herds the humans up the stairs at 10:30 PM, and the two grown humans now adhere to this feline-imposed schedule. There is mild censorship of the phrase "grown ass humans" as "grown a■ humans."
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i love when pets just make up Rules and their humans are like "oh, fine." my cat has a bedtime & he won't go to sleep until we do. every night at 10:30 he starts trying to herd us up the stairs. & now we, two grown a■ humans, adhere to the bedtime of a 12 pound cat.

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A screenshot of a Twitter/X post by user Rebecca Mix (@rebeccarmix) sharing a humorous anecdote about pets making up rules that humans end up following. The post describes how her cat has established a bedtime routine where he herds the humans up the stairs at 10:30 PM, and the two grown humans now adhere to this feline-imposed schedule. There is mild censorship of the phrase "grown ass humans" as "grown a■ humans."

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This appears to be a direct screenshot of an original Twitter/X post from user Rebecca Mix (@rebeccarmix). There are no visible signs of editing beyond what appears to be the original post content. The profile picture shows the user holding a mug with a cat face design, which aligns with the cat-themed content of the tweet.

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