My partner and I are getting a cat soon, and we need help picking a name! She's a feisty stray, less than a year old, scooped up off the street by a friend of a friend. I will choose the answer based on whichever is ranked highest, on average, after both my partner and I independently rank all the names suggested in this market. The market resolves when we receive and name the cat, which will probably be within the next few months. I've seeded the market with my partner's current top five choices (generated via ten minutes of brainstorming) to give you an idea of what she's into. Personally, I'm partial to "Momo," "Dimsum," and "Costco," but I'm making this market because I think we can do better. Go wild!
Mar 14, 1:50pm: For reference, here's a tweet with a picture and a video of the cat in the replies: https://twitter.com/cosmojg/status/1503429901856165892 You might also want to stalk my Twitter profile to get an idea of what I'm into. π
Mar 14, 11:38pm: If her name ends up being, for example, "Subskitty" or "Subskiddie" instead of "Subskitdy," the question will still resolve to "Subskitdy." The same general rule applies to all other answers. When two or more answers are phonetically identical (or near-identical), the answer submitted first will take precedence.
May 12, 11:02pm: KITTY INCOMING!!! We'll be acquiring the cat on or before May 15th. Expect resolution soon.
May 29, 1:07pm: Long story short, the foster mom decided to keep the kitty. πΏ We're probably going to adopt from a shelter in the not-too-distant future, since we've already invested quite a bit in preparing for a cat.
Jun 30, 5:58pm: As a backup, if we don't get a cat by the close date, we'll immediately* execute the decision process described above and simply save the name for when we eventually do get a cat. (Not to fear, we are definitely still actively looking for a cat in the meantime. Feel free to DM me on Twitter if you know anyone looking to get rid of a cat within 100 miles of Boston.) *ASAP
Jan 4, 11:47pm: Sorry I've been busy! I've got some bad news: our landlord changed his policy on cats after one of our neighbors moved out. Apparent their cat destroyed the place, and now no one in the entire apartment complex is allowed to get a cat. Everyone who already has one got grandfathered in. I guess that's what we get for dragging our feet.
My partner and I will be moving forward with the contingency plan laid out above. Keep an eye on your notifications!
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I finally managed to corner @jelly with a pen and some paper. After tallying up the results, we found ourselves with a three-way tie! I'll be splitting the prize among those three, but for curiosity's sake, here are some of the runner-ups:
1. Chub, Mew, Mochi
2. Momo
3. Dimsum
4. Mana
5. Chichi
Jan 4, 11:47pm: Sorry I've been busy! I've got some bad news: our landlord changed his policy on cats after one of our neighbors moved out. Apparent their cat destroyed the place, and now no one in the entire apartment complex is allowed to get a cat. Everyone who already has one got grandfathered in. I guess that's what we get for dragging our feet.
My partner and I will be moving forward with the contingency plan laid out above. Keep an eye on your notifications!
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I can confirm that @jelly is my partner.
We're still working on getting a cat, by the way! In fact, we're waiting to hear back from the landlord about whether we can get two! I will resolve 50/50 in the case that we adopt two cats instead of one before close.
@DavidChee Heh, I guess you could say she's been a bit jealous of @Yev this past week. π
@Yev Goodish things only, I swear! She's been asking me why I've been spending so much time playing Manifold, and I've been explaining with variations of, "I have an arch frenemy! I must destroy them!" π
(Eek, sorry! I promise I didn't mean it that way! I use "guy" as a gender-neutral term, but I get that not everybody agrees with that.)