&gt; <i>every freaking thing is appropriate if upvoted</i><p>That&#x27;s not true—HN is a constitutional democracy. But I&#x27;d have thought a desert-dwelling cat would be intellectually interesting enough to satisfy the criteria of the guidelines, and once a story crosses that bar, pretty much anything goes.<p>Users who disagree are welcome to flag the story, and admittedly have some evidence to back them up in this thread.