Today I came home with my very happy and healthy small child and was greeted at the door by all three of my cats (two of which are kittens) - one of which jumped on the table, put his paws on my shoulder and head butted my cheek and never have I felt so loved.
![According to Oxford University Press, the first recorded use of the term traces back to the 1854 book Walden by Henry David Thoreau.[8][9] Thoreau was criticizing what he saw as a decline in intellectual standards, with complex ideas being less highly regarded, and compared this to the 1840s "potato rot" in Europe.[7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreibgbl4ayy3xh54zn34s2enpp465lqurby75ucnvfncg6ahxxvlfxe)
