Excuse me, I think my cat (@Menhit) is broken:

[masp@wandering.shop]

@cstross @Menhit an ill-timed cat | sleep ?

[ginevracat@toot.community]

@cstross @Menhit I have an offline picture of myself at about 4yo in pretty much that exact sleep position!

[jmax@mastodon.social]

@cstross @Menhit *blink* You're criticizing a cat's sleeping? Wow.

[quixoticgeek@social.v.st]

@cstross @Menhit ah this can happen in some cats due to an acute shortage of dreamies...

[weekend_editor@mathstodon.xyz]

@cstross @Menhit

Probably fell asleep and then the gravity shifted, perhaps as your spacecraft maneuvered?

[mikeash@mastodon.sdf.org]

@cstross @Menhit Hopefully still under warranty.

[darkling@mstdn.social]

@cstross @Menhit Upside-down cats. One of the best kinds.

[luc0x61@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@cstross @Menhit This remembers of me once, telling I was so tired that I could have slept in that same position. And so I did.

[oddhack@mstdn.social]

@cstross @Menhit it's important to block the light with your paw!

[doctorg_1@social.vivaldi.net]

@cstross @Menhit Cats came from other planet/galaxy by space ship.

They learned to stare on one point (watching navigation instruments), sleep in strange positions (without gravitation) and more.

Yes, that is what cats really are.

[brynawel@mastodon.social]

@cstross @Menhit

Cats are evolutions special little creatures.

[zigg@queer.garden]

@cstross @Menhit @LibertyForward1 no, no, I would absolutely not be surprised to find my own calico in that position.

Works as designed, ticket closed

[fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk]

@cstross @Menhit awwww

i tend to the opinion that cats are far better at getting comfortable than i am — so, who are we to question?

[beecycling@wandering.shop]

@cstross @Menhit Cats know that comfort comes from within, so any position can be comfortable, if they believe it is. 🪷

[thegreatllama@kolektiva.social]

@cstross @Menhit
Sometimes you have to pick them up and move them in a figure 8 pattern to recalibrate their motion sensors.

[paulatothepeople@climatejustice.social]

@cstross @Menhit Sleepy in the front, ready to jump in the back. I know that from my sisters dog, just not that extreme.

[violenteastcoastcity@mastodon.social]

@cstross @Menhit Caught my dog in the same position after he'd worn himself out in the pool. His butt had actually slid down a bit before I managed to find my phone. I guess butt in the air is restorative?

[tastapod@mas.to]

@cstross @Menhit ah yes, this will happen if you have the assembly instructions upside down.

Start over but make sure you complete module B (the neck assembly) before attempting to connect modules A and C, otherwise it can get top-heavy.

[tristan@catnest.net]

@cstross @Menhit
Kitties be sleeping like absolute lunatics.

[sagesse@norden.social]

@cstross
Looks like it got hit by a sunbeam in midjump.
Felled by a nap attack.

Don't worry, it will reboot and come back.

@Menhit