Mount Kibble
Note: The events recorded below took place at the Happy Canteen feeder.
Description
Mount Kibble (often shortened to Mt. Kibble) is a name given to any pile of kibble which blocks the frontal camera at The Dispenser. It is often treated as a sort of recurring villain. Cats clearing it are generally celebrated. It's often cleared by Ms. Kibble, who once ate 50% of it, and could be considered its main enemy in a narrative sense. Other cats who have participated in the destruction of Mount Kibble include the aforementioned Mr. Beef and The Gluttonous Beast (allegedly). It's also been cleared by Humans, like in the case of Ms. Socks. Usually, Mount Kibble is accompanied by the similar Mount Snack, a similarly tall pile of snacks, sometimes even forming a Mount Snibble, a combination of the two.
Although it is kind to be donating to a cat feeder, note that donations have to be made in controllable quantities. If someone wants to make a big donation, they should spread out their donations over more cat feeders so as to prevent wasted food in the future.
Genesis
Mount Kibble rose in size as Street Cat streams gained popularity after numerous pictures and GIFs of Mr. Fresh and Mr. Shock were shared in many places over the web. As more people started donating money, more kibble was dispensed, and the cats could not keep up with eating it.
Mount Kibble Time Records
31st Jan - 4th Feb 2024
This Mount Kibble was started on 31st January 2024 at around 9 PM IST. It has made the cats only eat the treats and the kibble in front. The kibble supporting Mount Kibble has probably gone stale and hence when Ms. Kibble arrived on 3rd February 2024 she did not show any interest in Mount Kibble despite her past actions.
As of 4th February 2024, Mount Kibble still stood. At 8:30 AM IST Ms. Kibble was again sighted not eating Mount Kibble but only the Freeze-dried chicken snacks and kibble in front of Mount Kibble.
4th February 2024, 18:48 IST, the great 4-day-old Mount Kibble had fallen. A hand appeared out of nowhere and started cleaning out the feeder area in view of the Chinese New Year. After cleaning the surroundings, the hand disappeared and came back with a bowl and a scoop to remove Mount Kibble. The cats and viewers were both happy that the great behemoth had finally fallen. At its peak, Mt. Kibble took up 75.39% of the camera, or at a 720x410 resolution it took up 222553 sq pixels out of the available 295200.
The celebration was brief, however, as Mt. Kibble returned quite quickly, perhaps quicker than ever, and by later that day it dominated the stream's viewing area yet again. It seems that Mt. Kibble will always be an endless threat to the stream and community, as its immense popularity causes an overload of snack donations which are wasted unnecessarily.
The cats introduced a strange method of protesting Mt Kibble by contaminating the mountain with their bodily fluids. Ms. Puke vomited into the feeder box on February 3, 2024. The next day Mr. Piss, for once making a move to help the greater cat community - or perhaps just to mark his territory - peed inside of the feeder box. Unless this is pure coincidence, it would appear that the cats are becoming tired of Mt Kibble, which was also named 'Mt. Piss' by viewers after Mr. Piss peed on it and the pee trickled down to the safe area of the 'River Kibble' where the once fresh food lived.
5th Feb - 7th Feb 2024
Just when everyone thought we had gotten rid of the abomination that Mount Kibble was, it came back. On February 5, 2024, at 17:28 IST, a kind viewer of the stream decided to donate loads and loads of kibble and snacks hence creating the now better known as Mount Snibble. As of 12 PM GMT, Mt. Kibble covered 90.05% of the camera, taking up 267171 pixels of the 295200 allotted from a 720x410p resolution with the usual 0.05% margin of error. Cats attempted to bring Mt. Snack down, but no challenger succeeded due to them getting a full stomach.
As of 6th February 2024, 8 AM IST, the Mount Snack part of Mount Snibble was completely gone. It appears that the greed for freeze-dried snacks has abled the cats to decimate half of Mount Snibble. It occupied around 50% of the screen at this time.
7th February, 2024, 12:22 PM IST, a really kind human, who has been dubbed Ms. Socks, came to the feeder to provide tuna and snacks to the cats. She also turned Mount Kibble into a Plateau Kibble by eliminating about 80% of it.
At 3:24 PM IST, another human arrived, this time completely destroying Mount Kibble. The entire stream was happy that Mount Kibble had finally fallen again. It should be noted that Mount Kibble gets worse at night, since less cats come by to chip away at the mountain of food.
8th Feb - 10th Feb 2024
On 8th Feb, 10:28 AM IST, a new Mount Kibble formed, obstructing the view of the feeder. Mount Kibble also formed as Mount Snibble, consisting of snacks and kibble both.
On 9th Feb 2024, at 9:30 AM IST, a kind human came by to clean up the feeder. However, they accidentally moved the food so it obstructed the full view of the front camera.
On the 10th of February, 2024, Mr. Beef cleared Mt. Kibble after 2 days. His heroic feats have been named The Beef Conquest.
March 3rd - ???
On March 3, Mount Kibble appeared again. Mr. Oreo, Mr. One, Mrs. Kirby, Ms. Pretty, Ms. Honk, Ms. Kibble, Mr. Piss, Ms. Puke, Mr. Turkey, and The Gluttonous Beast were all recorded attempting to clear Mt. Kibble. An unidentified cat, possibly Mr. Snoob, also ate from it. This Mt. Kibble was not recorded, but it is speculated that The Gluttonous Beast was the one to defeat it.
Mount Snack
- Main article: Mount Snack
Mount Snack is similar to Mount. Kibble, but with Freeze-dried chicken snacks. Mount Snack typically gets cleared quicker due to the cats liking the snacks more than kibble.
The Kibble Drought
On the 20th of February, 2024, the feeder was recorded with a very small amount of kibble. At approximately 4:00 AM SST, the feeder was seen to be almost completely empty, but the shortage of food persisted even before that.
It's speculated that the feeder was either broken or had malfunctioned due to the lack of any food being dispensed for several hours (the caption at the bottom of the stream also indicated that the feeder had 100% of kibble and snacks remaining). The community called this The Great Kibble Depression.
On February 21, 2024, a human came by to manually refill the feeder entirely with snacks, indicating that the condition of the feeder was a known and ongoing issue.
Since then, the feeder has been fixed and the cats are back to eating.
Gallery
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Mount Kibble as of February 2 2024, 9:40 UTC
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Mr. Piss the moment before he peed in the kibble
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Mt. Kibble as of 6 February 12:43
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The fabled Grand Mt. Kibble
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Mr. Beef clearing Mt. Kibble on Feb. 10 2024
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Confused car...
