Return to Sender: Teh Cuteness! We Can't Takez It!

To the evil genius behind the Shiba Inu Puppy Cam:

You sick sadistic sonofabitch.

There aren't enough addictive websites on the internet for you? No, apparently not. Because you had to go and post the most addictive of them all.

My productivity has been reduced drastically since I discovered your site. I'm forcing myself to meet deadlines. (I'm meeting them, but not at my usual speed.) I've started leaving the site open all day so that I can quickly toggle over and check on the puppies. The other day, my boss heard a loud squeak coming from my computer and I had to explain your concept to her. She's a dog lover, but I'm not sure that she approves of my obsession. I can't help it. I need to be able to check in. Are they eating? Playing? Sleeping? I don't want to miss a cute moment. (And somehow, they're even cute when they're peeing, so there aren't really any moments I'd be okay with missing.)

This would all be fine if I knew that the puppy cam would be around forever, but it won't, will it? Someday, those puppies are going to be separated. They'll go to their new homes. And the live stream of cuteness will be no more.

And so I have a request to make. This may be irresponsible of me, seeing as I'm a big believer in adopting shelter dogs. But, um, could you keep doing what you're doing? That is, could you keep breeding adorable, fuzzy Shiba Inu puppies to stream worldwide 12+ hours a day? Because I know I'm not alone (the 25,000 other people watching the puppies as I write this will agree) when I say that the internet will be a sad, empty place when the puppies go and the camera is turned off for the last time.

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