what I need is a waterproof computer

[kaigou]

The nice thing about a large computer monitor is that it's big enough to watch HD subs. Also nice is setting up the sofa so I don't have to sit up straight while watching, but can be appropriately lazy, while still able to see the subtitles clearly, even from six or seven feet away.

The problem is that the desk is no longer within easy reach... and it's damn hard to see subtitles through the fuzzy ass of a cat determined to find that Very Last Bit of Jerky that he's convinced must be hidden somewhere under the keyboard. I'm thinking maybe a watershooter. Except that this means if my aim's not perfect, I'll be soaking the screen instead. Maybe I could just wrap the monitor in saran wrap?

You think the cat'd know by now what it means when I yell at him that he's not made out of muddy water.

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I'm sorry, I had to laugh, but it's shared laughter: I've been there. =)

[irrelevant]

For what it's worth (possibly not much at all), my monitors have held up fine through years of misbehaving cats and applied water discipline.

My suggestion is to get a spray bottle as opposed to a squirt gun: one of the large, garden/household ones, not the bathroom vanity type.

I suggest this because a) the spray is adjustable, and b) you get close to the same range of a squirt gun but with less volume: a cat doesn't need a deluge to get the point, and it'll keep the collateral damage to a minimum. They've worked very well for me lo these many years.