So, I have a new roommate, and need some advice

I didn't even know this was a thing until now, what the actual pineapple. What a pineappleing awful thing to do to an animal.
That's just straight up animal cruelty, jesus christ i'm happy this is illegal where i'm from.

Also when it's still this young it's very important to be very social with it. The more time you spend with it now the more comfortable it will be around people later.
I have two cats, one was bred to be sold to other breeders and as such they were never very social with it and now it prefers being on its own while my other cat who was raised as a family cat from the start prefers being around people and loves company.

Cats aren't always the asocial animal they're portrayed to be. They're affected a lot by how you raise them.

The major bad thing about cats with claws is that they have a tendency to claw on the wood, and destroy litter box bags if you use those. Also, they can claw you without meaning to quite often if you're being playful. I can understand both sides of wanting to and not wanting to declaw a cat though.

If anyone ever does decide to declaw a cat, I'd always suggest doing it when they're young. Putting them through that later in life is very cruel, because they've already gotten used to having their claws for so long.