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i have often wondered this, bc it threw me off enormously as a child, bc the rivers I had personal experience with were the Huron river in Michigan and the Soque river here in north Georgia, pictured:

And I was thus utterly baffled by stories where rivers were these massive and incredibly dangerous things that were impossible to ford. I was always like... like, I believe you, but I have no way of envisioning this based on the rivers I have met.

Now as an adult, the largest river I've met personally is the Colorado, which is indeed a different scale than the ones I'm more personally acquainted with, but also I have now seen footage of, for example, the fucking Yellow river:

You should not let your dog free-roam. You should not force your dog to accept touch. You should very heavily supervise interactions with children, and with certain dogs, these interactions may never be safe. You must learn to read canine body language. And if a veterinary professional recommends a muzzle or sedatives for vet visits, take these recommendations seriously.

“But I care about my dog more than people” this is in your dog’s best interest. If they maim or kill a person, especially a child, they will be euthanized. You do not want lose them in that traumatic way, ending their life and ruining your own (and those of others) in the process. You do not want to be responsible for the loss of a human life.

Every dog, no matter how sweet, should be muzzle-trained in case they ever need to wear one. Pain and fear can make them act out of character. And if your dog has aggressive tendencies, especially with humans, seek out professional help and take measures to protect both your dog and people.

Signed,

He was the loveliest, silliest, friendliest dog ever... but he was chaos and a German Shepard crossed with a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Which meant he was the size of a Shep, but had the muscle mass and bone density of a bull-terrier.

The first time he went to the vet for his vaccinations, the vet called him a "Tank of a Dog".

We never walked him without a longline lead attached so we could quikly get control of him because he LOVED children. And I mean LOVED them. So much so he'd charge at them to play. But that dog weighed so much he'd knock a full adult flying, let alone a kid.

I loved that dog, but he could EASILY hurt you accidentally, and we accomodated for that from pretty much the moment we got him, until he had to me put down for health reasons.

After he was attacked by another dog on the beach (While he was on lead, and the other dog was off-lead) Bumble because dog reactive. After that we walked him with a muzzle too. He only ever barked and lunged, never struck first, but it protected him and other dogs from accidents. (It also discouraged other dog owners from letting their dogs approach because "she's friendly!")

Exactly one week later, Thursday at 3:13 PM, the next one looks up, blank-faced, and uses a car key to scratch the word ‘CAMEL’ into the side of their car. There are memes. 

The week after that, in the middle of an interview, the third victim turns to the camera and says ‘THROUGH.’ He drops dead. 

The man who writes “EYE” is in a private underground bunker. Enough radiation shielding to survive a direct nuclear strike. There are fifteen guards posted at the door- surveillance confirms not one of them left their post. 

I’ve never seen Death Note, but from what I’ve picked up, Light isn’t the kind of Morally Scrupulous person who’d actually care enough to run a background check, he’d just check out the latest SLAYER OF RICH MONSTERS HERE ARE YOUR NEXT TARGETS list and have fun with it. 

Back when I worked at the hospital, I had to take MRI training and it was my favorite thing every time. It was only like 10 minutes long and went a little something like this:

Hey. The MRI is basically a really big magnet and by basically I mean it is and we literally never turn it off. It's like really big. Really really big and powerful and The Magnet is always on. We don't turn it off Ever, for any reason. We mean it bro, The Magnet is literally always on. It's crazy strong and will definitely kill you. So don't bring any metal into the MRI room, man. You will fuck up the machine (because The Magnet is always on) and then you will die (again, because The Magnet is always on). Here's some fun questions for you to test your understanding!

1) The ______ is always on.

2) The Magnet is ______ on.

3) How often is The Magnet on?

4) The Magnet is always __.

5) The Magnet is always on. T/F

6) The Magnet is usually on but we know to turn it off for you because you're a very special boy :) T/F

7) My weak fleshy body can survive the wrath of The Magnet. T/F

8) Look at this 500 lbs steel hospital bed, which The Magnet has crumpled into an origami crane. Imagine if that was you.

9) Is The Magnet ever off?

10) Sometimes we turn The Magnet off. T/F

Thank you for taking MRI training. We hope you learned that The Magnet is always on, because it is. It's on Right Now and it will be on every time you come to the MRI. Have fun and remember: The Magnet is always on!

"Ascendant Left" is basically: But, maybe everyone in the world is right that Benjamin Netenhatu and Ben Gvir are war criminals?

so here's a super long post about strokes in general, and mine in particular/what I went through.

there's a stoat hiding in that last one

All I have done has been for you