Straight Into The Void

This is an ongoing series by @sarahseeandersen called “Fangs” - it’s absolutely worth following and keeping up with!

When the younger twin grows up and wants to get married, the lindworm returns and insists that he, as the elder prince, must be married first. When a massive horrible snake with arms lays down the law like that there isn’t really any room for disagreement, but it turns out to be awfully hard to find a bride willing to marry him. The king and queen search far and wide for a woman who will take a husband who is 50 feet long, doesn’t have legs, and may or may not eat his would-be wives when they are appalled by him, but eventually they find a local shepherd’s daughter who is either coerced, a monsterfucker, or just very open-minded and agrees to marry the lindworm.

Depending on the version, the bride either seeks out the advice of a witch or comes up with the idea all by herself, and goes to the bedchamber on her wedding night dressed in many layers of dresses. Her big horrible snake with arms husband is waiting for her and bids her to disrobe, but she asks him to shed a skin as well. Her sexy Russian nesting doll cosplay has so many layers that by the time she is naked, he has shed all of his skins and is 1.) either a sexy naked human dude underneath or 2.) is this meaty blob of helpless worm meat that must be whipped and bathed in chemicals before he transforms into a sexy naked human dude. Either way, they presumably live happily ever after and the younger prince can finally get married.

Common myths - more natural, carb free, less health problems such as allergies.

Myth: whole grains are filets with no nutritional value.

Whole grains are important sources of vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids.

Some grains do provide protein as well and it may actually be easier to digest for some animals.

Greater than 90% of dogs and cats *can* utilize nutrients from grains.

Myth: grain free is carb free

First, carbs are an important energy source and one of the 6 basic nutrients (water, protein, carbs, fats, minerals, vitamins)

Sweet potato has more carbs than corn

Grain free diets that *are* lower in carbs are in turn higher in protein and fat, which is not necessarily actually healthy for an animal.

The diets vary in levels of protein, fats and other nutrients.

Potato and cassava have fewer nutrients and less fiber than whole grains.

Beans, peas and lentils can cause GI upset.

MYTH: grains cause food allergies.

Actual food allergies are uncommon. Environmental allergies make up the majority.

Less than 1% of skin diseases and less than 10% of all allergy cases are actually food related. And grain allergies are one of the least common allergies of those.

For allergen causes tend to reflect the most common ingredients and change as those change. But no matter what, the most common food allergen is a meat source. NOT GRAINS.

Myth: grain causes gluten intolerance!

True gluten intolerance has so far only been found in one highly inbred lineage of Irish setters and that line no longer exists. It manifested as GI signs, not itching.

Gluten intolerance has never been found in a cat.

There is no credible evidence that grain free is better for pets, to date. There is no nutritional foundation for the claim.

The correlation (not causation, correlation) between grain free and heart disease in atypical breeds is currently being investigated.

Possible reasons?

Taurine deficiency? DCM used to be extremely common in cats until they figured out the link in 1980.

In 1990 both Golden retrievers and cocker spaniels were found to also get taurine deficiency related DCM.

Research takes a while. It might be done time before we have answers.

Grains are not the devil.

Boutique foods typically don't even have a veterinary nutritionist on staff.

None do lifetime feeding trials.

Different foods can interact in weird ways once inside an animal, impacting the body's ability to absorb or utilize nutrients.

Dogs do not need blueberries. Those are a marketing gimmick. Don't fall for it.

Don't spend money on tests claiming to identify foods allergies in your dog. They can't even tell the difference between animal hair and fake hair. They are useless.

Also, random meat sources often end up in boutique raw food diets that aren't declared on the label so you don't know what is actually in there.

any mention of third eyes

any mention of chakras

people wearing bindis when they shouldn’t be 

fucking “om” or “aum” tattoos or appliques on things like yoga pants. do you know how fucking disrespectful it is to put a symbol that is so important to my religion and culture on the ass of some white chick’s yoga pants

people wearing maang tikka when they shouldn’t be

anklets with bells on them are very important to the dance culture of south asia and it’s disrespectful to wear them outside of a traditional dance setting

MONEY. WE WANT MONEY. MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY. WE CAN DO SO MUCH WITH IT. WE HAVE ACCESS TO DEALS YOU COULD NEVER. MONEY

That aside.

 I’m only going to talk about food items but if your food bank takes personal items, a lot of times diapers, feminine hygiene products, etc, are very very welcome. 

1) Canned chicken and beef 

looooooove this stuff. It’s expensive, it lasts forever, it tastes good and it can be used a variety of ways. This stuff is fucking catnip to food banks, it’s so hard for us to provide proteins. 

2) Fancy nut butters

Peanut butter is a standby for food banks as a shelf-stable inexpensive protein, but if we have a family with a kid with a peanut allergy that’s not going to work. Non-peanut butters are expensive and it’s something we hardly ever see donated. (we also like peanut butter, but that’s easier for us to buy ourselves than non-peanut butters)

3) Canned or packaged tuna

You may notice a trend here in shelf-stable proteins. And yeah. That’s basically it, so I’m not going to keep harping on it. But this stuff is a godsend. 

4) Easy breakfast things for kids (Granola bars, instant oatmeal, and the like) 

Whatever Donald Trump tells you, most people who get food from food banks are actually working their asses off and so they have to leave Obama to raise their baby or whatever, and they don’t have a lot of time in the morning. Things like this that kids can make for themselves are expensive. (Another trend you may be noticing–donate shit that costs a lot of money. That helps us more than all the shitty green bean cans in the world) But they are so helpful for busy working families where the parents may not have a set schedule and sometimes little Amanda is making her own breakfast before she runs off to school. Don’t let kids go to school hungry. 

5) Shelf-stable juice

Jagmeet Singh:

In honor of 19-year-old Simone Biles being named Woman Of The Year by ESPN. 

She won a record four gold medals at the Olympics. She’s untouchable!

People in East-Asia wearing facemask in public places is very common, It doesn’t mean they have disease. otherwise, most of them are perfectly healthy. There are several reasons for them to wear it. 

 "The most improper job of any man ... is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity."

I don’t think it was even 6 months later that he contracted trench fever and was sent home. 

His entire command was wiped out in one charge shortly after, the majority of a whole countryside’s youths slaughtered while he survived. Youths who were brave and steadfast, but thought of as lesser than their superior officers while still being the ones carrying the actual battle. Youths who deserved fellowship, respect, and above all to go home and dance with their own Rosie.

But there is a soldier in Lord of the Rings who does not come back, and I don’t mean Boromir.

I mean the being who was a common hobbit, but who became corrupted by darkness and poison, who’s face is described in ways reminiscent of a gas mask.

The soldier who doesn’t come home, who is poisoned by gas and stress and insanity.