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Odin and Loki on Jane.
Isn’t it interesting that Odin says, in effect, “don’t attach yourself to humans because their mortality makes them unworthy” while Loki says “don’t attach yourself to humans because their mortality will cause you pain”.
And yet it is Loki who is considered to be the cruel and evil one and Odin the kind father-figure?
The famous Loki post, love to see it
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“This is my favorite axe. I’ve been using it for so long I had to replace the handle ten times and the blade twice.”
The replacement paradox always bothered me because the ship of Theseus is the ship, right? Not the materials that comprise it? I wouldn’t see a rotten plank and go “Hark! The ship of Theseus!”
(It only really gets interesting if you took all the scrapped parts and built the ship from them again, but the rebuilt ship wouldn’t really be seaworthy)
That’s…literally the story though? As Theseus repairs his ship he discards the old pieces into the sea, where they wash up on an island with a castaway man who slowly builds a ship with the pieces. By coincidence all the pieces end up exactly where they were on the original ship. Theseus one day sees this ship, and the question of ‘which is the Ship of Theseus’ arises. The point is there are now TWO ships, one comprised of all the original material, one that Theseus has sailed the whole time but is now wholly new in material.
Idk people seem to forget there is a second ship in the story, and thereby undermine the entire point. Personally I don’t think the temple is an analogous situation because they are not also building a second temple with the old parts
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
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When you see a really good post but there’s some form of guilt tripping to reblog it added on at the end
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Who else loved this movie growing up?
Some sketches of Zak and Crysta from Ferngully <3
OP, this is a genuinely genius method of tricking the human brain into beginning to understand the sort of scale that this looks like.
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Funny how that works
I am so pleased at how many notes are some version of “I don’t fear the science, I fear the corporations who control it” because that is EXACTLY the attitude you should have. GMOs can save us. Monsanto will kill us.
what people fear about GMO- ‘theyre gonna make frankencarrots that crave human flesh and cause diarrhea ’ what GMO actually is- ‘we made rice crop that is both drought resistant and flood resistant which will prevent about 20% of major famine disasters, also it now makes vitamin A because vitamin A deficiency in poverty stricken areas is a major killer of kids as most vitamin A rich foods dont grow there’ what people SHOULD be upset about- ‘i made all crops sterile so all farmers have to buy the seed from me in perpetuity and i will sue anyone who tries to go back to crops that produce their own seed’
No one has made sterile seeds. (Not unless you count apples or seedless water melons and there’s bananas and etc.) Most farmers will buy bags of seeds cuz they’re cheaper and have a higher rate of success. GMO is not really on the map for things to be concerned about in farmer.
what people SHOULD be upset about - farm workers rights
… yes, they have. Terminator seeds were patented almost a quarter century ago.
The seed prevents farmers from re-planting seeds throughout the seasons by producing a sterile seed, which is unable to reproduce.
We can be concerned about multiple things.
Monsanto has literally sued farmers keeping seeds of non-monsanto crops that were grown next door to Monsanto crops (ie by a different farmer) because there may have been cross pollination. And Monsanto is a multi billion dollar company, so they win these types of lawsuits because the farmer has to either settle or go bankrupt (or often both) even though Monsanto is in the wrong.
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Disgusting Coffee: DNW
I’m reading a fic, and it’s excellently written 99% of the time, aside from the constant use of “to ex” (”to exe”?), which is not a word AFAIK, at least not like this, and aside from a truly glorious example of my biggest pet peeve in fictional coffee shop scenes:
Alex is one of the regulars at The New Ark Cafeteria, so the first thing Jungkook learns about him besides his name is his love for obnoxiously complicated coffee orders. Large, weak soy mocha with a pump of vanilla, no chocolate on top. Almond milk caramel latte macchiato with an extra espresso shot, make it extra hot, please. Iced cold brew with two pumps of pumpkin spice, extra whipped cream, and cinnamon on top. Thrice blended almond-dream-frappuccino with a drizzle of maple syrup, no sugar, extra espresso shot. He is obviously having the time of his life coming up with them and every barista hates him, but Jungkook knows a challenge when he sees one and he makes a game out of getting the order perfect within four minutes and Alex is impressed enough to tip his imaginary hat and soon enough it feels like they are friends.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
First off, these all sound disgusting.
Second off, they are not actually complicated or hard. They just involve remembering how many pumps of gross syrup to put in your obviously burnt-tasting Starbucks coffee that needs the flavor covered up.
Maybe this is what coffee shops in Berlin (the setting of this scene) actually serve. I wouldn’t know, but I haaaaaaate it so much in fic.
I hate it when instead of details on what makes a frou-frou coffee shop actually fancy or the details of what a coffee snob thinks makes for good coffee, the focus is on Starbucks-sounding nonsense, including trademarked shit like frappuccinos.
WHY IS THIS SO COMMON IN FIC?????
Possibly because of the fact that a lot of fic writers have worked in Starbucks or similar coffee shops.
I’d be surprised if they serve that in Berlin anywhere BUT a Starbucks.
I have never worked there, but I have many friends who have. I also think the coffee shop AU is very popular because a lot of people who write fic have worked in them. These ARE Starbucks drinks.
It’s just amusing and infuriating because the vast majority of fanfic coffee shops are explicitly the coffee equivalent of fucking Empire Records: They’re supposed to be bastions of indie cool that wouldn’t be caught dead aping megacorps.
The coffe sections should be entirely about coffee roasting wank or identifying beans by origin with tasting notes of the bean, not about mass market syrups used to cover up the use of low-quality generic blends.
…I think that’s what you and a lot of people want to think they are meant to be, but it’s difficult for me to think that’s what the fanfiction writers meant them to be when it’s clear they’ve never set foot in such a place. What you’re describing sounds like a coffee shop for people who are super serious about coffee.
The only place like that I’ve ever been in was in North Beach, and it was…lost on me, frankly.
I think they’re trying more for the “college town coffee shop” feel–those places don’t have the pricey stuff and I’ve never heard any coffee roasting wank in them, but their offerings are limited to basic things like mocha, espresso, lattes, cappucino, etc. They might have cold coffee drinks, too, and some teas, but they don’t have either exotic bean tasting menus OR pumpkin spice syrup and unicorn fraps. *shrug* They feature beat up couches, tables where you can play games, study or work on your fic.
But a lot of people these days are commuting to college or doing it online so they haven’t been in any of those places either. Or the places I used to go in the late 80s and 90s have gone out of business. I haven’t lived anywhere but San Francisco since 1995, but I remember a very cool coffee shop or three when I lived within spitting distance of Ohio State with one of my exes in the 90s.
Haha. The last college town coffee shop I was in was absolutely like this, but yes, I get you.
I don’t think most fic would benefit from roasting wank. That’s more an illustration of what would actually make sense for the Difficult Customer waltzing into one of these places and demanding something specific and fancy. Basically, people write coffee snobs and then give them basic-ass tastes. If they meant them to be tryhards who know nothing about coffee, it wouldn’t annoy me. If the fic focused on traditional coffee drinks like cappuccino, I would have zero objections either. I’ve seen fic where the lead character makes up cutely-named drinks and names one after their love interest to flirt that managed to produce a menu I believed could be served in the style of coffee shop they claimed to depict. If the author wants them to work in a Starbucks, great, but if they don’t, I don’t want to see brand name shit like frappuccinos.
It’s basically the same pet peeve as all the anime fic where the school year starts when it does in the US instead of when it does in Japan.
I just assume its basically Starbucks lite haha. Where I am in New Zealand Starbucks is considered bad, expensive coffee. Even McDonalds makes better barista coffee (drip/filter coffee is Not A Thing here). That said, NZ has the only exclusively espresso-based cafe culture outside of Italy so I may be biased. But basically I cannot relate to coffee shop AUs because they feature what is to me a fantasy not real world setting anyway lol
I'm not a fan of the "doodle everything" trend of recent years, however, aren't there certain doodle breeds (labradoodle) that have become indispensable as service dogs? They bring the poodle's brains without the debilitating health issues of the standard breed. I'm not an expert so, please, correct me if I am mistaken. (I remember you mentioned you don't like doodles period, but maybe I am misremembering.)
Mixing poodles with other breeds unfortunately doesn't get rid of the health issues. I've seen a good few doodles with Addisson's disease
I have personally never seen anyone with a doodle for a service dog. I've seen border collies, labs, and goldens. But mostly labs. Temperament, size, grooming requirements, etc are so incredibly variable in doodles, even generations down the line that trying to produce a litter of service dogs probably still has a very high chance of every pup flunking out.
Labradoodles were deliberately bred to be low allergy service dogs ie bring the poodle coat and the labrador…everything else. But they knew that it would take a while to have them breed true. I am not sure how successful this has been thus far, but it is a good idea in theory.
Everyone then jumped on the doodle bandwagon and inexplicably (ie good marketing/out right lying) forgot that these various oodles are cross breeds, and so you dont know what you are getting.
why do bluecheck New Yorkers talk like this
New Yorkers were put on this earth to teach the rest of their country what it’s like for non-Americans to deal with an American.
new York is literally the only place on earth that sells sandwiches
someone else has probably weighed in with this already, but I’ve also noticed disposable dishes to be VERY common among students and people in small apartments, where storage space is limited. Paper plates and bowls take up a lot less space than most ceramic or glass ones.
In my first apartment, there were four of us, and the kitchen had like 3 pretty small cupboards to fit all cooking utensils, spices, cups, mugs, bowls, etc, with no viable place left over for plates. Solution? Stack of paper plates stashed behind the drying rack.
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TBH, when I'm in a situation like that, I eat everything out of a big ceramic bowl. The same bowl for every meal, and it's usually next to my bed when it's not actively being washed or in the drying rack.
Literally no student flat I ever lived in or visited (New Zealand) had disposables regardless of dishwashing facilities. Sure nothing matched, everything was chipped, and half of it had been left by the previous tenant, but everyone had ceramic dishes and metal cutlery. Honestly baffled by the whole disposable discussion going on, its just so foreign to me.
All great life decisions are made at 2am right?
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Tips for Medicating Cats!!
Medicating cats can be a lot especially with lifetime medications that have to be maintained for years. I threw this together because I really believe it's vitally important to make medicating as easy as possible for everyone. Difficulty medicating can strain the human/animal bond, increase stress for cats and owners, and decrease medication compliance. If you're in vet med, this can be a good list of things to discuss with clients when they're struggling. A lot of these tips can apply to dogs too, but I know cats are often a particular pain.
To be clear, this is NOT a substitute for advice from your DVM and is just intended to be general tips that may or may not be helpful for your individual pet. I've tried my best to discuss any potential risks/considerations where applicable, but I am not a DVM and your personal vet needs to be the ultimate authority here for your pet's own safety.
Compounding
Compounded medications are a LIFE SAVER. I don't know about anyone else, but I HATE pilling cats and, frankly, I'm no good at it. It's also doubly hell for owners at home who have to do towel wraps/get assistance/etc especially when meds are every single day for the rest of their pet's life.
Liquid
The most frequent compounding I've seen is just making pills into liquid. This can be required sometimes in order to get smaller doses (say you need a 10mg dose and the tablets only come in 100mg), but it can also be done just to make administration easier. If you use a pharmacy that often does pet Rx, they'll have beef and chicken and fish and chicken marshmallow, etc flavoring that can use to make things taste better. I always like to ask the pharmacist/pharm techs what they recommend as some of the medications have major bitter tastes (looking at you metronidazole) and can benefit from the sweetness of chicken marshmallow over just chicken, for instance.
Chewtabs
I see it less commonly used in cats, but a lot of pharmacies also offer flavored chew tabs and other "treat" style formulations that may work.
Transdermal
There's also transdermal medications. These go on the inner, hairless part of the ear and are applied with gloves as they'll absorb into your skin too. Some medications have a more "proven" track record than others with absorption/symptom resolution than others given they're aftermarket formulations that haven't gone through the same absorption/dose testing as, say, mirataz (a transdermal med sold by a manufacturer), and it's usually not a 1:1 ratio dose wise if, say, you've got your cat's hyperthyroidism well controlled on oral meds (meaning you may need to retest bloodwork and adjust if you want to switch to transdermal), but in really aggressive or otherwise difficult to medicate cats, transdermal meds rock.
Mail order compounding pharmacies are usually cheapest (I've seen Wedgewood and Roadrunner used often), but you may have a local brick and mortar compounding pharmacy in your area if time is of the essence (and yes, they ARE different than regular pharmacies, though some may do both).
Hiding Meds
Considerations with crushed/mixed in meds:
Avoid mixing your cat's meds in with their regular food ESPECIALLY if they're on a Rx diet or if it will otherwise be difficult to find another food they'll eat. There is a nonzero chance they'll taste the meds and decide they absolutely HATE their regular food now because of the association.
Make sure the medication is okay to crush/mix into things with your DVM as some are not (especially extended release meds).
Avoid crushing/mixing for anything where exact dose is really important (ie thyroid meds, heart meds) as any leftover food in the bowl could contain part of the dose.
Always use a smaller amount of things if you're going to crush/mix to make sure there's not a huge bowl of food they have to finish in order to get the whole dose.
Considerations with pill coating style options:
If using a really bitter pill, try your best not to touch the outside of the pocket/holder with the same fingers that touched the pill.
If your cat is on a Rx diet, there's usually Rx pill pockets that won't mess with their diets through either the same company or a comparable one
it can be helpful to desensitize your cat to having a hard pill-like object hidden in the middle of whatever you're using by using hard treats or pieces of hard treats so they're less likely to hunt down the offending pill and reject it. It's best to do this BEFORE they develop a sensitivity to it (and ideally before you even have to medicate them), but you can try to do it after. You can also do like 2 treats and a pill every time you have to administer meds to make it less likely they'll figure it out.
Be mindful of what you can and can't use of the list below if your cat is on a Rx diet (ie urinary, kidney, allergy/limited protein, etc), is diabetic, or has other conditions. PLEASE talk to your vet if your cat has any special needs!!
Things you can hide meds in:
gravy treats (churu, other "lickable" treats)
tuna/chicken juice (with no added salt)
canned food (like mentioned above, avoid their core diet staples or ones that may need to become diet staples in the future ie Rx options)
pill pockets and other similar things: just break off a piece and wrap it around if they're dog sized. I had good luck with tomlyn pill masker for a while with my cat
moist treats as pill pockets (I had good luck with chicken flavored bandit ferret treats, oddly enough). sometimes getting them wet can help make them more moldable.
marshmallows: they're technically just gelatin and sugar
Other tips/thoughts
If you have multiple medications to administer, try doing one in the morning, one at night to see if they tolerate it better. Sometimes rapid fire medicating can be worse for them.
There's lots of youtube videos out there (look for ones from vet staff. bonus points if they mention fear free/reducing stress) about cat restraint/medication administration, but you can also always ask your vet office for a demo/help. Be advised, they may charge a small fee for their time in training.
Towels can definitely be your friend in restraint, but be aware your cat WILL associate the towel/blanket with medications and it can create some aversion/running away scenarios which can increase stress for everyone.
In terminal pets that are truly just a nightmare to medicate or where it's just making them miserable, it may be worthwhile to discuss quality of life with your vet. It's okay to make that call.
Most of all, be patient. You may have to try multiple things and/or change them regularly. Some pets are easier to medicate than others (and some are a bit more clever than others). At the end of they day, they don't understand. They just think you tried to give them some bitter garbage that tastes like crap for some reason and they decided they don't want that and really, wouldn't you do the same?
Another option I recommend to some clients that have really difficult cats - and indeed use on my own really difficult cat - is to crush the tablet, mix it with butter/meat paste/etc, and then smear that mixture on the cats front legs. The cat will groom it off even if it tastes truly foul, and so gets medicated.
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