sad bitch bad bitch rad bitch

-the avatar is important bc he can bend all the elements and no one else can. There hasnt been one for a while and the fire nation is taking over

-a couple of siblings find a boy trapped in ice he’s like 9 and bald and the last airbender. Also he’s the avatar and they know this somehow

-siblings are like “well guess we have another brother” and they start on a journey to teach him how to avatar correctly. They ride A giant flying fluffy thing not unlike the luckdragon from neverending story

-meanwhile in the fire nation we’ve got todoroki minus the ice (zuko) and his mean dad sends him to find the avatar thinking that he’ll definitely fail. I think his dad also tries to kill him. He’s obsessed with honor. Zuko’s nice uncle is worried. Todoroki didn’t get a nice uncle Zuko is lucky in that department. Zuko is unlucky in most other departments

-when zuko finds the avatar he ends up joining up with him ? And he goes from having a weird bald+ponytail hairstyle to 2000s emo kid who just discovered mcr hairstyle. It looks nice on him.

-at some point sokka has a gf who turns into the moon. I am unclear on whether or not sokka is a bender. “That’s rough, buddy” says Zuko like a king

-zuko’s sister was also abused by their dad but didnt get a redemption arc but instead goes batshit. Me too, sis

-i think zuko kills his dad or am i thinking of Lotor

-zuko should kill his dad. Todoroki should also kill his dad. Death to abusers 2020

-im getting off track

-theres a blind girl that can bend metal and that’s a big deal

-there is no war in ba sing se. I do not know where this fits in but based on the memes that line is used in i have a feeling there is in fact war in ba sing se

A. Masturbate

B. Buy myself something I don’t need

C. Eat processed food

D. Complete one (1) household task

This speech-language pathologist taught her dog 29 words, and he can even form full sentences.

They do understand our words. This is not true of all domesticated animals (horses, for example, can only manage to distinguish a relatively small number of spoken commands…but boy do they know what you’re really saying).

They don’t understand “just your tone of voice” as a lot of people think.

As of 2016 the record vocabulary for a dog demonstrating understanding of words is over 1,000.

So if you give them a way to talk back, they’re going to use it.

The development of language skills is probably a side effect of domestication and of being kept in close contact with humans. A dog that was a better hunting partner would be kept and bred and over time they developed a better understanding of language.

In other words, dogs are pretty dang smart because we need them to understand us.

Check out the owner Christina’s Instagram: one of the first things I saw was a video where the dog started barking and, when prompted by the owner, said “outside, look look look look look look look, come outside.” Which is basically exactly how one would expect a dog to speak. 

The owner described bringing an unknown package into the house, and the dog ran away to push the buttons for “help no no help help” which is also about what I expect goes on in a scared pup’s mind.

In another video, the dog tried to push a button, and the button wasn’t working. The dog paused and then pushed the buttons for “No. Help.” 

In yet another (which the owner seemed impressed by), Stella said “come eat come play.” The owner asked the dog which she wanted to do, to eat or to play? And the dog clarified “come eat.” After eating, then the dog tried to instigate play. So the dog may have been able to understand a short spoken question, and how “questions and answers” work, and also understands sequences, even if she can’t express them (”I want to eat, THEN I want to play”)

Stella can even recount short-term memories, like when her family returned from the beach for dinner and she said “water good, no eat, play”

By the way, the owner uses the buttons as well, which probably really helps reinforce their meaning. She uses them to say things like “Stella all done eat” or “Stella and Christina go outside, bye!”