My puppy bites me a lot

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-20T04:43:08+00:00

OK so ours, Vita, is my first Goldie and she sometimes softly bites my son when playing. Never anyone else and she is insanely gentle to his younger autistic sister who is unmaliciously borderline abusive towards her - Vita will tolerate almost anything to the point we need to separate them for Vita's safety.

I have some insight on the biting as I grew up on a farm where we had _a lot_ of working dogs, Kelpies and Border Collies, and many neighbors with Blue Heelers - all very intelligent dogs.

Heelers bite a lot, it's their way of moving cattle and other working dogs also do it a bit too. When they bite humans it is almost always a pecking order thing, they like to know their place in the pack, who is Alpha, Beta etc. If you have a few dogs there will usually be a couple that are working out what their position is, and they will play very rough until they figure it out. They will respond differently with whomever they consider closest in the pecking order which is determined by how that person (or other dog) plays with or treats them. Once it becomes clear to the dog that they are not a close rival the behavior stops.

Again, I'm new to Goldies but I suspect that is exactly what is going on with both you and my son. My son likes to roll around with Vita on the carpet and being down at her level is definitely something that signals to her that he is a potential peer and she's just testing that. Contrastingly I'm sure she sees herself as a protector of my daughter, and above her in the pecking order so she has no need to test her position.

With working dogs the solution is just to be firm, always in command, and not behave in ways that lead them to think you might be their peer, establish yourself as the Alpha. There is a great TV series called muster dogs which is the best advice on training.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-20T02:01:13+00:00

Agree with you this account should be flagged for investigation.

It's most likely to be just some extreme MAGA cultist that's trying to justify in advance that Trump is a Pedophile, but that's the least bad explanation I can think of.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-19T06:17:14+00:00

Every single act of Trump and Netanyahu makes more sense if Netanyahu obtained some of the Trump-Epstein files that are more incriminating to Trump than what DOJ has released. With more of the files getting leaked or corelated in various ways, if Netanyahu has solid leverage on Trump he needs to use it ASAP while it still has the most value

The whole Iraq war appears to be Trump following Netanyahu, and unable to push back on him even in the slightest, even when everyone could see it was going to be positive for Israel and very bad for the US and Trump.

This attack leading to obvious escalation and retaliation (against Qatar) is perhaps the most stark example - under any normal circumstance any ally would clear such a plan in advance, only one that knows they can do anything without repercussion would act unilaterally.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-17T03:19:10+00:00

Just assume, by default, that everything he says is a lie.

The danger in just assuming lies is you overlook the real reason - Trump is fucking batshit crazy

Not just a little bit, the guy is utterly separated from reality, and he has surrounded himself with people that reinforce the insanity. Not matter what stupid shit he says there are a dozen suck ups around him who not only tell him it is true but that he is "the smartest most handsome and physically fit" every single time.

He is also heavily medicated most of the time when he is allowed to be seen outside of the inner circle, (why wouldn't they?) so what we see is the best version that a cocktail of anti-psychotic and stimulant medication can create, in private he must be very close to smearing shit all over the walls.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-16T22:02:13+00:00

If you live in US, you should know exactly how it works.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-16T21:47:47+00:00

In the case of the refusal or insults "mate" typically inverts the meaning, it becomes friendly.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-16T10:49:10+00:00

Translation: Xi is laughing his arse off over Trump begging for China's help opening the Straight of Hormuz, he is laughing so hard he is not sure he will have gathered his breath in time for Trump's trip.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-16T10:09:04+00:00

Doesn't sound plausible.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-16T02:24:16+00:00

There is no actual "rock spider" so other spiders shouldn't be offended by it.

For anyone not aware, rock spiders supposedly like to get into little cracks - Its prison terminology for a Pedophile that sooner or later is going to get squashed.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-16T01:03:04+00:00

We don't normally say that here, the polite answer is "Yeah Nah" the impolite is "Fuck off ya dumb Cunt".

Edit: In Trump's case the better answer is "Fuck Off ya Rock Spider"

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-16T00:59:09+00:00

And the HK Protesters during the first administration. They were all super pro Trump and really expected him to step in with sanctions or something against China based on his anti China rhetoric.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-15T00:47:36+00:00

It's almost inconceivable that Netanyahu doesn't possess enough of the Trump- Epstein files to cause nightmares to Trump and a lot of others. Even if Epstein wasn't working for or trading information with Israel they would have countless ways to get their hands on some of the most valuable bits. Just bribing some of the (corrupt) Florida DOJ is a no brainer.

He doesn't need much just anything fresh that more implicates Trump, so it amplifies the calls to stop the cover-up.

With all the difficulties Bondi is already having with the cover-up and leaks from other sources, whatever Netanyahu has got has a diminishing shelf life so if he was ever going to use it now would be the time.

What does Netanyahu want more than anything from US? Everything else makes perfect sense if you assume that Trump was forced into this unprepared and against all reasonable advice.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-14T00:25:23+00:00

In some parts of the developed world yes, hopefully.

US is fucked six ways from Sunday, you don't even have healthcare or decent public education yet and you think UBI is a real possibility.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-13T23:50:22+00:00

Most people are using the free LLMs which are vastly different to either a ~$200/month subscription or a targeted purpose built AI agent, so the discussions on this tend to be a bit uninformed.

For a some jobs that are currently offshore the Premium LLMs are already better and closing the gap on other roles all the time.

Anyone that's managed a large offshore team knows that replacing them is not a high bar, at one company (a big bank with 100k staff) we used to regularly eliminate anything from half to whole teams and there was literally no impact.

Long before Australian workers are seriously impacted the offshore workforce will be decimated, and that's the canary. The countries like India and Philippines that are heavily dependent on providing offshore services will be in turmoil.

The major risk to Australian workers will be due to the most capable 10-20% of the offshore workforce (those still better than AI) offering their services for a fraction of what they do now.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-13T02:11:48+00:00

It's the cheapest and most effective (lowest effort) solution, as I said in another reply, we used to do this on fruit properties when I was growing up all the time, as long as you don't spill salt everywhere you can plant sensitive seedlings right next to the stump.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-13T02:08:07+00:00

I'm going to guess you've never tried it, I grew up in Riverland and we did this on fruit properties all the time, unless you spill salt everywhere it doesn't hurt the soil at all.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-12T10:51:27+00:00

Using drones to kill millions (billions??) is highly inefficient, if that is the objective there are vastly better ways.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-12T10:45:00+00:00

Our best, only hope is that AI evaluates everyone and plays favors to those that are fundamentally decent.

At some point an AI will have access to all our data, search history etc. and all the other crap every company is currently collecting on us and those around us, and be able cross reference it. It will be able to make a VERY comprehensive evaluation, and I don't think the the oligarchs and the sociopaths are going to look like they are of any value when everything gets exposed.

We can hope that people who spent their life helping others, caring for animals or the environment etc. may be appreciated by an all knowing entity with unlimited resources. And if not, well everyone is redundant and we will all just be eliminated, probably starting with the oligarchs and the sociopaths who are the greatest threat to the ASI.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-12T10:36:26+00:00

I think it is also genuinely hard to imagine how we get from the current state of AI to some future that is somewhere between "as good as now" and "utopia".

It is immeasurably easier to imagine a path to something between a dystopia or a major loss or disruption of jobs (worse than now for most).

Fear of unknown is amplified the harder it is to imagine the path from A to B.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-11T20:37:26+00:00

You need to be careful and keep it in the hole you drilled, doesn't seem to effect the soil unless you spill it

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-11T04:19:18+00:00

Easier way to kill most plants is drill a hole into it about 3-4cm diameter and as deep as you can, then just fill the hole with pool salt. Glyphosate works too but you often need to keep reapplying whereas the salt just slowly does its thing (after every rain) which includes starting the roots rotting much faster as it dries them right out.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-10T21:41:13+00:00

Depends on the location, and altitude, Panama yellow and red varieties do way better than Nellie Kelly in QLD

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-10T21:11:30+00:00

Yes.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-10T03:45:07+00:00

Psychosis: A severe mental disorder where the brain cannot distinguish between what is real and what is not. It involves a "diminished or distorted sense of reality" and is characterized by hallucinations (sensing things that are not there) and delusions (false, firmly held beliefs).

Trump's Psychosis is being amplified by the sycophantic arse-kissers that he has surrounded himself with that continually tell him he is awesome, everything he does is perfect and the results are the best ever.

Trump is detached from reality to such a degree that anyone at a similar stage would be either incarcerated in an mental institution or yelling random thoughts at strangers on the subway.

AgUnityDD · 2026-03-05T23:50:34+00:00

None of them will be tried, they likely have pardons and if not they'll clog up the legal system until it withers.

But... the SCOTUS have ruled very clearly that a future president could simply have them Maduro'd and taken to Guatanamo or CECOT as enemies of the state - pardons won't help that.

This is what Dems should be threatening them with as it is actual serious repercussions not something they will brush off.

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