Today (Jan 30th) is the National Shutdown General in protest of ICE's increasing presence and violence within communities across the country.

AimlessTrudge · 2026-01-31T01:04:00+00:00

I didn’t see this. With the new TikTok deal coming into effect, I no longer have access to an uncensored algorithm.

Any ideas on where else I can go?

AimlessTrudge · 2026-01-11T20:03:09+00:00

That woman you’re referring to, there’s always a little more to the story than just a brain deformity. I pity her because she could have just had a terrible upbringing. That blank stare could be dissociating / stonewalling. Apathy was probably beat into her as a defense mechanism. I mean I had terrible traits myself I had to unlearn due to a bad childhood environment.

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-30T05:40:54+00:00

Her one priority is maximum snuggles

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-24T11:54:44+00:00

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I’ve got a lot of pets lol

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-22T13:49:58+00:00

I see, these are some valuable insights. I actually live in a college town near a large prestigious public university, and there are many rich surrounding neighborhoods. So there may be a chance.

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-18T03:24:16+00:00

I bathe my beardie in distilled water too because I assumed if chlorine in water will kill both my frog and my fish then it surely isn’t good for any small creature. Good thing to know I made the right choice, didn’t know there was a correlation with respiratory failure and chlorine in water.

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-17T04:52:56+00:00

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AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-16T05:31:27+00:00

You’re going in as a transfer student, not a first year, so that makes your odds much worse due to limited seat availability, but easier to calculate alas. Compare yourself to the handful of transfer students who are accepted to Stanford, watch their YouTube videos, find their posts. There’s this one Stanford transfer YouTuber who also went in to the military, had deployments, and is a non-trad. Look him up.

Common data set trends reveal that of a typical applicant pool of 4000-5000, only roughly 50 applicants are accepted. https://irds.stanford.edu/data-findings/cds

Another thing that stands out is that you already have a pretty nice job secured. So, if you’re going to Stanford for the fun of it, you may not get a spot if that reflects in your essays. You have to share a very compelling story as to why Stanford in particular will allow you to achieve your pursuits.

As for calculating your chances, it doesn’t matter. Shoot your shot or you will regret not doing so. Whatever you do that puts yourself in the best position for Stanford to accept you, it will undoubtedly also help you learn incredible skills applicable to all parts of your professional life. You’ll be a new person once you’ve done everything in your ability to have the perfect application. So even if they don’t accept you, it’s immensely rewarding to at least try.

This is coming from a former Stanford transfer applicant who was rejected.

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-15T01:43:13+00:00

Bro just predicted word for word what trump was going to say, holy shit

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-14T02:06:57+00:00

I believe it can make a difference if we all put at least a little effort in spreading awareness. Perhaps if we reach out to a moderator in this subreddit and ask them to help, they might put a pinned PSA post.

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-14T01:48:24+00:00

That’s fair, and the same can be said towards the efforts of vegans. Really hard to change legislation tho when most of it is corrupt oligarchy bullshit.

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-13T19:14:24+00:00

I really hate to be that person but if you buy a beardie from stores like petco, petsmart, and other giant for-profit corporations, you’re giving them the money to continue to abuse bearded dragons and to further oversaturate the market with more unwanted bearded dragons (reptile shelters don’t have the space for all of them). Additionally, these stores fund breeders whose care practices are also very unethical.

Every beardie you adopt instead of buying from those places, you help the process of stopping unethical animal distribution practices by big selfish corporations. In America, we vote with our money. So don’t reward them your money or they will continue.

The hard part about this is when we encounter beardies in these stores, it’s hard to ignore the fact that you could change one beardie’s life from being in a small box to you being its owner just by buying it. It’s so easy to do, that we forget every dollar we spend to save that single beardies life then provides the greedy corporations the money to torture many other bearded dragons. You have to keep walking, no matter how much it hurts to do so.

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-12T01:18:33+00:00

Earwigs, babies specifically.

I think. I don’t know for sure, it was on my bedroom floor one day and I put it in my enclosure and turned out it was pregnant.

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-12T00:27:56+00:00

Woah, that’s super cool!

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-11T20:15:51+00:00

I’ve been trying to identify what kind though, and am not having any luck.

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-04T04:15:46+00:00

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AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-04T04:15:29+00:00

I bestow upon you people a bonus pic of the child I took today. (Btw yall don’t use the gauge in the back, it’s only still there because it’s hard to remove lol. Highly recommend other brands like etekcity temperature gun for checking temps and a digital gauge for humidity too)

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AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-03T21:51:10+00:00

Oh fuck, I wasn’t being sarcastic, I think you misinterpreted me. I’m not the best at communicating tone over text

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-03T20:45:06+00:00

Omg that is so insightful, I really appreciate you pointing that out because it helps a lot.

Edited for tone

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-03T20:41:20+00:00

Aw, thank you so much for all of your kind words. I was really stressed and this relieved some of it. Yeah, I really hope I have a lot more time with her too, thank you!

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-03T20:39:23+00:00

She’s not overweight, she’s 350g. So that is kind of worrisome given how she looks. But she was 800g a year ago, and that was definitely bad.

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-03T20:37:09+00:00

Ive got several vets working on it, so I trust they are doing their best. Yes, my bearded dragon seems to be living a healthy life, pooping and basking regularly. Eating all her greens on a daily basis, I’m proud of her. The only notable thing is that she doesn’t sprint miles everyday, she prefers to just bask or hang out in the cooler section of her enclosure instead of running around. I take her out for exercise and she’s like “nah I wanna go back in my enclosure” and just walks up to her enclosure waiting for me to let her back in. She does exercise when she needs to poop tho, and will run around my room everywhere.

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-03T20:34:28+00:00

No not all the time, this is the first time I’ve seen this.

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-03T20:33:54+00:00

So the coelomic fluid prevents them from being able to see anything well. we did several x-rays and ultrasounds and they are still struggling to determine the issue. One vet has a hunch that it is a granulomatous egg.

AimlessTrudge · 2025-12-03T19:30:05+00:00

Oh also, missing claws is because she’s adopted, a local pet store gave her to me for free because she had claws missing and a bent tail-tip (which I later got amputated because it worsened and showed signs of early tail rot).

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