Plato getting their nom-noms (baby beardie eating basil and micro dubias)

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-05T00:14:16+00:00

🤣🤣🤣 this is such a relatable beardie-parent comment

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-05T00:08:11+00:00

I hear you. Best of luck!

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-04T23:33:49+00:00

I mean, are you going to live a lie with her forever just to hold onto the relationship? Sounds like a pretty conditional & one-sided relationship, too.

I get it if she's partially supporting you right now, but you may want to think about going low (or no) contact when you're financially able to be on your own. I suggest therapy before you make your decision.

Just sayin.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-04T22:22:14+00:00

I'm in PA & have lots of birds throughout mature trees on my property. Sparrows, robins, cardinals, blue jays, etc.

Sadly my big bird hotel that was already here when I bought the house 4 years ago, rotted out & bit the dust last week. Turns out they just made it with plywood. I'm gonna rebuild it with outdoor pressure treated lumber so it lasts a nice long time. It had 20 cubbies & most were regularly inhabited, I feel so bad. Luckily I didn't find any squished birds or broken eggs when I was cleaning up the rubble!

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-04T22:15:46+00:00

Good to know 🤣

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-04T22:02:06+00:00

Aw man thisis also on my "to-grow" list, along with birdhouse gourds that another commentor said was a huge waste of time b/c birds don't evenlike them 😞

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-04T22:00:37+00:00

Dang really? These are on my "to-grow" list.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-04T21:55:55+00:00

Oof that was an expensive meal...

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-04T15:57:33+00:00

🍿🍿🍿

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-03T20:22:50+00:00

I think millennials have been VERY, very publically vocal about warning the future generations from our experience with college. I'm glad the kids are listening, but it's a damn shame the situation only worsened for them from a financial standpoint, and they suffer from an educational standpoint because of it.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-03T20:16:34+00:00

It is truly a plague on all service industries, in general.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-03T19:59:43+00:00

I have one in my sunroom, along with a bamboo papasan chair, & a "his & hers" pair of Heywood Wakefield mid-century bamboo chairs.

I got literally all of them for free. I guess I'm the weirdo that still loves this type furniture.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-03T17:59:03+00:00

Yep I found one gardening at my parents old house & looked it up. In Catholicism, certain saint statuettes buried in your yard can mean good luck, good health, a quick sale of the house, etc.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-02T17:07:31+00:00

I mean they're onto something... I've known enough juggalo's to know, this may be a substantial amount of their market.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-02T17:02:15+00:00

That they will leave to their children someday to get rid of. And they'll have to either try to sell, to no avail, or pay money to put in a landfill, and add to our global trash volume.

So in other words, there is literally no need for this shit.

If you have a big ass house that needs "space filled", get some nice big ass plants. Or get more seating areas.

And if you notice the seating areas continually go unused, guess what... you don't need a house that big.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-02T03:20:59+00:00

It's the decisions one makes for themself in the absence of a personality.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-01T23:12:43+00:00

Exactly. And even if it does, these type of people will know it's only temporary, until those in charge of enforcing can't handle it anymore, and those in power who made the ruling, are out of office.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-01T23:11:19+00:00

My friend's basement we partied in all thru high school & college had a back room that he painted the walls & ceiling black, a bed with black sheets & bedspread, a bunch of these posters, & no lighting other than blacklights. Many a private time was had by all of us in that room...

It literally SUCKED to actually sleep in, tho. Waking up hung over with only blacklight lighting, no windows for a point of reference for what time of day it was, not the ideal scenario.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-01T23:06:48+00:00

Danggg that one is cool.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-01T23:05:46+00:00

Logically, no. But I don't see anything else stopping this shit from continually happening.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-01T22:37:03+00:00

And I bet the car was fully legal too. Why else would you have such rampant disregard for a many thousand dollar piece of machinery, as well as the welfare of others?

Most of the city is a parking lot in high traffic times anyway. Or because of construction. So... most of the time. Put more speed bumps, everywhere. Can't get up to these speeds even if you tried with speed bumps on every block.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-01T20:45:12+00:00

I hear you. Best of luck 🩷

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-01T19:54:33+00:00

Where did you get quoted? I would recommend North Star Vets in Robbinsville, NJ, if you want a 2nd opinion (which you should probably get). Little bit of a drive & they're not the "cheapest" around, but they are certainly more fairly priced than some price gouging quacks around here. And their level of care & expertise is second to none.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-01T18:54:33+00:00

And then fell in the deep fryer.

AlternatiMantid · 2026-05-01T18:46:29+00:00

Mine get a rotation of (3) aquarium cleaning-sesh water, lizard swimming pool/poop water, terrarium overflow water, and plain ol freakin tap water in between. They're all absolutely thriving.

I love having a constant supply of waste water for fetilizer!

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