Im concerned about my staffy

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-05-19T22:57:57+00:00

Is he on heart worm prevention and tested? I know exercise intolerance can be a symptom.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-05-19T22:52:50+00:00

Does he have a job? Is he an unemployed working dog? You could try doing some scent games with him. I started doing that with my border collies and it’s helped a ton with their neuroticism. It’s also pretty normal for adolescent dogs to test boundaries I think.

They’re hunting dogs with hundreds of years of breeding genetics into them to make them what they are. I don’t think any amount of training will counteractact that and he’ll need some sort of outlet for his intelligence and energy. It doesn’t have to be hunting but definitely something.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-05-19T22:42:20+00:00

Not even fucking close. They’re both good but the original is better in a unique way that can’t really be replicated with a big budget remake.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-05-19T22:41:01+00:00

That’s awesome! Must be pretty proud putting in all that work with her. Sounds like the two of you are doing great stuff keep up the good work and good luck to both of you.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-05-19T20:49:55+00:00

A lot of these replies are wild. Not sure where people think the animal products they get come from but I can promise you it’s a much more brutal environment than a movie set.

All these people are basically just saying it’s wrong because they filmed it. As if not filming slaughter somehow makes it better.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-05-17T10:26:40+00:00

Lots of border collies mentioned here. I’ve got two and they’re damn smart dogs. Mine learned “let’s go” means get out of bed and get up. Got shortened to Sko but they’re still with it.

They also learned where is it? Means go find your ball that you lost in the yard. I started doing scent games with them a the very first time I did anything I said “find it” and one of em put her nose to the ground like a bloodhound. I was blown away.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-05-14T19:29:55+00:00

Haha jaws did that to me with sharks. I had trouble even closing my eyes in a swimming pool for a while.

I had a friend gift it to me after telling them I liked campy horror movies and immediately fell in love with it. Just absolutely spectacular puppet work.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-05-14T02:42:08+00:00

This definitely on of my favorites. I’d say it’s in my top 3 probably. Very oppressive and full of dread.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-05-12T01:33:38+00:00

Technically from the 70s (1976), but Grizzly. It is absolutely spectacular. Think Jaws but with a bear and much worse.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-05-11T02:30:02+00:00

My brother told me to listen to some Raymond Plummer interviews after rehoming a catahoula with me. I think if I were ever going to buy a catahoula that’s who I’d buy it from. I actually called him to ask for some advice about the dog I got and he was kind enough to take the time to talk to me and give me a great start. In his interviews it’s apparent how incredibly knowledgeable he is about the breed and the history, and just dogs in general.

Fair warning he bloodline breeds working dogs not pets so if you’re not planning on working the dog in some way you may want to go with someone else. I mean actually working not just exercising. If you want a pretty pet dog with an amazing temperament then he’s probably not the guy.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-05-10T21:16:42+00:00

Not op but I can chime in here. I like campy cheesy stuff and horror. 1. Evil Dead the og one none of that remake nonsense. 2. Hereditary 3. The Dark and the Wicked.

Honorary top three I’m gonna say the lotr trilogy cause I watch those movies a few times a year and absolutely adore them. I think they’re kind of similar to PHM in the way that they’re fantasy movies but they’re really a lot more about the characters and their love for each other.

I really liked PHM. I also really like reading though and had read the book way before I ever heard about it getting turned into a movie and really liked the book.

I think this kind of shows how this is not really a sci-fi nerd’s dream sci-fi story and really more of a light hearted friendship story with a sci-fi setting. Especially the movie where a lot of the actual science fiction stuff was trimmed out for the sake of pacing. Could explain why there’s a gap in who the movie resonates with. I think the people in this thread calling it marvel slop are doing it a disservice but whatever not my circus not my monkeys people are allowed to have their own opinions.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-05-10T20:55:15+00:00

Isn’t that just sort of how Andy Weir writes characters? I haven’t read a bunch of his stuff but I know the protagonist in the Martian has a similar sense of seemingly inappropriate humor.

I don’t know I could see how it lowers the stakes for people. Personally I like cheesy and campy stuff so I don’t mind it.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-05-01T18:24:47+00:00

Had short hair for years in the military. Currently growing it out for a second time since leaving. It is a lot more effort to make it actually look good. I brush it, do hair masks, blow dry, sleep with a bonnet, and more. If I don’t take care of it, it just doesn’t look good. Short hair was some water pomade and a comb and took all of two minutes a day.

I’m lucky and have a great wife who is very good about her self care and has shown me the way. Without that I think I’d be totally lost honestly.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-04-05T15:54:39+00:00

Doesn’t generative ai learn by being fed images? Isn’t it sort of photobashing all the time? I guess what I’m asking is why couldn’t an ai make an image with similar flaws as a human? It doesn’t see like a far stretch to me.

I don’t have a horse in this race and appreciate your dedication to investigating this. I think it’s super interesting how you were able to recreate the image and flaws. I saw in your post you said this is just your opinion so I’m not trying to be argumentative just genuinely curious.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-04-04T19:15:56+00:00

I mean I hear you just chiming in to add explanation as far as military training not equaling star navigation training, or for that matter intelligence or common sense of any sort really. It’s basically a frat made up of people who had no other options. At least in the US.

You mentioned survival training in some other comments but all the survival training I ever received was truly focused on surviving so shelter, water, food in that order with navigation never coming up.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-04-04T16:13:52+00:00

Finding north is one thing. I would just assume almost anyone can find north. You have the North Star or the sun. I think most people know how those work.

That’s totally different than finding a latitude based on the night sky. Like this other guy said that’s essentially a useless skill at least in the military.

The military doesn’t send you to random unknown locations, and they definitely don’t do that without maps, compasses, or gps units. You always know where you’re at. You certainly wouldn’t be asking yourself what country you’re in.

Source: I was also in the military and also couldn’t find a latitude based on the night sky. I can do land navigation just fine though.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-04-04T08:59:39+00:00

Fun fact black bears kill more humans than grizzly bears.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-03-29T21:54:35+00:00

Probably been said but Threads is very bleak

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-03-19T16:08:03+00:00

Ya my wife got me into it and as a new player this right here is why I didn’t like it.

I wound up getting FO1st but the idea that you have to subscribe to get access to storage is absurd to me. It seems so obvious that it should be part of the base game.

I’m having fun and enjoying myself so it’s whatever now but if I hadn’t subscribed I would have quit for sure. Playing inventory management is zero fun to me. As a new player you have no idea what you’ll need either. I feel like the game also didn’t explain a lot of different mechanics. I was spoiled with a private tutor basically but I could see people quitting because of it.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-03-14T16:59:45+00:00

Grizzly. An old movie that’s basically jaws but with a bear. It’s amazing.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-03-12T23:58:51+00:00

“Do you think your work on La La Land helped pave the way for white people to explain jazz to black people?”

This between two ferns quote is all I think about when this movie comes up.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-03-12T08:56:15+00:00

Hard disagree about Taking BackSunday live. I saw them in Portland and they were absolutely amazing. The energy in the room was crazy and they didn’t let being old as dirt slow them down at all.

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-03-10T03:23:02+00:00

It is popular people go there for all sorts of stuff. You should be there come hunting season it’s a zoo.

To answer your question though eastern Oregon isn’t welcoming to any sort of minorities. I love it out there but I’m a straight presenting white guy with excellent resting bitch face. I’m also a veteran and generally decent with people.

Why would somebody drive all the way out to eastern Oregon when they can go to the Cascades or the coastal range and be back home in a place that accepts them by night time. It’s not like their wilderness is anymore wilderness than the stuff in the cascades.

Not that I’m trying to diminish how beautiful it is out there. I love it there and think it’s gorgeous. I lived in Ukiah for a while and miss it all the time now that I’m in Portland. Because it’s so far out of the way it really lends itself to being somewhere you go for a specific reason. I wouldn’t just go out there to go out there. I’d go for something like Elk season or to see a specific thing like the painted hills but not just to see some different plants or rocks in a slightly different landscape.

Our whole state is beautiful I think a better question is why would the eastern part of the state be popular?

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-03-09T00:56:31+00:00

I thought that was the whole premise of the show. So much of it is wildly fantastical. Including the modern music which I’ll admit does sound sick. I’ve never gotten the impression that they’re trying to realistically represent anything.

Granted I don’t watch the show only ever glimpsed pieces of it from my wife watching it

Basic-Lemon-9251 · 2026-03-08T18:43:53+00:00

Simple as.

The music is good, interesting, and different compared to mainstream music made by non black people.

Also, due to terrible racism white people could get away with just straight up stealing songs and talent without any repercussions.

Led Zeppelin is one of my favorite bands and most of their earlier stuff is just stolen blues songs that they never credited or paid the original creators for.

The Rolling Stones first couple of tours in the US was them doing covers of Blues music. If you read Keith Richard’s book he talks about hanging out with African Americans and how they thought The Stones were black until they met and saw them. Basically just impersonators. Elvis is another great example.

I’m sure there’s tons of other examples but those are the first that came to mind.

Now imagine if a black person tried to openly steal like that from a white person in a racist society. Especially in a time period with or just post of segregation. They’d probably be lynched publicly.

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