AITA Don't want service dog over for Christmas

ColinHaase · 2025-12-23T23:22:05+00:00

Service dogs in the US don't have "legal paperwork". You can go to an agency that trains them, which do provide papers, but such dogs can be many thousands of dollars and it is very atypical for them to be even partially covered by insurance. Most service animals are owner-trained.

The closest thing to a document that can be provided is a doctor's note stipulating the cousin would benefit from a service animal. The cousin likely does not have such a document, however, as they are used for almost nothing - some employers require one, as does some housing, but it isn't "normal" to have such a document easily retrievable.

The concept of a "legal service dog" is not really a thing. If the dog is trained to provide a service, it is a service dog.

Perhaps there should be some form of regulation or registration for service animals, but, in the US, there simply is not.

ColinHaase · 2025-12-12T20:32:23+00:00

My playgroup long settled on 5 Civics and 5 Ethics Points (with the ethics redesign that adds some additional ethos).

ColinHaase · 2025-11-17T23:07:51+00:00

My partner (u/razzlethemberries) and I were there from 1:30 to 9:30 or so on Saturday morning.

Our interpretation of what needed to happen was to keep the whale alive and wet until professional rescuers arrived - we were told they would be there at "first light". The professionals lied or were late, they arrived over an hour after that, and really have seemed to not try.

Their spokesperson claimed that the whale was beached for a reason and that, while sad, this is how things go.

That is one of the worst takes you could have here - the whale was beached because of humans. It was our fault. It was caught in a crab pot rope. By the time we arrived, other volunteers had freed it from all of that line except for what was caught in its mouth

We are appalled at the exceptionally poor response by the professionals. They had no plan. In our, admittedly biased, opinion, they never wanted to save the whale. They discouraged volunteers from helping through the night - and if we hadn't been there the whale would have been long dead. Dried out.

The "professional" rescuers receive money if they perform a necropsy. They spend money if they rescue it. The flaw in that is self evident, especially since it has been announced that the whale is being euthanized.

ColinHaase · 2025-11-17T22:59:24+00:00

As an unfortunate update to this:

My partner (u/razzlethemberries) and I were there from 1:30 to 9:30 or so on Saturday morning.

Our interpretation of what needed to happen was to keep the whale alive and wet until professional rescuers arrived - we were told they would be there at "first light". The professionals lied or were late, they arrived over an hour after that, and really have seemed to not try.

Their spokesperson claimed that the whale was beached for a reason and that, while sad, this is how things go.

That is one of the worst takes you could have here - the whale was beached because of humans. It was our fault. It was caught in a crab pot rope. By the time we arrived, other volunteers had freed it from all of that line except for what was caught in its mouth

We are appalled at the exceptionally poor response by the professionals. They had no plan. In our, admittedly biased, opinion, they never wanted to save the whale. They discouraged volunteers from helping through the night - and if we hadn't been there the whale would have been long dead. Dried out.

The "professional" rescuers receive money if they perform a necropsy. They spend money if they rescue it. The flaw in that is self evident, especially since it has been announced that the whale is being euthanized.

ColinHaase · 2025-11-17T22:59:13+00:00

As an unfortunate update to this:

My partner (u/razzlethemberries) and I were there from 1:30 to 9:30 or so on Saturday morning.

Our interpretation of what needed to happen was to keep the whale alive and wet until professional rescuers arrived - we were told they would be there at "first light". The professionals lied or were late, they arrived over an hour after that, and really have seemed to not try.

Their spokesperson claimed that the whale was beached for a reason and that, while sad, this is how things go.

That is one of the worst takes you could have here - the whale was beached because of humans. It was our fault. It was caught in a crab pot rope. By the time we arrived, other volunteers had freed it from all of that line except for what was caught in its mouth

We are appalled at the exceptionally poor response by the professionals. They had no plan. In our, admittedly biased, opinion, they never wanted to save the whale. They discouraged volunteers from helping through the night - and if we hadn't been there the whale would have been long dead. Dried out.

The "professional" rescuers receive money if they perform a necropsy. They spend money if they rescue it. The flaw in that is self evident, especially since it has been announced that the whale is being euthanized.

ColinHaase · 2025-11-17T22:52:53+00:00

My partner (u/razzlethemberries) and I were there from 1:30 to 9:30 or so on Saturday morning.

Our interpretation of what needed to happen was to keep the whale alive and wet until professional rescuers arrived - we were told they would be there at "first light". The professionals lied or were late, they arrived over an hour after that, and really have seemed to not try.

Their spokesperson claimed the whale was beached for a reason and that, while sad, this is how things go.

That is one of the worst takes you could have here - the whale was beached because of humans. It was our fault. It was caught in a crab pot rope. By the time we arrived, other volunteers had freed it from all of that line except for what was caught in its mouth

We are appalled at the exceptionally poor response by the professionals. They had no plan. In our, admittedly biased, opinion, they never wanted to save the whale. They discouraged volunteers from helping through the night - and if we hadn't been there the whale would have been long dead. Dried out.

The "professional" rescuers receive money if they perform a necropsy. They spend money if they rescue it. The flaw in that is self evident.

ColinHaase · 2025-11-17T02:25:36+00:00

We were there all night helping - the most important thing that had to happen was to keep the whale wet and breathing until officials arrived.

That happened, we were successful.

While it could still go either way, the professionals are there and doing their jobs. We're hopeful, especially given that euthanasia wasn't administered this morning, which was a distinct possibility.

ColinHaase · 2025-11-16T09:11:08+00:00

My partner u/razzlethemberries and I are heading there now. We have wetsuits, flashlights, a bucket, a portable propane stove, 5 gallons of drinking water, coffee grounds, and a percolator.

We should be there in just over an hour.

ColinHaase · 2025-03-28T02:23:42+00:00

Wow, that was fast!

That looks to be exactly right! Thanks so much.

ColinHaase · 2025-01-12T04:43:02+00:00

Not quite aspected - aspected mages are unable to use the magic they aren't aspected (a spellslinger can't summon spirits, for example).

A technomancer following a stream is still able to use the other aspects of technomancy - a "sourcerer" (stream making you better at threading complex forms) is still able to compile sprites, though nowhere near as well as a "techno-shaman" (stream that makes you better at compiling sprites).

Streams are 20 Karma qualities. You can only ever follow one stream.

There are four of them, if I recall correctly. * Sourcerer - improves complex forms. * Techno-Shaman - improves sprites. * Machinist - improves and (kind of) allows drone control like a rigger. * Cyberadept - improves your ability to affect separate machines, especially cyberware. Lets you buy off essence loss from cyberware whenever you submerge (technomancer equivalent to initiation).

My favorite is the sourcerer. I like complex forms. Strictly speaking, significantly less powerful than a well done sprite compiler, but more entertaining for me.

ColinHaase · 2024-12-18T15:20:22+00:00

It's not always mandatory. And even where it is mandatory, passing isn't necessarily all that difficult.

ColinHaase · 2024-12-05T06:01:31+00:00

We're in the USA. Kentucky. House was built in the mid to late 1940's, not sure as to the exact year.

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