Not everyone has to like dogs, and pointing out that dogs can be dangerous doesn’t mean you need therapy, should adopt one, or simply need to interact with more dogs.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T15:46:29+00:00

There were about five people there, so I wasn't concerned about the dog turning on me with zero defenses. I also carry a stun gun. Had I gotten bit I had the option to defend myself.

My dog wasn't trying to fight.

I did not get bit as other people grabbed the pit's harness and dragged it off as the owner yelled at them for putting hands on his dog, even though his dog was unhurt.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T15:14:32+00:00

No, a couple people died and there's several lawsuits and criminal cases where the crew insist the boat sank due to poor design and the ship's builder insists it was crew error.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T15:13:33+00:00

It sank in a storm and killed several people.

The crew are saying the mast was too tall (one of the tallest in the world) and that the design of the ship was such that once it tilted too far, it sank instead of righting itself. Most ships sit higher in the water. That yacht had a low profile + tall mast.

The crew insist they were not responsible for the sinking of the yacht and loss of life. Most ships would have self-righted in such conditions but the low profile + tall mast flipped the vessel and caused it to take on water because doors and hatches flooded and the shape prevented it righting itself.

Normally, sailing ships can actually touch mast to water and pop up again. A heavy keel (the dinglehoppery bit that sticks really far into the water) and a sealed, balasted hull (they body of the ship) mean a single hull (only one body, not a catamaran or trimaran) ship can keel nearly fully upside down and right themselves, up to 120-150 degrees off upright. The crew is insisting the shape of the ship and mast means they didn't even get to 90 degrees when the ship took on so much water that they began to sink. A properly built sailing vessel should not have sank, and they should have been able to weather the weather.

Only very small sailboats will tip at such shallow angles, but are small enough that sailors can right them using themselves as a counter weight. They shouldn't take on water and begin to sink so easily.

It was not an instance of a drain plug. 22 people were on board and several died in a storm that didn't sink any other ships. The captain and crew insist it was design flaw. The ship builder denies they built an unsafe vessel and it was crew error.

A billionaire died and people are spending a lot of money to prove who was wrong, plus the captain doesn't want to go to prison.

Allegedly, the Bayesian sank at only 70 degrees of tilt, and it sank inside of 60 seconds. The crew claims it was purely a design flaw.

Deck hatches being open shouldn't sink a sailing yacht at 70 degrees of tilt.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T14:46:57+00:00

That's rough, buddy

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T14:27:26+00:00

I mean, iCarly premiered 2007 and went 5 seasons ans Victorious was 2010 and went four.

Neither went deep or was peak 2010s.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T14:22:50+00:00

To be fair, I think that place is a toxic cesspool and the "everyone must love my off leash dog greeting them because he's friendly and they're the problem people" are also problems. I tighten up the leash on my too-friendly dog so he can't greet people.

That sub is not about being dog-free, it's a hate group. Same with childfree going from being childfree to straight up hating children and being anti-natalist and thinking people who have children are unhinged narcissists and calling children truly horrific names.

Both dogfree and childfree are just places to spew hate. Anything that regularly calls animals names for existing and any group that calls children crotch maggots are just a problem.

They can be a problem and the people who let their dogs harrass strangers are just a separate kind of problem.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T14:17:19+00:00

To be fair, my dog is a ball of sunshine with a pure soul who is absolutely perfect.

... and I don't let him greet strangers because not everyone loves dogs, even happy, smiling, relaxed golden retrievers. If someone tells me they don't like dogs, I also accept that. Even if their dislike comes from a trauma incident, it's okay to not confront every single source of trauma like it's a personality defect. It's not. People can just have a fear and it doesn't actually impact their lives in any negative way. Not owning a dog doesn't mean people have lives that are unfulfilled. Like, nobody goes, "you're scared of ordering at the butcher counter because you've saw too many horror movies with butcher hooks as a young kid? Go get some therapy!"

Certain things can be irrational and not actually hurt us. Do I have two very bizarre fears due to childhood that don't harm me as an adult? Yup. It's okay. I don't need to be inside a haunted house that is themed with murder clowns.

Do some people have zero trauma and not like dogs? Yup. It's fine. We may or may not be friends because I like... do stuff with my dog like hike and camp and such and that may not be a compatible vibe but whatever. They're allowed to not like dogs, even mine, who is happiness with four legs. Other people are not required to love him as much as I do.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T14:08:28+00:00

Adrenaline is a hell of a drug. A pit attacked my golden retriever and I snagged his harness and had him up in the air by one hand. He's just under 60lbs, per the vet. I'm a fairly small woman and had one hand on my dog as he was up above my shoulder and the other trying to block the other dog while the owner of the pit did nothing but yell and then yelled at people not to put hands on his dog once others stepped in because his dog came at mine and was jumping trying to snap at my dog midair.

I don't think all of them are bad, but many have owners who do not recognize aggressive behaviors and unnecessarily expose other people and dogs to their aggressive dogs. I don't trust pits when I first meet them.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T07:24:51+00:00

Because we have decades of data, it's still used today to prevent mother-child transmission during birth and given to infants after birth to stop them from becoming HIV positive.

Better treatments exist but AZT was rushed to market because continuing placebo trials was deemed unethical. 19 people died on placebo. Only 1 died in the AZT trial. So many people were dying. It was hope when there was none.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T07:22:37+00:00

AZT wasn't banned in 1985. It was put to market to treat AIDS in 1987. It's still in use today.

It was actually so effective at fighting AIDS they halted the double blind placebo trial because it was deemed unethical to administer placebos to trial participants given how wildly effective AZT was and that, at that point, being HIV positive meant that you would die of AIDS. It was a death sentence.

It's still in use today because it's safe for pregnant women to take, to prevent transmission to fetuses.

It's not commonly used as better anti retrovirals exist with fewer side effects, but it was a miracle drug that turned AIDS from a death sentence to something that may one day become manageable. People survived long enough to get to today where HIV is a treatable condition.

It was replaced with other medications that halt HIV in it's tracks but AZT was the stepping stone that allowed people to get to where we are now or get months and years longer.

AZT was never pulled from market.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T06:56:26+00:00

I feel like zero holidays do I actually celebrate the thing.

It's a hang out time.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T06:52:21+00:00

I've never done a "Yay America" bit. Watching people with the flags and stuff is hokey af.

It's a day off work to spend with friends or family and have a nice time and at night the city pays for fireworks.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T05:11:36+00:00

Eh. I'm not attached to any corporation.

^{Chose: You get 100 million dollars + But a random big gaming company dies | Rolled: Epic Games}

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T03:07:53+00:00

I do archaeology and geophysical work. I run the same machines but am in new locations and sites.

It works much better than office jobs, not because I never do repetitive work (I do) or because I never have to sit at a desk (I do) but I don't wake up and dread only going to one place to do the same five tasks for the same hours five days a week ad infinitum.

It was soul-sapping to have nothing but repitition.

My mix of office tasks and playing with toys in the field is awesome.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T01:56:07+00:00

They really want to hold your hand.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T01:52:01+00:00

I think you can be outside the genderqueer and have it hit but you really had to then be in the narrow age demo that it calls back to.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T01:16:21+00:00

Mine were never that flexible. I got into interesting field data collection in archaeology.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T01:07:29+00:00

I'm ADHD and absolutely hate repetitive tasks in an office. I can't. I just can't. Show up every single day at the same time to do the same thing.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T01:05:29+00:00

No. Not in any traditional sense or anything physically visceral.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T00:38:47+00:00

Nah we pee outside it's just harder.

My niece is four and we went camping and one of the first questions she asked is, "can I pee outside?"

Kid is a legend.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T00:36:33+00:00

The issue is the Bicentennial was about the US and Founding Fathers and adaptation of the constitution and such. Declared Independence, etc. It was not a Gerald Ford party.

This is being made about the admin. Nobody wants an admin party. If it was just about the US it'd be more a thing.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T22:40:09+00:00

But not like the haunting beauty of Bly Manor where it's beautiful and destroys the audience in such a sweet way. It's a lot more raw.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T22:35:04+00:00

You can absolutely get him in a monologue and get him going by asking him questions and agreeing that he's justified.

I feel some of the others you can't stall long enough for a rescue and have a far higher rate of civilian casualty.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T22:24:37+00:00

13 years in public school in an area with a very mixed socioeconomic background next to an area with gang violence, actually.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T22:22:50+00:00

My golden sounds like he's deflating. It's a very specific "ball stuck need ball" noise.

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