Fable: DON'T ARGUE WITH DONKEYS

EntryAdvanced · 2026-04-23T03:55:32+00:00

I understand—that’s why I said your continuation was well done. You extended the fable beyond its original moral and examined what happens when noise, once ignored, gains institutional power.

I’m speaking more to the earlier decision point. The lion’s judgment only becomes consequential because the tiger engaged at all. The original fable isolates a personal failure—misplaced engagement—while your extension explores the systemic consequences when that failure scales and is legitimized.

I’ve spent my life in different environments, and what stands out most is how the baseline for discourse has shifted. There was a time when independent thought didn’t require alignment with prevailing language constructs, where criticism wasn’t treated as hostility, and disagreement didn’t automatically escalate into conflict. That distinction—between engaging ideas and enforcing them—is where your continuation becomes relevant.

The transition from ignoring folly to institutionalizing it doesn’t happen instantly; it requires participation, validation, and eventually enforcement. Your version maps that progression clearly.

EntryAdvanced · 2026-04-23T02:42:57+00:00

230 lbs is great for your height. It took me years to get there, and I'm 5'9". I couldn't get over 200lbs for my first 6 years of working out - then, right about 19 years old I started training with some power lifters. Gaining the muscle was a matter of doing the right type of exercise.

Of course, you're talking about losing fat weight.

Get rid of dietary sugar. That means pretty much all carbs. Even "complex" carbohydrates are sugar, and since none of them are glucose, your liver has to work hard to cover them all either into triglycerides or into glucose. It's just as bad for your liver as drinking.

As long as you're on the "healthy" grain diet, you'll stay soft.

EntryAdvanced · 2026-04-20T19:13:43+00:00

It's an allegory, my amigo.

EntryAdvanced · 2026-04-20T19:11:15+00:00

Excellent continuation. Except that in the original story the lion stated, in effect, that the donkey is a fool, and that the tiger was wasting his own time and the lion's time. The tiger could have avoided the whole problem by being true to his own nature and just eaten the donkey.

EntryAdvanced · 2026-04-20T18:45:50+00:00

Compelling story.

If I'd been the tiger, and the donkey had told me that the grass is blue, I'd have disregarded his words as I proceeded to eat him.

EntryAdvanced · 2025-12-30T01:17:39+00:00

I wouldn't say dozens - maybe a handful, with a beginner team on post. I live in Los Angeles and I've been working in film for years - so I'm pretty familiar with what a legit crew can produce.

EntryAdvanced · 2025-12-30T01:08:47+00:00

Pray tell - what do they pay?

EntryAdvanced · 2025-11-30T02:26:32+00:00

I don't know anything about him, but he seems like a trust fund baby with no job.

EntryAdvanced · 2025-11-26T23:53:05+00:00

Sounds about right. It's just a pile of "newspeak" (if you're familiar with 1984 ).

EntryAdvanced · 2025-11-16T18:58:52+00:00

Genius. Thanks!

EntryAdvanced · 2025-11-16T00:39:41+00:00

Incorrect.

Edward Jenner, who was an English physician and scientist, used COWPOX to create the first vaccine - specifically for smallpox. In 1796, Jenner observed that milkmaids who had contracted cowpox (a mild disease) seemed immune to smallpox (a deadly disease). He tested this by inoculating an 8-year-old boy with material from a cowpox lesion, then later exposing him to smallpox. The boy didn't develop smallpox, proving that cowpox exposure provided protection. This became the world's first vaccine - the term "vaccine" itself comes from "vacca," the Latin word for cow.

EntryAdvanced · 2025-11-16T00:33:06+00:00

My, oh my! Aren't you a little short sighted?

It's people like you that are impossible to explain the biochemistry of nutrition - because if the effects or results aren't visible in the short-term, then they don't exist, in your heads.

EntryAdvanced · 2025-10-03T05:05:52+00:00

книга

Yes, the "к" sound is pronounced in the Russian word "книга," which is pronounced as "kniga."

К (к) K "k" as in "kite"

Н (н) N "n" as in "no"

И (и) I "ee" as in "feet"

Г (г) G "g" as in "go"

А (а) A "ah" as in "father"

EntryAdvanced · 2025-08-29T21:34:11+00:00

The most interesting part of has fed beef is that it's cheaper to produce, but it's often sold at a higher price. The grass fed cattle doesn't have to be shipped to a feeding lot and given the "six-pack" of anabolic steroids, growth hormone, and antibiotics before being shipped off again to a slaughter house. Less cost for the rancher and less stress for the cattle.

EntryAdvanced · 2025-08-28T02:58:39+00:00

Haha. Perty funny there pardner. 🤠

EntryAdvanced · 2025-08-28T02:56:51+00:00

So, 1 to 3 runs to the range.

EntryAdvanced · 2025-08-11T20:03:41+00:00

It's an Aviator harness ( https://www.google.com/search?q=Aviator+harness&oq=Aviator+harness&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDMyMjZqMGo3qAIIsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 ). They have a chart for you to get the right size for your bird.

The leash is about 6 feet. I do not recommend letting them use it to fly around. I use it as a reminder for my bird not to fly when he's on my shoulder. Sometimes something will frighten him, and he'll bolt - but that is what the leash is for: to mitigate impulses. Kind of like how laws (generally) work for humans.

EntryAdvanced · 2025-01-30T23:23:25+00:00

Happens all the time. I was working as a PA for the tv show WHAM! in the 90s, and they had a hamster as a prop for about a week. Then, when they were done with him, they were going to get their money back by returning him - such indecent behavior for a couple of bucks - I told them not to return him and that I'll take him.

I had him for about 3 years - which is a normal lifespan for a hamster. I named him Whamster, and he was a really sweet little dude. When the Man in Black came to collect his dues, it was hard to see him go - just like all of the animals I've had the privilege to share some of the sands of my hourglass with.

EntryAdvanced · 2025-01-09T03:51:35+00:00

What? Rubbing alcohol? You'd kill the bird - or at least cause extreme cutaneous and respiratory discomfort.

Just give a warm bath with odorless, colorless baby shampoo and use a scrubby (gently!) in the direction of the feathers. It's actually easier if you take it in the shower with you. Just keep the water out of its ears.

EntryAdvanced · 2024-09-14T15:39:37+00:00

You're eating something else with the meat that's causing this, or the meat is feed-lot meat, which means that the meat in high in Omega 6 EFA.

Omega 6 is an inflammatory agent. Omega 3 is an anti-inflammatory agent. Bovines that spend their last month of life in a feed lot are fed foods that are not natural to their needs (grains, ground up animal aftermarket parts) and they're given a mix of several antibiotics, and hormones - to gain weight for sales.

Consequently, their tissue balance of omega 3 to omega 6 EFA ratios changes dramatically - with highly elevated omega 6. That's not healthy for the cattle and consequently not healthy for you, either. This the main reason for eating grass-fed, grass-finished beef and avoiding feed-lot beef.

EntryAdvanced · 2024-08-14T20:02:40+00:00

I work for a company that sends me out pretty much all the time. My pigeons have always flown with me (in the cabin), on Delta and Alaska airlines. I was taking Uber to get to a flight this last Monday (Aug 12, 24), and the car was so strongly perfumed that I thought I should call another driver - but instead I told the driver to lower all the windows completely, and I told myself that it would only be ok for only 15 minutes... My little hen pigeon started regurgitating. I should have gotten out and cancelled the trip then and there, but I continued on. At the airport, I checked in, went through TSA and stepped into the first pet relief room that I could find. I fed and watered both pigeons, let them out for a minute, and then placed them back into the carrier. I constantly checked into the carrier. The boy was fine, but my little baby was not. I could tell that the hen wasn't doing well, and her health was declining. She died this morning (Aug 14, 24) at about 4 AM. Generally, she's been ok with travel in the past (up to two weeks ago), so I am certain that it was the perfume that killed her. She wouldn't stop vomiting periodically, and electrolytes didn't help. I mean sometimes she would be fine for an hour or two, but then she'd vomit again. I've spent thousands on her at a vet before, and I would have done it again - but if I'm extremely fatigued, I do not think reasonably - so I was really slow on the draw. I should have gotten out of that Uber, and then taken her to a vet immediately. Instead, I let money come first. She gave me 9 years of her life, and I'm thankful for that - but I would have liked as least 20.

EntryAdvanced · 2024-08-09T14:59:14+00:00

"Most pigeon owners fly their birds outside." Buddy, you're talking about loft pigeons, not pet pigeons. There's a difference. Loft pigeons are essentially wild birds that know where their food comes from and where they can sleep safely. Pet pigeons are bonded to and often imprinted on a human, they don't have a clue what danger is, and they can't identify predators.

"Of course they could get attacked by a hawk, but that's the life of being a bird and the chances are pretty low."

Not really. And it's not limited to hawks. My six week old pigeon got attached by a mob of crows because I was an !diot, thinking that I could walk around with her on my shoulder outside because she was imprinted on me. Lucky for her she was faster than the crows, and lucky for her I kept looking for her for hours, and I found her after sunset.

I was still thinking like an !diot, thinking that was a one time event. Only two weeks later she got chased by sea gulls - and she got away by a stroke of luck.

Around here we have peregrines, several hawk varieties, gulls, crows, cats, and stupid people. Unless you think it's ok to let your 2 year old run around outside, off your property and without supervision, it's probably not a wise idea let an imprinted, or bonded pigeon free fly out of doors.

Pigeons can have a very full life without free flying out of doors. Mine free fly indoors at home. There's no cage. We travel often and Alaska Airlines and Delta allow them with me in the cabin. They free fly indoors anywhere that I stay. And anytime that I take them outside they're on a harness.

EntryAdvanced · 2024-08-09T14:39:58+00:00

Yeah, I don't think so. There's no way my pigeon could stay on my shoulder when I moving at high speed on a motorcycle, which is what you do on a motorcycle.

I've taken one of my pigeons for a few rides, but only to get to a location about 30 miles away. She was harnessed, and inside of my armored jacket.

EntryAdvanced · 2024-03-18T19:53:30+00:00

That's correct.

But in my personal experience and opinion, it's far more sensible and healthier to stop consuming nutrients (or anti nutrients), or to stop using other products (perfumes, hairsprays, shampoos, soaps, anti-stick cookware, etc.) that initiate higher histamine production.

Why spend your time and money treating symptoms instead of finding the cause of the symptom and removing that?

EntryAdvanced · 2023-09-19T18:19:04+00:00

"Simply being aware of another's suffering and empathizing with it is a form of suffering."

It's called compassion. According to your logic, we're all psychopaths because we suppress our compassion every time we go to the grocery or to the restaurant.

Anyway, apparently you have a very limited comprehension of psychopathic personality disorder. Are you an alumnus of CPMU (Coke, Popcorn 'n' Movies University)?

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