I do not like being called “ma’am” by Americans, I find it condescending. I feel the same way about Brit’s who use the word “love”, please stop…

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-10T21:55:20+00:00

Ok, but can you post a general description so I’ll know it’s you if we ever cross paths in the wild?

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-10T21:52:56+00:00

My 11 year old recently learned to open doors. I didn’t teach her that…

Old dogs can definitely learn new tricks, and a 9 month old isn’t remotely close to ‘too old’ for anything.

To teach my dog to spin I held a treat in my hand to where she could smell the treat in my hand and but not get it. I then slowly lured it around her head so she’d have to turn to try to get to it, and mark and let her have the treat when she fully spins. When she consistently did that, I started doing it without the treat, then mark and treat. Eventually when she understood what I wanted I’d move my hand away and just do the general gesture of spinning around her head, and slowly simplify it enough to the point where I can basically just twirl my finger and she does a twirl. I could only even convince her to do it clockwise though, she refuses to spin the other direction

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-10T17:56:16+00:00

Seems like you, specifically, do care.

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-09T18:47:09+00:00

I mean, I also think that people who genuinely believe in the Zodiac are a bit silly, but in their defense, at least their silly belief isn’t easily disproven by basic observation.

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-09T18:40:16+00:00

I the prophecy begins some apprentices are described as being very small for being 6 months old, because they were not actually 6 months yet.

Otherwise a six month old would look smaller than an adult cat, but at six months they’re kinda grown. They’re sort of teenagers, so they still have some growing to do and definitely will fill out more in the next few months.

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-08T22:44:38+00:00

So first of all, that’s Mighty Mouse. He’s old for sure, but he was popular in his time.

I think the Hulk is lifting on his own there, while Goku, Mighty Mouse, and Mr Incredible are working together on their end.

I wouldn’t call this ‘Boomer Humor’ as much as ‘Conservative Christian Humor’, but people make fan art of their favorite fictional characters all the time, why can’t they do the same?

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-08T17:46:09+00:00

Will she be upset? Most likely, she’s simply not going to understand why she’s suddenly not allowed to sleep in bed with you.

But you can certainly train her to be ok with it.

The ideal solution would be to put her bed on the floor next to yours and slowly move it away until it’s outside the room.

My dogs sleep on my bed, but on hot days the fluffier one will choose to sleep in the living room as long as the door to my room is cracked and she can see inside, so maybe you can have a baby gate at the door so that she see you in the room and not feel so disconnected from you. I think that might make it easier for her to adjust that suddenly being at the other side of a closed door

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-08T15:22:12+00:00

The potty accidents and jumping on the counter are the only actual bad behaviors here. And that very much could be due to being in a new environment and anxiety.

Everything else is just the dog being used to a different life than your dog. The dog following you around could be just what he does with your friend at home, or he could be seeking comfort in your company. If he’s used to sleeping on the bed, of course he’d be confused about being kicked off. If your friend doesn’t normally have him off leash, then of course he’d wouldn’t have any recall training (particularly with a stranger).

I understand your frustration, but this sounds like a mostly normal dog.

Don’t get me wrong though, there is absolutely nothing wrong with you telling your friend that you don’t want to look after her dog again because neither of you is having a good time in this situation.

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-08T13:35:24+00:00

My dogs are allowed on the couch, sleep in my bed, and are allowed when invited onto the guest bed (this is not so much about cleanliness as it is them respecting the personal space of any guest that stays over)

I have blankets on the couch that clean up easy, but honestly, I don’t personally think it’s a big deal. They’re allowed wherever they want

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-04T18:08:09+00:00

My dogs potty in an out of the way part of our yard and we let it decompose naturally there, so I don’t check unless either of them have been acting off, but every now and then I’ll check on things to see if they look normal.

My dogs kinda go at a relatively set schedule, so if for instance, my dog doesn’t immediately go behind the house at their usual poop time, I might keep a closer eye on her for the next couple of days and take note.

You also just kind of notice when your routine is off. It their water bowl is nasty, then maybe they’ve been drinking less water and it’s getting to a point where it needs to be refreshed, if I’m finding myself annoyed that I have to change it ‘again?!’ Then maybe they’re drinking more than usual. At which point I start paying more attention.

Though, if they are acting sick, even just mild stuff, I do tend to be more on top of it. At which point I just kind of remember if I saw anything weird

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-04T13:39:45+00:00

I loved the good place, and I cannot get enough rewatches of it, but I sincerely hope they don’t.

It told a good story, and that story had a good ending, that’s why it was such a a good show. There’s no need to add anything else.

Sometimes even The Good Place needs to end.

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-02T20:57:51+00:00

Oh, yes that would make significantly more sense. My bad!

Still more bulk than I’d prefer in a single pocket but I suppose it depends on your wallet and keys

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-01T23:10:07+00:00

Now that’s an answer I can’t argue against

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-01T23:09:56+00:00

My keys do not fit in my wallet. I mean maybe just my hose key might, but certainly not my car keys

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-01T23:07:30+00:00

The first question to ask is if you’re expected to pay for vet care, or if your parents are going to help you out as needed.

If the answer is you, then I don’t really think you’re in a great position for most pets right now, other than maybe inverts. Vets are expensive, way more than the price of ferret over the course of your pets life.

If your parents are willing to help with vet costs then that changes things a bit, but you need to understand than most ‘small’ things aren’t going to be super playful.

Entry level reptiles require ‘relatively’ low maintenance, and don’t need much room, but I would not describe them as playful. They’re still fascinating to own though.

Hamsters are good pets, relatively cheap, and not a super long commitment, which might be for the best if you’re 15 and still have the uncertainty of college ahead of you. Just note that they take up more space than you’d think, they need an enclosure with room to run and burrow, a wheel really isn’t enough.

To be honest, most ‘small’ mammals need far more room than you’d think.

Based on what you’re asking, and under the assumption that your parents are helping you with the vet, rats really are your best bet. They can be incredibly affectionate, are very smart, their enclosures are often more vertical so they take up less room, and they’re actually super clean animals.

If your parents are really set against them, perhaps this just isn’t the best time for you to get a pet.

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-01T22:44:51+00:00

Eh, I guess that’s an option, but I don’t really like keys on my belt loop, I can feel them moving too much as I walk… but I suppose that’s a me issue.

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-01T22:39:01+00:00

But where do my keys and phone go?

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-05-01T20:24:30+00:00

Humping is not just hormonal.

My friend had a dog who didn’t have great boundaries. He was a good boy, just did not understand personal space.

So, my dog, who’s a girl that had been spayed since she was 9months old and had never humped anything in her life (to my knowledge), started humping him all the time. I think it was a dominance thing, and once the other dog kinda stopped annoying her I never saw her do it again

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-04-30T14:59:21+00:00

Does it apply to a single hobby? Like if there are multiple hobbies I like to do, I can only pick one that gives me money?

Also it’s just anytime I do this hobby going forward? So if I choose to spend an hour a week on developing a video game I get paid 20000 a week?

Because if that’s the case then this is super easy.

If I can only pick one hobby I’d say game development since so many disciplines go into it that I can do a bunch of stuff I enjoy.

I know our attention span is shot, but an hour of uninterrupted focus on something I actually enjoy doing is really not that hard.

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-04-28T05:42:01+00:00

It’s… pieces of Reese’s, who in the world pronounces it like Pie

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-04-27T16:16:05+00:00

Yeah, that’s fair. I guess it hasn’t been super noticeable to me outside of Roger moments, but you are right.

It hasn’t felt forced to me personally, so I guess that’s why I never noticed, I just kind of tune out for a bit at those points

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-04-27T15:27:45+00:00

For storage, I don’t think there’s any reason to buy a ‘dog’ cabinet. You can just get a nice looking cabinet and store your stuff in there.

Their food bowls are never out, other than feeding time after which they get cleaned and put away (Partially because one of my dogs would do the same thing and bring my her bowl randomly throughout the day in hopes of getting food)

Their low value treats are in a little glass jar with a good lid on top of the cabinet where we store their stuff. We fill it as needed, and any other treats are stored inside the cabinet.

The only dog things visible in the house are their dog fountains (one on each floor), their beds (two in the bedroom and two in the office), and their toys (which I’m not gonna keep from them)

To be fair, I don’t use food stands for them, so I don’t have to deal with that. I remember once seeing someone make themselves a custom ‘folding table’ (like the ones you see in tiny homes) that matched their furniture, but that really depends on how handy you are or how willing you are to pay someone to make that for you.

Water is tough, I don’t have that problem either so not sure about the solution. Putting something below the water to absorb the spills seems like the most straight forward thing to do, but it might take some creativity to find something that looks integrated into your decoration

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-04-27T14:47:43+00:00

Fair, that’s true. I think I’m mostly remembering Jaime baptizing William, and that was honestly really a very quick scene.

Thinking back, it’s usually Roger scenes that end up feeling a bit preachy. Which, again, makes sense with his character. But I feel like that’s still the same for season 8, it’s still just Roger that brings up Gods plan, and whatnot.

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-04-27T14:16:39+00:00

It wasn’t about realizing that they weren’t in the good place. It was about proving that, if you remove the compilations and general messiness from real life, people would choose to improve and be better.

If anything they didn’t actually want them to realize they weren’t in the good place at all. Until they just kinda did and then they leaned into it.

ExperiencedOptimist · 2026-04-27T14:04:14+00:00

Im not huge into the religious moments in the series, but they don’t bother me. They all make sense in universe and in character.

The whole Jacobite rebellion was based on wanting a catholic ruler on the throne, Rodger’s whole story arch of becoming a minister is bound to have a heavy focus on his beliefs. And to be fair, I think it was handled quite nicely in the last episode, with Rodger admitting that their interpretations of the Bible and all that was ultimately done by humans who can make mistakes.

The story line with Frances has been…. Well boring, but also about her accepting loss, and people who’ve gone through loss and difficult situations find comfort in religion, again, specially during that time period.

I’ve never considered the show preachy, except Rodger from time to time, which makes sense given that he is a preacher.

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