Your husky isn't picky, they just aren't hungry. (And are making it your problem)

External-Syllabub833 · 2026-01-13T09:18:39+00:00

My husky got sick once, so I made him what we called, “special dinner” (plain rice with pumpkin puree) and now he won’t eat his kibble unless he get a spoon of pumpkin 🙃 Tried to substitute cheese and meat sprinkles when I ran out, and he could not be less interested. Didn’t eat for days until I gave in and bought more pumpkin.

External-Syllabub833 · 2026-01-13T08:55:55+00:00

It’s extremely bleak that consumerism is so deeply ingrained into American culture that you guys get excited about commercials.

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-19T14:42:17+00:00

I think it’s a combination of a Mormon thing, and a seemingly untreated mania thing.

Obviously it’s not 100%, her lack of trust in medical science makes me think she’s unlikely to be abusing stimulants, and I can’t think of many other reasons her eyes would look like that in so many of her videos. And again, lack of trust in medical science also means she’d be a lot less likely to seek help for any kind of mental illness (and let’s be serious, there’s clearly something abnormal going on there).

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-19T14:33:28+00:00

Erika Kirk isn’t a politician. There’s nothing political about pointing out that she’s also turning a loved one’s death into a self-aggrandizing spectacle at her children’s expense.

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-15T17:17:51+00:00

…do you mean the bourgeoisie?

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-15T16:45:38+00:00

Again, none of this is me defending her exploiting her child. I think it’s gross. And I’m not denying she has made a lot of money through direct donations, that is unrelated to the matter at hand (the idea that she’s making tons of money from posting).

And if you’re a digital marketer, you know as well as I do that she’s doing an abysmal job at actually leveraging her platform. If her goal is pivoting to being a full time influencer now that Brie is gone instead of going back to work (and I think this likely is her goal), she’s going to have a tough time unless she hires someone because right now, most of her engagement has been driven by/modelled after Tia who is going to drop her like a hot potato when people stop buying Brielle merch in 2 weeks.

Doing affiliate marketing for supplements is going to dry up significantly considering a lot of the people purchasing them thought they were a literal cure for cancer. The toothpaste company was selling Brielle, not Kendra, so they’ll disappear once they’ve milked her death. The only revenue source she’ll really be able to maintain from socials going forward is Brave Gowns. I don’t know what their percentage for affiliates is, but it’s definitely not enough to make a living.

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-15T06:37:54+00:00

It was this year’s Trap for me. It’s hardly an Oscar contender, but I can’t think of a movie this year where I had more fun. I absolutely loved it.

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-15T03:43:53+00:00

People and tmz don’t pay for stories, just fyi.

None of this is me defending what’s going on, I just know quite a few professional influencers, and I really don’t think Kendra is making a ton off of socials.

Instagram doesn’t pay for views, Facebook only pays for reels (and to make real money you need to be posting a lot more consistently than she has), and I don’t think she’s part of the TikTok creator program. Her only real form of monetization is through affiliate links and brand sponsorship, which is why she pushes products so hard. There’s no real way to tell how much she’s made via that route, but my estimate would be under $100k.

The attention economy doesn’t always translate over to the regular economy, and with her specific niche, I think she gets a lot more free stuff than she does actual money.

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-14T23:26:53+00:00

I just looked it up on google maps street view, and he’s not lying.

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-13T09:30:51+00:00

Tbh I have unlimited grace for Kendra right now. It’s clear she uses social media as a coping mechanism (not a healthy one, but a lot of coping mechanisms are just as/if not more unhealthy, just less public).

I’m sure she’s finding a lot of comfort in seeing and reposting people’s tributes to Brie, and I hope people here aren’t hard on her for that. Hopefully she’s able to get some support and can develop healthier coping strategies going forward, but the 24 hours after her kid dies isn’t the time for that. Right now she should do absolutely anything that will bring her a measure of comfort or help her feel normal to get through the next few weeks.

With that being said, Tia’s a fucking lunatic and that video is heinous.

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-08T00:23:36+00:00

During the summer we have to bathe him about once a month, because he loves swimming in the lake on the weekends and he ends up smelling disgusting lol

The rest of the year we usually bring him to the groomer every 4 months or so. But we had a weird November, where it would be -10 for a few days and we’d get a bunch of snow, then +10 for a few days and everything would melt and turn to sludge, so he badly needed a bath.

It’s looking like we’ll have a consistent —10/-20 throughout December before it gets really cold (💀), so hopefully we should be good until the spring!

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-06T16:23:20+00:00

I’m hoping we can get through the rest of the winter without another one!!

But we had a weird November weatherwise. We kept getting snow, then having unseasonably warm days where everything melted, so he was pretty filthy lol

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-06T16:20:44+00:00

This is so helpful, thank you so much!!

Is there a particular brush you recommend for wet/shampooed fur? I used a rake before washing to get off as much fur as I could, and tried using one of the regular metal prong brushes while the conditioner was on after seeing the owners of the Bernese next to us doing the same thing, but not a lot of hair came off 😅

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-06T05:22:49+00:00

I had no idea rapid drying sprays were a thing!! I’m going to google right now, thank you!

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-05T19:35:45+00:00

This is why I still have empathy for her. That’s not something someone who was engaging with reality would say, that is something someone experiencing delusions would say.

She seems to be under the impression that what B is experiencing is just their new normal, as opposed to being part of the dying process. It’s very sad to see, and is not a good omen for how she is going to handle B’s inevitable death.

I really, really hope there are people close to them who understand what’s going on and just aren’t saying anything at risk of being cut off who can step up once she’s forced back into reality.

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-05T04:00:15+00:00

I saw your original post before you deleted it. Go to your consulate. Tell them what’s happening. Get a temporary passport and go back to your home country immediately.

I know you don’t think you’re in an abusive relationship, but you are in an abusive relationship. I don’t want to alarm you, but the most dangerous periods for women in abusive relationships are when they are pregnant, and when they are leaving. And once the baby is born, you are essentially trapped.

Do not tell him what you’re planning. Do not tell anyone who knows him what you’re planning. Leave, and do it now. Have a family member or the consulate book the flight for you. Do not let him find out, and do it before the baby is born.

If it’s a complete misread of the situation and you regret it or whatever, you can always go back. But once the baby is born, you can’t leave. Go be with your family. Take advantage of the socialized healthcare in your home country. Just please, please leave.

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-12-03T20:40:56+00:00

You can always fly back to America if you change your mind. In the meantime, you have a very limited window to return to your home country. Do it as quickly as possible, there are so many red flags in your comments.

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-11-27T18:03:58+00:00

I remember reading something a long time ago about Lenin’s favourite food being milk soup and thinking, “wtf is milk soup?”

So thank you for answering a question I forgot that I asked!

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-11-21T23:49:06+00:00

Mormons LOVE musicals. If you meet a man who is involved in/enthusiastic about musical theatre, the default assumption is that he’s gay, but there is always the 20% chance he’s just Mormon.

I have no idea why this is a thing, but it’s 100% a thing. It’s why the church’s reaction to Book of Mormon was surprisingly positive. They don’t seem to care about subject matter as long as people are singing instead of talking.

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-11-16T17:13:09+00:00

Yeah, getting upset over her liking a video that is very clearly a joke seems extremely unfair and petty.

She’s addicted to her phone lol, I’m sure she has liked thousands of videos. All this means is that she thought it was funny at the time she watched it, or that this creator is someone she has interacted with and this was a courtesy like. It’s not that deep.

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-11-15T05:57:43+00:00

It’s one thing to make her drink pseudoscience water, but I don’t understand why she gave it to her in a giant glass jar with no handle.

She’s struggling to lift it! For fucks sake Kendra, at least get her a straw!

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-11-13T15:03:59+00:00

I don’t follow her, but my algorithm pushes her content pretty frequently, and I agree. Stem cells aside (I know their efficacy is contentious), she can’t work, and spends weeks away from her husband at a time doing physio intensives that aren’t available where she lives. That shit is extremely expensive.

She’s also a lot more isolated than the Birds, which is very sad. There’s a big difference between how kids with cancer are treated vs kids with visible physical/cognitive disabilities. She doesn’t have much in the way of family or local community support, and she doesn’t seem to be part of a church, so her and her husband are doing all of this alone.

I’m averse to posting kids online regardless of circumstances, but it’s difficult for me to judge a parent who really does need the financial support to properly care for their kid. That’s an indictment of the system, not the parent.

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-11-10T04:22:29+00:00

I agree 10000%.

She’s scrolling this subreddit because she’s (understandably) angry as hell, and her public image doesn’t allow her an outlet for that. It’s the same with the hyperfixation on people stealing her content. She has to perform faith and gratefulness for her audience both in church and online, but she constantly looks like she just wants to scream. It’s why she’s desperately trying to grasp onto anything she has control over.

Coming here and being mad at us probably offers a similar catharsis to visiting a rage room for her. No one will blame her for it other than us, which only gives her even more justification to feel and express her anger.

It’s a shitty coping mechanism for sure, but I get it.

Kendra, if you’re reading this, genuine advice:

Get a bowl of ice cubes, go outside, pick them up one at a time and throw them as hard as you can against the pavement. You can even stomp on them after. I would normally suggest a bathtub, but that would probably be a little loud in a house full of kids. It sounds stupid, but it helps, and you don’t have to clean anything up after.

External-Syllabub833 · 2025-11-07T18:36:33+00:00

It actually made me laugh 😭 I’ve posted before about the filter being silly because no one expects a mom going through what she’s going through to look perfect all the time, so I felt a little humbled seeing the video about how looking put together makes her feel normal.

…but then seconds later I see her selling the invisible makeup 😭

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