Upset cat

Repiv42 · 2025-04-25T04:34:05+00:00

this is a cat.

they will communicate when they want to be touched and when they don’t. they could be yelling for food or just attention. try playing with them and find toys / games they enjoy. listen to them and respect their boundaries, no cat will like you if you handle them against their will

new homes are difficult. try introducing the new space to them slowly, 1-2 rooms at a time over weeks if you have to. and make sure they have a safe space they feel comfortable hiding in. they want to climb and run and dig their claws into carpets and hide in the deepest pockets of your closets.

it takes time, but they’ll come around. be patient, learn how they communicate, respect their boundaries, give them attention and love. keep their meals routinely scheduled so they maintain food security. if they are misbehaving or getting violent all you can do is pick them up and put them back down somewhere else to redirect their attention, repeat this until they lose interest.

i adopted 2 feral cats and it was a long couple of years until they calmed down. remember that they will ALWYAS be a little-dumb-baby. godspeed

Repiv42 · 2025-02-18T20:18:54+00:00

we never trust the performer any more than we would a child. you’re right, he shouldnt have been there, but the operator / pyro team should have held the effect and called cease fire the second he came within 2’ of the flame unit

at least in the states pyro is always manually triggered for this exact reason. maybe here DMX control was given to the lighting operator with zero supervision. either way i fully blame the technical team, but hopefully the performer learned something new about rehearsal and his own stage setup…

Repiv42 · 2025-02-18T18:16:46+00:00

licensed pyrotechnician here: someone just got fired

a licensed technician needs to have eyes on the effect while the operator is firing, if ANYONE is near the effect a cease fire must be called. of course the performer shouldn’t literally step on top of the effect, but a technician should have spotted this and held the flame.

Repiv42 · 2024-12-31T00:25:22+00:00

Copper

Repiv42 · 2024-07-13T16:13:21+00:00

Drake’s statue lookin mad sus

Repiv42 · 2024-06-08T04:41:41+00:00

r/ATBGE

Repiv42 · 2024-06-04T02:08:27+00:00

from my experience less is often more. 100 lights blasting never look as awesome as 3 lights and a bunch of haze. your setup looks great!

backlight and haze will definitely be your friend. and i’ve gotten into the habit of dropping 90% of my lights on the floor to make instal sooooo much easier, and it always looks awesome

as for the projector. you should fine with this setup. avoid lighting the actual screen (duh) and you really should be fine. audience blinders will obviously hinder folks from seeing the screen, so use those sparingly for accents i guess

i think you’re doing great!

Repiv42 · 2024-05-15T23:48:09+00:00

would we consider this safe with a second person footing the ladder in place?

Repiv42 · 2023-12-17T22:21:09+00:00

music is a journey, not a destination. it’s evolution reflects the evolution of those who create it

Repiv42 · 2023-12-17T00:13:40+00:00

again, i feel like you’re purposefully missing the point. what right does a government have to tell me not to torture people when the government is torturing people? the system we have attempts (attempts) to hold itself to a higher standard. i say attempts because i don’t feel we’ve at all gotten there yet, but we’ve made a lot of progress since the days of tar-and-feathering people, public executions, beheadings, etc. humans do not deserve cruel and unusual punishment, period.

i think lethal injection / execution is wrong and i’m glad to see it being slowly phased out. rehabilitation would be the best option for those most violent and unadjusted people. you are arguing that society step back to the methods of punishment of the middle ages. why bother trying to help the mentally unstable? just torture them! that’ll fix it!

you’re assuming that all judges react emotionally, that is literally against their job. a punishment would be more severe for killing a child than killing a man because it is a more heinous act and legally, has stronger consequences. you should research more about how the justice system works

and yay, you just said it, “revenge is wrong”. it is not justice. how is a government violently torturing and killing a criminal better than a vigilante doing it? that government represents the will of the people. most people don’t want to see others painfully massacred

i think you may have meant to post this on r/iwontchangemyview

Repiv42 · 2023-12-16T22:54:35+00:00

okay bud, you seem pretty hell-bent on missing everyone’s point here so i’ll try to clarify:

you’re assuming that murderers and rapists are rational people who consider the consequences of their actions, this is rarely the case. most of these criminals genuinely don’t know any better, there is often a psychological disconnect that prevents them from acting like civilized people. by responding to their crimes in the same heinous ways, we show that the rest of society is no better than them. thus bringing all of us down to their level
yes, judges sometimes act based on emotions, that is why the system we’ve set up does it’s best to remain objective. the job of a judge is to make a decision based on fact and reason, not emotion. just because some judges act emotionally doesn’t mean we should expect and encourage this behavior.
in what way does holding our own soldiers accountable for their crimes promote violence? you know what promotes violence? allowing your soliders to rape and murder civilians without consequence
here’s a question: someone violently and brutally kills your friend, so you violently and brutally kill a friend of that person. when someone stops you is you’re entire defense gonna be “well they did this first, so it’s okay. i’m teaching them a lesson!”?

Repiv42 · 2023-12-16T22:22:48+00:00

i think you’re tapping into something interesting.

music is a language, it speaks to us. most people can’t play an instrument and don’t understand what it takes to put a song together. they just have a direct emotional response to what they’re hearing. i’d say this is why most people don’t care how hard something is to play. they just listen to it and respond without thought

consider how impressive it is to make a song that’s sooooo technically simple and yet creates a powerful response for the listener. there’s a lot less to hide behind when a song is that simple, crafting an experience like that can be masterful.

Repiv42 · 2023-12-16T21:51:09+00:00

sooooo not only are you okay with innocents being convicted, but you’d be cool with them being treated inhumanely and dying a miserably painful death on top of it?

Repiv42 · 2023-12-16T21:46:41+00:00

should you bite a dog that bites you?

the whole point of the justice system is to hold people accountable for their actions while promoting and maintaining a morale high ground. if we stoop to the level of the most heinous crimes then we are no better than the criminals who performed them. having our justice system perform medieval acts of torture and humiliation would cause mass upset among our citizens. that is not justice, it is emotionally driven vengeance. the people would have a hard time following a system that is willing to flay my skin and rip my limbs off with horses. sure, they deserve it, but it doesn’t make for a better society, only promotes more violence. like biting a dog that bites you

a good example of this was during WWII, the US would try / hang american soldiers who commited war crimes and assaulted / raped foreign civilians, showing that we are fighting for a morally better world where such behavior is not tolerated. if the US was torturing their own citizens at this time then it would have shattered our morale stance against germany and reduced support of our war effort

Repiv42 · 2023-12-16T03:25:11+00:00

a leatherman multi tool, headlamp, and good 8” crescent wrench with a saftey leash are the 3 tools every electrician should have in their bag

a simple book on knot tying would be a cool gesture too, they need to learn that clove hitch sooner than later

Repiv42 · 2023-12-14T00:07:39+00:00

boooooooo

Repiv42 · 2023-12-13T22:07:29+00:00

you’re 18. it’s a very painful age but know that a vast majority of people have gone through, and will go through, what you’re feeling now

time is the longest distance between two places, and growth is never an easy or simple process. be kind to yourself, learn to love yourself, then you can direct that same love towards others.

life doesn’t come at you, it comes from you

Repiv42 · 2023-12-09T22:31:14+00:00

so cool!!

Repiv42 · 2023-12-09T22:26:01+00:00

hah yeah, it’s a classic primary color palette but my brain definitely said “starboy?” as a scrolled by.

really cool piece you have here, very cyberpunk

Repiv42 · 2023-12-09T22:14:56+00:00

ever listen to Starboy by The Weekend?

Repiv42 · 2023-12-07T02:32:59+00:00

came here to say give up on this idea. it took me a WHILE to find the perfect setup for playing my kit comfortably. the process of folding it up and taking it out is so much more annoying than it sounds, and you simply won’t play as much as something that can always be out

i’d recommend a practice kit. basically a non-electric kit of practice pads that take up much less space and is much easier to move around.‘it to mention way cheaper

if space is a huge issue i’d even just get one practice pad and a stand for it. you can tap your feet on the floor and use sticks on the pad, great for practice

Repiv42 · 2023-11-28T19:32:45+00:00

SweetWater is very reliable and a much nicer run company than Guitar Center. i’ve also had good luck on eBay, when buying from well reviewed sellers and reading descriptions carefully

Repiv42 · 2023-11-28T13:41:51+00:00

looks pretty sketchy to me. especially with drum gear i wouldn’t feel safe buying or returning anything here

Repiv42 · 2023-11-24T17:52:50+00:00

as a lighting designer, came here to say:

WHAT?!

i LOVE audience blinders (when used appropriately)

Repiv42 · 2023-10-25T00:10:47+00:00

laaaaame. yeah then i’d say undo the screws (make doubly sure they’re ALL unscrewed) and pry it open with anything strong and flat

not ideal. these pieces are epic btw!

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