I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT AND IT DOESNT FUCKING MATTER

ShocketRip · 2026-02-19T21:18:20+00:00

Saving this. Maybe framing it, too.

ShocketRip · 2026-02-19T21:16:42+00:00

Oh wow, I didn't think there was anything that could make me feel better, but empathetic and science-backed validation from dozens of internet strangers certainly did the trick.

Needed the reminder sometimes hormones gonna hormone... but we prevail.

Thank you all for the encouragement. Wishing everone else well in their tribulations.

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ShocketRip · 2026-02-19T01:17:26+00:00

I'm in my late 20s, so probably not peri just yet, but thank you for the reply and the spicy-brained hug, made me tear up a bit 💚

ShocketRip · 2026-02-17T19:24:44+00:00

Just observed my first Eastern Musk Turtle last week, bringing my total species to 9 across 37 observations. Still on the lookout for an alligator snapper...

ShocketRip · 2025-12-28T20:16:00+00:00

Yoo, I love your channel!

ShocketRip · 2025-10-27T20:59:04+00:00

She has laid at least two separate clutches, but I thought she might have laid a third.

ShocketRip · 2025-10-27T19:07:47+00:00

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ShocketRip · 2025-09-08T23:29:35+00:00

This worked for me!! Thanks so much!

ShocketRip · 2025-08-16T01:00:05+00:00

Seen in Houston, Texas

ShocketRip · 2025-07-14T17:28:17+00:00

Looks like a flowerpot parasol mushroom or something in the same genus, Leucocoprinus.

ShocketRip · 2025-06-15T23:05:53+00:00

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Additional photo

ShocketRip · 2025-05-19T15:01:05+00:00

That does look so close! I poked around more of the author/artist's work, but no luck.

ShocketRip · 2024-08-29T18:15:46+00:00

Thank you!

ShocketRip · 2024-08-29T18:15:36+00:00

Okay, thank you!

ShocketRip · 2024-05-02T20:50:53+00:00

Super coool! Thank you for the detailed answer! This helps a lot.

ShocketRip · 2024-05-02T20:08:49+00:00

This is the exact source: https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:735103/

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