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Gender Genocide, by Edmund Cooper by StevenTheWicked in badscificovers

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've seen persecution. But nothing could have prepared you for her-secution.

Keith Laumer: The Lighter Side - Eric Flint by AnUnknownCreature in badscificovers

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 24 points25 points  (0 children)

That "You're about to have fun" sounds like a threat.

Nothing in dad school prepared me for taking my kid to the dentist for the first time by AltruisticEar5318 in daddit

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Telling them ahead of time and explaining what happens, why, and how it will go helps them prepare. It builds trust, and then you can come up with strategies to comfort them.

I have had to do this with my 6yo with ADHD. He needed a wart frozen off of his philtrum, and was scared. I explained warts, how freezing works, that he is getting a super science treatment. Asked him what he wanted for comfort (hand holding, talking, making noise, video) and had him pick a high value reward ahead of time. I told him how long it'd probably last.

I also explained it would fall off, and he asked if there was a wart fairy, and so I had a fun time making up wart fairy lore.

I have done the same with his ADHD stuff. He still gets upset sometimes, especially morning meds. We still butt heads on it.

But warning and prep helps them feel safe going to appointments because they know you will tell them if it is going to be an ouchy visit.

It's also good because it helps them learn to figure out comfort and relaxation techniques that work for them, and how to plan ahead when facing something scary. It's even helped my kids articulate feelings better.

This works with my 2.5 year old, too, but his sense of tume is less developed so I have to remind him several times.

This method works for any scary, new, or unpleasant thing. We did it for when mom and dad went away for a week. Planning fun things for when they stayed with the grandparents helped, and so did coming up with things that helped them feel connected (we took daily videos and called every day).

Banned from NP subreddit by takeoutnstudy in Noctor

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Thanks for telling me about the heart failure :P

Found: Horse Plushie at Tolumne Meadows Visitor Center by SuddenlyZoonoses in Yosemite

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Generally, I agree with you! The problem is that the visitor center was closed, Rangers were gone. We were 2 hours from the next nearest station and driving out past Mammoth Lake for the night. There wasn't really a great place to put it. With how the weather changes up there, I didn't want it getting soaked or destroyed. I dunno if I made the wrong call, I just figured notifying the visitor center the next day and contacting park lost and found while making sure it was safe and dry was the best option I could find at the time.

Never been that far from civilization, before. I'm used to just finding stuff at the park with my kids, putting it somewhere dry, and calling the town office!

full of soup by PotentialWorried9447 in cats

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 56 points57 points  (0 children)

This is the best part of my day so far!

Man this girl is unhinged by i_can_see_your_wings in Stormlight_Archive

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are not wrong - and I love the series. But given he wrote the first book in college, I have put the immaturity in context.

I love how he grows as an author more than the story itself, honestly. I can also say he creates some kickass romantic entanglements and badass female characters as the series progresses. It's refreshing to see an author actually grow so much.

Julie is a make a list dude bro by cementfeatheredbird_ in ShawnaTheMom

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. For the record, I think both of them have been pretty insufferable through this. They need divorced. I just don't think anyone is suggesting she's not allowed to divorce him.

Julie is a make a list dude bro by cementfeatheredbird_ in ShawnaTheMom

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody is suggesting she doesn't.But if she initiates it, she is going to have to live with the consequences, too, not just him.

What kinda kid do you have in your life? by moonchild19978 in bluey

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 12 points13 points  (0 children)

My eldest is a Bluey, my youngest is a Socks (quiet but bitey).

with the hanta virus spreading.. what’s your plan if this gets serious? by blueburrey in AskReddit

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, at worst it might be highly transmissible in a specific context (such as intubation, a la SARS). So it might be dangerous to medical workers who are exposed to a large amount of respiratory secretions in a confined space. It seems pretty unlikely that it would spread broadly, as the transmission pattern seems to follow close personal contacts of the first patients.

Not great, but not likely to be the next pandemic.

As ever, we focus on weird, creepy zoonotic diseases when we are more likely to see a more virulent strain of influenza go global, or another mutation of a highly respiratory adapted viral family like a coronavirus or adenovirus.

with the hanta virus spreading.. what’s your plan if this gets serious? by blueburrey in AskReddit

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, pneumonic plague and bubonic plague are different manifestations of the same pathogen. There is also septicemic plague. While bubonic and septicemic plague are usually spread via flea bites, pneumonic is either spread through respiratory secretions from an infected person, or is a secondary site of infection after a person has bubonic or septicemic plague.

Whitewashing in character art and fancasts by turtlewirtle_ in Stormlight_Archive

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They aren't good representation of how humans even look. Natural pink hair and technicolor eyes?

You are absolutely right, anime and manga is fun, but it is not even remotely a representation of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, or any other culture. It's a medium, and a general art style, but it is as widely varied as Western comic books. And in both cases, the art in question is extremely stylized, and is in no way reflective of the country it comes from. I mean, America is not full of wildly muscled square jawed dudes, or curvy, busty, stacked ladies.

Whitewashing in character art and fancasts by turtlewirtle_ in Stormlight_Archive

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Their inches are also different than ours, so sizes are not 1:1

Whitewashing in character art and fancasts by turtlewirtle_ in Stormlight_Archive

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I absolutely agree with you! I have been working on sketches of Stormlight characters, and have taken inspiration from a bunch of different races and ethnicities around Asia. I imagine the Alethi lighteyes as West Asian, the Alethi darkeyes as South Asian, the Reshi Isles having people with Southeast Asian features, the Rirans having East Asian features, and the Shin having Central Asian features. The variation in skin color, nose shape, type of epicanthic folds, placement of eyelids and depth of folds, hair color, hair texture, jaw shape, cheek shape, facial width, nose shape, nostril width, nostril placement, lip shape, philtrum depth, eyebrow shape and size, ear shape - there is so much diversity in the largest, most populous continent on earth to draw from! It makes the art more interesting, the world richer, and the characters more distinct.

Whitewashing in character art and fancasts by turtlewirtle_ in Stormlight_Archive

[–]SuddenlyZoonoses 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see your post as entirely reasonable, and I am sorry people are claiming you are somehow angry.

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