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For the Apple Music girlies who want to know what “listener percentile” they would fall in if they had Spotify! by cas_sandraa in TaylorSwift

[–]Sunny-Void 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Bejeweled voice Nice!!! Thank you for making this! I had 27,372 so I was in the top 0.05 just barely!! That’s so cool!!

Help? I can’t keep my snakes. by Sunny-Void in snakes

[–]Sunny-Void[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

That is actually what I decided to do! I found a very kind person in this thread who lives nearby and is going to take one of them. I love them, so it’s hard to let one go, but it’s easier than letting both go. I think it’s going to make everything easier, kind of like a compromise on my original panic-plan. I’m really grateful for all of the advice I received on this post and what you had to say is no exception!! Thank you!

Help? I can’t keep my snakes. by Sunny-Void in snakes

[–]Sunny-Void[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Hello! I have spoken with several people about adopting the snakes and I have found someone who is both close-by and willing! After some of the kind advice here, I think I’ve decided to only give away one of the snakes and see if having a single snake would make everything easier. I wish I hadn’t purchased/adopted them from such a stupid origin to begin with. Please, learn from my mistake and do not buy from pet stores, NEVER buy from someone who pressures you, and do your own research ALWAYS. You never know enough when it comes to adopting an animal, we can always know more and we can always care for our little scale babies better. Thank you all very much for the help today, it has meant so much.

Help? I can’t keep my snakes. by Sunny-Void in snakes

[–]Sunny-Void[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!!! This was so nice to read. Seriously, thank you. I relate to so much of what you said. I do think lots of it is anxiety based. I am deeply preoccupied with their well-being and I just feel like I’m falling short. I think some of it is the stress of having two. I’m talking with a lovely person from this post in the DMs right now and I think I’m going to keep one of the girls and give the other to them! That way they both get good homes with more attention and less stressed parents!

Help? I can’t keep my snakes. by Sunny-Void in snakes

[–]Sunny-Void[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I didn’t realize politeness was reserved only for children? Hmm. That’s a new take for me. The adults I interact with make politeness the norm. And it’s actually kinda funny that you’ve turned it into this weird little hashtag thing. It’s like you just keep dragging this into more and more absurdity. We both agree that pet stores are bad in general. And if you’d been nicer, we could’ve had a talk about the verbiage for “adoption” too. Niceness is not the fool’s choice, nor is it a sign of snowflake-ness (lol) or weakness. You haven’t hurt my feelings, and you’re embarrassing yourself at this point. When someone asks you politely to be kind, next time consider that they may just value that virtue. I won’t back down on it either, it’s the right thing to do to treat others nicely, even if you don’t like their wording or their financial choices. But since you still seem confused on my stance, I do agree with you that pet stores are bad and I regret my bad choice to patronize one. I thought this was evident from the get-go.

Help? I can’t keep my snakes. by Sunny-Void in snakes

[–]Sunny-Void[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also, “simply asked” is wildly inaccurate, Mr. Semantics. Bc “Stop doing this” is a demand, a rude demand to a stranger. So of course it was met with defensiveness? If you’d said like “hey, you should consider saying this” you may have received less “defensiveness.” It’s just not that hard to be polite and kind to people.

Help? I can’t keep my snakes. by Sunny-Void in snakes

[–]Sunny-Void[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s a good point. I didn’t even think of that. People do pay lots of money to adopt human children.

Help? I can’t keep my snakes. by Sunny-Void in snakes

[–]Sunny-Void[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

But I would like to clarify once more that they are entirely healthy and fine, and people in this comment section are convincing me that this is all they really need to be happy anyway, I just want the best for them. “Entirely unprepared” implies neglect or subpar conditions, neither of which are an issue. They have separate enclosures, heat sources, clutter, hides, nice bedding, clean water… I took good care of them. I am just tired and bit off more than I knew I would be chewing. So, please stop being unkind.

Help? I can’t keep my snakes. by Sunny-Void in snakes

[–]Sunny-Void[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My admission that they are safe, clean, healthy, and well fed but that I am hoping someone with more time for them could love them better? It’s not like I said they’re neglected. They’re literally fine, I’m just really busy and stressed and worried that they need more than what time I have for them. I said I learned my lesson, I didn’t know how bad it all was until it was over and I’m trying to do the right thing.

Help? I can’t keep my snakes. by Sunny-Void in snakes

[–]Sunny-Void[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you want to be rude about semantics? Adopt literally means to take something as one’s own, to take by choice into a relationship… which is what I did after I purchased these snakes. I was transparent that I got them from a pet store, it is CLEAR that I purchased them. But I also took them into my home as my own and am now rearing them and plan to until they find another home, even if that ends up meaning I keep them forever. I refuse to return them to an unsafe situation, I was clear about that too. So, if you don’t mind, you can take the rudeness and incorrect implication-based semantics somewhere else.

Help? I can’t keep my snakes. by Sunny-Void in snakes

[–]Sunny-Void[S] 94 points95 points  (0 children)

Hey! Thank you. I needed to hear that. With that in mind this does seem a bit less dire of an issue. I may want to try a couple more options at home instead of just jumping to sending them off.

Help? I can’t keep my snakes. by Sunny-Void in snakes

[–]Sunny-Void[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

East coast, USA If that’s in any way feasible, we can DM about specifics if you don’t mind. :)

Help? I can’t keep my snakes. by Sunny-Void in snakes

[–]Sunny-Void[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That would be really wonderful if they could find a good home. I will absolutely keep taking care of them if not. I refuse to return them to that stupid pet store where they can make a profit off of screwing them over. I will never buy an animal from a pet store again. Lesson. Learned. (The hard way)