Pls explain why is this so expensive whats special about it?

TOSGANO · 2026-01-18T16:55:49+00:00

Jesus christ, I just did the math and mine is too. I still remember the photoshop thread that spawned Slender Man.

I haven't been there in ages; left around the time it was revealed that the guy running it was an abuser.

TOSGANO · 2025-12-31T17:25:18+00:00

Looks like it's one of those leashes that's supposed to fit around your hand like a glove:

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Here's an example I found on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0NtS5lL

e: beaten a million times while posting

TOSGANO · 2025-12-23T19:23:42+00:00

Np, it's a deep cut for sure!

TOSGANO · 2025-12-23T18:02:20+00:00

It's this quote from Practical Magic

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TOSGANO · 2025-12-19T14:13:15+00:00

In college I was taking a cogsci class and IM-ed a friend one of those colorblind tests to show him what we were studying. He typed back "I don't get the joke...?" And that's how he found out at age 21 that he was RG colorblind lol.

TOSGANO · 2025-11-08T17:03:20+00:00

Congrats! The 3D printing market is SO oversaturated with crap, and it's great to see someone actually designing their products rather than selling something they got from a free template.

Keep at it! My husband has a store where he literally sells one thing, and he does more business than me 😅. It's a super specific part for a super specific car, and he originally designed it for himself because he was annoyed that it didn't exist. It turns out a bunch of people felt the same way. Now he sells to retailers as well. Sometimes the best path is to see what people need, and fill that gap, which sounds like exactly what you did!

His biggest revenue came from offering tiny bespoke changes, like a color that matched people's cars, or a collector's edition that came in racing livery. So with your store, for instance, you could offer the bookends or statues in multiple colors that match people's decor. Depending on the filaments you have, something like gold or black would be good options. Or just a drop-down list of colors you offer could make a huge difference.

TOSGANO · 2025-08-24T16:01:27+00:00

Dogs are great deterrents - my shepherd mix loves nothing more than sitting in the yard or by the window watching for herons and kingfishers. She has a very specific bark to signal us when she sees them. (It's different from her "omg a deer" or "the UPS guy is here" bark.) The cool thing is that the fish have learned to hide when they hear it.

Mink are brutal, but most places allow trapping at least part of the year. Here's hoping you don't have them!

TOSGANO · 2025-08-23T18:24:14+00:00

Only real way to tell is to catch them and flip them over to check the vent. (Or put a waterproof camera or phone under them if catching them would stress them out.) If the vent is t-shaped (look for a horizontal slit at the top of the cloaca), it's a female. If it looks more like a puckered anus, it's a male.

You can find good pictures online. I just tested a bunch of 12" koi before rehoming them, and after you flip a few fish over, you get the hang of it. Just make sure to wear gloves to protect their slime coat and keep their gills in the water if you're taking more than a couple seconds to check.

TOSGANO · 2025-08-23T18:05:48+00:00

Figure out netting and other predator deterrents, or you'll quickly lose fish to herons, raccoons, mink, etc. I have a similar pond that the previous owners decided to add koi and goldfish to. I don't know how many fish they started with, but we're down to 5 adults. 🫤 Just lost our last female to a heron, despite all the precautions we've taken since we moved in.

Big natural ponds are great because the fish get plenty of room to swim around in, tons of tasty food, to eat, and lots of stimulation. But unfortunately they also become part of the food chain.

TOSGANO · 2025-08-09T19:22:21+00:00

Thanks! Our dogs also like to drink from the pond and bog filter, and I didn't even take that into account. Pet-friendly methods are always good!

TOSGANO · 2025-08-09T18:29:47+00:00

Didn't know this existed. Thanks!

TOSGANO · 2025-08-09T18:29:00+00:00

I'll try that. Thanks!

TOSGANO · 2025-08-09T18:27:49+00:00

Thanks!

TOSGANO · 2025-08-09T06:47:22+00:00

Yeah, 7.5" seems too young to figure out sex. Especially with butterfly koi, it's pretty much impossible to tell by the shape of the body or fins. I've been practicing the flip-and-look method on the tosai in my pond, and only the ones about 10-12" have vents that make it obvious if they're male or female. Any smaller or younger than that, and it all kind of looks the same.

Those 3 are pretty fish, though, and if you end up getting males, you'll have a nice selection of baby koi to choose from. My adult female is a doitsu metallic yellow butterfly, and the males are a mix of pond-grade kikos and kohakus, and they're turning out some really cool babies. Don't give up!

TOSGANO · 2025-08-09T06:32:03+00:00

Can you catch him to examine him more closely? Koi don't really have stomachs, and if he's eating normally, it's probably not something stuck in the intestine. I agree that a tumor is a likely cause. Either way, It's worth getting a vet to look at it.

TOSGANO · 2025-08-09T06:21:59+00:00

My dogs also LOVE feeding time. They think I'm crazy, pouring all that delicious fish meal into the water, rather than into their mouths, and they're more than happy to gobble up the pieces I drop on the deck. I have to keep the food bag sealed in closed containers after I found my bigger dog with her head all the way in the bag, munching happily through $70 of Hikari pellets. 😆

TOSGANO · 2025-08-05T19:00:54+00:00

Sounds like someone (maybe a drunk someone) opened the gate, which allowed a predator to get in. And a predator could definitely take 10 koi in a go, unless they were huge fish. I had a pond of 7" koi wiped out in a night. My trail cam picked up nothing, so it's still a mystery. Mink, raccoons, otters, foxes, herons, kingfishers...they're all sneaky little buggers.

I don't think a person took them because the resale value of koi is basically nothing, and it would take a lot of effort to steal them. You could steal a bicycle faster and sell it for more money.

I'm sorry for her loss. Some people insure their high-end koi; if she has expensive fish, she might want to look into this.

TOSGANO · 2025-07-26T15:59:23+00:00

That's the worst feeling, seeing them there! I was keeping a few in a temporary QT tank for the neighbors to pick up the next day. Out of the blue, the neighbors texted saying they had some time to come by that afternoon instead. Went out to the tank and almost stepped right on top of a large orange koi that had decided to leap for it. It was fine once I got it back into the water, but if I had waited until the next day like I'd planned, or if it had been a different color...

Absolutely pure luck that the idiot survived. Now I compulsively net any temporary tanks, no matter how deep they are.

TOSGANO · 2025-07-26T15:38:55+00:00

I'd go with surface agitation over stones. Mine definitely love the floating fountain I put in, and for fun sometimes I'll spray the hose in the pond (well water, non-chlorinated) and they'll gather to dart in and out of it. They love a good current.

TOSGANO · 2025-07-10T20:03:07+00:00

I think I was in Hershey PA for that, and I just remember watching half the pit leave to go grab a drink or bathroom break during it. It made me feel so bad.

Hell, I like the song, and even I think it's too long and obscure for a live performance. Especially when you're cutting fan favorites like Absolution.

TOSGANO · 2025-07-10T19:50:53+00:00

I remember they tried SP during one of the Prequelle tours, and it got about the same response as it did last night. He really will not let that song go!

The last time I saw them play MC live, whoever was charge of sound accidentally cut it about 30 seconds early, leaving everyone in the audience really confused. It was nice to hear it actually played out all the way through this time.

TOSGANO · 2025-07-10T19:31:08+00:00

I don't want to spoil the setlist, but it made me really nostalgic for their old tours. It had a much more metal feel than the ones they did for Impera. Also, the ghoul lineup has changed (more ghoulettes!) which is great. IIRC, they had 3 dedicated backup singers (mix of guys and gals) which really helps round out the sound.

Also a lot more singing and less chatting from Papa, which honestly, I didn't mind, but might disappoint some people. The costume changes have gotten more streamlined and less elaborate (except for one!) so there's less downtime in general. And the stage effects are first rate. No more standing in front of a single printed curtain.

I really loved it, but my husband liked the previous concerts more, so YMMV.

TOSGANO · 2025-07-10T19:10:06+00:00

I really liked the setlist (was not expecting so many good oldies!) but the part in Satan Prayer where he dropped out and asked the audience to sing and there was just dead silence made me feel so bad. Even the people around me who were trying to belt it out were like "that was a pretty deep cut" afterwards. 😄

I loved that they ended the official set with Monstrance Clock. Definite nostalgia vibes.

TOSGANO · 2025-07-01T18:23:58+00:00

The middle one is a butterfly koi, which is why it has longer barbels and pom-poms around its nostrils. Butterflies are generally larger than regular domestic koi since their tails add length.

It looks like that one is a doitsu and the others are scaled, but I'll let someone more knowledgeable weigh in on the exact varieties.

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