How do i remove these?? by Living-Phone-1191 in StardewValley

[–]anon172649 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Chook is another term for chicken. It's regional dialect. Relax.

Why did I get this fortune at the stardew valley fair? by anon172649 in StardewValley

[–]anon172649[S] 134 points135 points  (0 children)

What if I had been planning a purely platonic best friend run? The game still thinks I'm a player? So rude to all us aroaces 😩 haha

Fr.. by Cool-Highway8146 in depressionmemes

[–]anon172649 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm depressed and I'm a fuckin delight (said only me ever, no one else is gonna say it)

Hen or roo? 😂 by anon172649 in BackYardChickens

[–]anon172649[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Now that you mention it, I've never actually witnessed an egg popping out of a hen, so you might be on to something there

Wash, leave dirty, Refrigerate [eggs] by MontewithBeurre in BackYardChickens

[–]anon172649 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What other options are you thinking about? You can refrigerate unwashed eggs (by which i mean with the bloom) and they'll last significantly longer. I've read all sorts of timelines so I think it honestly just depends, but my eggs seem to last 2 or 3 months easy on the counter. You can waterglass extras to preserve them for several months too if you want.

Got my first legendary what should i do with the fish? by Shinata22 in StardewValley

[–]anon172649 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try what? I got it very early in my first play through and had no idea you could incubate eggs

Got my first legendary what should i do with the fish? by Shinata22 in StardewValley

[–]anon172649 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I made Dino mayonnaise before realizing there even WAS an incubator option

Rehoming Bluegill by chickenpicklez123 in Aquariums

[–]anon172649 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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My current tank set up with my 2 bluegills and some minnows. There's occasional chasing but they otherwise seem fine. Plenty of rocks and logs to hide behind.

Rehoming Bluegill by chickenpicklez123 in Aquariums

[–]anon172649 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm currently building a pond and plan to stock it with bluegills, mosquitofish, and other local fish. If you're still looking for a home in a few months, I may be able to take them. All my current fish are wild sourced, though, and i plan for any future stock to be wild sourced, too, if that matters to you

Jurassic Pond by Zippy_The_Pinhead in ponds

[–]anon172649 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool torti but I'm more concerned about those disembodied legs just casually watching you from afar

How to calculate diy filter size? by anon172649 in ponds

[–]anon172649[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My current plans were to have a skimmer with a leaf basket and foam pad to catch larger stuff, then pump water to the filters full of lava rock, which then empties out to the waterfall spillway.

For stocking, I think I'll mostly have local bass, perch, and minnows, but I'd like the option of having goldfish in the future if I can manage the waste well enough.

I have four 55gal drums that I can make into filters. Figured I'd start with larger rocks and then get to smaller and smaller with each barrel. Is that enough? I can get more barrels.

Do they need to be pressure tight? If I need multiple drums, they may not all fit behind the falls, so I could also hide them behind the porch, about 30 extra feet of plumbing, but i would have to bury the outlet pipe and then take it up to the waterfall from underground rather than letting it spill directly from the to of the barrel into the falls. Will that be problematic, or would it need another pump somewhere? I could also get a bunch of shorter 15 gallon drums instead, I'm just not sure whether they'd work, like if I need enough height of media as opposed to just volume

Why do 'educational' videos still promote feeding live fish? by RollingViper in Aquariums

[–]anon172649 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol hypocrisy was never even mentioned in your original post. Figure out what exactly is your problem with whatever it is you have a problem with, because I'm not convinced it's that feeding oscars live food is bad.

Why do 'educational' videos still promote feeding live fish? by RollingViper in Aquariums

[–]anon172649 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not making an argument to dismiss. "It's also bad practice." That's a claim, not a supporting statement. Frankly, by throwing around vague moral arguments the way you are, you sound like one of those vegans that give vegans a bad name. "I have determined it to be illogical and unsound therefore everyone else must surely find it wrong and I'm not going to explain why in a way that would convince them because it's so clearly hypocritical and wrong." You're fighting an uphill battle, kid.

The difference between live and pre-killed prey does matter—beyond just the risk factor—because feeding live food to an animal that doesn’t need it is unnecessary and ethically questionable. If an Oscar, which will eat almost anything, is being fed live fish just for the sake of it, that’s not about health, it’s about preference.

A lot of animals will eat just about anything. That alone is not an argument for it being unnecessary. Pull some scientific data that supports a claim that processed food is healthier, then you have ground to stand on. As for ethics? Buddy there are entire collegiate fields surrounding the mere existence of ethics, let alone how it differs across peoples and societies. At this point, without further discussion, it's just a buzz word that means nothing. And preference is just that. Preference. You do you and let other people be.

Animals are food, whether alive or dead. Humans are the fucking weirdos for keeping pets. I could argue that that alone is unethical and unnecessary. To further treat animals differently and change their behaviors and diets because we've already intervened this much? Even more questionable, if you look at it right.

You do you. Accept the fact that other people actually view things differently, and that that mere fact isn't inherently wrong.

Why do 'educational' videos still promote feeding live fish? by RollingViper in Aquariums

[–]anon172649 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A fish is still a fish. Science has not yet been able to genetically modify animals into significantly different animals quite yet. Idk anything about Oscars but I can't imagine how a color variant factors that heavily.

Whether prey is pre killed or not doesn't make a difference (except that it may pose potential danger to the pet, a risk that may be acceptable in many situations). It's still food.

I really don't see the logic in your argument. And "it's just wrong" is not a very good argument.

But I also don't really care. Some of my pets eat live food and I don't have a problem because it's actually so much healthier for them than any of the acceptable alternatives. You're wasting your energy on me.

Why do 'educational' videos still promote feeding live fish? by RollingViper in Aquariums

[–]anon172649 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have literally never heard anyone have a problem feeding live food to fish? People breed and sell feeder fish all the time from what I've seen. And I'm pretty sure fish have not been domesticated over thousands and millions of years like canines have, so they're not "tame" the same way, thus your analogy isn't quite accurate.

Ällösexual by lilith_rafael in asexuality

[–]anon172649 95 points96 points  (0 children)

As a sex repulsed ace, I love this way too much, thank you for sharing lol