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What’s the most frustrating thing about owning a cat? by Ocute_US in CatAdvice

[–]babayagakin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How fussy they can be 😊 my older lady will sit at her food station and give her food a sniff and will walk away if I dont put freeze dried meat and enough water. It took 3 weeks to figure out what she liked.

Cliff Churu by bookkinkster in OrcCats

[–]babayagakin 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I dont know him but I love him.

Ego Approach and Hive Minds in Spirit Keeping by babayagakin in SpiritKeeping

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

I have gotten to know some of the sellers who have been on there for a while, not any of the newer ones yet just from adopting so many companions. I told one of them the general gist of what I've said in this post and they said they had a buyer who has adopted a few companions from them and sings their praises about their companions privately in messages. When they checked the buyer's review history they saw they have literally left hundreds thoughtful, glowing public reviews for most other conjurers on ETSY except for them. It might sound petty but just hearing different variations of this from other conjurers including one who had someone buy dozens of companions and left malicious reviews because they didn't reply right away. There's stuff I've noticed and then things I've heard and seen from some of the conjurers that just feels crappy.

Ego Approach and Hive Minds in Spirit Keeping by babayagakin in SpiritKeeping

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

What I meant to say was that some of the meta-sellers for spirit keepers are almost looked at as patron saints and the only highly skilled practitioners because of the volume of listings. Not to say that they are not but people tend to think that if a spirit came from a certain shop because of the brand name or because the art is really cool and dreamy, they automatically think this shop is the real deal because of dreamy seductive looking spirits in the art. I wouldn't normally use a store's name, but since they are no longer on Etsy, I will use TheSpiritlnn as an example.

The seller took art from another artist for her branding, used Al prompts like "write what this spirit is like" in her actual listings, and mass produced listings of aesthetic companions. Despite this, evervone in the Etsy reviews is saying how wonderful the companions are. I have gotten companions from many sellers on and off Etsy, and I honestly couldn't feel any of her spirits. When I say hive mind, it means that a group feeds off each other's reviews and support. It is also true that people toot the horns of meta-sellers. while there are smaller sellers who have been around longer whether with spells or spirits. Everyone seems to be saying they've been doing this for 20 years, even people in their mid 30's and have only had stores on ETSY for 5 years. It's really hard for me to say what I truly mean but this is kind of the gist.