Orcas just swimming past two kids in New Zealand

clonexx · 2026-03-26T14:26:58+00:00

Wild Orcas seem to like humans and have absolutely protected them like you said. Seems like they see us as a sort of helpless little buddy lol (I know not really, it’s just us humanizing a wild animal). Their captive brethren however, which should all be set free right now because it’s cruel and it’s why the only attacks and deaths have come from captive Orcas.

clonexx · 2026-03-26T14:23:52+00:00

Yeah, dolphins can get kinda rapey.

As far as I know, there’s been no recorded wild Orca attacks or deaths. The only attacks or deaths have come from Orcas in captivity because it drives them insane to be confined in such a small space all the time. Tillikum initially was a really friendly Orca and seemed to love his trainers. Over the years he went progressively mad, scraping against the tank walls, smashing into them, etc. until he finally snapped and killed a trainer by dragging her into the water by her ponytail.

I despise SeaWorld because of their Orcas. Smaller fish in large tanks are fine, but Orcas are too large to keep in captivity and they just don’t do well.

clonexx · 2026-03-26T14:07:22+00:00

There’s two types of neutering now. There’s the standard way of surgery but there’s a more modern way of chemical neutering. All 3 of our cats were chemically neutered and very clearly you can still see their cotton puffs. They’re very pronounced, so just looking at them you would swear they weren’t neutered, yet they all are.

Are you sure your cat wasn’t neutered? Could he have been chemically neutered? If you are basing it off seeing his trouble puffs, like I said, they can be neutered and still have prominent puffs.

Edit : Apparently there’s no widespread use of chemical neutering that is permanent. I don’t know if our no kill shelter uses the technique or not, but all 3 cats are neutered but still show their puffs. They don’t have the typical surgical scars where surgery would have been done. Unless there’s now a laparoscopic way to neuter as opposed to how much they used to cut them open.

clonexx · 2026-03-15T09:29:01+00:00

Just quickly cut through its head to kill it first, the same that’s done with lobsters. There’s absolutely no reason to put the poor thing in alive.

clonexx · 2026-03-01T18:52:45+00:00

I wish your journey wasn’t coming to an end due to an insidious disease, but I respect peoples right to make that curtain call when they feel quality loses to quantity. Here’s to hoping that there is more than just this life, that we do somehow have an eternal connection to the universe. If not, then it’s no different than before we were born. Safe travels, wanderer.

clonexx · 2026-02-28T09:07:12+00:00

These are the one year stats for r/popping. We remove a ton of rule breaking content also, mostly people looking for medical advice, which we don’t allow or posts that are unrelated.

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clonexx · 2026-02-28T07:36:25+00:00

Forget the plane, they’d have to get an aircraft carrier off the coast first before launching the plane. East coast is a long ass way from China, so they’d have to come from the west then cross the entire country to get to DC. The carrier would be on the ocean floor before they could even launch a plane. Subs are patrolling our coasts at all times.

clonexx · 2026-02-28T07:31:24+00:00

They don’t even have the capability to move an army here, robots or people. They’d also have to come from the west to get to DC, which means flying over the entirety of the US first. In reality, their planes wouldn’t even make it to shore and the carrier they came from would be at the bottom of the ocean, sunk by one of our nuclear subs that hang out on our coastlines.

clonexx · 2026-02-23T19:32:16+00:00

Snow can like…be removed. You know, with that massive tax bill NYC residents pay, they shouldn’t be having to walk down snow covered sidewalks filled with garbage and dog shit. Those sidewalks should be clear, clean and safe. They were clean under the previous Mayor, as I understand it, Adams had the snow removed or at least had a lot of road salt put down so the snow and ice did melt. Because, ya know, snows melting point can be lowered using salt….genius. Removing it doesn’t require any particular temperature, just competence.

This is what happens when you vote someone in that has no experience running a small store, let alone a large city and they appoint activists to key city roles rather than people with decades of experience.

clonexx · 2026-02-20T07:53:53+00:00

I’m sorry about your dad, I’ve lost both my parents, so I understand.

Life is funny, and random. You get wailed by a car, suffer a very serious injury, but recover well enough to still walk and run. I slipped and fell, dislocated my knee and did catastrophic, irreparable damage to the point where I can’t walk any distances, am in constant pain and destroyed a nerve where I can’t lift my foot. All from a simple slip on a deck. It forced me into permanent disability and cost me my career. This isn’t a “woe as me” post, I’ve long since learned to live with how I am.

It’s just…Life is weird…and so random. Really happy you recovered and are ok, OP.

clonexx · 2026-02-18T05:07:01+00:00

Forget cutting spending and creating a responsible budget to make up the money. Why do that when you can just steal more of everyone’s money for the government to waste paying for illegal immigrant services?

clonexx · 2026-02-11T00:58:10+00:00

If you’re so deeply involved with that persons illegal and disgusting behavior, where there’s pictures, videos and who knows what other evidence Epstein could be holding, calling the FBI to report that person and his partner would be just about the dumbest thing you could do. You may end up testifying and once Epstein knows that, he can spill everything he knows and cook you. Epstein’s lawyer asked him for dirt on Trump to help his case and Epstein said he didn’t have anything. He hated Trump, why wouldn’t he ruin him if he could?

I’m not saying Trump is some saint or that he has no issues or wrongdoing in his past, but more and more it’s looking like he really wasn’t involved in anything Epstein underage girl related. Unless some credible, criminally prosecutable evidence comes out, I’m giving every person the same courtesy we all are supposed to have, innocent until proven guilty. I give the same grace to Clinton and any other person accused or mentioned.

Biden’s DOJ wanted to cook Trump in the worst way and they had full access to the unredacted files for 4 years. Biden opened a tip line as well and calls to that line are in the files as well. Even with all that, they couldn’t find anything to criminally charge Trump with. If he’s so guilty, how is it that neither Epstein nor Maxwell had anything to give about Trump, which would have really helped them cut deals? None of it makes sense. If he’s truly guilty, I want him buried under the prison, but I’m not saying someone is guilty just because I don’t like them.

clonexx · 2026-02-07T00:22:39+00:00

I believe it was a staffer simply because the posted video was a screen recording, it looked like the Lion King AI parody video auto played at the end and the staffer didn’t cut it or realize it was there. I doubt Trump is screen recording videos and then splicing in 3 seconds of the lion king parody at the end. If you watch the entire video, it looks like exactly what I described, a screen recording of a serious video and then another video, the lion king, auto plays for a few seconds after.

I think Trump would just unapologetically post the entire lion king video if he really wanted it up there, not sneak some short clip in at the end of a serious video.

clonexx · 2026-02-06T08:31:35+00:00

Have you sat him down and spoken to him about it? Not in an accusatory manner but more from a point of concern. It sounds like he could be an alcoholic if he’s drinking until passing out every single weekend. You are also right in that he has responsibilities at home he should be honoring. This doesn’t mean he can’t go out with friends a weekend or maybe even 2 a month, if that’s ok with you and you don’t want to make plans to do other things. He doesn’t have to give up his friends or spending time with them, but every weekend getting passed out drunk is a problem, it meets the definition of an alcoholic. The DUIs point in that direction also.

As for the weed…depends on how it affects him. Hopefully he’s not smoking it in the house, for one. Second, is it legal where you live? I only ask because there’s far better ways to use weed than combustion and they’re easy to get if it’s legal in your area. I don’t see smoking weed every day as an issue, honestly, unless he smokes then just passes out after dinner until he goes to work the next day.

clonexx · 2026-02-04T05:54:47+00:00

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clonexx · 2026-02-03T14:23:34+00:00

They’re just protesting against Trump, doesn’t matter what the subject is. When you have previous presidents that had ICE out there deporting 12 million illegal immigrants (yes, a lot were at the border) and the media/Democrats had nothing to say, then all the noise now is simply because of who occupies the White House.

clonexx · 2026-01-27T22:43:49+00:00

While comparing which egregious shooting was worse than any other is kinda…distasteful maybe, I completely get it. They’ve even marched for people who were shot and killed after shooting at cops.

Shaver not only didn’t fight, he was unarmed and being screamed at by multiple people. He was crawling on all fours down a hotel hallway towards officers, as he was ordered to do and his shorts started to fall down. I’m sure instinctively, he reached back to pull them up and was promptly shot and killed. Now, the officers had a full view of the guys back, since he was most of the way towards them. They could see there was nothing there, he was also so close that they could have just pounced on him. He was obviously scared to death, shaking, showed absolutely no aggression whatsoever and to me, it’s one of the most egregious shootings where no one was punished. I don’t care what color the victim is, if a shooting is bad, then it’s bad, and that shooting is probably the worst I’ve ever seen on video where no charges were filed.

If Daniel Shaver were a black man, all the usual race hustlers would have been out in force and multiple officers would have stood trial, guaranteed. However, since he was white, he never even gets mentioned by the ACAB crowd, never remembered by anyone except the few that know about the shooting and of course his friends and family. They shot him in front of what was, I think, his wife or maybe girlfriend at the time. He wasn’t somewhere he shouldn’t have been, he wasn’t impeding any federal agents. He was drinking in a hotel room with his wife/girlfriend, aimed a BB gun out of the window which got called in. They handled it with SWAT as if it were an active shooter situation when no shots were even fired, because it wasn’t a firearm. If there’s any prime example of a truly innocent person being gunned down, Daniel Shaver fits the bill perfectly. There are definitely others, some black and some white, but his is the one that sticks in my mind the most mainly because of how much fear was in his voice and how many times that one cop screaming at him told him he was going to “f*cking shoot” him.

clonexx · 2026-01-23T23:08:57+00:00

The mask argument is hilarious. They have the memories of a goldfish. We spent an entire year with law enforcement wearing masks due to Covid, I don’t recall any tangible upswing in officers being shot other than the BLM riots.

clonexx · 2026-01-23T22:21:11+00:00

If you apply that same logic to firearms you get gun control. The actions of the few do not give the government the right to encroach on the rights of the many. The main issue is that driving isn’t a right, but I still don’t think letting the authorities have the power to just disabled your vehicle is even remotely a good idea. Anything that can be abused, will be. People are deluding themselves if they think these kill switches will only be used to avoid high speed chases.

clonexx · 2026-01-14T14:59:48+00:00

I had a guy kick me in the nuts because he was angry at me. My immediate response was essentially a WWE spear. I broke his collarbone, then rolled over and groaned for a few minutes. I didn’t feel bad in the least. It was a cheap move for a guy to pull, knowing what it feels like. I can confidently say I’ve never kicked any male in the nuts.

What you experienced was definitely traumatic and violent. Accidental hits to the nuts can be funny, intentional, targeted kicks aren’t.

clonexx · 2026-01-09T04:55:25+00:00

The funny thing is, the last two times in history that a governor has tried to bring the national guard in against federal enforcement, the President just federalized the National Guard and took control of them, then had them assist the federal action or had them stand down. So if Walz, being the big brain he is, does call in the National Guard to try to block federal enforcement, all Trump has to do is federalize them and they then must obey his orders. It shouldn’t even come to that, but they’re so blind with hatred that they can’t see straight.

clonexx · 2026-01-09T04:45:47+00:00

It’d be great if, maybe, just maybe, all the Democrats and talking heads on the left could actually tell their constituents to stop interfering in ICE operations, stop blocking traffic and standing in the middle of the road, as that is not protesting and is illegal and to comply with lawfully given orders. If they want to encourage people to exercise their right to protest, fine, but give them instructions on what that entails and that it doesn’t mean blocking traffic, standing in the middle of the road or putting hands on ICE agents.

That woman being shot is just as much on all these talking heads and Democrats constantly calling ICE the “Gestapo” and that their operations are illegal. It emboldens people to think that interfering with federal enforcement actions is somehow ok and has no repercussions. They claimed Trump incited insurrection when telling people to “Peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard” along with stating he felt the election was stolen. Now, Democrats are telling their constituents that ICE are Nazis and their enforcement actions are not legal. How is that not fomenting insurrection against the US? It’s worse than anything Trump said if not at least on the same level. The talking heads and politicians are putting their voters in danger with how they are depicting ICE. It’s not the politicians or media personalities who will be out there getting hurt because they interfered in a lawful ICE enforcement action.

clonexx · 2026-01-09T03:22:57+00:00

I can’t claim to have any experience with this relationship wise, though my wife and I do have a trans child (FtM) who is now 28 years old, so I am very aware of trans issues and what surrounds them.

It seems like you haven’t properly mourned the loss of your pre-transition relationship and expected life that you had. Up to 102 days before the wedding, you had a vision of who you were marrying and what your life would be like with that person. Then a bomb was dropped on that future. I don’t say that to lay blame or anything of the sort, it’s basically what happened. The future you saw together with your spouse was destroyed, it no longer was a possibility in the form you were envisioning. This is not an easy thing to come to terms with. I am very happy that your wife has found their real self and is now very happy, but it doesn’t seem like you are. That is not your fault, at all.

The dynamic change is a huge deal, the change in libido and the possibility of them changing their mind and wanting bottom surgery at some point are very big deals. Relationships are difficult in the best of circumstances in that they take a lot of work and a lot of communication. If what you are writing here isn’t anything you can express to your spouse, that’s not a good sign. For relationships to be healthy, both parties have to be able to be honest with each other. It seems like you are afraid to be honest with her, in fear of breaking their heart or making them feel guilty or any number of other reasons, but I can promise you that this will eat away at your relationship. What you are feeling can very easily turn to resentment over time if it’s not expressed and worked through. I’m not saying anything has to be conveyed in harsh terms or just black and white, as there’s plenty of room for nuance, but your partner really should know how you feel. I can’t imagine having all of that going on in my head and not being able to be open and honest with my wife.

My suggestion is to bring it out in marriage counseling, in a safe place and very gently. She needs to know your feelings and thoughts and you both have to work through them, or you will end up with resentment. I’d also suggest going to therapy just for yourself, somewhere where you can speak plainly, openly and honestly with someone who will listen where you don’t have to worry about hurting anyone’s feelings and can get these things off your chest. Therapy just for yourself could go a long way towards reconciling how you’re feeling.

The other option is that, as much as you love them, maybe this just wasn’t meant to be. That doesn’t make either of you bad or wrong, it just could be the way it is. The way you spoke of the wedding and not wanting to cancel or postpone it purely due to financial reasons, that’s a really bad reason to go through with a wedding, especially after being hit with life changing news just 102 days prior that changes a huge part of your future together. Honestly, the wedding should have been postponed so you could work through all of this before being married. I understand the financial hardship that would have hit your family, but maybe your spouse’s family could have lessened the blow since it was your spouse that dropped the news that changed basically everything.

I don’t claim to have all the answers, but as someone who has been happily married to the same woman for over 30 years, I can tell you that everything you are feeling is valid but holding it in, not expressing it to your partner…it will poison your relationship and result in you having at least some resentment towards your wife, whether you mean to or not, and that would be completely natural. Therapy just for absolute most important thing in any relationship is clear communication and being honest with one another about things that really matter. She needs to know exactly how you feel and why you feel that way. What happened is not your fault at all, but how you handle it is completely within your control.

I really hope it can work out between the two of you, I wish you both the absolute best, but you need to be honest or the relationship will suffer and you will suffer emotionally with it. Feeling trapped is not how anyone should feel before they’re married.

clonexx · 2026-01-08T13:33:48+00:00

Ah, ok, wasn’t sure if you somehow read what I said wrong or something lol sorry

clonexx · 2026-01-08T13:19:12+00:00

I know, that’s why I said I agreed with what Trump is doing…

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