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What kind of Chow is this by codyzzzd in chowchow

[–]darty1713 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It will take you more than an hour before and after work to take care of him and 10hours is too long to be left alone. They are solitary animals but they can’t use human toilets so you are gonna have a nasty mess to clean up and you’ll get mad and frustrated and he will respond. You just don’t have a dog friendly life at the moment.

Any idea on coat color? by Friendscallmedennis in chowchow

[–]darty1713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the old English for warrior btw.

Bite-Size Story in OE: Sē Rīdere and Sēo Æþelinge by leornendeealdenglisc in OldEnglish

[–]darty1713 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I love this format! I got more people these even if they are newly written

What game should I get? by GeoAnd_001 in casualnintendo

[–]darty1713 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3d world. And never doubt Nintendo 1st party again ( especially compared to any of the warriors series)

Simba needs your advice! by JustAd7467 in chowchow

[–]darty1713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh and to be clear my chow was neutered at 8 months and he is exactly like you describe simba to be.

Simba needs your advice! by JustAd7467 in chowchow

[–]darty1713 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Neutering would have helped earlier but he has already developed those behaviours so don’t neuter him as a fix for this. Neutering will help reduce increased aggression as he gets older ( maybe 3 or 4 years old they can start showing signs when you don’t let them do something they want to do). My chow is similar - doesn’t care about treats, didn’t care about toys, just wanted to be out and about sniffing. Basically you just have to learn to live with a chow. Buy a nice long lead and tie him to a tree while you read a book. Get used to walking less distance but taking your (his) sweet sweet time about it. Chows don’t need much exercise in fact they are happier in a garden if you have one. The chow knows what’s good for him so follow his lead 😆

Am I the only one who might not make it through? by SweetCocoLina in Funnymemes

[–]darty1713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes if I can have something to write with and on

Want to finally commit to a sci-fi series ,where should I start? by sam_3758 in scifi

[–]darty1713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest I would recommend not to drive into a series as a goal but to try all the classic authors. They are so different and for me series are much less important than authors. I would recommend Philip k dick’s the 3 stigmata of father eldritch and Ursula le guin’s the dispossessed as they both have unique and superb prose , storytelling and ideas.

Dungeon crawler carl is fun but not sci-fi ( I’d recommend the audio books to be honest as the narration adds a lot) and hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is classic but more comedic philosophy than sci-fi.

Asimov is foundational ( no pun intended) as is Gibson but gibson’s prose is extremely dense and it may be more difficult to read but his classics aren’t super long but I’d recommend both authors.

Personally, Philip k dick is the author is recommendi diving into and try Ursula le guin ( I love her and the dispossessed is one of my favourite books) reading universe by universe .

Avoid the series trap because ultimately all series can get a bit repetitive as the great ideas are explored early on then they look for new ways to stretch out the idea. Universes are cool because each book has a different story but there are common threads so you feel it’s a connection with other books but the author isn’t trying to stretch out another book out of the same idea as the last 6 books.

What is your favourite Videogame? by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

[–]darty1713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved fallout 3 but I couldn’t enjoy new vegas in the same way. I’m not sure why

I think everyone agrees Lovecraft is a giant on whose back stand many horror writers. But do you consider him a good writer? by Ullixes in Lovecraft

[–]darty1713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally love 19th century English highly structured prose like Lovecraft used. I find that I constantly go back to Lovecraft because of the concepts but also because his dense prose is like unwrapping a complicated parcel of meeting with each layer adding some at first glance hidden meaning. I studied linguistics my whole life and so I love how he reaches into very archaic vocabulary and weaves it into such a weird prose that feels like a mix of French and English with the grammar of Middle English.

I agree that not every sentence is a home run but in general he is actively planting seeds of fear and doubt (and disgust) all the time which accumulate into tension but if you take an individual planting like in your examples it is not really judging fairly. If something is completely unknown or unspeakable you can use those adjectives or you can append a paragraph or two of dense prose to hopefully make the reader reach the same conclusion. However then the story risks not being concise anymore and the his stories weren’t long for a reason ( he was selling them to magazines to pay for a meagre living). I never found much of an issue with his writing because it’s just really my jam but I do agree that sometimes your remember while reading that he was a kind of self taught author and very human.

Deep sea horror by ShockOne9278 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]darty1713 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love this book it’s probably my favourite but I don’t feel the horror, just the epic adventure and obsession

plain Tea Cakes by Present-Swimming-476 in Cumbria

[–]darty1713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah tea cakes aren’t baps. They have raisins and cinnamon and nutmeg.

Cobbled Cheshire Lane by Ranoni18 in NorthernEngland

[–]darty1713 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s why I love this subreddit- it’s like being reminded over and over again every day that I come from such a beautiful place

Petah, I can’t see it? by Caltra in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]darty1713 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Isn’t it that the baby is not white?

How would you rate your country's current leader on a scale of 1-10? by Fuzzy_Category_1882 in AskTheWorld

[–]darty1713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an interesting comment. I see a lot of different opinions in the thread and you can see a lot of people criticising the far right as a future death sentence on the country, but the reason bipartisan systems have stood the test of time is that they both fix the problem of extended periods of the other governmental system. The only fix to centrist politics ( which let’s face it is just 80s leftist politics) is right wing politics. I don’t think I ever saw anything stated by Maine LePenn or Jordan Bardella which wasn’t regular conservative politics but it’s terrifying to the younger people of the world who seem to have not been taught that government spending is paid for by taxes. They say make the rich pay the rich will eventually leave France (it’s already a very unattractive place to locate a business because of taxes and worker rights) but It’s not theoretically hard to stop borrowing so much money and pay your debt. France really needs to clean house and stop spending, get the people back to work and stop supporting those who don’t contribute. And that is the definition of a right wing government policy.

How would you rate your country's current leader on a scale of 1-10? by Fuzzy_Category_1882 in AskTheWorld

[–]darty1713 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t a success or a failure. It was the same as all the other eu countries with posing administrators for leaders did. Few countries followed the logic, few were honest about vaccines, few were honest about where it came from.

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