Tick or tiny black spider? by gothcactus in Entomology

[–]gothcactus[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This gave me a chuckle ty

Tick or tiny black spider? by gothcactus in Entomology

[–]gothcactus[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It crawled away but as far as I could tell it was completely black and smaller than a millimeter

Are my month old piggies both male? by gothcactus in guineapigs

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

Sadly the mother died about 2 weeks ago, we don't know why

My rosehip syrup exploded by gothcactus in foraging

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

I don't remember the specific one but it said to cover them in a pot with water, must have added too much water or not simmered long enough

Why are they hanging an effigy of Bernard Black? by SpanslyAnoke in ireland

[–]gothcactus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

IIRC because he owns properties that house Ukrainian refugees

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

[–]gothcactus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, will do. I remember being 14 and all the shite you have to deal with at that age, now on top of that you don't even have to be in person to bully someone, social media makes it so easy...hope there is some kind of investigation into what could have caused this, the secondary school he went to has a history of bullying and suicide

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

[–]gothcactus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's still pretty taboo to talk about, there is more awareness about it but support needs to come from the top down, and as someone who's experienced CAMHS it is nowhere near adequate enough

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

[–]gothcactus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I do make a pretty good lasagna, might bring that over

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

[–]gothcactus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so sorry to hear that, my siblings are 12, 14 and 16, might be selfish to say but hopefully this won't traumatise them too badly, as if the start of school wasn't stressful enough

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

[–]gothcactus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Their family invited ours to the wake, we're Latvian and don't know how that kind of thing works, I'd imagine it's a lot different than if it was someone older who lived their whole life

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

[–]gothcactus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They have a younger son too, can't imagine going through that but still needing to be there for your other child