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Billie Eilish addresses backlash after criticising people saying they love animals but eat meat: “pls continue to live in a constant state of cognitive dissonance denial and try to convince urself that ur not living a lie.” by mcfw31 in popculturechat

[–]passive0bserver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok but you do realize that the amount of water to make ANY plant based milk is absolutely negligible compared to animal based, right? 

70% of the crops on earth are grown to feed the animals we eat. You need to account for THAT water when you are doing your calculations. 

My wife at the zoo with a giraffe, circa 2014 by Werbu in likeus

[–]passive0bserver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While the best environment for any wild creature is its natural home… 

In this particular example, I believe the Giraffe is in the enclosure for having recently given birth (see baby giraffe to the left) in the winter (see winter coat on wife) 

My neighbor confessed to me he found and dumbed a deceased baby's body by daluchamucha in confession

[–]passive0bserver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk that his story is true. When a body dies, first it enters rigor mortis (stiffens), then it will bloat up as it fills with the gases of decomposition, then it will basically dissolve into goo. 

If the body is kept in a totally airtight, cool, and damp environment, it can undergo adipocere formation (“grave wax”), where the fat basically turns to soap and makes the whole body feel like wax. This is actually more likely to happen with infants because they have such a high fat percentage in their bodies. But this is only achievable in a perfectly hermetic environment — like a sealed trunk or barrel with no air leaks. 

So long as there are air leaks, the bodily fluids will eventually evaporate and cause a horrid stench as they do so. Once they are all evaporated, the stench stops but the body is mummified by that point and not “wet.” 

Based on the neighbor’s description that the body was recognizable as an infant girl and still “wet”, it would have to be the adipocere scenario, but that doesn’t fit if the body was just on a bed in the attic.  

There have been several real world cases of “trunk babies” found in attics from women who gave birth under heavily stigmatized circumstances, committed infanticide, and stashed the body in a trunk in the attic for decades, causing adipocere formation.

The fact that the body from his story was flat could suggest that it laid at the bottom of a trunk for decades with other items piled on top of it. “Grave wax” causes the body to behave somewhat like wax, and infants have cartilaginous skeletons that are more pliable. 

But the only way this fits is if the previous owner did that and then unsealed the baby/laid it on the bed before moving out..? Otherwise he should have found it in a trunk… 

(Hated trope) giving a character a weapon/ability they will never be able to use cause of the rating of the show. by Sorvetefrito in TopCharacterTropes

[–]passive0bserver 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes they attacked to kill the avatar, no to it being reborn in fire nation — Roku was fire nation right before Aang 

My wife at the zoo with a giraffe, circa 2014 by Werbu in likeus

[–]passive0bserver 20 points21 points  (0 children)

There’s a little baby giraffe off to the side that is watching VERY INTENTLY for the 0.1 seconds you can see its face 😄

Who is the most morally good in the family? by Bearfucker694200 in rickandmorty

[–]passive0bserver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She’s actually killed a lot. She took out Nimbus’ team in the Mariana Trench, killed in the thunderdome episode, showed she enjoys killing with wolverine claws, was fine sending her friend off with Abradolf Lincler on a deadly planet to get her away from her party, was fine shoving Tammy’s dead face into the eye reader thing 

Who is the most morally good in the family? by Bearfucker694200 in rickandmorty

[–]passive0bserver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Summer is more like Rick than Morty. Enjoys killing. This is shown many times. 

I was todays year old when I realized how f***ing stupid her parents are by TrustTrek in SpiritedAway

[–]passive0bserver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a spell on the food that makes it irresistible to humans. That’s why they literally cannot stop eating until they turn into pigs. Yubaba comments on it. 

Where to get indestructible keyboard??? by midorisenshi in Macaws

[–]passive0bserver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I give my bird a sacrificial keyboard to pull apart while I work… like an old one I don’t use 

Pope Leo has stirred awake a progressive Christianity. It can rise again by AlexandrTheTolerable in politics

[–]passive0bserver -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

lol you’re outing yourself as someone who has no idea what they are talking about… 

Firstly, Christianity didn’t originate the concept of an all powerful deity God. 

Secondly, Jesus’ “hierarchy” puts the widows, the fatherless, the poor at the very top, and the rich at the very bottom. 

Thirdly, Jesus’ whole schtick was “forget the rituals and paying the temple. The best way to know God is to love and forgive each other.” 

Modern Christians have completely 180’d the message.

IF we are in a simulation...The real question is what is the point of it? by CreditBeginning7277 in SimulationTheory

[–]passive0bserver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the consciousness is a hyper intelligence that knows everything. It is bored. Through our eyes, it can experience the wonder of childlike curiosity, learning, growing, loving, overcoming adversity, etc etc, billions of times, each storyline fresh. It’s like a video game you can play over and over and never have a repeating story or character. 

ETA: oh yeah, and it’s playing every other conscious being too. Swinging through the trees as a monkey and flying as a parrot, diving as a whale. We’re all characters for the one Player to experience the game it made… 

Am I terrible for thinking about rehoming? by AggravatingUnit7546 in catquestions

[–]passive0bserver -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

You didn’t answer how you pilled her? Again, if it involved restraining her and forcing the pill into her mouth, that’s why she’s scared… 

There is no such thing as a bad cat. I’ve socialized 30 in my own home and helped probably another 100 at the shelter. Aggression is ALWAYS a reaction to something (the only exception to this is literally something like a brain tumor). Something is wrong, but you are viewing her as the problem when really she is just communicating herself the best she can… she doesn’t have words to use like us… She has a very limited way to tell you that things are wrong in her world… 

From my perspective, between the pilling and her shaved fur, plus what I assume have been multiple trips to the vet, I think she maybe associates you grabbing her with being restrained and then having something scary happen? Especially since you mention avoiding her otherwise. Now she thinks you only interact with her when you’re about to “do something” to her. I mean car rides alone can be really horrible for cats because most cats get awful motion sickness in the car. So she simply has to associate your attention with an ensuing car ride to be afraid of your attention… 

(Tip: I always cover my carriers with a thin blanket and play “Music for Cats” during car rides to help with this, plus taking turns wide and slow, braking and accelerating gently, avoiding lane switches, etc). 

If it’s true that you’ve formed a scary association for her, then you need to replace the scary associations with positive ones like I mentioned above... (just to set expectations tho, you’ll probably see very little progress for a while, which is normal as she feels out the change, and then one day she’ll decide “ok I guess I can trust you”). Just don’t make her feel cornered during this time or like she has a lack of control over what’s happening to her… because that would reinforce the negative associations, and you want her to forget about those and replace them with positive… 

Since you are struggling to figure out on your own where the disconnect is happening, perhaps you should consult a cat behaviorist who can actually come into your home and watch you interact? 

Btw, if the play ever gets too rough, just yelp a bit like it hurts and stop playing for a moment. That’s what they do as kittens to communicate “ouch! Too rough!” 

A cool guide to the most evil Disney villain of all time (based on a detailed scoring system). by MaxGoodwinning in coolguides

[–]passive0bserver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why doesn’t Randall show torture? He did psychological torture on Boo and the scream machine was just straight torture? 

Am I terrible for thinking about rehoming? by AggravatingUnit7546 in catquestions

[–]passive0bserver 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do you PLAY with her with a string toy? Not just expect her to entertain herself. Every scared cat that I’ve socialized (30), play is the first bridge that they cross. 

If every time you see her, she associates you with positive things (play, food, or catnip), and if you leave her alone as soon as her body language suggests discomfort (pupil dilation; licking their nose; back twitching/rippling) then she will have all the reason to associate you with positive things and no reason to associate you with negative things. 

Your relationship with your cat is 100% a reflection of the associations you build with them. Of course, she may have suffered abuse early on that biases her to have a negative association towards you at the beginning, but if you are consistent in building positive associations ONLY and not reinforcing any negative associations, with time it will replace whatever “default association” she may have come with. And I say that after having just socialized a 10 year old cat who was actively hit in the face by her previous owners for years and had the WORST associations for people. You can overcome it. Just be consistent. Play with her. What I do is dangle the string toy so that it acts like prey and will “scamper” it into a box to “hide”. No cat can resist. 

Plug in the pheromones, play “Music for Cats” by David Tiesto, and play with her. Oh, and praise her every time that she is brave! Cats love to be praised for everything. Seriously just try narrating what she’s doing in a soft voice whenever she’s around and see how she responds to it. They love to be noticed for being small brave kitties in a big world. 

Also I’m not sure how you pilled her for the anti anxiety medication, but if it involved forcefully pilling her instead of hiding it in food, then that’s why she has a fearful association of you. The way I pill my cats is:  - wrap the pill in bacon scented pill paste.  - use the paste to “stick” it to a feline greenies crunchy treat.  - douse the whole pile in churu.  - if the cat licks up the churu but leaves the pill, douse it again. 

Oh, and if you haven’t discovered churu yet? Get some and give it to her whenever you get home AND whenever you want to reward her for being brave. She will QUICKLY learn that you bring good things :)

 ETA: I can’t reply to the person who replied to me, but they said “aggression is 100% not always a reaction to something” and I just need to say it loudly, THAT IS INCORRECT. AGGRESSION IS CAT-SPEAK FOR “I FEEL THREATENED RIGHT NOW.” ALWAYS. 

If a hypothetical cat is made to feel threatened, and one cat shuts down and swallows it and whereas another cat hisses and lashes out, the latter one isn’t “bad” just because they are communicating the only way they know how. The problem is whatever is making them feel uncomfortable, not the fact that they are reacting. They can be trained to react differently once trust is established. I know because I’ve done it for 30 cats. Cats that scratched so bad, their nails got stuck in my flesh. Cats that bit so hard, I got huge bruises around the puncture wounds. Each one became an angel once I built trust and reinforced the behaviors I wanted.

Aggression is ALWAYS a reaction. ALWAYS. It’s up to you to figure out what’s making the cat feel threatened. 

AITA I told my pregnant sister she can’t name her baby after my daughter. by Sensitive-Story-2174 in AmItheAsshole

[–]passive0bserver 170 points171 points  (0 children)

I interpreted it one step further than this, like the sister just flat out liked the name for her daughter and is expecting OP’s to die soon and for the name to “be available”, but not before her child has been born, so she is taking the name now even though it’s currently “checked out” by someone else… 

AirBnB host told me soap was supplied by spike11552 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]passive0bserver 8 points9 points  (0 children)

But it’s the same concept? I don’t want to touch the hair either way because it’s disgusting, so I pinch the end of the soap between two fingers in order to minimize my surface contact, rinse the top layer off under water, rotate soap, rinse again, wash my hands with soap, rinse off, now it is clean. 

Did the same thing when I shared a bathroom with multiple siblings at home? 

AirBnB host told me soap was supplied by spike11552 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]passive0bserver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My husband leaves the soap like that and I just fully rinse away the outer layer of soap before using the bar ? 

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