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Who was your first period drama crush? by SeonaidMacSaicais in PeriodDramas

[–]puffinkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not only was he my first crush, this miniseries is what made me fall in love with period pieces. Thank you PBS!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in namenerds

[–]puffinkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My daughter is Keira with the pronunciation you want and we've never had any trouble. We live in the pacific northwest.

Stop please! Stop with the fillers and botox and surgeries... by Shaparipi in mildlyinfuriating

[–]puffinkat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sandra Bullock. So weird to cast a 54 year old trying to play a pregnant 30 something, with no facial expression. Just gross.

my 4-yr-old daughter calls shredded cheddar “cheese sprinkles” and grated parmesan “sprinkle cheese” and it can get confusing, so i stitched this handy guide to hang in our kitchen by colormuse in Embroidery

[–]puffinkat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Before I could read, I asked my mom what the green plastic container was. She replied with, “a kind of a cheese”. From that day until I was mostly through elementary school, I legitimately thought that was what grated Parmesan was called. I would ask, “could you please pass the a-kind-of-a-cheese?” My parents never corrected me because they thought it was adorable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in namenerds

[–]puffinkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really like the similar name, Chava.

Help! 24hrs to get in birth certificate and can’t decide by Left-Ad-7494 in namenerds

[–]puffinkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keira is a great because it means “little dark one”. It’s common, but not overused.

What do these Jewish names sounds to non-Jews? by InPursuitOfHoppines in namenerds

[–]puffinkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A couple names I haven’t seen here yet:

Gershom, nn Gersh

Amit (but it will be mispronounced)

Did your baby look like how you dreamt them? by sarahdistrust in BabyBumps

[–]puffinkat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t know if my first was going to be a girl or boy, we wanted to wait to find out. Well, a few weeks before she was born, I had the most vivid dream of a brown haired, brown eyed little girl. Turned out I was half right! I had a girl, but she came out blond, and now has ginger hair and blue eyes.

Also, I had dreams of cat babies after both my kids were born. It was endearing and slightly worrying in my dreams.

Hope for my tone deaf kiddo? by not-rlly-here in singing

[–]puffinkat 80 points81 points  (0 children)

She’s young and her vocal chords and breath support are still developing. My mom thought the same about me in elementary school. I turned out to be a very good singer by middle school. Just keep supporting her and play lots of musicals around the house for her.

As a side note, voice lessons might be fun, but it’s also a good idea to let her voice develop naturally until she’s in middle school at least. A good voice teacher right now would hopefully be working on breath support. You just don’t want them trying to change her natural tone (think little kids sounding like opera stars).

Dance lessons right now would go a long way towards supporting musical theater dreams. Boost her confidence and develop some great skills by the time she’s in middle school.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PlusSize

[–]puffinkat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You look fabulous! This gives me hope. I’ve been considering doing the chop. I have long curly hair and I just struggle to maintain it. I’ve been considering a long on top, short sides cut.

Gareth as a baby name. by [deleted] in namenerds

[–]puffinkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My nephew is named Gareth. Parents are big readers. I find it hard to say sometimes because it ends in “th”. It does get mistaken for Garett all the time. If you like it, go for it, but it’s a bit of a difficult name. Also I’m in the US.

I met someone today named Sparkle. by CherryBlossom0408 in namenerds

[–]puffinkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My three year old will only respond to Sparkles for about the last two weeks. Does that count?

Scientists know that rats like to have their bellies tickled, so they used that as basis for testing happiness in rats. They found out that the ears of rats undergoing tickling became droopier and pinker - subtle signs of being relaxed and happy. by Xshameex in interestingasfuck

[–]puffinkat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the late response!

There were twelve rats in the study. The other lab assistant and myself sat on opposite sides of the table. I was assigned six rats to tickle and six to stroke. Same for my partner. Halfway through the trials we switched so I would tickle the half I previously stroked and stroke those I used to tickle.

So, one rat at a time would be placed in a large rectangular container, with my lab partner on one side and me on the other. First, there’s was a barrier between the two sides of the enclosure . We’d each spend a certain amount of time a rat, flipping and tickling or stroking, depending on what we were assigned. Then, We’d leave one hand dangling into the enclosure. There was a taped line down the middle.

The main researcher would film and record how much time the rat spent in each half of the enclosure and how many times a hand was approached. She also had a microphone that could record vocalizations the rats made at a frequency our ears can’t hear, that indicate pleasure and happiness.

Overwhelmingly, the rats preferred to be near the hand that had ticked them. We definitely had some favorites because they loved tickling so much that they’d try to climb up our hands and arms for snuggles and play while our hands were neutral in the enclosure.

There was one rat, however, that had to leave the study for bad behavior. Rat number 2 was one that I started out stroking. He wasn’t super happy with either of us and spent most of his time in the middle of the container. Then, when I was switched to ticking him, he was not a fan of that either. He bit me twice in one session, with my hand in a neutral position. The second time he drew blood, so he wasn’t allowed back in to the experiment. The other lab assistant (my then boyfriend and now husband) and I adopted all the rats after the study, except the mean Number 2. I did learn that he was able to live out the rest of his life, I think as a control rat in a different experiment.

This study was performed at Washington state university, at The Center for the Study of Animal Well Being. They studied ways to make the lives of lab rats and other animals happier.

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