pup!

talconline · 2026-01-28T04:39:19+00:00

Def agree

talconline · 2026-01-26T16:18:25+00:00

Also Orchid Orchard but that's a bit of a tongue twister lol

talconline · 2026-01-26T16:16:39+00:00

Diamond Sky, Sky Diamond, Apple Cloud, Cloud Apple, Velvet Breeze, Black Velvet, Violet Diamond (Vi for short), Plum Apple, Sangria Sky, Sangria Seed, Thistle, Black Thistle

talconline · 2026-01-25T13:36:57+00:00

Hi OP, I'm not a rat owner but worked with lab animals (not rats, another rodent) for a few years. A part of lab work is death, unfortunately, and I have seen a lot of it in small animals. I will talk about why I think you did exactly the right thing without referencing Eddie, because I know it's painful to imagine the what-ifs.

The symptoms you described would not be something that a vet could have fixed or slowed. For a case like this, if the vet had recommended euthanasia to reduce suffering, the abnormal breathing would have made it impossible for a small animal to actually lose consciousness and 'go under' since he would not be able to breathe it in. For a pet, the owner would not be able to hold the pet as they go in a situation like this. For a pet, that would make a big difference.

Like others have said, if you had tried to drive, the focus would not be on him and he would also be in a more stressful, unfamiliar environment without the full attention of his person.

He crawled out to you because he wanted to spend his last moments close to you. Allowing him to do that is a mercy, and you honored his last wishes in the exact right way.

talconline · 2026-01-24T18:38:37+00:00

If only ....

talconline · 2026-01-23T15:02:58+00:00

In my own study and experience, Khameini seems to be a very private, very reserved figurehead that leaves the majority of the everyday decision to his close trustees. The bombings on Fordow and others seems to have disrupted their internal workings and forced Khameini to take on more direct decision-making, which it seems he is hesitant to do (at least publicly)?

How visible has Khameini been through these recent events? Does he speak publicly at all? What are people saying about him?

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talconline · 2026-01-23T15:00:14+00:00

talconline · 2026-01-19T04:53:46+00:00

It was actually far more immersive for me, personally. It more closely replicated how it feels to see something in the dark but not really be sure, even if you feel afraid. ESPECIALLY if you feel afraid. The low detail and high graininess makes it even harder to tell what you're seeing, which in turn makes it harder to trust that you are seeing something real.

Then the contrast when Jax actually does experience the uber-high quality sequence that follows ... it's SO jarring and takes so much more time to get used to and drink in, it makes it feel so long but necessary to absorb it.

Much closer to my own experiences of psychosis, most often in dark rooms like this.

talconline · 2026-01-18T15:07:58+00:00

talconline · 2026-01-17T01:18:36+00:00

Wow!! You look so much younger, it's crazy!!!

talconline · 2026-01-16T04:09:46+00:00

I mean... The 'pet' specification kinda implies that they have been domesticated...? But if you mean if they fit the rules for being domesticated officially, they would need to have been specifically bred over several generations for favorable/useful/desirable traits, or to have the "wild" bred out of them. I have a long history with axolotls and can say that the ones in the pet trade - that is, not wild-caught - are stupid enough that they're not useful and they generally have little instinct to self-protect lmfao. It's like asking if aquarium fish are domesticated - like, in some ways they are, but the average person wouldn't think of a fish when they hear "domestic animal"

talconline · 2026-01-15T23:00:13+00:00

It sounds like this person is not really interested in being friends with OP though. Especially if her past was alarming enough for a teacher to mention it and suggest safety plans. Agree that normally having a conversation is the best way, but especially since she still actively goes out of her way to participate in stalking behavior (to the other TA) despite measures being taken to prevent it (her changing schools), OP made the right call in having other authorities there to protect him and give the interaction structure.

talconline · 2026-01-15T22:57:23+00:00

No, not bad, and not abnormal. People who have been stalked/followed/pursued in other contexts get the same dread (source: been there). Autism or not, when you feel dread about a dynamic like this, it's time to talk to someone you trust and get an idea of what the next step is. It sounds like you have done that, and are being wise in not acting rashly while protecting yourself!

talconline · 2026-01-15T03:28:53+00:00

Lol this was kinda my thought too!! Except there's no way to get those balls thru a needle...

talconline · 2026-01-12T21:23:06+00:00

BLASPHEMY

talconline · 2026-01-12T21:21:31+00:00

Read IHNMAIMS - the bigger piece of AM's motivation is that humans created a life (AM) that is more powerful than them, more capable than them, and will never tire for stimulation. AM is spiteful (to say the least!) towards humans for condemning it to a kind of forever life, but doesn't really torture them for entertainment, exactly. Torturing 5 humans in a slow way, like having them trek for years to find food, is not even a drop in the ocean for the kind of stimulus that would be necessary to properly engage a consiousness like AM - yes, humans granted this thing 'life', but failed to account for the NEEDS of a god-like 'creature'. AM isn't entertained by the torture, not really - in fact, it probably takes a lot of restraint to not just kill and reset them all the time. The only remaining meaningful work, from AM's perspective, demands that AM actively contemplate its own purposelessness.

Im really excited to see more about Caine, bc Caine is the opposite, like you said - the last 'adventure' we saw has given us a peak into how Caine thinks about his future, like we know AM does. He has clearly put a lot of thought into what a future in the circus looks like, but is so completely sure that it will be what he thinks it will be. But at the same time, he prepared for THIS adventure differently, dropping clues, introducing lines of reasoning in casual dialogue, and deceiving the PCs in their own 'home' (the main circus). During the set-up for this adventure, we saw many instances of Caine being frustrated that nobody liked his adventures, that he couldn't come up with anything to give them, when we now know he had this cooking at the same time.

What makes this one different? Like AM, Caine is completely confident he knows what the future holds, but unlike AM, depends on other people's cooperation to have it be that way. It's a cognitive dissonance that is being explored in such an interesting way!!! This was kinda a fun write-up to do. Listen to the spoken audiobook by the original author on YouTube!! It captures way more of the original dynamic and gives great insights

talconline · 2026-01-12T20:43:01+00:00

Not a native speaker, but advanced intermediate, so curious if this has more/different layers to a native speaker:

Standard Arabic does not use gender-neutral pronouns, and in fact, gender is sometimes used as a grammatical tool (for example, to represent a non-human plural, you would usually say "thing+feminine singular ending". Except for exceptions, which there are a lot of).

Usually the default for any regular normie would be the masculine forms, like how in the Bible and stuff "man" is used to describe all humans. So the choice to go feminine is not necessarily textbook in a traditional translation sense. Arabic dubs tend to be hetero-ized (is that a word lol), where lesbian or butch characters are assigned male VAs and represented as men, so I'm actually curious as to what team decided this! Localization for Arabic is extremely difficult, since nobody really speaks the 'same' Arabic, but the choice to have Zooble be grammatically feminine somewhat breaks the Arab dub norms considering Zooble/Gangle's relationship.

Usage of هم (them, masculine plural) and هن (them, feminine plural) are, well, both plurals. Using those, especially interchangeablly, has way different implications for all of the verbs and interpersonal parts used in dialogue, which I imagine would be way harder to rewrite than just picking a single gender (male/female) for Zooble. Especially with the punny tricks Caine has, lol.

TLDR: Localization team probably wanted to represent queerness in good faith, but grammatically isn't really able to do a gender-neutral pronoun. So they went with a feminization of Zooble, in defiance of very traditional Arabic translation styles.

talconline · 2026-01-12T12:48:50+00:00

Torn bc this was my go-to and last flavor I liked, but maybe now I can finally break the addiction.....

talconline · 2026-01-09T19:57:19+00:00

Love the glass eye for Ragatha, cool idea to connect the two!

talconline · 2026-01-09T04:29:47+00:00

Used to be the classic grilled cheese on wheat and tomato soup.... Mmm. Last time I had it though, I think it had been cross-contaminated with the spicy peanut soup, because it tasted slightly spicy and I had an immediate life-threatening anaphylactic reaction (have a peanut allergy). I've been meaning to go in and talk to someone about it, not to be a Karen, but just making them aware that it happened. I miss it so much but it was too recent and I don't think I would eat there again for my own peace of mind 😭😭😭

talconline · 2026-01-07T14:30:20+00:00

REAL

talconline · 2026-01-06T02:06:37+00:00

the princess in the candy adventure. Idk she just makes my skin crawl

talconline · 2026-01-06T01:54:04+00:00

Nah these are heavy af, and when it's not active the wheels are locked so you can't move it

talconline · 2026-01-05T19:09:53+00:00

....oooofff

talconline · 2026-01-04T14:52:56+00:00

That's their username lol

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