*sips coffee*

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[americanphotobullterrier]

Cat people please

People have a lot of arguments as to why their cat should be allowed to maul the local ecosystem unchecked but the two that make the least sense are “they’re basically wild animals/it’s nature” and “my cat would be bored inside the house all day so it’s cruelty/torture/some other gross exaggeration to not let it outside”. I…what? If you want to approach outdoor cats with the same considerations as a wild animal then congratulations, It’s an invasive species that’s highly injurious and therefore should definitely not be allowed to roam freely outdoors in the same way you (legally/ethically) aren’t supposed to freely release non-indigenous wildlife. Cats shouldn’t get a free pass that other animals don’t get because of what ultimately boils down to no reason further than “I find this animal cuter than this other animal”. And to this end if your cat gets maimed by a larger predator/killed because it hopped your neighbor’s fence and got eaten by the dog/shot/hit by car etc then you have no one else to blame but yourself.

And while I can sorta kinda understand the thought process behind the first reason the second one makes even less sense. Your cat isn’t bored in the house versus outside because outside brings out some kind of personal zen that can only be achieved by being outside, your cat is bored inside the house because your methods of stimulation and enrichment, if they’re even present, aren’t up to par with your cat’s personal needs. If you didn’t want to deal with an animal’s needs, why even get it?

[catsindoors]

This whole post is great but I want to emphasize this part. I’d just bold it but I’m on mobile so…

“If you want to approach outdoor cats with the same considerations as a wild animal then congratulations, It’s an invasive species that’s highly injurious and therefore should definitely not be allowed to roam freely outdoors in the same way you (legally/ethically) aren’t supposed to freely release non-indigenous wildlife.”

This part is also super great, so…

“Your cat is bored inside the house because your methods of stimulation and enrichment, if they’re even present, aren’t up to par with your cat’s personal needs.”

[floweryfirst]

okay or don’t be dumb and put a collar on your cat with a bell?

scares off any prey so they don’t murder everything, has your contact information so if they get lost they can be returned, and they get to live outside as they’re actually supposed to!!!

[americanphotobullterrier]

Cat bells don’t really work all that well, and cats can learn to adjust their movements while stalking to not make any noise. Furthermore, even if it did work in that it made noise, it doesn’t deter cats from killing younger birds or small animals who don’t yet quite know what to look out for and can’t remove themselves from the situation fast enough, such as nestlings or fledglings.

It can also serve to make your cat more visible to larger predators, such as dogs, foxes, large birds of prey and coyotes, all who have no problems seeing a cat as an easy meal or in the dog’s instance, something fun to chase and/or kill. 

Also there’s really no evidence anywhere that a cat is supposed to be outside, especially since the average life expectancy of indoor cats versus one of an outdoor or even indoor/outdoor cat is higher on average and cats that live indoors face less health issues and chances to be harmed by virtue of simply not being outside unsupervised and without containment. All of a cat’s biological needs can be met indoors by a dedicated and responsible owner, and for cats that enjoy being outside as part of their enrichment there is the option of catios and.or leash training.

[followthebluebell]

You know what?  I usually ignore these ‘LET YOUR CAT LIVE OUTSIDE WHERE IT’S SUPPOSED TO’ nonsense posts, but I’m emotional at the moment.

See, I spent the 19th burying two cats. Last week, I almost had to bury a third. 

I work at a cat shelter.  We take in many critically ill cats that other places can’t handle or can’t afford to treat.

This is Quattro.  He was found with a leg so severely broken that I thought it would have to be amputated.  He was probably hit either by a car or a baseball bat going by how the bone is absolutely shattered. Tell me, would a bell have protected him from human cruelty?  Or a car?

This is Caruso.  He almost died this week because of an infection from an animal bite.  Going by the wound, it’s likely from another cat, as Caruso isn’t neutered. Would a bell have helped?

Sutter is FIV+.  He also wandered into the wrong yard and was attacked by a terrier.  He sustained a total of fifteen bites.  The dog was unharmed. Here’s the thing about pet cats: they KNOW they belong in houses.  A lost cat will find a house and think, “YES THIS IS HOME, I AM HOME”.  Sutter never even considered the possibility of being attacked.

Thankfully, dogs are afraid of bells an— oh wait.  They’re not at all.

Jonah wandered around with a broken leg for YEARS in the outdoors. He’s likely another victim of a car.

All of these cats were once pets.  They’re all way too friendly to be true ferals.  At some point, they had owners and then they got outside.  Cats don’t have very good homing instincts.  When they get hurt, they panic.  They hide.

And, if they’re very likely, they get found by organizations like the place I work.  Or they’re microchipped and reunited with owners.

If they’re not so lucky, they die in the wild. When you let your cat into the wild, you’re risking that it’ll die there too.

One day, they will not come home.

[americanphotobullterrier]

Sorry you had to go through that.

[catchymemes]

Snowing at sea

[thecryptocreep]

Why do I never think about the possibility of snow on the ocean??? Now I see why, because it’s too ethereal

[americanvandal2017-deactivated2]

😭😭🙌🙌🙌

[theforcekeepers]

DO NOT DO THIS.

This makes me so angry.

If you work in a movie theater and you do this I have no respect for you.

My younger brother is Type 1 Diabetic.

When we go to a movie theater, we always get him diet soda. If he were to get regular when we asked for diet, we would not give him the insulin he would need for it. If that happens, his blood sugar level could go so high he could go into a coma, go blind, or even die.

If somebody gave him regular soda instead of diet without telling us, that person could be responsible for a nine-year-old being killed or blinded.

Just thinking about that makes me so angry. I get scared every time we take him to a movie in case the people working there saw this picture and decide to do the same thing.

Please signal boost this so people know.

[wreckedupbarnes]

This also applies to baristas

[kimchicutie-deactivated20180618]

Fun story about the baristas doing this kind of shit. 

I am very sensitive to lactose, not Lactose intolerant but because of stomach ulcers that are still healing. A couple years ago I went to Starbucks right after my classes with some friends and asked for a green tea latte with soy milk. The barista, for some reason out of malice and/or hate for her life so she took it out on me, gave me whole milk in my latte.

5 minutes after my first sip of latte, my stomach cramped BAD. Not the “Oh! time to poop!” kind of cramp but it felt like someone had stabbed me with a knife and twisted it. Now I’ve had this happen before so I knew the cause of it. I went up to the barista clutching my gut screaming at her that she put dairy in my latte rather than soy LIKE I REQUESTED. She denied it and called me a “pretentious white girl for wanting soy”and so my friends got the manager. I had to explain that I had stomach ulcers that were still healing and if I were to go to the hospital for this incident, they would be responsible for it.

Manager flipped his shit and the barista was terrified out of her mind. Pretty sure both thought i was gonna sue. Manager actually fired her on the spot because of the negligence. My friends managed to get me home in one piece while I stayed home for 3 days in absolute agony and missed my midterm.

So remember kiddies, if someone is asking for Diet or “Skinny” or “soy” or anything that is not regular, give them what they requested because it may not be them being healthy, but a dietary need that can possibly be life or death

[housebuiltbyghosts-deactivated2]

also if they ARE trying to be healthy you should give it to them to!! Its not your decision to police or question others food choices!!! 

also im lactose intolerant AND ive had stomach infections/ulcers so i feel this. 

[cartoonkatelyn]

I have Celiac Disease, so I’m very gluten intolerant. When I go out to eat at restaurants a lot of people just assume that I asked for my food gluten free because of the gluten free diet fad (which is usually a bullshit diet btw). 

Last month I went out to dinner with a friend at an italian restaurant that had a small gluten free menu. I had been there once before and had their gluten free pasta and it was great! I think one of the managers had been there and was super helpful when taking my order to make sure that everything was gluten free for me. When I ordered the gluten free pasta again this time though, the waitress who took my order all but rolled her eyes at me. I didn’t think much of it at the time, because the restaurant was so accommodating before, I just assumed it would be the same this time.

But sure enough, they brought out my pasta, I ate it, and about an hour later I had extreme stomach pains and was throwing up (in a movie theater no less).

Barfing and agonizing pain aside, eating gluten when you have celiac causes a lot of internal damage that’s hard to notice. The biggest thing is that it damages your intestines, preventing your body from absorbing nutrients properly, which can take months to heal.

So PLEASE, if you work at a restaurant or anything with food and someone asks for something a certain way, please listen to them and don’t just disregard someone’s order. It’s not funny and it can have serious consequences.

[somethingnottooclever]

I will reblog this with every single story about someone getting sick because of an asshole giving them the opposite of what they ordered until it sinks in for everyone.

[sailornightfury]

Recently on the news a 16 year old boy with a dairy allergy had gone to eat at IHOP with his family. The specifically asked if they could make dairy free pancakes and they said yes. Not too long after he had a reaction and was rushed to the hospital. This kid died because the was dairy in his pancakes that they asked for no dairy. His epi pen that his mother had wasn’t enough to help him. I know working in fast food or any job that’s serves food and beverage sucks but not as much as causing someone to get sick over negligence.

[obstinate-nocturna]

My youngest cousin – who is now five, he just started kindergarten – has Celiac’s disease. You would not BELEIVE the amount of times I’ve heard my aunt say she’s ordered something gluten free, only to watch the waiter or waitress’s eyes go huge when she gives it to my cousin – my cousin with the medical id band on his tiny five year old wrist proclaiming I HAVE CELIACS and have to take it back. Shit like this could kill my cousin. Knock it the fuck off.

[iopele]

I cannot tolerate caffeine–it makes me have chest pain and a racing pulse, and also gives me horrible body pain, so I always ask for decaf if I order coffee when I’m out, and doublecheck with the waiter/ress when they bring it. but instead of saying “is this decaf like I asked for?” I always say “oh, did I remember to order decaf?” I shouldn’t have to act like I’m the forgetful one (because I know damn well I asked for decaf) but it seems to work better than implying that they screwed up when I take the blame on myself like that. and if there’s any hesitation when they answer, I tell them, “if there’s any doubt, please get another one, or just give me water–if this is regular, it’ll mess up my heart” and lots of times when I say that, they look alarmed and go change it or get another one. 

but I shouldn’t HAVE to share my personal medical history with strangers just to get my order right! no one should! how is it their business? it makes me really uncomfortable to have to do that. JUST GIVE PEOPLE WHAT THEY ORDER!

[minnigem]

I’ve reblogged this maaaany times before but there’s a few new stories on here so i’m doing it again.

cut this shit out

[willowfae82]

don’t be that kind of asshole.

[untapdtreasure]

As a diabetic, this would make me so beyond angry. Skinny doesn’t mean they don’t have a life threatening illness. Skinny doesn’t mean they can process sugar the way you do. People that do this are the worst kinds of people. DO NOT DO THIS!

[forgetsuperman]

Me and my family went to a restaurant a few years back and one of the dishes we ordered was made with wine vinegar, which I am allergic to, so we asked the waiter to skip it, and he said sure, no problem, that’s fine. So my food gets to the table, and I start eating and then my throat closes and I can’t breathe and then I start coughing and throwing up right there in the middle of the restaurant and it was very fortunate that I was with my family and they knew what was happening to me. I had to be rushed to the hospital, and admitted, and I came damn near close to having my throat cut open so I could breathe through a whole on my neck. Because they put wine vinegar in my food when I explicitly told them not to, because they were assholes, and I could have died. They probably didn’t mean to hurt me but they did. I missed class, and work, and, again, I COULD HAVE DIED.

[cowthropologist]

i have cyclic vomiting syndrome and can’t tolerate dairy or red meat. violating my dietary restrictions triggers an acute episode, and i have to be hospitalized and given iv saline, ativan, and anti-emetics to stop the (extremely painful and incapacitating) vomiting. if somebody put regular milk instead of soy milk in my latte and i didn’t notice the taste immediately, i could wind up in the er and then spend several days in bed recovering, eating nothing but saltines and dry toast and clear liquids until my body was able to tolerate food again, unable to work or go out or do anything besides rest. whenever i go to starbucks, i WATCH them make my drink. cvs episodes are horrible and i hate them, and i can prevent them if i do everything right, but that means my damn barista has to cooperate. if somebody decided i was a stuck up white girl and gave me whole milk instead of soy they could put me in the hospital and cost me days of income. give ppl the food they fuckin order. it’s not that hard.

[voltspice]

Reblogging because it’s so important. I’m “lucky” I don’t have any food allergies or intolerence, but it makes me mad when people take them not seriously, think you are picky or just following a “white girl diet fad”.

90% of people don’t take my cats and dog allergies seriously when I tell them I’m allergic and wondering if a cat or a dog is present at X place. They think it’s just watery eyes. Nope. Well yeah, watery and itchy eyes, but I start wo wheeze and have trouble breathing. They don’t give epi-pen for those (anyway you have to go to the hospital after) just inhaler. It’s no miracle, specially if I didn’t take other meds before.

When people tell you about their allergies or restriction, trust them!

[40yodater]

Reblogging for all the stories here because this is sooo important! 

I have a severe allergy to gluten and relate to MANY of the stories above. My daughter has a severe allergy to milk fat, and I have had to hold her hair many times while she vomits on the side of the road because we couldn’t even make it home from the “accidental” whole milk instead of skim. 

[greenteamoon]

I’m super lactose intolerant so accidental milk is always fun. Severe diarrhea, stomach cramps, bloating, and gas like you wouldn’t believe. Better than death you might say but, I have other medical conditions, so that diarrhea could lead to vomiting(it’s so bad the vomit comes out my mouth AND nose) and dehydration that in turn becomes low cortisol and adrenal crisis. A bitchy barista can land me in the hospital with an intramuscular shot and saline iv. Hun, it takes no time to listen and follow my order. It takes me at least 24 hours to get out of the hospital. Be nice.

[cleverclovers]

I’m allergic to pork. Legit allergic. I can’t count how many times I’ve had to ask it off my food only to receive it with bacon or ham or something on it.

Please respect peoples food requests. It costs 0.00$ to not be a dick.

[prismatic-bell]

I actually have customers who say they’ll only eat at my restaurant when I’m there, because they know I require all policy to be followed, as in “I will kick you the fuck off your shift if you skimp,” if someone says the words “I have an allergy.” I developed our allergy policies, for that matter, because what we had in place before was “I guess you shouldn’t change your gloves … . ?” On my shifts your gloves get changed, that line gets wiped down with a new cloth, paper under EVERY ITEM for the person with the allergy, bag their food separately to prevent contact. If there’s a risk of cross-contamination with an allergen, like tomatoes in the guac because stuff spills when you’re moving as fast as we do, I’ll open a new bag of food. I learned the ingredients in every item we serve so I could advise people on hidden allergens (e.g., there’s a small amount of wheat in our beef as a thickener; we fry with safflower oil). We have a grease pencil to mark special builds and I use it liberally on allergy orders. If all of this sounds like overkill, you’ve never watched a child suffer from anaphylaxis. I don’t play around.

Like, I bitch about my job a lot, but food allergies and special needs are not something I will ever bitch about. Even if you’re a complete asshole I won’t risk contaminating your food. (Although people with allergies seem to be way nicer than the general population, I gotta say.) Don’t do it. If someone’s a petty asshole to you, give them too much ice in their drink. Don’t play with their health.

[tired-philosopher]

DO NOT FUCKING SCROLL PAST THIS P L E A S E

[udontknow-me-at-all]

I have an intolerance against eggs and everytime I get something from the Chinese I always say “please don’t put any eggs in there” they always say “yeah sure no problem” but the second my food comes I see eggs and it makes me so mad because it doesn’t take them much time to leave the eggs out but it takes me three fucking days to recover

[deathrinlilium]

I don’t wanna be that pretentious dick, and I agree with all of this, you shouldn’t give something else if someone asked for something specific, but there’s some thing’s that’s bad for you. Diet soda uses fake sugars that can’t be processed in the body correctly, and could be really harmful, especially to a diabetic like I am. Regular soda has alot of sugar, yes, but it is better than diet. It would just be better to take the little bit of extra insulin instead of allowing the kid to drink something that could do more harm than good.

[azuretheshitposter]

not the point. the point is protecting people from getting fucking murdered over a meal

[fancy--pancakes]

RIP to the Spiderman who deserved to be in spiderverse

[vet-and-wild]

Invertebrate medicine is wild

Guys, omg. Something happened at this conference that I never ever thought would happen–I found invertebrates super interesting. And I kind of want to work with them. I didn’t even know that was an option! Also I’ve always been terrified of insects and arachnids but THEY’RE SO COOL I’VE BEEN SO WRONG ABOUT THEM. Look at this:

Look at that anatomy!!! How cool is that?? Their heart is just…dorsal. Like why?? And you can hear it with a doppler! You can anesthetize a tarantula with isoflurane and monitor their heart rate with a doppler. That blew my mind. You can perform surgery on them and suture them with 6-0 ophthalmic suture! You can give them IV and sub q fluids. That’s crazy!! And look how they drink:

Apparently they just drink like that?? I dunno why but that’s kind of cute?? They use hydrostatic pressure to move (which is crazy cool) so dehydration is actually a serious issue with them.

He also talked about scorpions, snails, shrimp, roaches, centipedes, crabs and a bunch of other animals I never would have even imagined you could treat. And honestly, I never imagined I would care enough to want to treat them but they were actually so interesting I ended up grabbing his email! Am I gonna be a spider vet?? Like that’s the last thing I EVER thought I would want do but hey, if I’m gonna treat exotics might as well include invertebrates, right?

[hokkaido-the-hellbeast-deactiva]

Can’t really treat spiders/Tarantulas since a fatal injury(ruptured “butt”) kills them very quickly and minor injuries(scratches, lost limbs) heal themselves very quickly.

[vet-and-wild]

It’s very uncommon and kind of complicated, but you can treat them. The vet I got this info from was giving us information based on an actual abdominal rupture that he treated. He had other invertebrate cases that he had seen as well. I don’t think these kind of procedures happen often (as the number of vets willing to treat spiders is probably less than the number of people that would seek out medical care for them) but it can happen. Mostly he talked about how to deal with dehydration in these species, which seems to be a fairly common problem.

[hapalopus]

I love everything about this post but can I just add that ruptured abdomens absolutely can be treated if all conditions are favorable? Invertebrate Medicine, 2nd ed. (Lewbart, 2012) writes:

Treating trauma

Although several treatment options are available, many spiders cannot be saved. The mainstay in hemostasis is cyanoacrylate adhesive. Veterinary tissue adhesives may be used, but hobbyists normally just use commercial superglues. Although tissue adhesives (n - butyl cyanoacrylate) are reportedly less toxic, in the author’s experience, commercial formulations are just as effective and do not cause intoxication. Super Glue gel formulations are not effective, and liquid adhesive must be used. When using cyanoacrylate, several layers should be applied to build a sturdy repair. Even large opisthosoma wounds can be sealed in this way. The spider will often shed normally at the next ecdysis if the trauma has occurred more than 2 – 4 weeks before molting. If ecdysis occurs sooner than this post trauma, the new cuticle may be damaged, and this should be sealed similarly with cyanoacrylate. The cuticle will be normal after the following ecdysis. Successful use of fingernail hardeners has been reported for arresting hemorrhage from damaged legs, where the application of cyanoacrylate glue may be diffi cult (Breene, 1998). One benefit is there is no risk of legs being glued together. There are numerous other reports among hobbyists of alternatives for hemostasis, including talc, cornstarch, tissue paper, and hematinics. None of these appear to be reliable. Pizzi and Ezendam (2002) showed sutures to be ineffective and result in greater trauma (see the “Anesthesia and Surgery” section). Fluid admin-istration may be necessary in some cases. This topic is covered under the “Dehydration” section.

[goopy-amethyst-deactivated20250]

Life imitates art

[antifainternational]

Reminder that TERFs can fuck off. 

[inclusionist-mungdaal]

Guys, whenever a TERF tries to insist terf is a slur, ask them if Libfem is a slur too

[reinerist]

[curlicuecal]

an entomologist rates ant emojis

Beautiful big almond eye, realistic and full of expression as she gazes gently at you. Elbowed antennae and delicately segmented legs and body. Gorgeous pearlescent sheen like she is glowing. This ant moisturizes. This ant is round and huggable. This ant is a star. 11/10.

Beautifully detailed, lifelike pose but with an unexpected neck and odd antennae, perhaps scared straight. Her eyes suggest she has seen things. Her expression confirms she has seen too much. She is haunted and I want to know more. 7/10.

Floppy antenna, pointy muppet face, oddly posed legs. What is she? She has no waist. May be she is some kind of bee in disguise? I find her unsettling. 3/10.

This ant has an unexplained, double-jointed thorax, and no evidence of a waist. Her four-footed pose suggests that she a centaur rather than an ant. Centaur ants would be cool. I’m not sure what was intended here. 2/10.

Good first impression, kind of bland in the details. This ant has no particular waist to speak of, floppy rather than elbowed antennae, and an inexpressive face. Her color scheme is soft and hazy. I like the sharp angles of her stylishly sophisticated legs. This ant may not know quite were she is going, but she knows how she is getting there. 6/10.

Were you even trying. 0/10

Gasp! This ant is elegant. This ant has a beautiful tapered thorax, a segmented abdomen, alert, elbowed antennae, and a light-footed pose. This ant’s face suggests curiosity and a desire to explore the world. This ant inspires me. I want to be like her. 10/10

3-legged, waistless centaur-ant with strange, limp antennae and a beak. I don’t know what this is? It kind of reminds me of a Hork-Bajir. 1/10, not an ant.

This ant… makes me sad. All of her legs are broken. The MS Paint art style and gradient abuse convey distress. She has a duck beak. Despite this, her expression suggests perseverance and determined cheerfulness. I want this ant to have a better life. I am rooting for her. 3/10

This ant is a bold and challenging mixture of photorealism and caricature. She is broad and low-built and seems very sturdy. She looks like she would help you move. This ant is a dependable friend. 9/10

A picture of an ant from a children’s book.  She is wearing little boots.  This ant is wrong in every way, and yet I can’t stay mad at her.  7/10

An interesting, top-down view of an ant; her legs are positioned with slightly jarring symmetry.  Nevertheless, her overall impression is that of a graceful, stylized design, like a pictograph.  She is suitable for adorning fine garments and jewelry or perhaps gracing the walls of a tiny ant church.  I like this minimalist ant.  8/10.

This is a termite. -10/10

[argonianbum]

why are these all marked as “she”? don’t female ants have wings??? why bother adding the pronoun???

[curlicuecal]

Alates (male and female reproductives) have wings. The queens shed their wings after they mate. The males die. The daughter workers do not have wings. If you see an ant without wings, it’s a she.

And honestly—why bother panicking about things being called “she”? It’s not like I need a reason to gender a bug. I do it all the time. It’s fun. It’s humanizing. They don’t care.

I’m calling this spider she right now. 🕷️ her name is delanie. she’s a lesbian.

[slumberblues-deactivated2026072]

I would die for the these ants and delanie.

[agondray-draws-blog]

i smell like rotting meat and i am cold.

[spidaerman]

Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse Soundtrack

[crimepit-deactivated20200606]

guys listen

mermaids would have to be dark-skinned and chubby to survive in the ocean 

water isnt a great means of protecting oneself from the sun theyd have to be very dark if they were shallow mermaids and they didnt want to be constantly sunburnt and they may be paler if they lived deeper in the water but theyd have to be buff and/or chubby as hell to resist the water pressure and cold of the deep sea

what im saying is pale-ass white skinny mermaids are just unrealistic

[anxious-bi-bb-deactivated202006]

I love this tea

[asundergrowth]

Fat isn’t a defense against water pressure, it’s an insulator. So the colder the water, the fatter the mermaid.

Scandinavian merfolk would be tubby, evolving more for persistence hunting in the freezing coastal waters, possibly relying more on siren-song to lull prey into effective range. The less moving the better! Gotta keep the chub on to survive the winter.

Whereas Mediterranean/Polynesian merfolk would spend their time among the fertile reefs in warmer waters, competing with other predators. They would be built for speed and agility, buff like sprinters. Darker skin would be harder to spot under the surf, and more resistant to the glaring sun.

Also: it’s not hair, it’s scillia that they use to filter plankton out of the water, and it stings like a jellyfish if you touch it.

I would imagine that merfolk come in many different colors, maybe they even have the ability to shift their skin tone to assist in hunting? I guess that depends on how intelligent your mermaids are.

Tldr; cold water mermaids would probably be chubby, warm water mermaids would look like Serna Williams.

[theofficialvincenzo]

Another thing to take into account is Deep-Sea-Gigantism. It’s not fully understood why many animal species such as the colossal squid and whales typically grow to unimaginable sizes in high-water-pressure areas, but it’s assumed that it develops as some sort of defense mechanism. This would imply that deep-sea merfolk would be a sort of Leviathan-class eldritch horror. 

[muffintop-malachite-deactivated]

Hell yeah hell yeah

[teaboot]

The amount of times I could have been that white girl in the horror movie could honestly be a movie in itself and it’s honestly a waste that my entire life isn’t constantly recorded on film because it would be HILARIOUS

[teaboot]

1. That one time I decided to see what was past the old gate in the woods, but when got there it had been smashed in half and there was a decapitated sheep head with no skin just off the trail, so instead I just turned around and went home.

2. That time some friends and I went camping and we found a pile of bones wrapped in a garbage bag buried under a log, but the adult supervisor told us it was nothing, so we just put it back and didn’t talk about it again.

3. The time I was getting chased through the woods at night and I realized “wait it’s dark as fuck” so I just held still until the guy gave up and left.

4. The time this dude said he was in love with me and so he was going to cut my head off and dump my body in a lake, so I told him to grow the hell up, but then he got caught stealing girl’s underwear a day later and I never saw him again

5. That one time in college where I was taking a shortcut on my home at night and a car followed me into a dark alley, so I stared directly into the driver’s side of the window and walked towards it to psych them out

6. The night I was out on a walk and this old guy told me he’d locked his keys in his truck and that he needed someone my size to crawl in through the back window for him, so I told him “you know that sounds super suspicious right” and told him where to find a pay phone for a tow truck instead

7. The one time this random guy on the street said he was in love with me and so he was going to follow me home on my bus, so I clapped him on the shoulder and told him that if he got that close to my bus then I was going to throw him under the wheels, but then this really nice homeless man from Nigeria told the guy to fuck off and then checked to make sure he didn’t follow me onboard

8. That big cat with yellow eyes who I found in a well and brought home who used to put rotting meat in my closet and wake me up by chewing on my face, until I put him back outside and never saw him again.

9. My one cousin who used to come over for the summer who kept calling me ‘piñata’ and hitting me with sticks, until he went back home and was sent to juvie cause he finally got caught torturing animals

10. The time I got lost on the way to a meeting and wound up at a circus tent instead, and got followed by a full-out clown for three vacant street blocks

11. The pet hamster I had when I was seven who would scream all night and eventually escaped by ripping a bar out of its cage and wiggling through the hole. My mom caught it and put it back but it lived another year and a half until one night the screaming just stopped

12. The time I was whistling in the woods and something started whistling back, so I went home

13. That one night at summer camp where a group of girls got together to play ‘bloody mary’ in the lavatory and invited me to come with them so I said “no thanks” and stayed with the camp councillors and drank soup instead.

14. The old abandoned house I just moved into with the door that leads into a big empty room full of dirt and empty cooking pots that I just sort of… locked up forever and never go near

15. Once when I was at an ihop I saw a coffee mug do a full 360º spin with nobody touching it, so I said ‘that was neat’ and never ate there again

16. The time I took a photo of a big old raven sitting on the crucifix on top of the old town church cause it was the most goth thing I’d ever seen, right? But then it swooped down towards me, so I apologized immediately for being rude, and I felt a little silly for a while but the car that hit me on the way home didn’t even leave a bruise so idk be nice to birds

[teaboot]

Sorry I know I bring this shit up a lot but sometimes im awake at night and I just. keep thinking

[teaboot]

I think the secret to survival is to be good to animals, stay away from men, and say “no thanks” to everything else

[alphacrone]

[frida--y]

no mercy from vinny

[strider17]

[thetyrannosaur]

the normal wanted system actually doesn’t apply to this guy. you can do whatever you want to him without getting in any trouble as long as you make it quick. I hogtied him and tossed him in the bay lol

[toastpotent-deactivated20250619]

that’s fucking GREAT news

[fuuuranz]

Just as I answered in a previous ask, majority of my works included experimenting so this is probably far from being the actual right way to achieve DR style but it’s what I did so ahaha sorry :v

I used Sai.

<–Soft line brush–Flat brush–Airbrush–Eraser–>

Soft line- Used for sketching, colouring, painting. You’ll need to be familiar with the pressure sensitivity when blending so better get a feel for when to press hard to get solid colours. Adjust the min size depending on where you’re using it, eg. at 0 for fine lines.

Flat brush- The whooshy effect lines. Again, adjust min size to your preference; set to 0 to get the pointy flick stroke.

Airbrush- Didn’t use it on John but tried on Jane. Mostly on her face to give it that glowing kinda look. Else, mostly used for minor adjustments of colours and extra blending.

Eraser- Self explanatory, adjust density to fit your needs. 20% then stroke a couple of times to get the whispy lines. I Used 80-90% for normal erasures

After sketching, added rough shading, then the base colours on a different layer underneath the sketch. I just flattened it afterwards and worked on one layer all through out.

I went and redid a lot of parts as I progressed.

For after effects, moved it to photoshop: duplicated the whole thing -> gaussian blur -> set blur layer to linear burn at 25% opacity

Also added a pattern overlay on the original layer: greyscale paper (kraft paper) -> Overlay at 45%

[junipermint]

Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of decoden and polymer clay questions about what to use to as a gloss/glaze. Almost every time the first response is “Clear nail polish, duh!”.

This needs to stop if people want to be creating quality items. Sometimes I’m afraid to buy handmade things for fear that they have been sealed with clear nail polish and they will deteriorate over time. I want to buy things that will last!

[unrequitedstar]

I’ve reblogged this before - but it’s sooooo important. crafting signal boost 

[aicosu]

Oh jeez, I didn’t even know that was a thing. No - never use nail polish thats a horrible idea. 

[jjjjjjjjjjohn]