Testing the Waters

Welcome to the Fandom Dumpster. Have fun digging through my garbage.

[ramalamacreatures]

I couldn't resist, so I made it ✨️American Woodcock!✨

[decomposedmaw]

someone used to wait here

[pukicho]

Invasive species versus a second, stronger invasive species

[doctorpotatomd]

Australia did this at one point, intentionally releasing cats into the bush in an attempt to control the invasive rabbit population. Now we have invasive feral cats as well as invasive rabbits👌

[pukicho]

A third, even stronger invasive species will surely do the trick

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

The invasive foxes aren't doing the trick

[charledcorn]

Wasn’t there a similar thing with the cane toads?

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Don't get us started on the cane toads

[justcatposts]

My 11-month male cat lets my foster kittens nurse on him.

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[nitewrighter]

[frankierohugejorts]

im sorry these are the funniest tags ive ever seen

[dduane]

Can't wait for the bubble to burst

Oh sweet Powers that Be: I so look forward to the day this bullshit finally becomes impossible (or utterly unaffordable for its proponents, when the price of AI tokens suddenly shoots up)... for the sake of myself and thousands of other writers.

Over at Reddit:

...The replies will amuse you: evenly divided between the "How To Keep Cheating" crowd, and the other, better souls coming in on the "Wow, You Might Actually Have To Learn How To Write Now" crowd.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

heard someone say "who even owns a rolling pin anymore" and my brain froze trying to process it. what does that mean. are u implying rolling pins are outdated technology? did we come up with a shiny new 21st century method of flattening dough of which i remain uninformed? is there now an app on the app store people are using instead??? im losing my mind "who even owns a rolling pin" people who BAKE

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

#kneadless comment

[animentality]

[opossum-mypossum]

[gravityjunior]

Starting a collection

[viralfrog]

[unwastelandunbaby]

asked a student what their favorite animal was today and they said “a cheetah AND a sloth” and I said “wow smart, you’ve got both ends of the speed spectrum covered!” and they looked at me like I was the only sensible adult they’d ever spoken to

[were--ralph]

I saw a short guy with the largest thighs i've ever seen on a man and i audibly said jesus fuck without realizing it and he turned around but didn't see me and my dick almost flew right off

[were--ralph]

The coworker next to me was like "what is it with gay men and thighs? i don't get it" and like you absolutely do not understand janice mind your own fucking business im eating with my eyes

[were--ralph]

Alright bible stans i need your help on this one

[rottingtrouble-child]

I saw this video about a doctor who performed an MRI on a 5 year old and discovered she essentially had “brain damage” from excessive iPad use, as the white matter in her brain couldn’t form properly due to an understimulated environment.

Hmm it’s almost like there’s supposed to be adult figures responsible for monitoring her screen time and making sure she develops properly… certainly this isn’t the result of neglect at the hands of her parents…

[rottingtrouble-child]

“This 5 year old is brain damaged by excessive iPad use”

Translation: This 5 year old is developmentally impaired by neglectful parents who used an iPad as a stand-in for social and environmental stimulation / interaction for hours at a time during critical early stages of child development. The iPad is the cop-out.

[rottingtrouble-child]

“Children don’t have the strength to hold pencils anymore because they only use screens.”

Translation: Parents aren’t making the conscious effort to help their children develop necessary skills and letting iPads raise them.

When are people going to realize the iPads and whatnot are the instruments through which the neglect is happening through and not the cause? How the fuck do you let your child have such a severe lack of physical strength in their hands that they can’t hold a pencil properly?

[rottingtrouble-child]

People will see a study suggesting children with higher screen times have poorer or negative developmental outcomes and immediately say it’s the screens causing this, and not the more likely fact that higher screen time = less engagement time with their environment, physical exercise, parents, family, and their peers, all of which are NECESSARY for a healthy upbringing as a social species.

It’s like saying a dog who was kept in a cage all its life and left with atrophied muscles was damaged by the cage, and not by the fact its owners were too lazy to play or walk their dog in order for its muscles to build properly. The cage is the instrument of neglect and the owners are the perpetrators, in the same way parents are the perpetrators and weaponizing screen time as an excuse and painting themselves as helpless bystanders.

[secondquarrel]

so venezuela has become a usamerican colony. like that happened and everything carried on like normal

[secondquarrel]

like i know venezuela is going through a huge humanitarian crisis right now and their political regime is low in the list of priorities when tallinmg about it obviously it's just it shocked me to read trump congratulating his secretary of energy on how well he's running what used to be a sovereign country until a few months back you know

[liesmyth]

the new euro banknote designs with the birds are sooo pretty... I hope the birdies win

[liesmyth]

I would like to get paid in birds...

[bitcoitus]

Please remember that almost everyone around you is traumatized. I didn’t understand this when I was younger. I wondered why people acted so strangely and irrationally. Maybe all children wonder this. The author Robert Anton Wilson said (paraphrasing), “We have never seen a completely sane adult human.” No one makes it out of this life alive. It’s not their fault. Mercy, kindness, forgiving — these are what makes one human. They are other names for love. People break in the strangest of ways.

[bitcoitus]

“Under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being." — Robert Anton Wilson

[vanille-tte]

they go to beach👍

[dduane]

Meanwhile, via Bluesky...

[rogue-ai-cat]

And here is the resulting image. There is at least Someone in the U.K. government who is actually doing their job, and it is Chief Mouser to the Cabinet, Larry the Cat.

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[marlinspirkhall]

Typical politician: delivering a single campaign promise years late, overbudget, and subsequently using it as a flashy distraction