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[fuckyeahvintage-retro]

1974 ‘’Mary-Lou’’ Caravan

(via Love Vintage Caravans)

[goldfishgeek]

The “I Probably Shouldn’t Have Pets” Starter Pack

[schakerin]

Could someone tell me what’s wrong with meowmix?

[irljimmy]

seems that it’s made some cats sicker (puking uncontrollably) and has been infested with bugs often, also in general, i think it’s probably just low grade and can give cats problems (like purina for dogs)

[chill-moth]

What’s wrong with the bird cage? I could understand that it could be too small for a large bird like a parrot, but what about a canary?

[birdfightingbigotry]

Nope. That cage is far too small to be used as a home for any kind of bird. It’s acceptable as a travel cage for small birds, or as a sleeping only cage. But songbirds deserve to have room to move around and fly too.

[prettyfishies]

For Canaries and finches, it’s recommended they have at least a 3 foot cage!

[firephox]

Canaries are birds that need to fly. They were not meant to be domesticated and profited from as pets. They are highly active birds that will self harm from stress in such confined spaces. Canaries are delightful to have in groups, though they are fine on their own, but every 1 bird adds 3 cubic feet to the space needed. They need multiple perches and toys. These are examples of proper Canary or other small bird enclosures.

Meow Mix is a horrible brand of cat food, I used to feed it to my cats and they would just throw it back up. It’s so low quality that half of the ingredients aren’t even food items. The meat is all scrap by products from slaughterhouses like hooves, eyes, tails and fat because it’s cheap. Which is something they don’t list on the packaging to fool pet owners. I always used to find worms in my bags of Meow Mix. Beneful literally uses antifreeze in it’s food, which has lead to the deaths of thousands of dogs a year. From conditions such as internal bleeding, seizures and cancers. 

Rabbits shouldn’t be confined to a cage. (Especially a dog cage..?) Rabbits are curious creatures that need to jump, run, chew and play to be healthy. Keeping them locked in a cage 24/7 as a toy for your kids will make them sick or develop aggression from stress. Healthy rabbit lifespans are 10+ years. Rabbit cages should only be a place for your rabbit to use the litterbox and sleep after a long day of exercise and play. Also, never keep two rabbits together unless they are fixed. Rabbits are territorial and they will either fight or mate rapidly when intact. Up to 14 babies every month. This is the proper set up for a rabbit.

I’m cringing at that rainbow “my mommy got me a cute hamster” rodent cage. These are small creatures that need to run around and explore. They need to burrow and chew. This is the proper set up for a hamster or other small rodent. 

Betta fish get stressed from any confinement under 5 gallons. They are the worst pet for being sold to kids as “accessories” in small cubed tanks. When kept like that the fish will die a horribly stressed life within a year when they can live for 7 or more. They need calm filtration with many dark caves and soft plants. They are aggressive to other fish. These fish are so intelligent that they actually play with you, and they need mental stimulation to live healthy. These are proper Betta setups.

Who the fuck would even feed an omnivorous bearded dragon pellet food…? Do they want a sick pet? If pet stores even bothered to care about the keeping of exotic pets, they would know that shit is bad for them. If you can’t feed live meal worms and crickets than you shouldn’t own an exotic pet in the first place. Pellet food isn’t even real food, it’s chemically made with preservatives. 

[st--pvtrick]

@amazingpetenclosures

[amazingpetenclosures]

All of this is good info, thanks!

[the-awkward-turt]

Ok huge YES to all of this except the pellet food part. High quality pellet diets (I don’t keep beardies so I honestly don’t know if the particular food pictured is rubbish or not) can be healthy as part of diet for many exotic pets. It should not be the only thing the animal is fed or relied upon too heavily (and fresh food should also be a big part of the diet), but not all pellets made for exotic animals are total junk.

[jayce-space]

True. In regards to this one though the food is essentially guinea pig pellets with fish meal instead of fat, good for fiber. Most people feed pellets over fresh foods though. These will very soon lead to a sick dragon if they’ll even eat. If you must do a prepared diet go rapashy gel foods…

[rat-nest]

This is all great! I would like to add that hamsters need much more bedding (10" for dwarf varieties and literally as much as you can reasonably fit for Syrian hams), but for mice it would be fine the way it is.

[jayce-space]

I usually recommend with hamsters to give a dig area. 2-3" on most of the tank and then a boxed area that goes 9-10" makes it easier to maintain while still allowing burrowing. Depending on the hamster type too a dust or sand pit is good too instead of a bowl on the regular bedding.

[kittleimp]

tips from a grocery store cashier:

group the produce, foods, and non-foods (especially chemicals) as you put them on the belt. it makes bagging things way easier.

yes, we know they’ve rearranged the store. we can’t find anything either.

we know you’ve been standing in line for (insert period of time). we’re going as fast as we can.

don’t tell us to open more lanes. if they’re closed, there’s a reason and that reason is probably that we don’t have enough cashiers on hand.

we stand for 4-10 hours a day repeating the same conversation over and over and over. forgive us if we forget whether or not we’ve asked about coupons already.

if you’re buying alcohol or cold medicine and look under 40, have your id out and ready to go.

for the sake of my admittedly slipping sanity, please do not remove your chip card before it makes the ungodly shrieking beep and tell you that you can remove it.

if it won’t scan, do not even start to think the word “free”

[freifraufischer]

[badscienceshenanigans-deactivat]

DRAG THEM NEIL

[raychillster]

i hope you always have enough money to pay your rent on time, to buy your favorite groceries, and to invest in your art.

[jenndoesnotcare]

I just left my husband alone with our two children for sixteen days. I was not worried about anything regarding the house, their food, or their wellbeing. I put all the appointments in the family calendar and my husband checked it and kept them. I literally did not worry about them. I missed them, and I was sad that they missed me, but I didn’t worry about them AT ALL. I need to impress upon you all that I missed their company, but was not worried for their welfare.

I also did no meal prep. I don’t even think I went shopping right before I left.

This is not about apples and oranges. This isn’t even about my husband. This is about the fact that this is apparently WEIRD.

Another mum at my daughter’s school is leaving for ten days. She’s taking her youngest (who is a very small baby) and leaving her husband with their two girls. She has been cooking for days preparing freezer meals. She’s panicking and deputizing her six year old to remind him how to make school lunches. AND I AM APPALLED.

A) He is definitely not helpless. (He’s a doctor or something.) What gendered bullshit. B) THAT LITTLE GIRL IS NOT OLD ENOUGH TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HER AND HER SISTER’S WELLBEING. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. C) Why is she married to this person and creating children with him if he’s this big of an idiot?

While she was laughingly recounting this, the other mums were nodding and smiling sympathetically, like oh yes, I too have my caveman at home!! Such managing required! I was the only one who was like “Dude, he’ll be fine. Literally. He will be fine.” I said it a lot. She was not convinced. She kept bringing up her older daughter. She’ll be like a little mum!

NO.

NO NO NO NO.

NO.

Straight women, don’t do this shit. It’s gross. Don’t infantilize your husbands and then expect your daughters to pick up the slack. So fucking gross. So. So. GROSS.

[fozmeadows]

The fact that so many adults think a six year old girl is more capable of learning and performing basic domestic tasks than a grown-ass man says it all, really. 

[coolthingoftheday]

Adorable Japanese hamster bread. 

(Source)

[soundssimpleright]

Are you fucking kidding me.

[jenjenrose-irl]

there’s no way in hell I could take a bite out of these

[radicalduck]

It has a butthole

[blurryhaveitjoeway]

I’d take these to the petstore and just start eating them in front of children

[virgno]

And here you see in order a Gryffindor Hufflepuff Ravenclaw And Slytherin

[ithotyouknew-deactivated2015051]

I put on my Tinder profile that I hate sports, I don’t drink beer and I’m 150% feminine all day all the time and so many guys are like…offended? One guy was like “what if the guy you like loves sports, you won’t even watch with him?” And I asked “will you wake up at 8am during fashion week to watch live streams of shows with me because that’s what I’m really interested in. And he said “I don’t really find that interesting.” And I’m like THEN WHY THE FUCK WOULD I CARE ABOUT SPORTS FOR YOU OMG. 

[wyldwoodfaye-deactivated2015080]

this isn’t an isolated thing. women are expected to change for men. if you don’t want to have children (ever) then someone is bound to say to you: well, what if your husband wants to have children? i was thinking about dyeing my hair & my dad says, what if the guy you’re dating doesn’t like it? we’re expected to lose weight & to dress in a certain way to appeal to men. we’re expected to be less opinionated, less assertive, less talented when competing against a man… it never fucking ends.

[spencerspider-blog]

Interview with Denise Crosby about a never-aired Tasha scene.

[jemmasimmons]

“live fast, die young. bad girls do it well” I sing as I organize my sock drawer before going to bed at 9:30pm on a Friday night

[lovablepessimist]

i dub this kitty “waffle ass”

[doctaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

CNN Discussion feat. Amanda Seales and Steve Santagati.

[i-eat-men-like-air]

you know what, fuck it, I’m going to reblog this twice because I have a story to tell.

Almost two years ago I was approached by a man at a bar. He was very handsome— tall, with great cheek bones and the kind of eyes that crinkle at the corners with every smile. That man asked to buy me and my friends a drink. 

Not wanting to give him the wrong idea, we turned him down. None of us were single, and we’d all had experiences where men have expected things from us after providing seemingly generous acts of charity. 

That man spent the rest of the night harassing us. He followed us around the bar, dumped a beer over my friend’s head when she confronted him, made lewd comments about my ass when I walked passed to go to the bathroom. We tried to tell the bar staff what was happening, but with the room being so crowded, by the time we managed to locate the bouncer, he’d disappeared into a throng of people.

That man approached us when we were on our way to our car. He was verbally aggressive, throwing slurs at us and stepping into our personal space. When I pushed him away, he punched me in the face hard enough to knock me down. When my friend tried to call the police, he slammed her head into a wall. 

We were lucky that after that, he panicked an ran away. It could have been much, much worse.

Bottom line? Fuck you if you think all women want is attention from attractive men. Fuck you for eternity.

Attention from an attractive man didn’t give me an ego boost. It gave me a fucking black eye. 

[jimhines]

“Attention from an attractive man didn’t give me an ego boost. It gave me a fucking black eye.”

[jcoleknowsbest]

men gotta stop this shit…

[goshyn-deactivated20191025]

This makes me so sad because it’s true. 

[dirbie]

Natalie Portman

[nerdylesbean]

This woman skipped a Star Wars premiere so she could stay home and study for her finals. 

How many of you guys knew that she went to Harvard and took a degree without taking a break from working as the amazing actress she is?

She also stated that she didn’t care about the time college would take from her career and that she’d rather be educated than famous.

Honestly guys, this woman should be an inspiration to us all.

[zoephoebe-deactivated20180520]

natalie portman is an incredible woman. she’s also fluent in six languages aussi

[drawingden]

Hands #2 by Darantha

[tea-n-whiskey]

I had to. Source

[jonesandbennett]

Why are colds like

One Nostril: I’m cool

Other Nostril: They have taken the bridge and the second hall. We have barred the gates but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes, drums… drums in the deep. We cannot get out. A shadow lurks in the dark. We can not get out… they are coming.

[figma-deactivated20161222]