Omitting My Confessions

"No Snowflake in an avalanche ever felt responsible"

[hydro-homies]

Can confirm this

[meckamecha]

Modern laundry sauce doesn’t cause color leaching like old laundry sauce did

[dankmemeuniversity]

[bairnsidhe]

On this bitch of an Earth as it is in Heaven.

[did-you-know]

A stray dog in Bolivia joined a monastery and became a monk. The resident monks of St. Francis Monastery, named for the patron saint of animals, decided to adopt a dog they call ‘Friar Bigotón’ from the Cold Nose Project, which hopes the dog’s story will now inspire more monasteries to take in homeless pets. Source Source 2 Source 3

[t-rexinavneck]

@sskullsandb0nes

[thisiswhereireblogmymusic]

AKJSDFKLSD THEY MADE HIM A MONK

[sandstonesunspear]

are we just going to ignore the fact that they named him friar moustache?

[willgladlyjointhefight]

Actually, the literal translation would be “Friar Big-Moustache-Holder”

[astrodickology]

[bled]

[did-you-know]

[endcetaceanexploitation]

Washoe was a chimp who was taught sign language.

One of Washoe’s caretakers was pregnant and missed work for many weeks after she miscarried. Roger Fouts recounts the following situation:

“People who should be there for her and aren’t are often given the cold shoulder—her way of informing them that she’s miffed at them. Washoe greeted Kat [the caretaker] in just this way when she finally returned to work with the chimps. Kat made her apologies to Washoe, then decided to tell her the truth, signing “MY BABY DIED.” Washoe stared at her, then looked down. She finally peered into Kat’s eyes again and carefully signed “CRY”, touching her cheek and drawing her finger down the path a tear would make on a human (Chimpanzees don’t shed tears). Kat later remarked that one sign told her more about Washoe and her mental capabilities than all her longer, grammatically perfect sentences.“ [23]

Washoe herself lost two children; one baby died shortly after birth of a heart defect, the other baby, Sequoyah, died of a staph infection at two months of age.

[sonyvegaspro12]

more about Washoe:

after the death of her children, researchers were determined to have Washoe raise a baby and brought in a ten month chimpanzee named Loulis. one of the caretakers went to Washoe’s enclosure and signed “i have a baby for you.” Washoe became incredibly excited, yelling and swaying from side to side, signing “baby” over and over again. then she signed “my baby.”

the caretaker came back with Loulis, and Washoe’s excitement disappeared entirely. she refused to pick Loulis up, instead signing “baby” apathetically; it was clear that the baby she thought she was getting was going to be Sequoyah. eventually Washoe did approach Loulis, and by the next day the two had bonded and from then on she was utterly devoted to him.

*information shamelessly paraphrased from When Elephants Weep by Jeffrey Masson.

[georgiejohn]

Even more interestingly, after Washoe and Loulis bonded, she started teaching him American Sign Language the same way that human parents teach their children language. It only took Loulis eight days to learn his first sign from Washoe, and aside from the seven that his human handlers learned around him, he learned to speak in ASL just as fluently as Washoe and was able to communicate with humans in the same way she could.

[death-limes]

now if y’all don’t think this is the tightest shit you can get outta my face

[dogposts]

It’s always a hole in one when you have a puppy to help. 13/10  great job

[yarter-deactivated20171231]

[mygoldenwolf]

You’ve heard of “thanks, I hate it,” but allow me to introduce to you:

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I’ll cry at my wedding because it’s a miracle it’s happening

[thebootydiaries]

people w mac computers: i like my mac because of the organization and because it suits my needs! pcs are ok too but I like my mac better

people w pcs: a mac RUINED MY MARRIAGE, KILLED MY DOG, AND SPOILED EVERY MOVIE IVE PLANNED ON SEEING FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS

[just-shower-thoughts]

Surely not everyone was kung fu fighting.

[southerngent1227-deactivated201]

[animalsnaps]

[permeate]

[gimmethebeachboys]

[hexoflexi-deactivated20220106]

Let him practice. His recital is soon

[notglacier]

you know this fucking tune

[stuffmikeclicked]

They made it into a ringtone because it was old enough to be public domain, and Nokia (I think?) didn’t want to have to pay royalties.

… I like the full version.

[thesylverlining]

are you SHITTING ME. This is one of those posts that makes you question your worldview a little bit, tbh

[acroamatica]

okay, not quite. not quite. but the truth is better.

the original tune is not this. the original tune is, however, public domain, so they’re not wrong. it’s francisco tárrega’s gran vals - check 0:12.

but THIS, what he’s playing, is the Valse Irritation d’après Nokia, also known as the ringtone waltz, written by Marc-André Hamelin, who is a terrific canadian pianist and who wrote this as a snap reaction to having people’s fucking cellphones go off at concerts.

here’s hamelin talking about it. and playing it himself.

and the instant i first heard the valse irritation, you know what i had to do, immediately, and what at least three other people i know also did?

of course we made it our ringtone, didn’t we. because humans.

[thesylverlining]

holy shit this keeps getting better

[dogposts]

This is the most adorable thing I’ve seen in awhile. 13/10 would watch twice.