Paranoid Parrot

[neil-gaiman]

I was reading a book (about interjections, oddly enough) yesterday which included the phrase “In these days of political correctness…” talking about no longer making jokes that denigrated people for their culture or for the colour of their skin. And I thought, “That’s not actually anything to do with ‘political correctness’. That’s just treating other people with respect.”

Which made me oddly happy. I started imagining a world in which we replaced the phrase “politically correct” wherever we could with “treating other people with respect”, and it made me smile. 

You should try it. It’s peculiarly enlightening.

I know what you’re thinking now. You’re thinking “Oh my god, that’s treating other people with respect gone mad!”

Happy Valentine’s Day.

[neil-gaiman]

Eleven years old. Still true.

[soapdispensersalesman]

I can't stress enough how much I miss StumbleUpon

[zevveli]

StumbleUpon once sent me to a supercut of Lion King, Lion King 1 1/2, and Lion King II, the main edit being that the scenes of Lion King and Lion King 1 1/2 were interspersed so that they happened in the order they actually happened.

[redpandarascal]

stumbleupon not existing anymore can be directly traced to a dramatic decline in my mental health, I could do a thesis on it.

[musashi]

bestie stumbleupon very much still exists its just called cloudhiker now. i use it all the time.

[lesbiassoon]

mini compilation of suggestions from the replies:

The Bored Button - "Press the Bored Button and be bored no more."

The Useless Web

Cloudhiker - "Discover the most interesting, weird and awesome websites of the Internet" (not really a rebrand, it's a different person running it but they have the same intention in mind)

Astronaut.io - "These videos come from YouTube. They were uploaded in the last week and have titles like DSC 1234 and IMG 4321. They have almost zero previous views. They are unnamed, unedited, and unseen (by anyone but you)."

Marginalia - "This is an independent DIY search engine that focuses on non-commercial content, and attempts to show you sites you perhaps weren't aware of in favor of the sort of sites you probably already knew existed."

[takinoverthetardis]

gomens valentines' cards i made but they get progressively worse

[paranoidmongrel]

The norwegian forest trolls

[paranoidmongrel]

Yes, human. I understand that you "just got up to grab some food". I don't see how that's my problem. Go sit somewhere else.

[paranoidmongrel]

Give.. me.. that.. treat.. now!

[paranoidmongrel]

Keeping an eye out for dragons in the fog.

[bestmadeco-blog]

Best Made Man: Togo

Pictured above: Perhaps the most famous lead dog of them all, Togo (with his musher Leonard Seppala) who lead the team that ran the longest distance in the relay of diphtheria antitoxin from Anchorage to Nome in 1925. This run is commemorated annually by the Iditarod race (which coincidentally ended this week).  

“The position of lead dog is not for the fainthearted. A dog may have all the qualities generally associated with leadership—speed, intelligence, and dependability—but be unable to handle the pressure. A dog who doesn’t want the position will let his feelings be known…It takes a large measure of courage, strong will, and an almost Zen-like quality of mind for a dog to make a good leader…They are also the ones who must make the decisions in an emergency and, maybe most important, know when to disobey a bad command, no matter how forceful a driver may be.” - from The Cruelest Miles by Gay and Laney Salisbury

[paranoidmongrel]

Tanuki and felt-kita #akitalove #akitainu #akita #japaneseakitainu

[shortvideosandstuff]

 People blown over in streets as Storm Ivar hits Norway

[sunflowercocoa]

you’ve been hit by you’ve been struck by

a smooth criminal

[paranoidmongrel]

Is Tanuki still a puppy?

Not quite, but he is not a grown up either :) 

Bodily he'll be "settled" at 4-5 years. And they say they become more mentally adult at around 2 years of age. 

[flygex-eatin-on-softies]

"My reptile is acting kinda sick and I’m worried about him.  Could you maybe give me some advice? I want to avoid a vet if at all possi-”

[paranoidmongrel]

So so hungry.. Tanuki is trying so hard to tell me that he wants his food :p

[paranoidmongrel]

3 pics from last summer. Tanuki got to play with another akita for the first time since he left his dogmom. They had loads of fun!

[paranoidmongrel]

It's-a-me!

[paranoidmongrel]

What were your reasons to get your dogs or why those breeds? Also whats ur thoughts on American akita?? Sorry 4 all the questions ^^ just curious

No problems. Answering questions are way more fun than studying and/or cleaning the apartment (which are the two options I have atm). 

Reason to get a dog was easy: I wanted the company. <3 I don't really know why I ended up with the shiba and the akita. I was looking at the norwegian buhund, but they're known for their barking and I did not want to risk that while living in an apartment. So the "does not bark" factor in the shiba was very important. Also I LOVE the looks on the group V dogs. I actually wanted an akita as my first dog, but chose the shiba because they're smaller :p Probably a whole lot of other reasons as well, but I don't really remember them.

American akita: I think they look awesome. They're a bit too big for me (although I said that about the akita as well..). Apart from on dogshows I've only ever met ONE am. akita and she tried to eat my boys so not a great first impression ;)

If you are interested in the history of the akita I can recommend you this page! Lots of nice pictures concerning the development of the breed and the split of the akita into the akita and the am. akita. A good read :D

[paranoidmongrel]

I keep hearing that shibas and Akitas are aloof what do u think??

Some are, and I think shibas more than akitas. Some may confuse it with shyness, the fact is they just don't care :p 

That is the reason I can have Kuma off leash in the park and not Tanuki: Kuma will wander around and do his own things ignoring people and dogs while Tanuki will crash your picnic, eat ALL your food and demand cuddles afterwards. 

(As you can see I am basing it on my two. I don't know enough akitas to say if it's a breed-thing. With the shiba I can say for sure that pretty much everyone are like that)