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If you publicly and unreservedly condemn the actions of Nazis in Charlottesville and elsewhere, including everything from quiet hate speech to vehicular terrorism, can you please reblog this post.
I think a few friends, a few followers, every Jew who happens across this post and my own heart could do with knowing that there are more of you out there than there are of them
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what snakes think, starring salsa
if you ever wonder why leftists reject centrist “both sides are wrong for being violent” rhetoric as enabling fascists, consider that charlottesville involved thousands of neonazis chanting about jews and ramming cars into counterprotesters at a klan-style torch burning rally and in response, donald trump goes on tv and talks in the vaguest terms possible about how both sides are wrong
The man who rammed people with his car was anti-Trump, anti-alt right, and was in fact a liberal. Saying both sides are equally violent does not enable fascists and Neo-nazis you idiot. If anything, these scumbags are a protesting in reaction to extreme leftism, political correctness, and BLM riots.
“The man who rammed people with his car was anti-Trump, anti-alt right, and was in fact a liberal.“
That’s amazing that you know all this information, given that the news just barely started to identify him correctly and get their limited information available.
Anyways… here’s the interview with his mom:
“I just knew he was going to a rally. I mean, I try to stay out of his political views. You know, we don’t, you know, I don’t really get too involved, I moved him out to his own apartment, so we – I’m watching his cat. I thought it had something to do with Trump.”
and
“Like I said, I don’t really talk to him about his political views. He just – so I don’t really understand what the rally was about or anything, so… I just know there was – he did mention it was ‘albright’? What is it? Al–?”
By the way, look here you absolute dipshit.
“Far-right internet trolls initially claimed that the driver was an “anti-Trump open borders Bernie Sanders supporter” based on a mistaken identity dredged up from Reddit, James Alex Fields was later identified as the driver of the car.”
and
“While speculation still surrounds Fields’ motives, available photography appears to show Fields present at the UTR event with members of Vanguard America, a racist right wing organization that helped Kessler organize the event.
The banner image of a Facebook page that appears to belong to Fields features the Othela rune, popular among Neo-Nazis and the far right.”
“If anything, these scumbags are a protesting in reaction to extreme leftism, political correctness, and BLM riots.”
Oh yeah, as if white supremacy and neo-nazism is a new thing recently triggered by Black Lives Matter. *rolls eyes* By the way…
Hmm, it’s almost as if these people were neo-nazis spouting antisemitism accompanied by literal nazi chants. But sure, something something political correctness. Piece of shit.
lmao “the driver was anti-trump” was a /pol/ thing made up to shift blame immediately after the incident what a joke
the wildest part about that rumor, to me, is how easily “rational, objective” types will buy into neonazi conspiracies as nuts as “the left committed a terrorist attack on other leftists as a false flag” before they’ll believe that neonazis were violent at a gigantic neonazi rally
theres a post going around saying how you should NOT get a parrot even if you are a dedicated owner. i do not personally agree and am actually a bit mad at the way they portray parrots, almost teaching people to fear them. whats your stance on it?
If you’re referring to pepperandpals’ post, I agree with it. Had you asked me this question a few years ago I would probably say otherwise but after all the experience, knowledge and dedication I’ve put in to learning I no longer believe that parrots should be sold in the pet trade under most conditions.
You haven’t a clue how many birds get mistreated, left with dowel perches, no UV lighting, small cages, seed only diets, forced to aggress, get placed in homes with teflon products, and end up living miserably with these people up until their lives end way earlier than they should have. Too many people think that exotics are just that, exotic, a decoration, something to brag about and end up not actually caring for it as much as they should. Too many people believe that they’re doing right or don’t need to be doing more and as a result the bird suffers.
When it comes to people who do do their research, have previous hands on experience and really care for a bird the best they can, it’s rarely ever enough when you compare, and the average person is not able to provide that sort of lifestyle for them. Using myself as an example, I spend all day with my birds, I spend all my time adding things to environment, switching up diets, giving them exercise, mentally stimulating them, cage cleaning, rearranging the bird room, it’s no exaggeration when I say I spend a solid 12 hours that they’re awake caring for them and then spend the whole evening trying to think of ways to improve the care I’m giving them for tomorrow. Despite how hard I try, how much research and how much i provide it never feels like enough. because it isn’t enough.
I do my best to show you guys all the work I put in to caring for my little girls, I constantly receive messages telling me how amazing I am for giving these birds this life and all the work I put in to them but in all honesty, you guys don’t see the half of it. You don’t see the thousands of hours of research I put in to every aspect of their life, their diets, their housing, their natural foraging experiences, safe plants, cleaning, moulting habits, behavioural situations, space division, possession, territory layouts, and so much more go on on a daily basis. You don’t see all the work I have to do to make sure that these highly territorial species doesn’t fight and kill one another so that I can continue to have them both out as much as possible, only having them out one at a time would take away so much space and enjoyment from their lives. You don’t see the vet bills, the preparation, the stress reducing, you don’t see the costs, the time, the energy that goes in to trying to keep them happy. You all seem to have this idea that the care I give my birds is way beyond exceeding expectations but let me tell you something, what I do I consider to be bare minimum.
All the effort, expenses, time, and work is absolutely necessary for them to be content with a captive lifestyle, if I was away at school or work full time I would consider this care to be subpar, to be inadequate, they would be unhappy with that lifestyle because that’s not what they’re designed for. They are not meant to live this way and not everyone has the time, space, personality or tolerance necessary to care for them the way they deserve.
This is a parrotlet’s natural habitat
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This is my parrotlets’ habitat
Can you look at those and tell me that they can possibly be perfectly content and happy this way without the time and effort I put in to it?
Can you tell me that a bird so intelligent, so so smart can be removed from that environment and so perfectly adapt without any problems?
Can you look at this bird and tell me that they’re happy with this lifestyle?
Plucking is a behaviour that only happens in captivity it has never been recorded in the wild. Plucking is a behaviour caused by boredom, understimulation, stress, inadequate diet, and sometimes even happens just because they’re depressed.
You can not tell me that parrots are happier this way, you can not possibly tell me that taking something so perfectly adapted to a single lifestyle, perfectly designed to fly forever is okay having that removed. You will never be able to convince me that something perfectly designed to work with flight will be happy to have them chopped off for human enjoyment. My own Mia used to be clipped because she was from a store, my own Mia was depressed because of it, she did not move very much, she did not want to play with toys, she did not want to interact with people, she was miserable that way. But people wouldn’t notice that, they would dismiss it as the bird’s personality or just adapting or some other excuse to ignore the fact that the bird is having a horrific time. You will never be able to convince me that this:
is healthier or more beautiful than this
I’ve already had to make a separate post on why being clipped is so detrimental to their health even though it’s such a common practice. And I’ve made a separate post on all the work that has to go in to keeping a bird safe.
you will never convince me that being captive is healthy.
Parrots are a full time job, they are not a pet, they are not a decoration, they are not a toy, they are not a phase, they’re a commitment and a hell of a big one. Birds should not be readily available in pet stores, owners should have to go through tests to see if they’re capable of providing a stimulating environment for the ones that already stuck in this trade. I think that breeding should be focused on maintaining health and maintaining the survival of species such as the endangered blue throated macaws and I think that species such as hyacinths, or cockatoos shouldn’t be in homes at all. Keeping those birds isn’t a matter or giving them an enriching life, it’s a matter of doing your best to prevent them from suffering.
In this world ignorance is bliss, a few years ago I would have thought just the same as you, I believed it’s just a bird it’s sold in a store it will be just fine. But as soon as you learn, as you soon as you see all the harm and the suffering these birds go through you’ll change your mind.
If you are a dedicated owner, if you have the experience and knowledge you should have before you even get a bird a pet store wouldn’t even be an option. There’s a reason that every reputable person, blogger, trainer, or other animal worker will always consider adopting before all else, it certainly isn’t a coincidence that the most educated refuse pet stores. Breeding has resulted in so many god damned problems, I’m certain you’ve heard of the feather duster budgies caused by poor breeding or the numerous parrot hybrids, while pretty they serve no purpose.
I’m certain some of you saw this post going around featuring the feather duster budgies? Do you have any idea how many comments said “I want one”? These birds are a genetic failure, their feathers keep growing and never stop until they die, they either die from overheating, they can’t breathe, they can’t walk to make it to food so they starve or are generally crushed under the weight.
The fact of the matter is that birds aren’t designed for this lifestyle, they are not domesticated they are wild they retain all that natural behaviour all those natural needs, they bite, they scream, they fly, they make a mess, they destroy things, they’re active, and demanding, the average person, and I’d go as far as to say a solid 70% of most bird owners, can not handle their care. How many times have you read “my bird won’t stop screaming”, “I’m considering getting rid of my bird”, “my bird won’t stop biting”, “my bird only likes one person”, “my bird hates me”, “i can’t afford this vet bill”, “I don’t want to buy a UV light or a filter”, a lot, right?
All of those problems happen because people didn’t do their research, they didn’t know how to handle the bird, how to react to the problems when they started showing up, they didn’t know what to look for they were unprepared for the care that they need.
The majority of birds from pet stores and breeders suffer, by the time they make it to 2 years old and they start acting like proper adults they get sent to shelters. When they become adults they don’t take shit from anyone, they have 0 tolerance for your foolishness and lash out when you ignore their body language. People don’t want a bird that wants to be treated with respect, they want one that will sit there, do tricks, talk, and look cute when they want it to, they don’t want mutual trust, they want obedience and don’t want to work to get it.
I don’t care how good of an owner you think you are, once you stop blocking out everything you’ll see the damage the pet trade has on these birds and your mind will change. It’s not a coincidence that the most educated or experienced will advise you against buying pet store birds or breeder birds and I sincerely hope you listen to them.
I know I will certainly never purchase a bird from a breeder or a store, I hope you won’t either.
If you want a bird, get a chicken or a pigeon! They are domesticated, won’t outlive you, and are well adapted to captivity. They come in lots of colors and varieties, and in my opinion its way cooler to be able to say “i have a chicken in my backyard” or “i have a pigeon in my house” than to say “i have a parrot”
I definitely do not believe in parrots being sold in pet stores. I hate it. Most of the people coming in to get a budgie/parakeet (the only kind we sell) admit to me it is a spur of the moment thing, or that they have done little to no research whatsoever. Its heartbreaking.
I’ve rescued five cockatiels now, and I know I’m giving them the bare minimum of care as to what I want to give them. But for three of the five, the care I’m giving them is the best they’ve had in years, in the case of the old men its decades.
Most people should not get a bird. If my boyfriend were not with me, he would never get a bird because he can’t handle them on his own. He loves them dearly but he wouldn’t have birds if we were apart. I’ve had birds my whole life, growing up with a rescued cockatoo who was so neglected in the care he truly needed he screamed loud enough to get the cops called on us because someone thought we had a child in the basement.
Parrots need so much and we, as owners and bloggers, aren’t trying to gatekeep. We are trying to protect the creatures we love so much by educating potential owners on the real story behind these cute blogs.
As I always say, parrots are projects. Pigeons, chickens, and other domesticated birds are pets. We can accurately replicate their diet and give them far longer and happier lifespans on average than their wild, nondomestic counterparts. I admire those who keep parrots and do their best to give them a full life. I couldn’t do that, neither can most people. It takes a very special person to make a parrot happy and healthy- and that’s all parrots. Not just the big ones, budgies, parrotlets, lovebirds, cockatiels, macaws, cockatoos, all parrots.
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Don’t let them tell you they aren’t nazis.
i’m loving all this violent response to nazis stuff that’s going around but i also want to say like be careful out there because not all nazis are fucking clowns like richard spencer. most of em carry weapons and will not hesitate to cut your ass up and leave you dying in a dumpster. if you don’t know how to fight, don’t take one on without backup. and even if you do know how to fight, watch yourself. i don’t want to see any of you getting killed
Irl these are the same ‘people’ who put up their shitty swastika stickers around towns and hide poisoned razor blades behind them so people cut themselves and get sick if they try to peel it off with their hands so don’t like underestimate what those animals are capable and what they’d be willing to do to you.
in light of today’s events i’d like to give a glaring “fuck you” to everyone who reblogged this saying “uwu dont hurt the nazis”
me in the middle of an art piece: WOW I wish i knew how to fucking DRAW
guy about to invent salt: i wonder what this rock tastes like
First of all, I’m not an art student/anatomy expert/seasoned professional so some of these methods might be pretty questionable and might not be the recommended way to go about drawing stuff
But anyway yeah here’s a bunch of things I bear in mind while drawing stuff and it helps to some extent. I learnt a bunch of these from some other art references online somewhere so I don’t claim credit for like discovering these amazing anatomical facts or something
Hey more tips:
If you want to improve within a short amount of time you can use this nifty tool online: http://www.quickposes.com/ It basically gives you a bunch of poses and you gotta draw them with a time limit and everything so I do that occasionally
Also I’ve got a weird obsession with drawing hands like they’re one of my favourite things to draw somehow so if you wanna practice hands real quick then here’s what I recommend:
Ask your friends to give you a random hand gesture and sketch it out or like look at your own hand in crazy new poses and just draw that
Basically draw whatever hands you see around you
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Ur daily reminder that present day white permaculture/food foraging/ herbalist movements actively extract from Indigenous thought while simultaneously discrediting Indigenous knowledge systems as ‘not science’
Here’s a “life-hack” for you. Apparently concentrated Kool-Aid can be used as a pretty effective leather dye. I was making a drink while cutting the snaps off some new straps for my pauldrons and I got curious, so I tried it, thinking, “ok even if this works, it will just wash out.” Nope. It took the “dye” (undiluted) in about 3 seconds. After drying for about an hour and a half, it would not wash off in the hottest tap-water. It would not wash out after soaking for 30 minutes. It did not wash out until I BOILED it, and even then, only by a tiny bit and it gave it a weathered look that was kind of cool. Add some waterproofing and I’d wager it would survive even that. That rich red is only one application too. Plus it smells great, lol. So there you go, cheap, fruity smelling leather dye in all the colors Kool-Aid has to offer.
WELL THEN!
this may be important to some of my followers *and certainly not just getting reblogged because of my costuming and my boyfriends desire for leather armor*
When I was in middle school we used to use it to dye our hair. Potent stuff.
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Would this be safe to color wood and leather for bird toys?
Hey, yeah!
Cool!
I am crying at your wife's comments to your cat, because as someone who loves, and has had cats I understand completely lol. Do you also have a picture of said cat?
Hahaha! That’s the funny thing– I can always tell (because I read the tags like a loser) who has cats and who doesn’t. The non-cat-owners are always like “that’s so mean!?” and the cat owners are like “yeah mine’s a little shit too.” and I know it’s in a loving way haha!
And yes! Allow me to share our babies with you!!!
This is the cat that my wife usually real-talks. Anything that has to do with heaven or hell is usually directed at this fluffy nugget of screaming joy. Her full name is Miss Clover Cleopatra, but she goes by Miss Cleo or Miss Kitty:
Then this little angel is Lord Byron Fitzwhiskers, more commonly referred to as Cat Cat Byron Cat. He’s my special son whom I adore and would kill anyone to protect. Usually baby just says normal things to him, but any of the quotes that use the word “bastard” are usually in reference to this bundle of love.
Thank you for asking about them!!!! I LOVE MY BABIES.
I love how you used the most innocent and charming pictures of the monsters in which we co-inhabit. I find that misleading.
First off, Miss Kitty is a bone-eating goblin from a dark realm where love is nails and fur in your eyeballs. Remember when you got up and told her, ‘if you sit on my computer, I’ll murder you?’ and that was the first thing she did? Smug look and all? And looked up at me like, “who the fuck does she think she is? Trying to rule me with trite commands? HA!”
And let’s not forget that she did hard time. She was scooped up by The Man and we identified her by the phase ‘our cat is the one that is always screaming’? and THIS IS HER ACTUAL MUGSHOT.
And Byron. Sweet Byron. He is too stupid, too pudgy, too lazy to be real-talked. A toddler of a cat. A flan of a feline. A dumpling of a dumbass. His whole life revolves around us turning on the bedroom light, squealing at his poses, and then leaving. He is a spooning bastard who curls in around my body like liquid mercury. He is a lazy love bro who lets you pet him like that is the reason why he was put on this earth.
Also I feel like I need to impress upon everyone that the reason that he is called Cat-Cat Byron Cat is because of his theme song.
Cat! Cat!
Byron Cat!
Cat! Cat!
By-ron Cat!
He’s fluffly and he’s faaaat
By-ron Caaat!
We sing that loudly every time he walks into a room. Because he is the kind of ding-dong that needs a chorus when he finally gets out of bed.
I love our monsters, but you can’t mislead the public about their true natures. The public needs to be informed.
I want to defend them, but… well, yeah. These are our children. I can’t look at that picture of Byron without sobbing.
A lot of adulthood is shouting “AUGH MY LAUNDRY” hours after you put it in the washer/dryer and running to go fetch it
oh shit my laundry
reblog to save someone’s laundry
Another reason to stop ‘cringe culture’
I’m a teacher. Today I was covering for a grade 9 science class. Decent kids, if a bit rowdy, and didn’t want to do their work. Wtv, it was textbook work. Not the point.
1 girl (reminder that these kids are, like, 14/15) was doodling bust portraits (head & shoulders) in an art book. I had a squiz and asked her if they were her characters. She said they were and excitedly told me she had so many characters for this one story of hers. I laughed about how I wished I could draw mine, and moved on.
Later in the class, I hear her enthusiastically telling her friend all about her main OC - a gay kitsune prince with a tragic past. It was so, pure, classic Deviant Art: my first OC. And you know what? I loved it. I was just sitting there half overhearing, smiling to myself and glad that her friend was engaging and interested in her story and characters.
This is a girl who will become a creator. She will draw and write and imagine, get better and better. She’ll probably move past this stage and start making more nuanced characters (she was already lamenting she didn’t have enough girl OCs). But this is where she started. This is where so many of us started. I had a tiger catgirl, goth witch/sorceress OC in high school. I found my original design for her recently. Look what I create now.
Let kids be kids. Let them explore and invent and go wild and be cliche and make overpowered OCs. Let them have their anthropomorphic animal OCs. Let them try everything before they settle into maturity.
For fucks sake; let them have fun.
