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Had some baby rats born from a black hood dad and a cream hood mom that are like a tortoiseshell hooded?? Some had red eyes and some had black. Totally unexpected, but very pretty.

omg what an adorable little face!!! and such pretty fur!!! thank you so much for showing me this (now is a whole ramble about rats and genetics incoming, i'm sorry if you didn't sign up to this)

i'm no expert but these babies look like they might be mink? rats with this dilute have fur that's kind of a mix of different shades of cream, brown, and grey. when they change their coat the color of their fur can change pretty drastically, which is most visible in baby rats switching to their adult fur and can result in extra splotchy looking fur.

it could very well be that both of your rats carried this gene. because you mentioned the red eyes i'm thinking of the mock mink gene specifically, which in some rats causes ruby eyes but is otherwise very similar to "normal" mink.

actually "calico" or tricolor rats are very rare. i think they only happen as a chimera, which doesn't seem to be the case with these babies. they're still very unique though, i don't think i've ever seen rats that look like this before :0

shadowpool95

I signed up for that exactly, lmao. Thank you for the info! I have two females from that litter that are that color and also not bitey, so I’m keeping them to grow them out and see what they look like as adults. Gotta do some research on rat genetics now, I suppose 🐀

shadowpool95

@cecelovesrats forgot to add too that when they got their pattern but before their fur came in, their heads/shoulders looked almost roan. I didn’t get a pic, but I should have.

cecelovesrats

Had some baby rats born from a black hood dad and a cream hood mom that are like a tortoiseshell hooded?? Some had red eyes and some had black. Totally unexpected, but very pretty.

omg what an adorable little face!!! and such pretty fur!!! thank you so much for showing me this (now is a whole ramble about rats and genetics incoming, i'm sorry if you didn't sign up to this)

i'm no expert but these babies look like they might be mink? rats with this dilute have fur that's kind of a mix of different shades of cream, brown, and grey. when they change their coat the color of their fur can change pretty drastically, which is most visible in baby rats switching to their adult fur and can result in extra splotchy looking fur.

it could very well be that both of your rats carried this gene. because you mentioned the red eyes i'm thinking of the mock mink gene specifically, which in some rats causes ruby eyes but is otherwise very similar to "normal" mink.

actually "calico" or tricolor rats are very rare. i think they only happen as a chimera, which doesn't seem to be the case with these babies. they're still very unique though, i don't think i've ever seen rats that look like this before :0

shadowpool95

I signed up for that exactly, lmao. Thank you for the info! I have two females from that litter that are that color and also not bitey, so I’m keeping them to grow them out and see what they look like as adults. Gotta do some research on rat genetics now, I suppose 🐀

dawnstar13

So uh....if anyone here is a Ghostbusters (1984) fan I'm currently writing a fic for it that you can read here. I would appreciate any feedback/comments/ect!

shadowpool95

Not enough lesbians

1rakus

would you survive on a “deserted” island

1rakus

ppl on this quiz keep being like “i died?! whaaa?!” like bro have you tried being less prone to dying? shut up and go do lunges or something

isa-ghost

I became a ghost or eldritch monstrosity that transcends life, get on my level

dawnstar13

I went all Lord of the Flies and returned to society a darker person. Alright then.

shadowpool95

that tracks

desolationlesbian

you know when you see something and you're like omg I have to send this to [friend] but then realize [friend] is the one who reblogged/retweeted it. so you're like damn I can't show it to them :( but also this means I was right they'd like it :)

dawnstar13

@shadowpool95

shadowpool95

I still send it to you

drinkyourjuiceshelby

Thank you little gay people in my phone

swordknightmoved

*thinks abt characters having a domestic life* oh god. Oh fuck. *trascends into the next astral plane*

dawnstar13

@shadowpool95

shadowpool95

can’t believe I’m being called out like this

Flying fish

justsomeantifas

Hedge funds shorted more than 100% of all shares of gamestop, to do this that means they had to sell more shares than actually existed.

The hedge funds never actually owned these shares to begin with because they were short selling so they never actually paid for them.

Redditors saw this and decided to buy up all these shorted shares to gamestop a company that wasnt failing that the hedge funds would then be forced to buy back as they never actually owned the shares.

The beauty of this is if you knew what to look for you could’ve seen this coming too. It isn’t mystical, it isn’t magic. They made these billionaires pay back more than what they basically stole by being greedy, this is a good thing.

justsomeantifas

Let me explain a bit

rich hedge funds have the ability to sell stocks they havent paid for yet that other people actually own and then pay for them after a certain amount of time. they can sell these stocks trade them whatever but they will eventually have to buy them back.

So they shorted gamestop shares from 20 dollars all the way down to 3 dollars, meaning they borrowed shares to then massively sell.

they sold shares at like 20 dollars and then 18, etc. and because when investors see massive amounts of shares being sold they get nervous and then sell their shares which drives the price of the stock ever further down.

so they took something worth 20 that they sold for 20 dollars and all its downward prices and instead of paying for it at $3 dollars they thought theyd CONTINUE to short the market, meaning they kept driving the prices down because apparently this obscene amount of money wasnt good enough.

Redditors who dont say the stock market is magic and mystical astrology saw this very obvious evidence that these hedge funds would be forced to buy back all these fucking gamestop shares and decided to drive the price of these shares up knowing that the hedge funds would then be forced to buy back the shares they have yet to pay for at increasingly wild prices.

what they were looking for was over 100% of all stocks shorted on a company that wasnt even failing or in complete disarray

they used this knowledge to bring stock that was 20 dollars brought down to $3 all the way back up to $140

the hedge funds still have to pay for all of those shares they never technically even owned in the first place which these redditors knew so they held onto these stocks they bought in a company whose shares were oversold.

INSTEAD of acknowledging this they decided to have media campaigns lie and make the stock market look even more mystical and crazy to people who dont know shit about finance so that your average folks wouldnt catch them in the act of just getting a fucking 2 billion dollar bailout for being greedy fucking pieces of shit.

They also dont want your average person to KNOW they do this shit especially when they drive shares so deep into the ground ($3)

TL;DR: Every time you call the stock market magic and mystical and ooo makes no sense, you pretty much allow these motherfuckers to get away with robbery of the average person (given a government bailout is paying for this)

Understanding how these things happen and knowing what to look for allows people to work together and not only stop it but rob back from the billionaires when they pull this shit.

financial illiteracy isnt helpful to anyone.

justsomeantifas

my point about financial illiteracy isnt to make anyone feel bad it’s more saying you shouldnt repeat the myth that these things dont make any sense especially when something like this happens because very set laws and rules allowed for this to happen and mystifying that only benefits hedge funds who dont want people catching them doing this.

feanor-the-dragon

Hi hello yes, OP? Hi, hello... thank you. Holy fucking fuck, thank you. Thank you for explaining what the fuck was going on so simply

virovac

I still don’t understand and may need flowcharts

byebyebriar

Shorting is when hedge funds sell a stock that they don’t actually own. Basically, Bob borrows Ted’s bike and pawns it. Now Bob, legally, has to return the bike to Ted so at some point he has to buy the bike back. Bob makes money by wagering that the pawnshop won’t be able to find anyone willing to buy the bike and he’ll be able to buy it back cheap, return it to Ted, and pocket the difference.

Now, the one thing you need to the know about the stock market is that it is run by PEOPLE. And people are panicky. It really doesn’t matter how “well” a company is doing if its stock is being sold off en-mass. People panic, think that somebody knows something they don’t, and sell their stock/refuse to buy.

The hedge funds basically bought a very specific kind of bike and pawned all of them. They bet that people would see a lot of a specific brand of bike at the pawn shop and refuse to buy because there MUST be something wrong with that brand right? Why else would a ton of them be in a pawnshop? Better ditch your own right now or risk the wheel falling off or something.

So, Gamestop’s stock is in the toilet and the hedge funds are about to make a shit ton of money.

Enter reddit.

Upon seeing that Gamestop’s stock is artificially low because of hedge fund dickery, one forum decides to start buying Gamestop stock out of spite. Buying raises the stock price. The Redditors raise the price enough that the hedge funds start panicking. The time when the HAVE to buy back the stock is coming due and now it is WAY more expensive than they sold it for. Its like Bob walking pass the pawnshop and seeing the bike’s price is now three times what he sold it for. Bob panics. Bob makes a horrible decision. He complains to everyone about this. EVERYONE.

Hedge funds were on tv whiny and attracted the attention of people who REALLY DON’T LIKE THEM. People like Elon Musk whose company has been targeted by shorting before and has no problem finding the cash to buy the inflated Gamestop stock and have the social media platform to shine an even bigger spotlight on this. Now other people outside of the Reddit forum are joining in because they smelled blood in the water.

Remember, the hedge funds HAVE to buy these stocks back. No matter what, come the due date, they will have to purchase the stocks at whatever price they are listed at if they haven’t bought them back before then. Even if that price is a hundred times what they paid. Basically, if Bob has to sell his house to get that bike back to Ted then that’s what he’ll have to do. Considering one hedge fund required a bailout already over this, its looking like a lot of people will be selling their houses over shorting Gamestop stock.

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

The fact the Black Mamba is the most deadly snake in the world continues to be hilarious to me

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

you think you know what an incredibly venomous snake looks like? wrong! it’s this bitch

dragon-in-a-fez

are you seriously telling me it’s not even black

loudestcrowdever

@dragon-in-a-fez The inside of their mouth is black and shaped like a coffin when open, which makes it very goth and cool, but otherwise they do look like very bland noodles lol

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

COFFIN WHAT NOW

Yooooo

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

THIS SNAKE IS LITERALLY BULLYING ME INTO LAUGHING AT THEIR JOKES

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

people have pointed out that the belly scales on both pics look like bad video game rendering

i-am-a-koi

okay but have you seen the Blunt Headed tree snake??? cause that one is even funnier

it is a spaghetti noodle with a head

camazotz

Do you guys know about the Arabian Sand Boa

spuzzle

that looks like someone tried to reconstruct a snake from memory

dawnstar13

@shadowpool95

shadowpool95

Snakes are so stupid I love them

shitpostbishop

Date clarification

thecaffeinebookwarrior-deactiva

Resources For Writing Deaf, Mute, or Blind Characters

Despite the fact that I am not deaf, mute, or blind myself, one of the most common questions I receive is how to portray characters with these disabilities in fiction.

As such, I’ve compiled the resources I’ve accumulated (from real life deaf, mute, or blind people) into a handy masterlist.

Deaf Characters:

Deaf characters masterpost

Deaf dialogue thread

Dialogue with signing characters (also applies to mute characters.)

A deaf author’s advice on deaf characters

Dialogue between deaf characters

Mute Characters

Life as a Mute

My Silent Summer: Life as a Mute

What It’s Like Being Mute

21 People Reveal What It’s Really Like To Be Mute

I am a 20 year old Mute, ask me anything at all!

Blind Characters:

The 33 Worst Mistakes Writers Make About Blind Characters.

@referenceforwriters masterpost of resources for writing/playing blind characters.

The youtube channel of the wonderful Tommy Edison, a man blind from birth with great insight into the depiction of blind people and their lives.

An Absolute Write thread on the depiction of blind characters, with lots of different viewpoints and some great tips.

And finally, this short, handy masterpost of resources for writing blind characters.

Characters Who Are Blind in One Eye

4 Ways Life Looks Shockingly Different With One Eye

Learning to Live With One Eye

Adapting to the Loss of an Eye

Adapting to Eye Loss and Monocular Vision

Monocular Depth Perception

Deaf-Blind Characters

What Is It Like To Be Deafblind?

Going Deaf and Blind in a City of Noise and Lights

Deaf and Blind by 30

Sarita is Blind, Deaf, and Employed (video)

Born Deaf and Blind, This Eritrean American Graduated Harvard Law School (video)

A Day of a Deaf Blind Person

Lesser Known Things About Being Deafblind

How the Deaf-Blind Communicate

Early Interactions With Children Who Are Deaf-Blind

Raising a DeafBlind Baby

If you have any more resources to add, let me know! I’ll be adding to this post as I find more resources.

I hope this helps, and happy writing! <3

thecaffeinebookwarrior-deactiva

Updated with more resources, specifically for characters who are blind in one eye.

artfilmfan

Warsaw makes history tonight as millions of women revolt against the government’s control of female bodies.

isay

I know everyone is obsessively refreshing their feeds to find out what’s happening in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Georgia right now, but take a look at what’s happening in Poland.