#figged-newtons

[favorite-word-guy]

Favorite series of words?

If you mean like a phrase, It's a tie between "you love to see it" and "sick and twisted". My go to thing to say when something good or bad happens.

If you meant an ablaut reduplication series probably "bing bang bong". Though basically every single series is amazing so it's not locked in.

[hazard-and-friends]

Do you have any toy/treat recommendations for helping kennel train a younger dog? Something to keep them occupied and minimize the screaming and crying (which I know will happen to some degree regardless). Bonus points for things that are not easily destroyed.

I sat on this for apparently a month, one because my brain was filled with weevils and I couldn't make the words happen until now, and two because I kept trying to find a polite(r) way to answer this.

Because no, I do not. That's not how I go about crate training, and it's not how I recommend going about crate training.

When I had an actual baby dog and the crate was routinely used to prevent accidents, it had: a bed, one long lasting chew, one toy (no squeaky toys). This was for daytime use because she might very well be awake and need something to do with her brain. Her nighttime crate just had a bed, except for when she hit the stage where she decided she needed a toy to come to bed with her (K'seil's tendency to pick a Very Special Toy a la a human toddler is one of her more endearing quirks.)

But this was a management problem, I needed her to be in the crate for extended periods (because she had a bladder the size of a peanut and could not be trusted not to dismember hairbrushes if left unsupervised) and could not afford to take the weeks/months that crate training takes.

When I'm actually crate training someone, there should be minimal screaming and crying. My rule of thumb for infants (<6 months) is that if it goes on for 10 minutes, this is probably panic and I need to let them out and come up with a new plan; if it's less than 10 minutes AND it gets quickly better over repeated trials, it's probably fussing and we can let it fade to extinction.

But like, when teaching Hazard to settle in a crate, when working his car skills, when getting either or both of them to hang out quietly ringside while I go do something...None of that involves any screaming or crying, because if there's screaming, my training has gone horribly awry and I need to go back and reset. All of it is happening sub-threshold, before the point where the dog gets distressed.

If I needneed quiet crate time RIGHT NOW and my dog doesn't have the skills to do it, I will do a variety of attempted bribes (yak chews, bully sticks, beef cheek rolls, pig ears depending on bribability of dog). But that's not training, that's bribing the dog to stay quiet.

[seabeck]

How do you kill the frogs you catch?? And do you eat any part besides the legs?? Always been interested in the concept catching/preparing my own meat but never had anyone to teach me about it irl

Bullfrogs are oddly hard to kill, I use a hatchet to cut their head off. Just the legs, and remove the skin it's tough and apparently tastes very strong!

[crtter]

do yall have squirrels in brazil?? sorry, Im thinking about how different your city wildlife is compared to mine (racoons, squirrels and possums, mostly)

We do! There are seven species of squirrels that live in Brazilian soil. We don’t spot them in cities often, though. They mostly live in forested areas, especially in the Amazon. The only species that lives in the same state as I do to is the (aptly-named) Brazilian squirrel, but I’ve only ever seen them in trips to the shore or the countryside. They’re not that different from grey squirrels tbh!

I live in São Paulo, which is the largest Brazilian city so it’s not super common to see a whole lot of city-dwelling animals that aren’t the hyper successful introduced species you’ll find in most big cities around the world (rats, pigeons, house sparrows and the like) but there are a few native cool critters I see quite often! The number one are capybaras, which live near literally every single large body of water in the city, be it natural or manmade. They’re about the size of large dogs, very cute and completely unbothered by human presence.

I also see marmosets pretty often! They’re our “squirrels”, so to speak, so it’s not rare for me to spot them walking over telephone lines or on top of roofs. I spotted a mom carrying a little baby on her back on the tree I have on my front lawn just the other day. 

Funnily enough, marmosets technically aren’t native to my state. They’re Brazilian animals but they come from the north of the country. The ones we have here are the descendants of escaped pets that thrived in the wild. We have white-tufted marmosets, black-tufted marmosets and grey-tufted hybrids between the two species! I believe the ones that live next to my house are hybrids. I see white-eyed parakeets almost every single day! They’re easy to recognize because of their bright green feathers. I always see them flying around in groups while making noise. They never come too close to my house but that’s the ideal, really, because I don’t want my cats to try and hunt them.

I don’t see them THAT often but I’ve seen them often enough to know that there’s a sizeable population of opossums here as well! While there are lots of opossum species in Brazil, the most common ones in my state are the big-eared opossum and the white-eared opossum but I’ve only ever spotted the white-eared opossum, which are my favorite animals ever. Our opossums do sometimes play dead just like Virginia opossums, but they also tend to release a stinky smell from scent glands they have in their armpits if you startle them.

[astraldemise]

what makes Piers a deterrent for sword/shield?? also, do you have a favorite galarian pokemon, even if you didnt play the game??

oh i just think he looks like shit, he sort of just reminds me of like this genre of guy that youd see around the college campus that would be like a white guy that gave himself dreadlocks that rarely wears deodorant and tries to make you listen to his music and its just nirvana covers

so like one of the main reasons i didnt get the game is because none of the designs really stood out to me and i sort of felt indifferent to them

i like these apple guys though, theyre a good mix of cute and goofy looking

[bonefarm]

are sheep as predisposed to piss crimes as every single goat seems to be??

No but they are predisposed to bonk crimes

[crtter]

I was having an issue on skyrim once and I asked for help on the skyrimmodsxbox subreddit because I wasn't getting anywhere with bethesda support and part of the problem fixed itself a little bit after but I was still having issues. I commented on the post saying part of the issue was fixed and the mod just said "this is why we wait before posting on reddit" and locked the thread. Like bro? I was still having issues?

Unreal. Reddit mods are on some feudal lord levels of entitledness.

[hazard-and-friends]

Just wanted to tell you that in a moment of weakness, I considered getting a puppy, but your posts about Starlight brought me back from the brink lmao

i have instantly cured SO many people from wanting puppies it's amazing