I made a quiz, its 36 questions, and y’all, I play-tested this, I got feedback, I hyper-analyzed, its good. I wasn’t like, I was gonna just let hogwarts houses die but apparently y’all be like,,, not knowing what a slytherin or hufflepuff is no shade and if all these quizzes are gonna ask you this question anyways: this is it. Idiot tested. Idiot approved
I thought this was going to be another funney haha wizard quiz from those books you grew up reading but it reached into my torso and ripped out my spine
holy shit this fucking works. This is 100% the best test I have ever seen (and I’ve taken a lot of these) Amazing op. Amazing.
At steep angles! Bones fuse and prevent that if you don’t do it regularly as a kid. It’s the same reason we don’t climb trees like monkeys, whose ankles don’t have the same restrictions we do
Human ankles don’t normally work like that!
Iirc someone did an anatomical study and people of slavic descent have shallower hip sockets that allow that movement more easily as well.
Yes! This was something we talked about in my physical anthropology class, that like, some people physically cannot slav squat just because of their bones and skeletal structure.
Look until this post started going around I had no idea some people couldn’t do this???
Reblog and tag with whether you can slav squat or not.
Dr. Allen Frances says in speculating about Trump’s mental health, we are doing a disservice to those who do suffer from mental illness. In a series of tweets, he explained why he doesn’t think Trump is a narcissist — and how harmful it can be for us to keep assuming that he is.
Similar to this, something that bugs me is when people say Trump supporters are brainwashed or in a cult.
This suggests they are victims. My stepdad is often told by his mother that he is being brainwashed by trump and it annoys me because it suggests he, and other trump supporters, were not like this previously. The Trump supporters I know were not tricked, or lured in. Trump said “X group of people are terrible and shouldn’t be considered humans like the rest of us” and all the people who already thought that agreed with him and voted for him.
Certainly some thought their coal mining jobs would be saved or their farms given a stimulus but most were not duped or taken advantage of and painting them with the same brush as people who are actual victims makes it easy for them to remove all responsibility
do you often come across normal-looking dogs marketed as wolf crosses? this article discusses how rare it is to come across a true wolf hybrid, and how to recognize one when you see one. i’d appreciate if you checked it out!
Some relevant info graphics as the article lacked visuals!
Also very important to note: while it’s federal legal to own a wolf dog it’s illegal in many states and specifically outlawed in many city ordinances
It endangers your dog to claim it is a wolfdog. If you’re believed and your dog harms another dog or a human it WILL be put down.
Wolfdogs/wolf hybrids are not good watchdogs. Their wolfy nature makes them really skittish.
Wolfdogs are NOT like normal dogs. They’re smarter, need more attention, and may not be able to live indoors EVER. Don’t just buy one because they look cool.
Because they’re so smart they need near constant supervision, outdoor access, and entertainment.
Also along with their Wolfy-nature will come agressiveness if the dog isn’t handled properly, trained correctly, or well socialized.
Don’t just get a wolfdog especially if you’ve never handled one before! Ask yourself: are you ready to change your lifestyle for an animal? Do you already have an older dog that can act as emotional support for your wolfdog? Do you have a support system that has also handled wolfdogs in case of emergencies? Are you prepared to create an outdoor shelter for your dog that is separate (and appropriate) from your other animals if need be? Do you have a vet that deals with exotic animals? Worst case scenario, do you know of a shelter that would take your wolfdog in if you could no longer take care of it? What kind of training are you planning to use?
^This and a bunch of other questions need to be under heavy consideration BEFORE you purchase a wolfdog.
How much fence can you build?
They’re diggers. And jumpers.
My dickbag fur cousin, RIP, jumped his like…8 foot enclosure fence when someone set off fireworks a day early, and got hit by a car.
They scare easy and they have the power of an apex predator behind that fear. If you’re not living on like ACTUAL LAND that you’re allowed to do what you want with, don’t get one. This ain’t ‘Balto’.
This is not the first time I’ve gotten a message like this. I always find it curious. Because if you have this attitude you are either invincible, rich, or a fool.
I used to be in this tech nerd community and there was this older fella who slowly revealed himself to be a super right wing asshat. He complained about immigrants mooching, black people mooching, poor people mooching… everybody was mooching his taxes. Meanwhile, he was 65 and working hard. Paying his own way. Doing things proper like a good American.
He was no damn moocher, that’s for sure.
Then he got sick.
He could not work anymore.
Lost his medical insurance.
His savings ran out in about 3 months.
And he became a fellow moocher.
He had to sign up for Medicare and disability.
But then he realized that wasn’t enough to live on. Boy, was he mad. ALL CAPS POSTS about how he can’t afford rent. He can’t afford food. He started posting links to his Paypal asking people to donate. He got furious at people because no one would give him money. Called us all bad people for not helping him in his time of need. He had to move to a smaller place. Sell a lot of his tech.
He was so very angry.
“I WORKED HARD.”
“I DID THINGS THE PROPER WAY.”
“I DESERVE MORE THAN THOSE MOOCHERS!”
Even after his experience, he viewed himself as different than other people trapped in the safety net. He deserved more because he had a bootstrap attitude. It didn’t occur to him that a lot of people on welfare or disability probably worked hard too. That he was no more or less deserving than them. It was sad to see his experience didn’t instill any empathy.
He’s a lost cause. But maybe you aren’t. Maybe you should think about how long you could last before you’d have to mooch. Are you set for life? If you were in an accident and unable to work ever again, would you be able to live comfortably and manage your expenses? Think about that. And think about the fact that disability pays less than minimum wage. Could you live your life on $750 per month? What changes would you have to make to accomplish that? Use your imagination and really try to put yourself in those shoes.
$1200 is not a windfall for me. It is maybe 4 months of having slightly less financial anxiety. That anxiety is a part of my life. It is inescapable and I have conceded it will always be there. It is the dread of seeing $14 in my bank account towards the end of the month and hoping I didn’t forget about an automatic payment. It’s the fear of looking in my freezer and wondering if two bags of frozen chicken nuggets are enough to last until I get my next payment.
But now I am getting $1200 and for a few months maybe I don’t have to feel some of that anxiety. I can reallocate that anxiety to the world being on fire and worrying about my dad getting sick.
But you want me to send it back?
What’s even sadder about your attitude is you are focusing on the wrong people. I’m not a moocher. I’m an insignificant financial speck in the grand scheme. I’m probably a percentage of a penny on your tax bill. But then you look at companies like Amazon who used loopholes to pay no taxes. They also got cities to subsidize offices and warehouses. So not only did they not pay taxes, we paid them for the honor of giving people low wage jobs with poor benefits and dubious working conditions.
What about our F-35 fighter jet program? For years they didn’t even work properly and they still haven’t even been used for anything and they will probably rarely be utilized because of drones. But we will spend a trillion dollars on them anyway.
What about oil subsidies? About $20 billion of our tax dollars goes to the fossil fuel industry every year. An industry that has never struggled to turn a profit. Just look at pictures of Dubai and ask yourself why we are giving them subsidies.
We give corporations billions upon billions of dollars even though they are making record profits. And then we find out they were operating so close to the edge that they can’t even last a month without us giving them billions more.
I had the lightning rod realization why The Discourse about fiction feels so alien to me
It’s because 99% of the arguments boil down to denying an individual’s agency
Fiction is one of the safest ways to exercise your right to choose - especially fanfic, which comes with an entire culture of tagging and content warning etiquette
If you go seeking fanfic on AO3, you can try new things with a fairly good understanding of what you’re getting yourself into
And if you get in over your head - you can close the window and walk away with no regrets
No real people were hurt in the production of words on a page - you aren’t sitting there thinking “gosh, I hope those people in this YouTube video survived that fall”
Fiction gives you the right to try on all kinds of ideas
Which is why I get so indignant when I see stuff like “XYZ content could be bad for some people, therefore it shouldn’t exist”
Or “what if minors clicked on porn for ABC fandom uwu”
The truth is, you have agency
My god, but you have agency
If you are old enough to be poking around these sites without parental supervision, you are old enough to start reading the warning labels on what you consume
And if that isn’t true for you? Then ask someone in your real life for help
(I have some pals who do ask me to screen fics for things that might trigger them)
But seriously, with fiction, you can choose what to access, and learn (in private) what you can handle
Anonymous sent: People on disability shouldn't get a stimulus check, theirs should be donated to repaying all the money they've mooched off taxpayers.
