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Jippa posted:

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Oh no, we let the dogs and deer hang out too much.

# ? Sep 10, 2022 21:07

FishFood: Apr 1, 2012; Now with brine shrimp!

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# ? Sep 10, 2022 22:03

ILL Machina: Mar 25, 2004; Glory to Italia!

Ayy!! This text is-a the color of marinara! Ohhhh!! Dat's amore!!

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vortmax: Sep 24, 2008; In meteorology, vorticity often refers to a measurement of the spin of horizontally flowing air about a vertical axis.

ILL Machina posted:

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I wish I could sleep that well

# ? Sep 10, 2022 23:25

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK: Sep 11, 2001

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DarklyDreaming: Apr 4, 2009; Fun scary

Floof performs for food:

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(Sound on)

# ? Sep 11, 2022 03:15

Captainsalami: Apr 16, 2010; I told you you'd pay!

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:

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Sorely tempted to report this post for not having sound.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 06:37

MrUnderbridge: Jun 25, 2011

Don't have any pics, but a story.

With the recent rescue of all those beagles that had been kept for animal testing, my sister in law decided to get one, Max. She and her hub like dogs, but they don't really get dogs. Mrs. Underbridge and I have been giving them advice on getting him used to being a free dog that is cared for. His first days he would hardly eat or drink, and spent his time hiding behind the toilet shaking. He's slowly stopped shaking, but is still very fearful. They don't understand why he doesn't just immediately love them, and we have to keep hammering "Patience! Let him come out and get used to things at his own pace!".

Since we've seen lots of videos of neglected dogs being rehabilitated, we decided to bring our own rescue, Charlie over to see if he could help. Charlie is good with people, crowds and other dogs, and is both calm (now) and playful. When Max was first brought out of the bathroom, he immediately went and hid behind furniture, tail tucked firmly. When he saw Charlie, he showed interest. Charlie went over and whined, did a play bow and lay down in front of him. Max was clearly fascinated, and came out to see Charlie and there was a lot of mutual dick sniffing. Charlie would put a paw on Max and lick him. Before long Max was actually wagging his tail a bit, and at one point did an actual tail up wag. We would call Charlie over for pets and Max would follow, staring the whole time. He even approached us for some quick sniffs. He kept watching everything Charlie did. After an hour or so, he even lay down in a relaxed pose, with his ears in the attentive posture. We took Charlie into the other room and for his first time Max actually figured out how to get up the two steps to the other room. While playing, he gave a relaxed dog smile for the first time anyone had seen.

We knew some neglected dogs need another dog to teach them how to dog, and Charlie did a really good job in that short time. We decided to let Charlie have a sleep over so he could keep helping. He's turning out to be a really good therapy dog!

We're going to take him over more this week.

Tl,dr: Neglected dog learns to relax and be a dog from our good boi.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 07:04

IMJack: Apr 16, 2003; Royalty is a continuous ripping and tearing motion.; Fun Shoe

Charlie is a good therapy dog and you're good people for bringing him to help Max. I hope Max learns he's safe and can be happy.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 07:39

MrYenko: Jun 18, 2012; #2 isn't ALWAYS bad...

Friends of mine adopted a dog that had been in a very similar situation (some kind of university study dog; Not abused, but emotionally neglected.) She was a great dog, but it took years of love and training for the fear to fully wear off. Committing to a dog like that is a wonderful thing to do, but it�s not easy by any means.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 15:13

redgubbinz: May 1, 2007

https://twitter.com/todayyearsoldig/status/1568641418431967233

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Numero6: Oct 10, 2012; ここは地の果て　流されて俺
今日もさすらい　涙も涸れる
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https://twitter.com/todayyearsoldig/status/1569023831418994688

# ? Sep 11, 2022 19:06

Regarde Aduck: Oct 19, 2012; c l o u d k i t t e n; Grimey Drawer

why do people think animals can't swim?

# ? Sep 11, 2022 22:12

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

A lot of them can�t

# ? Sep 11, 2022 22:13

mystes: May 31, 2006

Regarde Aduck posted:

why do people think animals can't swim?

In the case of rabbits at least, there are two kinds of rabbits (marsh rabbits and swamp rabbits, both found in the southern United States) that can swim. All other rabbits can't and it's not good for them to even get wet.

So it's not really surprising that people who haven't encountered those two kinds of rabbits don't expect rabbits to be able to swim.

Dunno about bats

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# ? Sep 11, 2022 22:41

wash bucket: Feb 21, 2006

mystes posted:

In the case of rabbits at least, there are two kinds of rabbits (marsh rabbits and swamp rabbits, both found in the southern United States) that can swim. All other rabbits can't and it's not good for them to even get wet.

So it's not really surprising that people who haven't encountered those two kinds of rabbits don't expect rabbits to be able to swim.

Dunno about bats

Jimmy Carter learned this the hard way.

# ? Sep 11, 2022 23:07

Regarde Aduck: Oct 19, 2012; c l o u d k i t t e n; Grimey Drawer

those animals suck and don't count

# ? Sep 12, 2022 01:05

RatHat: Dec 31, 2007; A tiny behatted rat👒🐀!

Neon Noodle posted:

A lot of them can�t

The majority of mammals have a swimming instinct I believe

# ? Sep 12, 2022 03:08

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

Regarde Aduck posted:

why do people think animals can't swim?

I had several teachers who declared that pigs couldn't swim because they'd "cut their throats with their sharp trotters" despite that making no loving sense.

Me, who had literally swam with pigs in dams dozens of times was shouted down and called a liar.

One teacher doing it would have been bad enough, but it was at least three different ones at two different schools a thousand miles apart.

# ? Sep 12, 2022 03:16

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ultrafilter posted:

https://twitter.com/todayyearsoldig/status/1569023831418994688

Of course bats can swim. Water is just the air of the water.

# ? Sep 12, 2022 03:39

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Regarde Aduck: Oct 19, 2012; c l o u d k i t t e n; Grimey Drawer

What the gently caress

# ? Sep 12, 2022 04:59

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

BasicLich posted:

strong criticism of black people from forums poster Regarde Aduck

personally I think it's a social issue, many black people can with instruction swim they are just not afforded the opportunities to learn. I, Basiclich promise in my potential administration to further opportunities for all peoples to better themselves, overcome adversity and together we may build a better world.

thank you all and I cede the rest of my time

This is some real yikers z posting

Edit: Basic, please seek help, or return to the regular consumption of your meds, whichever applies.

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BasicLich posted:

strong criticism of black people from forums poster Regarde Aduck

personally I think it's a social issue, many black people can with instruction swim they are just not afforded the opportunities to learn. I, Basiclich promise in my potential administration to further opportunities for all peoples to better themselves, overcome adversity and together we may build a better world.

thank you all and I cede the rest of my time

What.

# ? Sep 12, 2022 05:01

raverrn: Apr 5, 2005; Unidentified spacecraft inbound from delta line.

All Silpheed squadrons scramble now!

BasicLich posted:

strong criticism of black people from forums poster Regarde Aduck

personally I think it's a social issue, many black people can with instruction swim they are just not afforded the opportunities to learn. I, Basiclich promise in my potential administration to further opportunities for all peoples to better themselves, overcome adversity and together we may build a better world.

thank you all and I cede the rest of my time

Mods?!

# ? Sep 12, 2022 05:11

BaldDwarfOnPCP: Jun 26, 2019; by Pragmatica

Ground floor.

# ? Sep 12, 2022 05:35

Blue Footed Booby: Oct 4, 2006; got those happy feet

I think Basic is joking, pretending to misread in a comically foolish way, but also maybe

BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:

Ground floor.

# ? Sep 12, 2022 05:46

Tendales: Mar 9, 2012

For some jokes, the punchline is getting punted off the forum

# ? Sep 12, 2022 05:49

thatbastardken: Apr 23, 2010; A contract signed by a minor is not binding!

Megillah Gorilla posted:

I had several teachers who declared that pigs couldn't swim because they'd "cut their throats with their sharp trotters" despite that making no loving sense.

Me, who had literally swam with pigs in dams dozens of times was shouted down and called a liar.

One teacher doing it would have been bad enough, but it was at least three different ones at two different schools a thousand miles apart.

I thought the same thing for ages, turns out it's from a Dick King Smith book.

edit: Or not, the urban legend goes back to at least the 1860s! wild.

thatbastardken has a new favorite as of 05:56 on Sep 12, 2022

# ? Sep 12, 2022 05:49

CaptainCrunch: Mar 19, 2006; droppin Hamiltons!

redgubbinz posted:

https://twitter.com/todayyearsoldig/status/1568641418431967233

If flattering their ears in that manner renders a bun too streamlined, causing them to accelerate excessively, it's ok.

They can always Ear-o-brake.

# ? Sep 12, 2022 07:54

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

thatbastardken posted:

I thought the same thing for ages, turns out it's from a Dick King Smith book.

edit: Or not, the urban legend goes back to at least the 1860s! wild.

Now that's just wild.

You'd think at some point in the last 160 years someone would have bothered to ask a farmer about it.

Or go to the Bahamas where it's a tourist attraction