ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

Time to watch "Station Eleven" again.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

Dogs are like those sphinx gates in the movie adaptation of "The Never-ending Story" (terrible compared to the book, which is one of my top 5 favorite books of all time, even as an adult, and the book's Uyulala is way cooler than those sphinxes). Anyway. You can't fake it. Dogs see right through you. Rather, they smell right through you. They can literally smell human emotions. If you're scared of them, they will get scared about you and be weird with you. Don't force people who don't want to interact with dogs to interact with dogs.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

The scariest situations I have ever been in with cops were cops who were actually from the community they were policing-- cops who knew me and were my small town neighbors. The ones who knew me well wanted to hurt me the most.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

I am just wondering why people get dogs who are bred so specifically but then put them in a life that goes against their nature. Like, why do people have St. Bernards if they aren't rescuing people in the Swiss Alps? Do you really think you can make them happy in your condo?

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

Avian flu jumped to cows and now people.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

If your kids just pick cats up rudely to move them about, and you haven't had time to teach the kids how to train cats to recall or target, then convince them to use a laser pointer just to move cats around, hands free. There is a reason your cat is more bite-y with your kid. Improve their relationship.

DO NOT USE LASERS WITH DOGS (lasers can make dogs OCD).

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

It is a misunderstanding to think cats don't love us like dogs do, or that they are less social, or that they are lower maintenance and need less attention and care. Cats don't even like it when we go out of our way to greet the dog but not them. They get separation anxiety. They sleep when they are stressed or bored (relatable), so we often misunderstand these emotions in cats. Cats feeling superior, or not needing us, or not caring, makes me so sad for cats, knowing all this to be false.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

If you see a pure white cat with blue eyes, then they are probably deaf.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

#CatsOfMastodon #FediCats

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

Remembering how I got fired from my daycare job in my early 20s for being sick too much but also because I didn't act neurotypically with the kids. The kids liked me most, so what does that tell you?

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

Antique clothes are so small not because people were smaller but because the extra small clothes were worn less so they survived.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

Someone I know is having a baby, and I ran into their spouse. We were talking about how the due date is close, and I said I recommended something like mealtrain dot com (preferably something less corporate) where friends and family can sign up to drop off meals on your porch or sign up for other things/chores without disturbing the new parents. He looked at me, perplexed, and asked why they wouldn't be able to cook their meals after having a baby.

Oh.

Oh, no.

Nevermind. Good luck, dude!

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

If there was no internet, and no power, would you still have your work/art? Or would it be gone?

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

Just your occasional reminder that "bush meat" is a racist term. It is a way to make hunting wild animals seem shady in a way that is only applied to Africans. In the USA, deer is bush meat.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

My daughter just had the best the doctor experience while getting her brain tumor removed in Roblox (game). Whoever the random kid was playing the surgeon really knew their stuff and aced bedside manner.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

The Israeli state is fascist and is committing a horrific genocide, with the help of the USA, which dabbles in fascism. There are A LOT of similarities with the fascist Nazis, and it is not antisemitic to say so. It would be antisemitic to assume Jewish people are Zionists or vise versa, and it would be antisemitic to call a Jewish person a Nazi (Jewish hatred defines Nazism). But what is happening in Gaza shares a lot of similarities with the Holocaust, moreso every day. It is making me sick. I don't know what to do.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

I keep thinking about "The Zone of Interest". It is the best Holocaust movie ever made. It is how it really was-- no one talking about it. Normal people-- not monsters. Cognitive dissonances noticed and silently struggled with. A lot of it is eerily relevant today. I think everyone should watch it.
#Holocaust
https://youtu.be/GFNtVaAuVYY?feature=shared

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

When I was a zookeeper, I was always experiencing a euphoric awe when an animal did something really animal-ish, like when the wolves would howl when I approached them in the morning. It was the basis of my cognitive dissonance. Anyway, I get that same feeling from companion animals, too! Specifically when dogs are REALLY sniffing something or trying hard to communicate with me, and with cats I feel that way when they have a flehmen response or when they do acrobatics through the air during play. 🥰

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 2 months ago to random

If there is some warlord gang shit going down somewhere, you can safely bet it was sicced on a population by the State. Then the State will use it as proof that a State is needed.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 2 months ago to random

I switched to a physical planner where I keep everything: family and work schedules, to-do lists, keeping track of everything, etc. I'm too tactile of a person to use apps and screens. This is way better.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

In case people I really like are wondering why I unfollowed them, it's always because you called (or boosted someone else calling) Jewish people Nazis. I will not use the Holocaust Inversion Trope, not even against fascist, genocidal Zionists, because it hurts Jewish people who are not fascist or genocidal or Zionist to see it, and I care about the requests of the Jewish diaspora not to do this. Nazis, by definition, want to exterminate Jewish people. What is happening in Israel is not about killing Jewish people, meaning the genocide that is actually happening is not towards Jewish people. Talk about similarities all you want to, due to the shared characteristics of fascism, genocide, imperialism, and an ethno-state. But both of us are not Jewish, so we do not have the right to dabble in antisemitic tropes as insults. I was sad to see you go.

Edit: Holocaust Inversion includes "Final Solution" appropriations.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

No wonder he left his cat to his neighbor.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 2 months ago to random

This genocide against Palestinians has a uniquely USA-ian flavor, which functions by gaslighting. Like racism in the USA, they deny it is exists as it is executed. This has USA all over it.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 2 months ago to random

When you live with three other people who are always home and it's one of the two days per month you are home alone for 7 hours! Weed and art and loud music!

#ActuallyAutistic