I’ve had a carrot cat too! I sliced some up and dehydrated them then sewed them into a toy and she just loved it! The trick I found is to break the pieces inside the toy now and then to release more of the smell (same way catnip works really).

Does your carrot cat also like swimwear that’s been used in a chlorinated pool, but not yet washed? Mine treated that like catnip, too.

They’d have to focus on getting rid of their smell… that’s probably why foxes didn’t win the dog/fox pet battle. They smell very strongly.

https://helpfulhyena.com/what-do-foxes-smell-like/

But agreed on ferrets/cats :)

Well that’s not where I was going with that, but you aren’t wrong..

Same, I have a bar a few lots from mine, and it only gets bad a few weekends a year.

I have neighbors that blast music while having super smoky fires and getting piss drunk, though. They are much much worse than the bar. Hands down. Because I can’t have windows open about half the time without my house smelling like smoke (a smell that gives me migraines).

I wonder if this means they are skilled enough to sell me only female fish for my breeding colonies…

It’s a pain trying to explain how to sex fish (of specific sexible varieties) to the people working.. fortunately I found a LFS that just has me wash my hands then I can net my own.

I’m working really hard to never pay my own student loans. (I’m not actually, just chronically unstable enough that it’s not worth trying).

Even when I find work that pays enough to end up with payments, it never lasts long enough to end up with payments. (contact is all I’ve been able to land really, and I’m fine with that due to the major time off between jobs - I’ve gotten good at budgeting)

Good on these parents for being willing to do that though, even if it is super shitty they feel they have to. My mom never would have.

This. I had a winterized display (leaky roof inspired water damage) and replaced a board and fixed it. Took about 20 min including the time to disassemble the tv itself. $20.

The research to figure out what components caused the problem was significant, however. Because tv repair isn’t a thing anymore even tho it absolutely should be.

If I’m welcome to do all those things, that still makes it my responsibility as a consumer. So…

And the rest of what you wrote is just unnecessary. Of course shit takes work. Part of that work is talking to people to raise awareness, and gosh golly it’s almost like I’m already doing that.

Thanks, this was a great way to use an hour of my life :)

My pihole also blocks an absolute fuckton of stuff, and yes, more is better with the type of granular control you get with it.

Because you can manually go in and whitelist/unblock stuff, or just disable blocking entirely, if you want to view it and it’s blocked. It’s a conscious decision to do so, but it’s definitely an option, and a pretty easy one at that, especially if you have a mobile app interface.

For example, I have the Roku domain blocked so my TVs can’t serve ads or call home all the damn time (this has no bearing on any other functions of the TV just updates, ads, and reporting my activities), but I need to unblock it once every 3-4 months or so to update apps and firmware.

Yuck, can you imagine having him as your therapist?

I’ve seen some bad therapists over the years, but nobody would hold a candle to this shitbag.

Something that helped me was realizing that names are hard for everyone.

Unlike faces, which a lot of people also struggle with, names are completely arbitrary. They don’t help you identify a person at all unless you already know them. Facial features at least help you recognize someone but “Tim” or “James” could be 20 people you have met this year alone.

Everyone is bad with them, so just admitting to it is actually either a huge relief or at least understandable to the other party, like your experience. I find it’s typically the former, and after they share their name again, they confirm they have mine right, or ask in kind because they also forgot. It’s a human moment.