I just remembered one time in like sixth or seventh grade (we had the same teachers and class both years so hard to remember which) somehow we got into a debate of “who is better, boys or girls?” and instead of stepping in to stop it our teacher formalized it and egged us on by providing thoughtful prompts and counters to each side and by the end each group had built a barricade of desks on either side of the classroom and we were throwing balls of paper at each other and screaming about personal hygiene while our teacher just watched and enjoyed a Baby Ruth candy bar.
honestly even the highest concept sci-fi seems tame once you learn BioSteel™ Goats exist irl
I find it fascinating that people who choose not to have children are generally assumed to feel really strongly about not having children (or even to feel really strongly against children, anyone’s children, in general). I am probably not going to have children, not because I REALLY REALLY HATE the idea of having children, but because I don’t really really love it. Out of all the major decisions I will make in my life, this one is the only irreversible one. I can sell a house, quit a job, divorce a spouse, whatever. I cannot unhave a child. I cannot opt out of being a parent once I become a parent. I can’t even take a step back for the sake of self-care or whatever, or else my child will suffer.
So for me, having children is fuck yes or not at all. The default will be to remain childfree. Having children should be an opt-in decision, not an opt-out one. Until/unless I develop really strong feelings about wanting to have children, I won’t have them, even if that means I never end up having them at all.
If yes or used to please say in the tags whats it's name,what animal it is and how old it is"
if you ARE in New York, there were two very severe hoarding situations uncovered recently. One is in Yonkers and the other is in Westchester County.
Yonkers cat rescue: around 200 cats discovered in a house are being handled by the Yonkers Animal Rescue. They do not utilize fosters, but they badly need food, money, and support. They’re reaching out to other cat rescues in the area that DO use fosters. The cats appear to be social.
Those interested in fostering one of the Yonkers cats can call 201-981-3215.
Cat food can be sent to the Yonkers Animal Shelter 1000 Ridgehill Boulevard Yonkers NY 10710
To make a cash donation, call the shelter at 914-377-6730.
Westchester County situation: around 150 cats are being handled by the SPCA of Westchester. These cats were left alone without food and water for days after their owners passed away. These cats were called ‘abysinnian mixes’ by the folks I spoke to. They mostly need financial support.
Losing their marbles !!
I know these are supposed to be bubbles but the collector would love to play marbles.
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where are you?
twenty years across the sea
I think one of the funniest things about kids is how they'll be very observant and lack context for anything. Like imagine someone having to explain their small kids that some other adult in the grocery store was acting absolutely horrid because some grownups aren't real adults, they're just kids in adult bodies trying to pretend to be grownups, and some of them are bad at it. Real grownups don't throw tantrums in grocery stores.
And three weeks later one of the kids sees a trainee at the daycare fuck up something that the other daycare workers have no problem doing, and observes "you're just a kid trying to pretend to be an adult, aren't you?" and this whole-ass young adult will have to process that they were just read for fucking filth by somebody who was born in 2021.