Same! Skarsgard was very jarring compared to my mental image of Murderbot.

Are you a breeder, dog trainer or dog handler?

Because that’s not how it works. You can breed for particular traits, as you mentioned, but behavioural characteristics (such as aggression) are more complex than simple genetic traits. You could breed two highly aggressive dogs together and get a placid dog as a result.

You’re talking about behavioural characteristics, not skills. Dogs don’t know how to fight without training any more than people know how to drive a car without lessons.

And as far as aggressive behaviour goes, pitbulls aren’t necessarily any more or less aggressive than other breeds. There have been lots of studies on aggression in dogs that show that breed is not a good predictor of behavioural tendencies (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9679229/).

Aww what a beautiful family!

The issue is people having bread them for fighting.

That’s not how breeding works. Fighting dogs are trained to fight, they don’t just grow up with inbuilt knowledge.

Please listen to the people with experience working with or handling dogs. Pitbulls and other breeds aren’t the problem. Irresponsible pet owners are

Jesus Christ, I swear some people just sit and wait for any cute picture of a pitbull so they can pounce and make “rip someone’s face off” comments.

This is a community for cute pictures/stories. Please don’t push your dog breed alarmism here.

I exiled most ways of expressing myself with my body. I’ve brought dancing back into my life, and I’m working to feel more comfortable dancing outside of dark, anonymous environments.

Feeing part of my body is a huge thing for me, because I’ve felt disconnected for so long.

This question elicited some Big Feelings for me. I’m going to sit with them a bit and then come back to answer.

Do you know you’re being disingenuous?

Straight people aren’t being murdered for being straight.

None of your points are examples of how it’s dangerous to be straight.

I can second the recommendation for a dehumidifier. It’s made a huge difference in preventing mould growth in my home.

I really appreciate your posts 😊 you come up in my feed a lot and it’s always something thoughtful or uplifting.

Thank you!

I probably should get more sleep because I initially read butterhead as butthead 😂

They’re incredible aren’t they? I saw one land in a field when I was on a hike and I had no idea how big they actually are!

We are so not surviving in the wild

👏🏻

If not friend, why friend shaped?

I was talking to a friend earlier today. Both me and my friend have played in bands in our youth, and were swapping war stories about those days. I was reminded of this fun anecdote:

There was one gig where the band I was in played at a tiny little all-day festival somewhere in Belgium, and the stage setup was really messy. The guitarist trod on the power cable to my keyboard, and pulled it so that it interrupted the power, but only for a split second. This reset it to its default settings, losing all the custom sounds I’d set up for some of the buttons. And, to my horror, causing it to play a samba demo song instead of the backing sequence I’d programmed when I pressed one of those preset buttons. This did not blend nicely at all with the gothic metal we were in the middle of playing.

Also, this was a summer festival and we were playing at the height of the midafternoon heat

… in leather trousers, big ruffle shirts and black mesh tops.

Have you ever seen goths sweat the white foundation off their faces?

Nah not stupid 😊 “command” is a little ambiguous in the documentation.

I think it means any command you can run from the shell.

I don’t see how noticing more of what’s there is a bad thing, or magical thinking. It won’t make more nice things happen, but being more observant of the ones that are happening is still a benefit.