#I'm sorry whale the ground doesn't want to be your friend.

[doodle-spooder]

okay so were is the broken pot of petunias... no I'm not kidding.

[hologramcowboy]

https://www.tumblr.com/hologramcowboy/745395618485272576/am-i-being-extra-sensitive-or-was-this-a-rape?source=share

I hope I can vent here for a second. I genuinely do not understand why anyone gave him a pass on that one. Had that been someone like Joe Jonas, Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Mike Tyson, Pedro Pascal even, they would not have been given a pass and it would have been all over main news media sites. He wouldn't be making that joke if he knew any of the children that were sexually abused by priests for decades or what happened with the Boy Scouts. There are just some things you don't make a joke about. His Brendan Fraser The Whale joke he made was bad enough, as were some other jokes he made over the years, but in this day and age, there is no more excuse. I don't personally know anyone affected by the abuse people of those two institutions enacted, that I'm aware of I should say, and I would never ever make that joke. As gross as Misha can be, even he didn't make that joke. Even if he wanted to play along, he shouldn't, not after he was so vocal about the mass graves found in Canada and the atrocities committed by the churches up there against Native children for decades.

Any AA that defends that joke Jensen made is a heartless asshole that needs to get their heads checked as soon as possible.

Now, that all being said, I think he's saying worse and worse things lately for two reasons. The first is I think this is really him and he just doesn't give a fuck anymore. Like he'll still try to tell people what he thinks they want to hear but more and more lately, he gives a very no fucks given vibe. Whether that's due to what happened with The Winchesters or Rust or whatever, that's the vibe he gives off. The second is I think he says assholish shit like this at certain points because he's trying to give off a Soldier Boy vibe, sort of selling that character since a lot of people speculate he'll be returning for The Boys' last season. Sort of like he used to dress as Dean with the flannel and jeans, and then like Beau when Big Sky was airing. I could be wrong but that's the vibe I got when he went "oh, that's too far?"

I'm curious as to what your thoughts are. Not about the joke, we all know it was disgusting and highly inappropriate, but about why he presents himself like this sometimes. And why he always seems to get a free pass the more he ups the ante on being an asshole.

Jensen's self image is warped by his sychopant fans and his deluded wife. He has no personality of his own and instead tries to inject in himself the attributes of the characters he gets cast as because he mistakes characters for branding. Branding is who You are not who your character is. Branding is that unique essence you bring to your character.

Sorry to say but this is what happens when a man who lacks culture and studies gets hyper praised to the point where he loses his sensitivity towards others. Jensen has a one sided view in life, anyone who disagrees with him is automatically a bully. He is just like his sychopantic fans. He can't perceive the world in all of its layers and that's endlessly sad for someone who claims to be an artist.

He claims he wants to bring light to the world or whatever will earn him approval but then acts like a jock who is bullying his friends.

At the end of the day, Jensen is a subpar actor who lacks culture in an industry where people are now multihyhyphenated and multicultured. It would do him good to be more grounded and realize that his influence can help people when it is used with the intention to help, rather than when it is squandered on incredibly inappropriate jokes and behaviors (getting superdrunk at cons is a superbad example).

Being praised in a one sided way has clearly gone to his head. That terrible joke is not the first time he demonstrated a lack of empathy and self awareness. I really wish he had good role models around him but he's married to the queen of bullying so why are we even surprised when he acts like a mindless, self centered jock?

Jensen needs to grow up. A lot. Thank you for allowing me to vent, I have tears in my eyes as I am writing this, I am just so sad he's turning out to be such a disappointment on so many levels. You see, you are definitely not alone in your need to vent and thank you so much for expressing things in an honest, open way. AAs forget what honesty and having values means because they forego their own values and replace them with the perceived ones from Jensen. It pains me to say this because I saw so much in him but...Jensen is no rolemodel.

[alopiassupersillyosus]

I'm sorry folks, I'm glad we're all enjoying the video but I need to put a disclaimer about it.

Is the Shark Video Cute?

Unfortunately no.

This was really irresponsible of Ocean Ramsay to do, and she keeps doing it. She's a well trained diver, and I'm glad she works in ocean conservation. That's great. The shark was sated/had been reported to have recently eaten and been in a docile state (they can often overeat since they don't know when their next meal is and they need a LOT of calories) so she was diving in a "safe" manner so to speak. But, as many marine biologists have already mentioned, you do not touch sharks.

You wouldn't pet a lion in the wild, now would you?

Do not reach out and grab their fin.

Do not caress them as you swim along with them. (Seen in the rest of the video she posted. The extended version has more divers and lots of petting/caressing)

They are not pets, they are wild animals.

This is not the first time Ocean Ramsay has dived with a large and gravid/pregnant Great White (important to note, they're also a protected species and shouldn't be pet off of that criteria alone), and it's also not the first time she's been told to stop. It's getting tiring. She constantly says stuff like "I was guiding her away from x/y/z" or "I was trying to keep space and gently pushed off"

Why shouldn't we pet wild animals or great whites?

At the top of the list, it's irresponsible and you could get yourself or others hurt. Many will emulate this behavior without looking to see if the shark just ate (which, even if it did, see how long it takes to get hurt if you harass it long enough)

Secondly you could hurt the shark. Many sea creatures, sharks included, have an outer mucosal layer on their skin that helps protect against diseases. Your sunscreen covered, scented lotion wearing, foreign bacteria having hand will mess up that protective barrier when you pet it. At best you'll scrape it and they'll have to build up again.

You can scare them off from the food source. This was by a whale carcass, and the shark in question is pregnant. She's going to need a LOT of food, but she won't risk it if a bunch of divers are out blocking her. She doesn't know if you're a friend or foe, and she may not be willing to find out. She might rather starve (in this case, she did at least feed, but she couldn't return).

Depending on the animal, you can guide poachers to prior undiscovered sites. A sea turtle specialist once talked about her experience posting an "egg watch" of sorts (she was looking after a nest site with a group) on social media, only to have someone use landmarks in the image to find the nest and attempt to steal the eggs (fortunately the person was found and the eggs were recovered) . She no longer posts sea turtle photos until long enough time has passed from the hatching event. Great Whites are a protected species, it takes 2 years for them to have pups. It's not uncommon for people who hate sharks to go out and murder for sport. Look at Florida and Australia for examples. That shark could disappear real fast.

Did I mention you'll inspire others to do the same? Because 60 people tried to emulate Ocean Ramsay in the following days. I can guarantee not all of them were as experienced. Luckily the shark was not in the area by that point.

Marine biologists are forced to come out of the woodwork and tell you why it's not okay, and we'll inevitably get people who want to argue about it, and we really just don't want to fight about it. We have to do crowd control every time and, personally, that's not why I got my degree.

That being said, scientists will interact with sharks and marine life to collect data. We are trained, we're trying to be the least invasive we can, and we're not doing this for the views. We're trying to find ways to reduce post-release mortality, or discover pupping grounds to protect them from human intervention. We're not out there looking to harass them for fun.

If you don't like what I'm saying, you can check out other Marine Biologists' takes here:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-18/conservationist-slammed-for-touching-huge-shark-off-hawaii/10725478

The article is from 2019, like the video, but the content is still relevant.

Ocean Ramsey and her team encountered this 20 ft Great White Shark near the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It is believed to be the biggest ever recorded