#blow up my town

[beansnpeets]

Thinking about human behaviour compared to animal behaviour again.

It's funny to hear people (the older gens) complaining that "kids these days are lazy, they don't wanna work, etc." What do we get for busting our asses? There is no reward. Many will never own homes. Many are unemployed, trying to find work, and nobody will hire them because they don't have a million years experience and a masters degree OR they want people to work for minimum wage??? People are giving up because there is no reward. Why would we do all this for nothing?

Same as a dog that won't recall when you haven't reinforced it with a reward. Your dog isn't going to do what you tell it to if there is no incentive. No, your dog SHOULDN'T listen just because you're boss and it should respect you. That isn't how it works. They don't think that way. And honestly neither do people.

When we went hiking Sprocket wasn't always taking treats gently from me when I recalled her or she checked in and I rewarded and my one friend told me to stop giving her treats. I told him I won't work for free so why should she. And he said "I do things for free all the time because I want to do them," and I didn't say it then, but I wish I had, but if you like doing it, that's the incentive. It's a self-rewarding behaviour. Just like anything else a dog does, like chasing a squirrel or sniffing things or getting into the trash. Heeling instead of going off to sniff stuff or recalling off of something they want to chase is something you have to reinforce. You have to give them something better so they make the choice you want them to make. They won't make it just because they *respect* you. They won't willingly recall off of exciting prey out of RESPECT. You need to give them a tangible reward for that. You cannot possibly expect your dog to listen just because and then punish them for disobeying you.

Yeah, Sprocket bit my fingers a couple times. The one time pretty hard. But she was excited. She knows how to take gently and I reminded her and she tried very hard to be gentle most of the time. I wasn't going to stop rewarding her for checking in with me and recalling while we were off leash hiking in the woods. I want her to know that coming back to me is good and in the event of an emergency I would like her to not blow me off.

[winepresswrath]

sudden yearning for time travelling teen jiang fengmian lands at lotus pier fic that winds up being about a perfectly nice kid having a varying series of "oh no. i don't like that. that's a lot" reactions.

[disabled-dean]

HOT take but I am rotating a 27-year-old Mary in my mind, who isn't really fit for motherhood and doesn't stick around- but who blows through the bunker every once in a while with a group of rowdy young hunters and shitty gas station souvenirs, cleans her gun at the kitchen table, calls dean "baby", and leaves

[affable-square]

The possibility to choose one of the other characters' endings added so much depth to Patho Classic. Mostly because as Artemy you can choose Daniil's ending but you know you really shouldn't, and that scratches the "I want to fix him, how far am I willing to go?" itch I have for this accursed ship.

[novelconcepts]

You know that feeling, when you’re listening to someone tell a story, and you can just feel in your gut that what actually happened is SO much darker than how they’re relaying it? And they’ve put a ton of effort in, right, to sand the edges down. They’ve gone over it a hundred times, beating all the wrinkles out, practicing like you’d practice a presentation or a stand-up routine. By the time they tell you the story, it’s perfect. You can’t help but be charmed by it. Can’t help but laugh at all the little silly bits. Can’t help but see it the way they want you to, so you don’t ask questions, you don’t dig in to the open wound just behind the plaster, you don’t let the certainty that it was Bad, Actually sweep you away. It’s just a fun anecdote now. Smile with them. Laugh with them. They’re here now, so it’s fine, right? Right?

I get the feeling that’s just Simone’s entire marriage to Taissa, and I feel so fucking bad for them both.

[septennial]

she wears long robes, I wear armor she's a literal goddess and I'm just a tiefling

[eikichi-supremacy]

something something male betta fish will attempt to kill each other if they're kept in the same tank

[cherrystonefemme]

Love the extremely hinged behavior of people responding to my posts like "Pillow princesses are BAD and I DO NOT want to have sex with them!!!!"

Feels like a stranger slamming their hands against my kitchen window and shouting "I don't want to eat that!" Like... Girl... I'm about to get you for trespassing. Git before I call your mama and tell her to take away your cocomelon tablet or whatevr

[problemsynth]

Nere my beloved nb nos! what a sad wet beast they are!

[shalom-iamcominghome]

See, I always liked the aspect of conversion where you have a comparatively unique experience compared to other jews but like... How am I going to have a "comparatively unique experience" when I'm starting to forget everything about my previous life/practices. I just think that's funny... I genuinely forgot that most denominations of xtianity doesn't have shabbos services.

[attractthecrows]

entertaining myself by inflicting bastard children on my faves

[articskele]

Ink loves food sooo so much I know it in my heart

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[adamsrcnan]

no because the feeling i get when i dive back into the raven cycle is truly unlike anything else. i really cannot describe the level of comfort it brings me. i honestly truly feel like i'm stepping out of myself and my life and into another universe. everything about it is such an all encompassing feeling. i'm afraid nothing else has ever made me feel this way. i'm certain nothing else ever will. nothing could ever replicate the feeling of reading it for the first time. but nothing could ever come close to the feeling i get of immersing myself once again into my home away from home. bc truly that's what it is. my home away from home.

[careerboyfriend]

i hate when video games have evil options but punish u so severely for choosing them

[ourfathyr]

Trying to work on Harry's Dossier and immediately getting sad working on his mental health and relationships like fuuuuck

[eileen-crys]

Local politics-ish rant in the tags