#one day i will answwer more asks

[mad-hare]

Here's a weird guinea pig question: Why do sows handle pregnancy/birth so poorly? From what I understand they only have a couple babies at a time and even good births are tough on them...I ask because I've been reading about food production in no-income rural areas, and guinea pigs are really common in a lot of countries. Even with their litter sizes, they'd be so practical if they had easier births. Is it possible to select for that, or is it just part of their species? :<

I'm not really sure how to answer this well because generally I would look to the wild ancestor for more information but information about the -most likely- ancestor of domestic guinea pig (Cavia tschudii) is sort of lacking. And in terms of them being raised for food in South America still, a lot of the information is not available online in English either.

Adult size, litter size, and gestation are all similar between domestic and wild ones. Wild cavies might be picked off by predators well before they reach two years of age, while a breeder may still be trying to breed a two year old pig. In the wild they live in rocky grasslands and use tunnels and caves so a heavily pregnant sow may go into hiding near the end of pregnancy.

A final guess that's entirely theoretical is head size and shape (which is the most difficult thing to push out for a guinea pig or a human). This wild guinea pig appears to have a very long, narrow, head:

This "poor pet quality" guinea pig seems to have a sort of similar head shape:

While in a nice show quality pig, we prefer this blunt, rounded head. It's entirely theoretical and coming to a conclusion about it would require a ton more information about wild guinea pigs! But it's just one idea. It's entirely possible there are other reasons our show guinea pigs are more fragile, when you select for things on a solely visual basis you may be losing a ton of other health related genes. Maybe they are more narrow in the hips than wild pigs.

I can't speak for meat cavies, cuy, but a rabbit is infinitely more productive than a guinea pig in terms of pounds of meat it can output. A rabbit can produce litters pretty consistently for over five years, while we tend to retire a cavy after three litters tops (not sure how long meat cuy go for though). Why would Indigenous South Americans domesticate the cavy despite poor production? Well, guinea pigs are small and easy to grab and must have been readily available. The wild ones must have adapted well to captivity. If you are an ancient villager you are only feeding livestock scraps or grass generally, so it's not exactly a huge drain on your resources to produce something "less efficient" in our modern viewpoint. This just happened to be an animal that meshed well into the lifestyle of those who domesticated it. Today cuy are much larger than their ancestors, so selection of some sort occurred. They might be hardy and vigorous compared to our smell pets.

[the-firebird69]

they hassle him non stop itches and pinches sickness and more and tons of berading talking smelling threats and attempts to harm him.  tonight will be different you losers will feel pain now and lots of it when you try picking up the phone like the addicts you and we wont go through it again. you wont get any inventions and you wont get our engineering we pull it all.  drain you  all to death in doing it.  meaning forg want it and will are pursuing you for it now. are at your door banging loudly, and will kill you for it..we are in forg garb too.  get it.  we shoot you for them they get in fights we do it now. on purpose....ok he had yoru women say it to you they knew hate you as they should.  are tough adn mean but hey you are much much meaner and stupider. lousy people  lame friends if that is what you call it and you suck so badly for calling us ok the idiot with the restaraunt  name we crucify you along with a few trillion others.  no...octillion....and we set it up you go there you are up on the cross immediatly..talking...we hear it all confessions and more...are at it need it ok.  and they call and we see who.  now you notice after piles and piles of you die a night...we pile you up too your so dambed stupid...fn fags.    Thor Freya you know what your problem is s...what they say..thats yoru problem you have to ask.  now it is evident you are lame here and the motif is too ruggid...grinds you down, you use a matrix all do and slices you up.  your cheap mean senile pukes as planned and die smiling about it. lose your intel and hardware, and troops and cloning, your personal lives too.  you did all this sold the beans and cow..and so on...and dont notice...have to ask. are told forget.  so what...we do taht. exactly. your free to die.  and that is how. pitiful deaths.  so shut up go away and crawl off pitiful wretches here you inane and die. i mean really how embarrassing do youu think it is...they see you converse no, spit blab harrass croak in all the wierdest ways and see your weak...forg take you..so you want to ramble now ok get it rolling do so we take you to the holes local ones so we can get him up and Thor says it was said nicely... Zues Hera it is what it is and that..your horses asses on purpose and have no idea the danger or results or immpmlications none.  we know. and you are a loser there...tons dont get it you blab to make sure.  how aweful for you and them.   to die like this at his hands.  and ours..withe ease by the way...he makes it look so easy tons of forgieners do it and find your willing to die.  nice touch. too adding you in the mix no. your a total  fool.  and your idiots pipe up knowing full well they croak hoping to injure him..so he is then injured. we do nothing for you still.  and you fall again immediatly.  and ask in ridiculous ways. a re p ushovers we push you over.  and yeh we can talk and talk and aare not you doesnt affect us like you...the sound attracts killers to you and machines monsters and they destroy you.  but your too busy having fun making faces in a camera like a three year old child....mostly girls. your so eradtic mean  hostile immediatly.  you lack the understanding here in fl. most of you.   Thor Freya right on the money. it is true most cant see it and blab and torture each other and into violence or poisonings and most are losers here are under the influence of methane and other. it is hell they are so bleak and lame and senile and stark.  this fn blows this state.  and the people fall fast too hours here and off ranting...he seems immune.truly does is not a ranter yes. but has a bit no.  and he is serious he is arguing with real ppl. you idiots put your point out over and over and over and over to nobody to find you hunched over your computer in the am dead or asleep or exhausted and nurse yourselves to life for a day..and do it again.  lame.  useless.  mean.  hostile. and yeh it is not rpoducing squat. mac is angry there it is and you all balk he said it and there is his grandaddy ashortly need it..and balk.  he will kill us prob your useless...they say no we work..so get off him..now. leave him bee he only sits. no. we need it now....so we hit now mac says true too these are all greedy shits and the lot and bja and others shitheads too so dumb. mean arrogant lame.  so tell me off you shit we hit you your a loser.  and your father says it you fn scum your ruined it the one who was supposed to help you ccould not produce one chopper and had it...i saw his eyes oh that is cool...then plop.  no movement for  weeks no sales no investors.  no fun nor entertainment only brooding.  so he says you stoppe him and he says  yup.  and he will yammer all night and die.  so what you are a fool. you stopped you and no you cant couldnt and he knows it blocks.  the german tape co.  price point but blocked a s they could have sold cheaper and didnt.  machines you see do it in germany and i knew and then this..w.e cant let you mac said.  horrible mac says and the bugs are atrocious attack and attack and attack. just like our whooses.  attack and attack and tons of it shpping nd working and it is so lame and bad forg trashed the north adn midwest and south adn weset.  east gone shortly..your out you fags. out. i demand it qe and pick me up mac and macs i will be in the ocean tonight or shortly within days...jons house he presets says he doenst know he does.  told us tons and you dont get it.  ratted you out on tons of stuff and nuances due to your inflammatory attitude.  and she is horrendous inlfuences him to f up his own stuff.  easily.  he is a failure. this is nonsene keeping them around, this is it im fed up he is so stupid he rants about him..and youi are influencing him to you shit.  and not forg.  he says so we use forg stuff. not for long we are there kicking you out they are too you braggot dead bitch. you are in the middle as caa pointed out and die fast. and have tech and data and intel we need back badly. we intercept you craft you idiot using his channel..your a liar.  qe happy weith yourself you got me in trouble,,,adn for years. cork your a frggin moron tell  me to get you in trouble to blame me  your technique and tons know.  trump and others rat on you you wont shut up stop or do anything that is rational.  and you started in on me to harm me with your you go in the garden...and you go in the museum and your von hagen every single day you still announce it  billium send in reports says how many times. then you try stuff, are huge pigs and are monitored.  your not allowed to harm me as you are.  you try you die you overstuffed imbicile...he means you are puffed up and mean so we hit you....and you are not to contact him ever nor lot or any of you. r estrtaining orders are on you all your within 100 feet in or out of the house you are down and out.  all of you die tonight by the way we dont allow you back to earth your a dunce ok.  Thor states and Freya issues orders...we need bigger teams yes...she says and sends.  i request we flatten three major areas of cork, take them seup bases and Thor says ten...we divvy now and prep to bomb shorlty we shall...and it goes now....we also hit the entire upper mid west and in corks name too....we present most of the crosses are him...take them down he orders no affect lets make haste...we shall...and ther eis none...toss them all into holes seek out all cloning...and birthing and we did all the quetioning and they thought they would be freed we hit in fl and elsewhere using it and he is happy.  yes bja rememered your idiotic questino. happy you will die as he has tried to kill  you for many years..has been successul tons of times.. of course happy idiot. Zues Hera   we launch a full blown program now against cork and use it all.  this is nonsense he does and on purpose to distract us we use it on him. Freya  we use it too his inane comments and messing with him with bugs...tons say it off  turn off the compouter nah Thor macs mimic try to use it and try too hard. as do others...it is easy ok to see why. Zues we use it ok mimic those copying the orders using them on you and your assholes cork your a friggin asshole...we shoot you at each meetup ok your a faggot and wont shut up. Hera we see your guts as we enter and exit.  we hate you cork you fup so often adn to no gain.  your a shit too.  we fire you now mac daddy how lame of an answwer bja how lame of an act you ddi not conceal a thing so why hsould i ever react differently i have to defend myself and do wihtout hesitation, as you revealed yourself so many times adn are so frigin lame at your job Zues oh bja yeh oh little shit Zues go to hell cork now. i command it all those in my service you are to follow this order Thor and Freya Hera and Olympus shall enter....grab them all you see them grab them....and they send it now.  out.  stuff them in holes let us raise our Armies not our tempers....it is fruitless work cork wants and does not much affect but he is a miscreant and terrorist raises them trains them and lets hit his training camps..now Zues Hera anyohter comment corks you want more.   Hera nah we get it we are out cork oh you get it snide asshole. you shall Hera you shall yes.  we invade Savage Oppress says you blabbed macs plan and yours.

[smittenwithsugden]

Robron Awards 2017

1 more day to go!

I already have quite a few people who voted. And thank you so much to everybody who got all their votes in!

I will send chat messages to everybody where I don’t have all the votes yet with the categories that are still missing. Not to add pressure but just to see if I got every vote that you posted.

If anybody still wants to participate, you can!

Just make one giant post with all your votes or send me an ask or reblog this post with your answwers!

Here are, once again, the categories:

Best Kiss

Most Heartbreaking Scene

Sexiest Scene

Best Acting by Ryan

Best Acting by Danny

Best Wordless Scene

Most Rewatched Scene

Best Overall Episode

Best Fight/Argument

Best Family Moment

Sweetest Moment

Best Hug

Best “I Love You”

Best Robert  Quote (one line)

Best Aaron Quote (one line)

[carcinoaquarium]

situational update

hey uh

sorry me an kar aint posted much ovver the past couple days 

me an him been kind a occupied an stressed out since he wwas in that vvehicular accident

he stubbornly wwent back to wwork yesterday evven though i told him i really thought he should take at least one more day off to rest but he alwways gets to feelin guilty wwhen he takes any time off at all an so he wwent back evven though me an a bunch a other people thought it wwas a bad idea

his cowworkers wwere surprised seein him back so soon since they wwerent expectin that neither an he stayed late catchin up but wwhen he got home he told me his head started hurtin pretty bad durin the day an he wwasnt feelin good at all

so thankfully that wwas enough to let me convvince him to take another rest day today an go to the doctor wwhich wwe did an he got some medication to help wwith the pain an muscle stiffness but it also fuckin knocked him the hell out an so he wwas sleepin most a this afternoon an evvenin

i guess i could a posted somethin here myself but ivve mostly just been frettin ovver him an im sure evveryones sick a me dominatin this blog anywway

but just lettin you knoww kar is wworkin on some art for an ask answwer an hell probably get to finishin an postin that this wweekend

thanks evveryone for givvin him wwellwwishes an such

[angstyer]

answwer the 65 question ask! if u wanna

1: Do you have a crush at the moment? nope

2: Have you ever been deeply in love? nope

3: Longest relationship you’ve ever been in? 15 months

4: Have you ever changed for someone? yes

5: How is your relationship with your ex? im still friends with all my exes

6: Have you ever been cheated on? i hope not 

7: Have you ever cheated? no

8: Would you date someone who’s well known for cheating? no

9: What’s the most important part of a relationship? communication

10: Do you like to be in serious relationships or just flings? serious relationships

11: When you are dating someone do you believe in going on “breaks”? yes

12: How many people have you ever hooked up with? zero

13: What’s one thing you regret saying/doing in a previous relationship? saying yes to being hers 

14: What age do you think is appropriate for kids to start having sex? oof…..

15: Do you believe in the phrase “age is just a number”? to a certain extent, yes

16: Do you believe in “love at first sight”? not really 

17: Do you believe it’s possible to fall in love on the internet? yes

18: What do you consider a deal breaker? if they’re not a nice person

19: How do you know it’s time to end a relationship? when you’re not happy anymore

20: Are you currently in a relationship? no 

21: Do you think people who have dated can stay friends? yes

22: Do you think people should date their friends? why not 

23: How many relationships have you had? 4 

24: Do you think love can last forever? you gotta keep putting in effort to make it work 

25: Do you believe love can conquer all things? i guess?? idk 

26: Would you break up with someone your parents didn’t approve of? maybe

27: If you could go back in time and give yourself one piece of advice about dating what would it be? don’t rush into things

28: Do you think long distance relationships can work? yes

29: What do you notice first about another person? their eyes

30: Are you straight, bi, gay or pansexual? gay 

31: Would it bother you if your partner suffered from any mental illness? no 

32: Have you ever been in an abusive relationship? unintentionally yes 

33: Do you want to get married one day? yes 

34: What do you think about getting your partner’s name tattooed? i wouldn’t 

35: Could you be in a relationship without sex? no 

36: Are you still a virgin? no 

37: What’s more important: Looks or personality? looks capture my attention but it’s the personality that makes me stay 

38: Do you enjoy love films? if they’re good, yes

39: Have you ever given anyone/received roses? i’ve received them 

40: Have you ever had a valentine? yes 

41: What’s your imagination of a “perfect date”? idk as long as we get to know each other, anything is fine 

42: Have you ever read “Romeo & Juliet”? no 

43: What’s more important: Your partner or your friends? they’re equally important

44: Would you consider yourself “romantic”? no 

45: Could you imagine to date one of your current friends? not really

46: Have you ever been “friendzoned”? no

47: Which “famous couple” is your favorite? Kristen and Steph

48: What’s your favorite love song? trivia: love

49: Have you ever broken someone’s heart? yes

50: If you’re single, why do you think you are? :’)

51: Would you rather date someone who’s rich but a douchebag or someone who’s poor but a nice guy? poor and nice 

52: Are you good at giving other people advices regarding dating/ relationships? i’d think so 

53: Are you jealous of couples when you’re single? sometimes 

54: How important is it to make a relationship official (p.e. on facebook)? not very important i guess but i wouldn’t want to be secretive about it either 

55: Would you consider yourself “clingy”, “overly attached” or “jealous”? yes 

56: Have you ever “destroyed” a relationship? no 

57: x

58: Are you the “dominant” or the “submissive” part in a relationship? i can be both

59: Have you ever forgotten important dates like your partner’s birthday or your anniversary? no

60: What’s your opinion on open relationships? they’re not for me 

61: Who’s more important: Your partner or your family? they’re both equally important 

62: How do you define “cheating”? going after someone else while being in a relationship

63: Is watching porn while being in a relationship inappropriate? no 

64: Do you think Valentine’s Day is overrated? a little 

65: Would you consider yourself a “cuddler”? yes