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[insertsomthinawesome]

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[kedreeva]

This might be an odd thing to ask but my friend just had to do their first cull (quail) and is feeling a little freaked out by it still. Do you maybe have any advice for like, coping with that?

I'll put this under a cut, since it involves animal death

I guess it depends on what they are freaking out about, the physical sensation of any part of it (for instance, if they did a butcher job to use the meat, instead of a euthanasia job for burial or something) or the empathy part of it (taking a life personally).

If it's the former, rub your (general you) hands on some kind of rough surface (like a bristle brush/dish scrub brush), trim your nails short, and take a long, hot shower, and light a smelly candle. It won't particularly stop you from thinking about it, but it will make sure that the actual physical stimuli that remind you (ghost sensations on nerves, any remaining scent of blood or offal or dander, sound) get pushed back in memory behind the new sensations and/or removed.

The empathy part is harder, and there's just not a lot you (again, general you) can do about it, and I think that's okay, actually. It SHOULD freak you out the first time you take a life, and it should freak you out a little every time after that, because it gives weight to this action that this action wholly deserves. You are ending a life that you were responsible for starting, and that's heavy and deserves respect. This is the reality of breeding and raising animals for use, and at the end of the day, your friend will have to sit with that, and decide if they're okay with it if they want to keep doing it. There's no shortcut in this matter.

Some of the things I do made it easier to come to terms with for me. The first is to do my best to produce animals that WILL have a use (as opposed to producing just to produce and not having a plan for what to do with them), and the second is to use as much of what you produce as possible. For me, this means either selling the birds to others for use, or using the meat/bones myself and giving the rest back to nature (usually my crows come and eat offal the same day I do butchering). I find it easier to handle if I set the expectation from the start that a bird will be a use animal not a pet animal (ie, food or eggs or whatever that I intend to invest time and care into, compared to a companion I would emotionally invest in as well)- being able to compartmentalize this distinction is essential, and there are also going to be times when you have to make the sucky decision to end an animal you got emotionally invested in anyway (illness, injury, old age, behavioral changes, etc) because you're human and that's what we often do. I'm also more comfortable culling if I know the animal will have/has had a quality life (both because the meat will be better and because they deserve it). Lastly, it helps to remind myself that I produce some animals for a purpose and when I cull they are either fulfilling that purpose (used by me/others) or they are incapable of fulfilling that purpose (free to go to others/rest). Keeping them longer than that is, imo, a disservice to them.

I'm sorry there's not an easy fix-it. I hope that your friend is able to recover and keep raising quail, if they enjoy the rest of it.

[unbanshee]

AO3 is one of the most places of all time.

[evilwriter37]

Kas got me queer rams’ horns and I love them!

[writingjourney]

Hi! So, the vampire Secondo fic got a little out of hand. We're going to end up at like 23k-26k words. I personally would prefer to still post it as one story and not split it because that's how I wrote it. However, I want to hear some of your opinions because I swear this will not be the last time that I write an overly long one shot.

Also please let me know if you want me to tag you in it. I actually do have a taglist for this fic!

[nova-rogue]

okay i need everyone's help

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the run down is i technically need Kafka as a unit bc she's banger for a Damage Over Time (DOT) team and i have everyone else already for the DOT team

i want Feixiao bc she's pretty and badass and a fox lady (and i love foxes!!)

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[humblemooncat]

Out of curiosity and totally not because I'm looking at books again while they're on sale. If Lohi were to take on another job other than Monk or Dancer, what do you think would fit his vibe?

It has to be mobile and fun, otherwise there's no restrictions! Unless it's a tank class. He might sit still if it means he's protecting others. Just not Paladin because he does not trust shields anymore.

[moonlight-prose]

so how are we feeling after chapter 7?

[dazzlerazz]

Not eating is all fun n games until you start getting the shakes

[chuluoyi]

Hi Chu! I really love you're fics especially those fluffs abt Gojo since it's always those smuts that are always there😭I caan't wait for more fics you'll soon be making🙏

awww🥺 sooo sweet i’m melting thank youuu for loving them!!🤧

[doxiedreg]

I was too optimistic

Depression is still sticking around unu

Don't really feel like doing anything

Just feel empty and slightly sad

Don't really have anything im excited about

Just lying in bed and resting and browsing social media and playing mobile games

Apathy is such a sucky feeling. Just the sheer nothingness. Its emotional boredom, you just want to feel things again, to care about things but you cant

You just barely exist, dont feel social at all and when you do try to engage socially you just feel irritable with everything and everyone

Getting real sick of this constant numbness

It's been like 3 weeks now, get me out of it

[prettyboykatsuki]

Fried chicken!anon here: I feel like I should have specified (yes I worried that I did not give you the right information) the mustard has to be spicy brown deli mustard, not just your standard yellow mustard.

KJSFDKJSD u know whats so funny abt this anon that is the only kind of mustard i own and eat 😭😭

[xxx-calibur]

Not are you immune to Medusa propaganda

[tau1tvec]

this is not at all meant to be a callout, I just wanted to warn you that I think the belt buckle this sim is wearing: https://www.tumblr.com/tau1tvec/722962267382104064/little-bit-cuntry-little-bit-rock-and-roll

is an iron cross.

Yeah, I thought it looked familiar, but I'd seen other ppl using it so I wasn't sure if I was just overthinking it?

Idk, tbh for a long time I'd just assumed it was a thing motorcycle gangs put on their jackets, but depending on where you live some do have the tendency to cozy up with white power groups.

[fivestoriesfallingg]

DUDE OMG SORRY ARE U SEEING DUNES ?

UR ALL GOOD NO WORRIES !! I AM ! IM LIKE PRETTY MUCH AT BARRICADE STAGW LEFT LOL