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Hi, Skelly! Really random question here but I think your honestly the best person to ask on this topic. This is non-Star Wars related btw. Feel free to ignore.
I have these neighbours who arent the best of people. They got a dog 2 years ago I believe, a Belgian Shepherd. Unsurprisingly, she barks a lot.
We don't think the owners are abusing her or not feeding her or anything, just not taking her for a lot of walks. It's their first dog (the mum, dad and two sons, to be exact, none have ever had a dog before) and obviously shouldn't have gotten a Belgian Shepherd when they have a smallish backyard.
I was wondering if there was something I - or my family - could do? None of us blame the dog, just the inexperienced-ness of the family.
You don't have to reply to this, as I know its out of pocket and not what you expect. Was just curious.
Have a great day/night!
~Jamie.
P.S. My puppy had a scare last year when she was only 2 and a half months or so and we had to go to ER for her. Geez, that place is stressful so my thanks to you and your workers everywhere!
Buckle up and get comfortable, I have A LOT to say on this issue:
(TRIGGER WARNING-I WORK VETERINARY ER AND THERE WILL BE MENTIONS OF DEATH AND OTHER DARK ASPECTS OF WHAT VET STAFF SEE IN THE FIELD. Consider yourself warned. I am ranting as a PSA and FYI for those not familiar but REALLY need to know what we do! If you feel brave PLEASE give it the time to read. Thanks!!!)
OHHH, I LOVE SHEPPIES!!! They are SO smarticle, sweet, energetic...and extremely spirited. However, they DEFINITELY need exercise. More importantly, they need mental stimulation. A several mile walk is great for the body, but not something everyone can do daily. Plus, these guys are brilliant (only second to the esteemed Border Collie) and their mind is like a hamster on a wheel. So, training, commands, tricks, agility courses and anything that requires not just exercise, but mental stimulation is top priority. These guys were bred to run and think on their feet. THEY NEED A JOB! They AT LEAST (and this is foundational) NEED TO BE WALKED DAILY!!! Every dog needs to be walked daily as this also helps with bone density, muscle strength, balance, cardiovascular function, etc. Same with humans. If you don't exercise, you can become depressed, overweight, brittle bones, diabetic, constipated, and a host of other health issues later in life that cost money to regulate and fix.
Most owners buy a dog as a companion, and these guys can be amazing ones. However they aren't your lazy Golden Retrievers or Greyhounds (while sporting class they do a burst of energy and lay around a lot normally). Unfortunately, dogs not given mental stimulation will show the following behaviors: excessive barking, destructive chewing, inappropriate urination/defecation, escaping out of the yard and getting in trouble/injured, misbehavior to commands, possible self injury, and unfortunately even aggression towards people and other animal housemates. A LOT of working/sporting dogs wind up in shelters and euthanized due to these behaviors when all they needed was regular exercise, training, and mental stimulation. A LOT of regular non sporting dogs do too.
In order to keep their dog, they need to include them as a true member of the family. Plan family activities with the dog. Can they run errands with a family member who might just want to do a ride along and the dog comes with to sit in the car when the person goes in. They can also research places that allow shoppers to bring their dogs into the facility: Home Depot, Lowes, Michaels, some downtown shops in their area might allow it. Shop for dog snacks/food and take the dog with them to pick it up as many pet stores allow dogs in their store. Heck we have restaurants and coffee shops that cater to outdoor dining patrons who bring their dogs...and the dogs get spoiled too.
If their dog is too rambunctious, then they DEFINITELY NEED TO SIGN UP AND GO TO DOG TRAINING CLASSES. ALL THE CLASSES, and more than just puppy training. Really, this should be foundational too. Every dog needs training. Again, get the whole family involved, because the dog (like children and adults) need consistency and everyone needs to know what to do when walking, interacting, and commanding "Sheppie" to behave like a Good Canine Citizen. There is a a right way to train and a horrible way to reinforce negative behaviors in a canine. EVERYONE needs to put in the work. Everyone needs to feed the dog, fill it's water bowl, pick up the poop, and walk the dog. Everyone needs to play and pet the poochie. That's why you get a dog!
The family needs to do some honest soul searching to figure out if this dog and breed REALLY fits with their family dynamic. If not, they the dog should go back to the rescue or shelter (many shelters have a return clause in their paperwork that says they MUST return the dog to them. It's for safety reasons) or find a RESPONSIBLE new owner to adopt "Sheppie". There are rescues, shelters, and fosters online. Again, they took on the responsibility and they need to do their due diligence to find a good home for this living breathing animal.
Let me also debunk a horrible myth that still circulates: REHOMING YOUR ANIMAL IS NOT WRONG IF YOU CANNOT TAKE CARE OF OR PROVIDE FOR IT! Screaming it for the people in the back!!! I have been working in the vet field for over 8 years (general practice, shelter med, emergency, high volume TNR) and have seen some horrendous shit when people keep an animal that they no longer wish to interact with. It can be mild contempt for the perceived burden to downright neglect and abuse. Also, I have seen family members and household pets in danger or actually mauled from dogs that people refused to put more money/couldn't afford/didn't have time for training that kept/refused to rehome to a place with no children/no pets/etc. And, understandably, many of these people LOVED that dog and kept trying to fix the situation. But sometimes you cannot, and the aggression, destruction, ingestion of foreign objects (we have frequent visitors to my ER that have foreign body surgeries due to anxiety chewing/swallowing-some end as euthanasia's). I have had owner's come in with animals that needed to be euthanized for aggression due to high drive, with their housemate mauled, and the owner mauled and bleeding (trying to pull them apart)-all of them showing up together. We have had bored dogs jump the fence to find something interesting to do and get hung up on it, needing emergency surgery. We have had them run out into the street and hit by cars. These things happen to all dogs that require someone to tend to their needs EVERY DAY!
I had to rehome a Dutch Shepherd that we took on as a foster (from a not good situation-putting it mildly) when she tried to maul my elderly German Shepherds (and that was with daily walks, daily at home training, professional training, and veterinary medical evaluations), we found a rescue that deals with security/military breeds to take her to. Sometimes the animal you choose to have in your home may NOT FIT WITH YOUR FAMILY. It happens.
So, you asked what you can do? First, thank you for caring and wanting to do something. Second, you can print out information on local dog training places, agility, and specific breed information (Belgian Shepherds include: Malinois, Turveren, Laekenois, and Groenendael, so tailor it to what their dog is), and anything else you can think of to offer to the owner. Try to approach it as helping and not frustration. HOWEVER, I will warn you now that sometimes people are not open to outside help and will not take this positively. Even people seeking out medical veterinary help can get defensive when we try to help them. Unfortunately, nice people who take on a high drive/high energy breed for their first dog are unaware of the huge responsibility they have. And, not demonizing here, but they buy the dog with the ideal they have for themselves and forget this animal has needs and is languishing without proper care...even a mental/physical outlet. And from what I have seen, this is an epidemic. For those reading this: if you feel you have to "come at me" go volunteer at a shelter/rescue or go have a heart to heart discussion with ANY veterinary professional. If someone was entrusted as your guardian with the responsibility of your mental healthcare and didn't see to your mental health needs and you had no outlet, how would you feel?
Actually...that is happening now in epidemic proportions. It sucks, right???
I wish you luck @fionajames . It's NEVER bad to reach out and attempt to help. At least you tried and I LOVE YOU FOR IT!
#veterinary advice#dog#vet tech rant#excuse me while i trauma dump#doing for reality check reasons#we do dogs a terrible disservice by not providing for their mental stimulation#dont hate me for seeing too much and caring#the day i stop caring is the day i quit working in vet med
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It doesn't matter to JD Vance - or Trump's supporters - that the 'immigrants eating pets' stories are false. He's admitted as much, and says he will keep repeating them. Because "memes."
It also doesn't matter when it's pointed out to him that the Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio are in the country legally. He's going to keep calling them "illegal" because their legal status is not the thing about them that he finds objectionable.
It doesn't matter if they're legal immigrants or illegal immigrants. It doesn't matter that immigrants - regardless of legal status - are statistically much less likely to commit crimes than those born in the United States.
None of those things matter, because it's never been about those things.
Trump & JD Vance and all of their supporters hate immigrants. Full stop. The reasons and justifications will always shift and change to fit the present circumstances and political environment; reactionary politics at its finest. Meanwhile, the cold and vile core remains unchanged:
"These non-white people are lesser than us. In fact, they aren't people and we don't want them here."
#God remember the#migrant caravans#during the 2018 midterms? (I don't even remember if they brought that back for 2020 or 2022)#or for that matter#chain migration#which again had nothing to do with undocumented immigrants but immigrants already in the country legally and the ''crisis''#of these immigrants bringing their families over to live with them#Like...listen I try to shirk away from hyperbole and I know this is only a continuation of shit that Trump's been doing#for the better part of a decade so it's not really news but...#this is just mask-off Nazi shit#the Republican Party are full mask-off fascists#the head of their party is ranting racist nonsense and then people are terrorizing an entire town with BOMB THREATS AGAINST SCHOOLS#because of these racist lies - and not only is there no push back from the party#they're all just doubling down#my best friend is a vet-tech multiple states away from Ohio and now has to hear about this 'pets being eaten' bullshit#this shit is getting worse and is going to keep getting worse#until we make Trump - the MAGA movement - and the entire Republican Party#powerless - this shit needs to be politically nonviable or they're going to keep doing this shit#or mark my words - just like a pizza place that didn't even have a basement - next time the bomb threats won't be fake#Racism#MAGA#Donald Trump#Immigration#Xenophobia#Republican Party#American Fascism#White Supremacy#and the couch-fucker in chief:#JD Vance
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every time there's a (chain) restaurant that stops using finnish meat i die inside a bit. like. first of all your image will suffer. it's more ecological to get things made near you. you should realize that even if you don't care about anything. and yeah i barely eat meat but i do care about animal wellbeing so i'm capable of understanding that since people at large will keep eating meat, it's good to support the industry in a country where it's actually mandatory to treat your animals somewhat well and raise them in clean environments and where antibiotics are only used if an animal is sick. and not as a preventive measure so you can raise them in dirty environments. does antimicrobial resistance say nothing to you. also this is exactly why, if i had a pet, i'd be unwilling to buy them food that has meat from a country where i don't know about how the butchery works. bc it supports everyone from the animals to the consumers and their pets and whatever to have meat that's raised with prevention of diseases with the help of systematic health care work and hygiene and literally just not dumping antibiotics into poor animals in poor conditions. thats how you get e coli. my god. all that so you can get slightly cheaper ingredients. insane.
#the burden of knowledge#i try not to think about it too much#but unfortunately i have done research and listened to rants from a friend who has an education in being an animal keeper like she's#qualified to work on a farm and also she's a vet tech and insanely knowledgeable about dog and cat nutrition and also a vegan who#understands not only the finnish meat industry but that of some other places too#who is willing to explain things to me as if i were 5 years old every time i get confused by something regarding this stuff#dont get me wrong i do read like actual sources but she helps#and loves to rant about this#which. so do i. but i know less so i have less to rant about.#anyways. i get not wanting to support the meat industry but doing that where i live guarantees safe food for both pets and people alike#idk what im even going off about im just annoyed#ive seen bad takes#leevi talks
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hi just a friendly fucking reminder that you should be nice to people, especially the ones who are trying to help your pets :)
#so many people say that vet med should be free#and i agree!!#but that’s not how it works and you do have to pay for things#vets/vet techs/vet assistants/receptionists do NOT make enough money in the field#we do it because we want to help animals#but if the people are fucking rude then no one will want to do it!!#and then guess what#there’s no one to take care of the animals#i’m sorry these tags are long as hell#i got verbally abused at work last night and it’s been weighing on me#rant over :)#jj rants
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vets are honestly so annoying bc like i get that there's a lot of irresponsible pet owners out there who don't understand animals... but also if we, the owners, are telling you something very specific about our pet you shouldnt just dismiss it??? and then be surprised when we're RIGHT and have to put off the whole fucking thing. like is it that hard to give us the benefit of the doubt that we know our pet better than you do....
#ugh#basically our cat is VERY difficult at the vet#which our previous vet knew and she would give us anxiety meds for him before check ups#but she retired i guess#and the new vet was like#he's fine we can handle him!#spoiler: they could not handle him#like literally she and the vet tech could not handle him#so we have to come back in a few weeks#after we give him the anxiety meds she NOW gave us#once she saw we weren't fucking exaggerating#like jesus lady if you're a vet you shouldn't be so scared to get scratched by a cat... ugh#sorry just personal rant lol#my post#personal
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#cont. from last post my rant is almost over ignore me#and you know what else sucks???#theres another chef there who is probably even more qualified to run the program#and he HATES the program head and how he runs it and how he treats students#he should be in charge. he wanted to be in charge as far as i last heard.#but the college loves this man whos running it currently. bc hes good at acting nice in front of people when hes not in the kitchen#(or not in charge of them)#but when he's in the kitchen. (when he can boss pleople around.) hes like. Gordon Ramsey#but like if Gordon Ramsey thought all chefs should suffer more than Jesus on the cross#and made it his personal duty to physically exhaust them to make sure they were suffering enough#and then yell at them not only for their cooking but also for being tired#and also if Gordon Ramsey went into culinary schools and yelled at students who are learning and therefor not expected to know everything#instead of yelling at head chefs at entire restaurants who have already completed their schooling.#hes like that.#no bc he literally said that his culinary icons are Gordon Ramsey and Bobby Flay#bobby flay is a douchebag of a man who isnt even that good of a chef 😭😭😭😭😭 OOPS#red flags upon red flags#and he says it like it makes him cool. he literally said he admired them as people#BRO 😭😭😭😭😭#anyway. maybe i want to do vet tech or assistant school. idk!
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Sitting outside on lunch trying to figure out what in the world today even is, and trying to process this morning...
#pardon my insanity#...what IS this day?#to the five veterinary ERs that turned a dog that was bloated away without even *looking* at it before sending the owner to the next...#...so that they drove around all night with their dog in horrific pain trying to find SOMEWHERE to go...#...only for the dog to die in the car twenty minutes before getting to us after we opened for the day...#...after final hours of suffering for both the dog and his owner...#...we are overbooked and understaffed too and we WOULD have figured out how to get that dog in our NON-emergency hospital#f*** you#especially to the ER among them whose staff physically shoved my cousin out the door when her cat was actively choking last year#rant#vet assistant life#vet student life#the emergency vet crisis in this area is getting to where general practice staff are coming in at odd hours for long time clients...#... because the ERs turn everything away if they're even open because they got bought out by corporate that drove tons of staff out#it's ridiculous#better yet my grandmother fell again at 4:00 AM before my 12 hour shift started and she's in the human ER#our lead tech had to leave urgently for a family emergency that also has someone in the ER#and we have an 8 month old puppy that never got vaccinated and may have Distemper -and with his blood values the prognosis is shit#*hangs bang head here sign on wall and slams into it*#sometimes it just sucks man...
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wow nothing better than spending a million billion dollars on a test to see if your dog has cancer only for it to be inconclusive and the vet tells me he still MIGHT have cancer. SO WHAT DID I SPEND THE MILLION BILLION DOLLARS FOR.
#ooc#Gonna find a new vet after this is2g#These bitches suck at their jobs#Inconclusive my ass you're just a shitty vet#And now they're fucking like#“Well you can pay to have the mass sent to pathology to confirm it after we remove it”#IF THAT WAS THE SUREFIRE OPTION WHY DID YOU WASTE MY MONEY WITH THIS INCONCLUSIVE ASS CYTOLOGY THAT YOURE TOO INCOMPETENT TO PERFORM#“I only saw rbc in the cytology”#IS THAT BECAUSE YOU WERE MAYBE POKING IT WITH A NEEDLE?#God.#These fuckers.#I'm glad I'm a while vet tech so I can see right through their shitty excuses#Any sorry for the rant this is just so stupid#I've had three separate appointments at this point#Just to try to get this thing removed#And they just keep stringing me along making me make more appointments#Like just take the fucking thing off like I asked you to do LAST YEAR
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I'm n vet tech student there's seriously something wrong with my teacher she supports animal testing n cat declawing what the fuck
#mini rant#school#declawing#anti declaw#cats#bad teachers#vet tech#animal testing#anti animal abuse#anti animal testing#like wtf#whats wrong with people
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Sorry for the rant but holy shit seriously I wish people would realize that most veterinarians ARE NOT wildlife rehabbers. I work at a vet clinic that specializes in cats and dogs, but people are constantly bringing in injured wild animals, especially birds. a few weeks ago we actually had an avian flu scare after someone brought in a sick pigeon that they found in the park. Luckily the animal ended up testing negative but seriously if you find a sick/injured WILD animal, don't just pick it up and bring it to a vet clinic. Your local veterinarian is probably not qualified to deal with wild animals and chances are neither are you! You're just putting us and yourself in danger! :(
Yep. I’ve had to fix botched wraps on wildlife from vets before because the staff had only worked on domestics and maybe a parrot or two so they didn’t know what was different between a canary patient and say an owl. And I’m very aware that even a vet tech can probably read a CBC faster than me and most have less trouble drawing the blood to begin with than I will because these are different skill sets. Can I do a gram stain? Technically, but I’m not going to compete at identifying a species of bacteria with an actual vet. Can a vet keep a wild animal alive? Maybe, but it’s going to be a lot more stressful on the staff and animal because they’ve only been trained to handle animals that are at least reasonably acclimated to humans.
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what's a little crisis among friends, right?
did my loveless ace self really just sink three hours of my life into a fucking dating sim?
#ddadds#for your blacklists because 'my descent into dadness' would be too good for if i got a kitten from work or something to waste on this game#that cute little scream when the lights went off in the movie theatre on the second date did me in not even hiding my freak status#not a drop of green in his character design and yet... he soothes me#honestly though i gathered when it was fresh and everyone was mad about it that theres this cult bad ending we all hate#i think i am more outraged by the SKETCH animal shelter situation that led to the events of his ending#than i would ever be at any cult ending#like i get to see his nerdy boring side and can't even appreciate it because i'm busy ranting at the screen at how sketch it is#vet tech problems literally no other vet tech in the world would relate to#because i am *counts on fingers* seven years late to this game#its weird not liking something before it was cool for once#i joke about questioning my aceness but if anything this game is going to keep me unquestioning longer#bc in one of my 'bored or cupio?' moods? torment this beautiful fake dad with in-universe from dusk til dawn and see how i feel#questioning answered#i am 200% going to replay his route even if i have to restart the game or something to make it happen whenever i have a bad day at work tbh
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What do you think Jon and Damian would pick for their college majors? Who’s more stressed out at the end of the semester?
thank you for this question, anon, because i have strong opinions on this!! strong to the point that in all of the college au's that i've written (or am writing 👀) damian and jon's majors are always the same, even if it's not mentioned and it just lives rent free in my head
damian is an animal science major with a pre-vet concentration. does it make more sense canonically that damian would probably work for and/or take over wayne enterprises and should therefore be majoring in business? yes. but he will forever be an animal science major (and eventually a veterinarian) in my head. "oh, but nightwingbb, he never shows any interest in being a vet, he just likes animals!" and to that i say one of my best friends from college hated science but loved animals, so she majored in animal science and now she loves her job as a vet tech so HA
jon is an education major. i know that in and out of canon, he's usually written as a journalism major, but i didn't want to make him a copy/paste of clark. plus, i was a journalism major in college, and i honestly couldn't see jon enjoying the major. since news is all digitized now, half of the required major courses aren't even on journalism anymore. i learned video editing, social media management, photoshop, basic web coding, etc. and i just couldn't imagine jon getting as into that as i am. after deciding he would Not be a journalism major, i actually struggled with what jon's major would be for a while when i first started writing navigating life back in 2020. i even posed the question here on tumblr asking for ideas because i was simply at a loss. then @liameowlia pointed out that jon is good with people, has a strong will to help, and radiates empathy and suggested i go from there. that, plus a fanfiction that i cannot remember ANYTHING about aside from the fact that it depicted jon as a teacher (literally don't even remember what the story was), led me to education major jon <3
apologies for the rant, anon, i know you probably didn't want a whole dissertation on WHY i chose these majors for the boys, but to answer your next question:
jon is definitely waaayy more stressed than damian come end of semester finals seasons. damian is haughty and overly confident and probably feels like if he studies for even just a few minutes, there's literally no way in hell that he won't pass his finals. not to mention that he's a classic rich kid who doesn't have that "if i have to retake this class, it'll cost me $3,000" stress hanging over his head lol
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Twitter or Instagram?
I have entirely kept off the major social media giants. This includes never having a Facebook account, never having a Twitter account, never touching Instagram, not once having a TikTok account, and only having a Reddit account since 2020. Unfortunately, this isn't helping me get a job in tech because the vetting process for big companies is to find your social media, and if I want to make my YouTube account more a thing, I'll need something more than Tumblr.
So, what would you choose? I'm inviting even the security minded to go off on comparative informational rants.
Also, please let this breach containment. I need the biggest possible sample size.
#2slgbtqia+#lgbtqia+#lgbtq+#lgbt+#lgbt#lgbtq#lgbtqia#2slgbtqia#twitter#instagram#lesbian#gay#bisexual#transgender#queer#questioning#intersex#aromantic#asexual#mtf#trans#talisidekick#talisidekick things
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If I have to explain the states law to clients ONE MORE TIME TODAY
I’m gonna bang my head against a wall 😀
I’m sick and tired of being cursed out, and screamed at, and complained to because people think that somehow WE are the issue.
ITS NOT MY FAULT THAT WE CANT PRESCRIBE YOUR PET MEDICATION! WE HAVENT SEEN IT IN OVER THREE YEARS! LEGALLY WE CANT DO ANYTHING UNLESS YOU SCHEDULE AN EXAM!
But sure, WE are the problem because we are “extorting you” and are “selfish”
Have you ANY idea how hard we cry when we can’t help your pets? How worried we are about them? Do you ignore the options we give you about payment options or other referrals? How we direct you to cheaper companies for medication because we sympathize? How we still make an effort to be kind to you despite how you blatantly disrespect us day after day after fucking day!
If you don’t like the price of certain procedures like nail trims or ear cleanings, LEARN TO DO THEM YOURSELF! Or, go to a place like petsmart. No, it’s not a free procedure, no, you can’t just walk in and demand to be seen, but hell, even if we do, we will accommodate you, and YOU STILL SCREAM AT US!
Every day I pray to Hermes to grant me strength as a technician and a receptionist. Because I’ve had two clients make my cry on the same day because they were so rude and unkind, and I’m over it. I’m done.
Kindness doesn’t cost a fucking thing, and despite what I have going on, despite being cursed out and screamed at and having things slammed in front of my face and chastised for doing my fucking job, I STILL wish you a good day afterwards.
This has been the rant of a very exhausted vet tech, CSR, and Hermes devotee.
Thanks.
#customer service#receptionist#vet tech struggles#vet tech life#vet tech#vet receptionist#veterinary medicine#hermes devotee#hermes#eclectic witch#witchcraft#spoonie#chronically ill
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Today's mix:
Global House Diva 2 by DJ Irene 2001 House / Trance / Hard House / Progressive House / Tech-House
God, I really can't fuckin' stand this frenzied and debased style of DJing, man. It's just such a terrible joke. Don't get me wrong, prolific LA scene vet DJ Irene definitely stacked up a whole bunch of turn-of-the-millennium bangers here, but that doesn't really mean much, because the way she went about it is just so transparently cheap and silly. I mean, I often think that DJs can be an overappreciated bunch in the first place, because at the end of the day, they're really just playing other peoples' music, and then with the right marketing, they can overshadow the musicians themselves, but there is glaringly so little care that went into crafting this monstrosity here. Basically, DJ Irene tried to stuff 10 pounds of shit into a 5-pound bag with this totally jumbled-up, incoherent mess of a set, which is really more like three mini-sets in one: atrocious, mindless, simplistic, blaring, transactional, Euro-rave-type hard house to start; then a run of vocal trance; and then some sweet house tunes to close out.
Now, I have nothing against genre-hopping as a concept. In fact, as I'm sure some of you are all too aware by now, I love it when shit's eclectic. 80s DJs mixed all sorts of stuff together, from synthpop, to electro, to disco, to house, and so on, and I love that spirit. But there was a certain sort of logical fluidity to it all, and this is just so goddamn slapdash by comparison. Between the three mini-sets, there are pretty clear lines of rigid demarcation, and then within those sets themselves, the transitions are often times just dogshit, and are sometimes attempted to be masked with some sort of vocal interlude.
On top of that is the fact that there are a total of 31 tracks in this 69-minute mix, which means that a song, on average, only lasts for about 2 minutes and ~15 seconds, which is *way* too short, considering how long dance tunes typically are. But then when you take into account that two of these tracks, which are run back-to-back, actually take up around an *an entire fifth* of the whole set itself, that means that the average length of the other 29 are shrunken down even more significantly, which *really* prevents the listener from getting into *any* sort of rhythm.
And my final complaint within this multifaceted rant about this soulless waste of time is that, while I certainly dig a whole lot of the songs that were chosen for this mix, when it especially comes to the trance, DJ Irene is really doing little more than scratching the surface. She too often just haphazardly mashes together some of the biggest commercial hits that this genre had to offer at the time, not really connecting them in any type of way that could be considered even close to satisfying. There doesn't seem to be, like, any super deep knowledge of this particular type of music, because, I mean, any DJ can slap together Bedrock, Ferry Corsten, and Tiësto, man; it's not impressive, and you're basically the equivalent of a top-40 bar DJ spinning Pharrell's "Happy" at that point. And likewise goes for lining up Roger Sanchez' "Another Chance" and Kings of Tomorrow's "Finally" in the house set, and then cheesily transitioning into the final track with Chuck Roberts' iconic, but frequently used "In the beginning there was jack" monologue too. Please, just spare us all 😒.
So, believe me, I really hate to sound like a snooty purist here, but this thing was pretty much unbearable from start to finish. Grating, empty-calorie madness that feels like a forerunner to what our soon-to-come generation of AI DJs are gonna be spitting out, which honestly, might be better than this.
Listen to the full mix here.
Highlights:
Bedrock/John Digweed/Nick Muir - "Heaven Scent (original mix)" System F - "Exhale" Ratty - "Sunrise" Gouryella - "Tenshi" Johnny Vicious - "Here With Me" Operatica - "Melancholy Rose (Richie Santana's Anthem mix)" Delerium - "Innocente (DJ Tiësto remix)" Pusaka - "You're the Worst Thing for Me (DJ Irene & the Evolution P.H.D. remix)" Two Phunk D-Lux - "Night Out" CZR & ITO - "Bring in the Funk" Raoul Zerna - "Feel tha Funk" Proton 2 meets Monie - "Higher (Tony B remix)" Hatiras - "Space Invaders (Hatiras' 2nd Encounter mix)" Static Revenger - "Happy People" Roger Sanchez - "Another Chance" Kings of Tomorrow - "Finally" Exodus - "Real Close"
#house#trance#hard house#progressive house#tech house#dance#dance music#electronic#electronic music#music#90s#90s music#90's#90's music#2000s#2000s music#2000's#2000's music#00s#00s music#00's#00's music
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Tagged by @all-or-nothing-baby 🥰🥰
15 QUESTIONS, 15 (or whatever) TAGS
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYBODY?
My mother's hs best friend basically! She lives in Bosnia so i don't know her much but I have met her
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Uhh i can't remember but probably like last week or so. I dissociate too much to remember when or why lmao
3. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
nope
4. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
Not much tbh. Im afraid of being misunderstood too much bc people generally do
5. WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED?
Softball mostly!
6. WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT SOMEONE?
My gut feeling about them, and if they might understand mental health stuff or not
7. EYE COLOUR?
Hazel-green
8. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Scary movies for sure. Irrational happy endings make me angry
9. ANY SPECIAL TALENTS?
10. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Central europe, meh
11. WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?
Nature, reading, writing, sports, chilling with animals, learning stuff
12. DO YOU HAVE PETS?
2 cats! And a few past darlings in spirit
13. HOW TALL ARE YOU?
173cm
14. FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL?
I used to always try to come up with some answer to this to please people but i didnt have one past 3rd grade bc i absolutely detested school, the educational systems and academia so fuck no, no favorite subjects. Fuck schools.
(The one good school i went to grade pre till 3rd i enjoyed also had really good pedagogists. In 3rd grade i think i loved math the most bc my teacher designed individual plans for us and my classmate and i raced to finish higher level work, in 2nd i think it was the class where we read and wrote and were creative like think tank and reading dino topia and writing our own magical treehouse, in 1st grade it was science and experementing and the frogs and butterfly class.
On my own time i watched so many animal rescue shows and nation geography and we had so many of their magazines and natyre magazines my mother got that were sorted out from the library. And i read a lot of history books about ancient and pre-historic times and different cultures and that was great. I was also obsessed with animals and read cyclodpedias and had them quickly memorized. But by the time i was 9 i was too depressed and i dont know shit anymore my brain too forgetful
and that's why i'm so mad about the school systems bc i truly loved, loved learning. But even the good school would give me failing grades for my social behavior. And without ranting even further, lets just say math used to be like breathing for me and now i can barely put 48+32 together without a calculater anymore bc my brain is so dead
So much more complicated issues yeah but school still makes me so fucking mad)
15. DREAM JOB?
somehow i got lucky and i kinda ended up in the field of my dream job: vet tech/nurse
i wish i could save any animal i come across though. Regardless of money, laws, etc. I wish i could save nature. Fix what humanity has done to the earth and to so many animals. Relieve suffering. Give love to every stray. Make sure every living being has a home. Get rid of ownership over land and living beings of any and all kind
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