@mawr @adeptomega @literorrery @KawaSeadrake "the endless and all-consuming void." holy shit that's my gender
@Ulfra_Wolfe@witches.town so the very first time I ran across the Barrens (level 10-30 zone, Back In The Day) with a brand new baby tauren hunter (freshly minted level 10) and saw raptors (level 15, hostile) I squealed "OOH RAPTORS" and ran *towards* them until they ate my face and killed me.
I'm pretty sure that is exactly what I would do if confronted with a dragon irl. "OOOH IT'S A DRAGON" *is eaten* "yaaaaay"
when I got up today, both of the adult crows near me were sitting patiently on the porch railing, like they'd been waiting for me. XD I put out the usual, handfuls of mixed peanuts and Cheerios, and watched as they picked through the cereal for the nuts--they'll eat the Cheerios, but they *want* the peanuts, which makes sense. then a squirrel charged one of the crows, spooking it away from the food--I thought the squirrels were afraid of the crows!
http://www.davemech.org/news.html a reminder that "dominance theory" and talk of "alphas" regarding wolves and dogs is bollocks
the literal author of the primary book on the subject has been trying to debunk that theory - *his own work* - for *decades* because it in turn is based primarily on a single study which has turned out to be extremely scientifically unsound
don't try to intimidate your dog into obedience kthz
Since it is coming up again:
Mastodon isn't private.
Expect anything you toot to be visible to everyone, regardless of your settings for visibility.
Mastodon is built on a system that isn't appropriate for private conversation and the work arounds for private toots and the like are not in any way robust against someone just ignoring them.
@GlitchyDragon @kara_dreamer@witches.town I used to have insomnia (still do to some extent), but can usually get to sleep nowdays with a combination of a nightly NyQuil nightcap and--hmm, deliberate hypnagogia? I've found that remembering my dreams, no matter what they were or how long ago, seems to put my brain into the "oh, we're going to *dream* now" state I need to fall asleep.
ofc your situation is different, but I offer my solutions in hope they might help you. :]
@mawr I have, and I like it, but they have something at the Lion's Den that's even sweeter, and evidently it's a powder? and one of these days I'll ask what it is and then *remember* what they tell me. :P
@mawr and right now I'm really craving their sweet chai... someday I'm going to find a source for that to make at home, and then I will die from drinking SO MUCH CHAI OMG
@mawr I don't know if it's still called the Lion's Den (or something like that) in Bothell-ish?
@mawr I bet I know which coffee shop that is! :D
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pronouns: they/them
location: Seattle
phenotype: dracosaur
alignment: chaotic well-intentioned
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aka Sprackraptor, Rasha, elynne, Yahvahzensil, & etc.
40-something ace/aro
an identity under construction in a badly-fitting human suit.
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