Random Rants LXXII - What is wrong with us?

[Kyriakos]

Ppl are rubbish!

This little boy was close to his 3rd bday. his mom thought of the wonderful idea to give him strawberries on his bday cake. Little boy, mind you only 2 years old, watered them for weeks.

The day before his birthday, mother said: I will make you a yummie cake with your strawberries.

Next day they walk out in their little garden, and all strawberries are gone!

Someone jumped the fence and killed a little boys dreams.

Ferals!

[somewhere else in the city]
"Maybe we can survive for two more days, with these strawberries i stole, Tiny Tim"

 

[Yeekim]

Then let them eat wild prey. What would this turtle normally eat - mice? Then a mouse should have been used.

Don't mice and rats feel pain and fear much like dogs do? What makes using one so different from using the other?
Rats in particular have shown to make really smart and kind pets, but they're still frequently used to feed other animals much the same...

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Don't mice and rats feel pain and fear much like dogs do? What makes using one so different from using the other?
Rats in particular have shown to make really smart and kind pets, but they're still frequently used to feed other animals much the same...

Rats and mice are vermin. They are legitimate prey animals.

 

[Yeekim]

Rats and mice are vermin. They are legitimate prey animals.

This sounds like an entirely arbitrary distinction to me, but hey, we don't need to agree here.

EDIT: Sorry, this picture was made for exactly this thread. Can not not post it.

Spoiler :

 

[Valka D'Ur]

This sounds like an entirely arbitrary distinction to me, but hey, we don't need to agree here.

I take it you've never had the contents of your kitchen cupboards contaminated and destroyed by mice and mouse feces? Or anything else you own? Never had to worry about hantavirus, which can kill people with compromised immune systems or respiratory problems?

We had a mouse infestation in the summer of 1993. My cats did an excellent job of catching and killing them, even the cat who thought they were icky and would catch them and give them to me (still alive) for me to deal with.

Mice are VERMIN.

If a mouse ever got into my apartment and Maddy's hunting instincts were to kick in and she were to catch and kill it, I would praise her to the skies.

 

[Yeekim]

I take it you've never had the contents of your kitchen cupboards contaminated and destroyed by mice and mouse feces? Or anything else you own? Never had to worry about hantavirus, which can kill people with compromised immune systems or respiratory problems?

We used to have a summer home in the country. Needless to say, mouse traps were a necessity and our cats had their job cut out for them.
And of course we praised them for doing a good job hunting them.
That does not mean rodents are somehow qualitatively different from dogs or cats or cows. Feral dogs or cats can be an equally big problem.
And I've killed mice and I eat cows. Which is why I feel it's a tad inconsistent to get worked up about feeding a puppy to another animal - unless one is a vegan Jain or something.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

We used to have a summer home in the country. Needless to say, mouse traps were a necessity and our cats had their job cut out for them.
And of course we praised them for doing a good job hunting them.
That does not mean rodents are somehow qualitatively different from dogs or cats or cows. Feral dogs or cats can be an equally big problem.
And I've killed mice and I eat cows. Which is why I feel it's a tad inconsistent to get worked up about feeding a puppy to another animal - unless one is a vegan Jain or something.

Dogs are domesticated pets. Mice aren't, at least not around here. Outside of university labs, rats aren't even allowed unless they're bred for snake food.

Turtles' natural prey does not include dogs.

And don't even get started about veganism. I'm not one. If my cat killed and ate a mouse, I wouldn't mind at all. Ditto birds, because they're a cat's natural prey.

The prey Maddy is limited to here is the occasional insect and she stole a french fry off my plate awhile back.

 

[Kyriakos]

Aren't mice used in lab experiments a lot?
It obviously helps that they are small, but if they were so much dumber than dogs then they probably wouldn't be used.

Though i don't like any such animals, dogs, cats, mice, birds. Tbh not even humans ^_^

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Dumbest rant ever -

I ate too many chocolate chip cookies and I've had a stomach ache going on 24 hours.

 

[Thorgalaeg]

It must have been lot of chocolate chips...

 

[Synobun]

You cannot move Apps to an SD card on older Android versions, you might want to check that.

And just move movies and pictures to the SD card, way easier .

I figured out the issue. The Google Play Store stayed on the internal HDD during the format and can't be moved. So when it does its file size check for app installations, it bases it off of what's available on the internal HDD but then installs the app onto the SD card.

This phone came, out of the box, with 7.5GB used up out of 8GB. This just means that I can't download any apps over 500mb now that I've cleared the internal HDD of anything superfluous/optional.

 

[The_J]

Eh, that sucks :/

 

[r16]

it's like two weeks since Solo opened and no one sees it ? What if Disney made an 80's SW movie to keep their bunch off some heat ? Do ı like eat people ?


and yeah , Xenforo cuts me from this or that thread again . ı should really demand a cent every time this happens , but then ı would possibly bankrupt the site ...

 

[Zkribbler]

I haven't seen a movie in a cine for months & months. Now, TWO that I want to see are opening next week, on the same day (Ocean's 8 (2018) & Incredibles 2 (2018).)

 

[hobbsyoyo]

We left my wife's wedding and engagement ring by the pool last night. It is no longer there. Waiting for the front office to open and see if someone turned it in. They aren't worth much but the engagement ring is a family heirloom. Here's hoping people in this building are honest. I once left my wedding band in a classroom in university and it was never returned or turned in; I do not have high hopes for these. The mrs is distraught.

 

[The_J]

Seems I'm getting a middle ear infection in addition to the tonsillitis .
I'll miss the hospitals summer party tomorrow, and will most likely not be able to travel to my parents this weekend to celebrate my Dad's birthday.
Also ruins my dancing and workout schedule.


At least i am directly having a doctors appointment tomorrow. Hopefully it'll turn out to be caused by some Streptococcus, then it can at least be treated.
because i definitely cannot have it next week. 3 of my friends are defending their PhD thesis, i need to be healthy!

 

[Lexicus]

Seems I'm getting a middle ear infection in addition to the tonsillitis .
I'll miss the hospitals summer party tomorrow, and will most likely not be able to travel to my parents this weekend to celebrate my Dad's birthday.
Also ruins my dancing and,workout schedule.


At least i am directly having a doctors appointment tomorrow. Hopefully it'll turn out to be caused by some Streptococcus, thrn it can at least be treated.

Sucks man, hope it clears up in good time.

 

[Zkribbler]

We left my wife's wedding and engagement ring by the pool last night... The mrs is distraught.

This is wretched. I hope she gets 'em back.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

My mom had her oral surgery to remove the last of her teeth (and a couple mandibular tori) today. The surgeon said it went well and she seems fine physically, but she seems really depressed. She somehow misunderstood what was happening today and expected that she would be going home with new teeth. She was very upset to learn that she will need to wait about a month to let her mouth heal before having new dentures made. She keeps saying that she looks ugly now and that without teeth she cannot talk well enough for anyone to understand her. (She is actually talking better now without teeth or dentures than she could a couple months ago with them.) Dad was thinking of taking her back to church this Sunday but she was horrified by the idea of anyone there seeing her until she has new teeth. She doesn't even want my sister to visit until she had her dentures.

 

[JohannaK]

it's like two weeks since Solo opened and no one sees it ? What if Disney made an 80's SW movie to keep their bunch off some heat ? Do ı like eat people ?


and yeah , Xenforo cuts me from this or that thread again . ı should really demand a cent every time this happens , but then ı would possibly bankrupt the site ...

You should watch my very high quality youtube video: Disney Ruined Star Wars Because I Don't Like Women And People Of Color And Solo Failed Because I Didn't See It.