I live in Wisconsin, and I also grew up with AC. Now I can't imagine doing that to myself or my dog and cats.
Our lilacs bloomed this fall. Mother nature is screaming.
GiantChickDicks
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People do notice and talk about it, but they're not making the connection to climate change for some frustrating reason.
I work for a pet food manufacturer, and I talk to people all over the US and Canada. We're located in Wisconsin, so customers will often joke about our notorious winters. When I tell them it's not like we remember and don't even have consistent snow cover during winter months in large parts of the state, they'll reply with similar stories about how the seasons in their areas have changed. People see it, they just aren't following these thoughts to their natural conclusion.
I think it's too frightening for them to accept, which leads to paralysis and inaction. It doesn't help that deniers make this refusal to accept reality more comfortable for them.
Thank you for this comment! I have a cat with FLUTD, and this condition can become fatal quickly if not addressed.
I'd also like to add that declawing can lead to litter box avoidance, and as a consequence, inappropriate elimination in cats. Declawing doesn't just take the nail, but it also either removes or damages he first "knuckle" bone in cats' paws. This can result in nerve damage, which makes cats' natural digging in substrate painful. This is one of many reasons to not declaw your cat. There is no justification for this awful surgery.
I love the juxtaposition of sugar free Coke with sugar added Jack Daniels. Dodging and weaving against diabetes.
Who do you mean when you say "y'all"? Either way, I've faced enough adversity that I've overcome to laugh at your comment, and I bet people reading this have, too. Your comment might make you feel better about yourself, but it has very little to do with the realities of the people reading it. I'm sorry you're not as insightful as you hoped.
If you keep othering people and making assumptions, you'll stay as ignorant as you seem. That's not a very productive way to be. I hope it gets better for you.
Neat opinion. Bye.
I haven't had this experience, thankfully. I usually have the opposite problem where I need assistance, and I look around helplessly as I wait for someone to notice me.
You can pull the self checkout option out of my rigid, dead, introverted hands.
I'm a pet product specialist for a pet food manufacturer. I respond to customer emails, calls, and chats about our products. This could mean assisting pet owners in selecting products based on their pets' unique medical or physiological needs, answering nutritional questions, handling complaints, and more. In my downtime I work on reference materials for the rest of the team, continuing education on animal nutrition (my last class was on avian flu in pet foods), and prepare promotional materials for expos and trade shows.
On light days we do a lot of sharing memes, shit talking in group chat, dicking around on the Internet, and finding other creative ways to fuck off.
Cats, very much so, for most of my life. I've enjoyed dogs, but cats have been my heart. While I was working at a shelter one of the dogs that arrived to us from a southern transport was a quiet, shy, but very sweet German Shepherd. It was love at first sight, and she never hit the adoption floor.
We were nervous to bring her home, because we didn't know how she would react to the cats. It was seamless, and now she enjoys fussing over foster kittens when I have them. She's opened my heart to dogs in a way I didn't think was possible. We're thankful for Ferda every day.
I do still categorize myself as a cat person, though.
Lonely isn't the right word, because I'm not upset about not having a large group of people I consider myself close to. It's somewhat disappointing that I can't deeply relate to more people, though. I'd like to meet more likeminded folks, but I'm also less and less willing to tolerate draining relationships as I get older. Being particular about where you invest your time and energy tends to be socially limiting.