We got one of those as well, mostly to help break him of jumping and going apeshit when someone comes in the house. He learned fast that the tone means the buzz, ( which he hates ) and we never had to use the shock. Like yours, he caught on fast because of the invisible fence. I was going to return it, but he got hold of the transmitter and chewed it a little. Now we refer to it as "the asshole collar." When he's acting like an asshole, and all other needs have been met, it's time to settle down, we'll just say those words. He jumps up on the couch, lays down, and is chill the rest of the night.
Mine dog has gotten to the point where if he's got the zoomies and then just sees the remote in my hand, he chills out immediately and sits down waiting for a command.
we adopted our recent puppy with the idea that once she gets bigger she can start running with me. I'm the only one dumb enough to run for extended periods of time, for fun, but she seems to enjoy walks. Just turned 3 months and she seems to love walks thus far, though she very clearly has some separation/abandonment issues because she thinks we're walking away from her when we start... poop pup. Don't know how big she'll be or what her level of endurance will be like, but she's a terrier mix of some type so it should be a lot of fun. Slowly increase the distance of the walks until she gets around a year old then start working on running, if she enjoys that.
I fenced in the back yard with T-posts and rolled wire mesh for Finn the Boat Goat today. So shouldn't have to deal with the pit going on walkabout anymore. It didn't happen too often, once every 6 weeks or so, but enough to be annoying. That'll be nice, still have to run him with the motorbike or he might go insane.
Maybe this explains the noise and buzzing I get when ever I get close to the beer fridge. It's making my hands shake so much I have to wait till I move away from the fridge before I open my beer. I just thought it was a weird leather sex collar that my wife gave me. It could also explain why I'm not getting any sex when I put it on.
My daughter is going to school abroad this semester in Europe. Here are her stats thus far: Countries visited- 3 Tattoos gotten- 2 Stitches in head - 8 Infections as a result of the above- 1 Wallets stolen- 1 Weeks left to go before she comes home- 9 Lord help me . . .
I'm a bit of fucked up tonight and I'm a straight, white man with some conservative leanings that comes from a white trash extended family, so allow me to explain: "Non-binary" means there's a "binary" quality to our culture, in this case gender. That means there was a relatively rigid definition of "man" and "woman." These definitions are then reinforced by media. When the Internet came into maturity, you're seeing defined values of everything all around you, including gender. And this type of narrow messaging obviously still happens. Case in point: Barbie is the ultimate example and that was the biggest movie last summer. So if there's a young woman out there who might be we used to call a "tomboy" and she sees this type of imaging, she might think, "Im not a man. But if that's what a woman is, and I don't feel that way, I must not be that either." Hence, you get something like nonbinary. Hard to blame some people for trying understand their identity in that kind of environment. Or not, the fuck do I know.
Why can't she just have a name like everybody else? Labels are so 22nd century. Derek and Clive explained it all
I think it's easy to decide labels are meaningless when your personal "label" is the de facto norm, and it's completely uncomplicated to live that way because everyone internally labels you correctly without asking. Seems to me like it's pretty okay for people to want the world at large to not just accept them out of ignorance to how they feel, but to understand who they are and still accept them. Labels are part of our self-identity, whether it's gender, sex, race, sexual orientation, or if you like coffee or tea better.
This is a really thoughtful point. I’ve been thinking alot lately about this, and I’ve always been in the “I don’t really care what you call yourself, just do your thing and I’ll leave you alone” camp. But we all make judgments and assumptions about people based on our perceptions, and we interact with people in a certain way based on those assumptions and judgments. It’s only human nature. If giving yourself a label provides clarity to others regarding who you are and how they should interact with you, then maybe labels are a good thing- in this instance.
At the monthly "yacht club" meeting, they were going over updating the by-laws verbiage that were so outdated that everything was "He" "Him" "His" etc They skipped the "He/She" verbiage and went straight to "They" "Them". Some old bat straight lost her shit. "I AM NOT A THEY!! WHO APPROVED THIS?!" The Commodore - "Uh... we did. About three minutes ago when the "Yays" overwhelmingly won" Senile bat - More ranting
If your world is very small, I can understand how the use “they” would be confusing. But if you have ever interacted with a wide range of people remotely- by email, phone, letter, whatever- then “they” is already a label you use. In every day life we interact with people from all over the world, and from different walks of life. I defy anyone doing so to accurately tell me what gender people are based on their names 100% of the time. Using they just makes sense.
All the people in my country club are too old to care about pronouns. Or if they aren't, the only people they interact with is the cart girl they probably harass.