Cute pictures of her new velvet hippo Hickory:

https://old.reddit.com/r/velvethippos/comments/1ceklyc/welp_my_husband_brought_his_first_dog_home_to_stay/?sort=controversial

Hickory is home! After a decent introduction to Honey, we took him home. Honey was only slightly annoying to him as she yodeled loudly in his face for the first 30 minutes she met him. So, here he is! Hickory the Hippo!

Some of the typical comments:

Hickory is going to need lots of tennis balls!! I love him so much. Completely adorable! 🧡💙

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He's beautiful I love him 🥰❤️ congratulations!

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Honey still seems displeased.

Displeased? She looks like she's completely disassociated. Unable to comprehend the horror of the situation.

>tfw your dipshit owner brings home another pibble

Only 3 hours later, disaster strikes!

https://old.reddit.com/r/velvethippos/comments/1ceprr6/that_was_horribly_shortlived_and_i_feel_horrible/?sort=controversial

Hickory bit honey. I had just gone into my bedroom to take a nap. My husband and two sons were in the living room with the dogs. The dogs were fine. Then my daughter came home. Honey immediately ran to greet her, as did Hickory. The next thing I heard was a dog screaming and my husband screaming, “NO!! NO!! STOP!!” I ran out, and Hickory had Honey by the head. Right as I got to them, he shook her. I put pressure behind his jaw and he immediately let go of her and backed away. I had both dogs by the collar and told my husband to take Hickory to another part of the house away from Honey while I assessed her wounds. Two punctures on her ear lobe, and a puncture on her cheek. We called the vet and got instructions to care for her. The dogs are separated in different areas of the house, with strict instructions about who is to play with him, because we have a 5 year old child who is obsessed with him. We are flabbergasted. The meet and greet with them went well. We contacted a friend of ours who runs a pit rescue. We DO NOT want to take him back to the kill shelter. I fricking feel HORRIBLE. I feel like I failed Hickory, Honey, my family, and the shelter. I'm literally sick about it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Both dogs were on leashes. Unfortunately, they both ran to see my daughter at the same time, and I'm guessing the poor guy was just overstimulated . He is NOT a bad boy. He is a sweet, sweet guy. I've been in contact with my vet and some friends who do rescue. One is a veterinarian that specifically does pibbles. Humphrey had a hard time at first, too. He was terrified and reactive to men. It took a lot of work, but he did fine. We currently have the dogs in separate halves of the house. They can see and hear each other, but can't get to each other.

He's NOT a bad boy he's so sweet he only chewed on my dog's head a little bit

If you can't reasonably keep them separated for a bit, then for everyone's safety, return to the shelter but please do not tell them about the bite because it'll be an instant death sentence. Just say your dog wasn't getting along with him and it wasn't a good fit.

GOOD idea, there's too many toddlers in the world anyway

OP, is your Husband the one who's had most of the interactions with Hickory, or are You the one? Because it may have been a relatively "simple" matter (although ADMITTEDLY Terrifying!) matter of resource guarding.💖 Both dogs were FINE, and doing reasonably well together UNTIL your Daughter walked in. She was a NEW human, and therefore a NEW resource for both dogs. He wanted the resource (remember, he hasn't HAD many resources to call his OWN in who knows how long, living in a shelter!💖), and he was trying to protect that resource (even though the resource was your DAUGHTER!), from Honey. Work with your vet, work with your friend who's been with the rescue, AND see if there's anyone GOOD locally, who works in Behavior, who you guys can tap in for advice!💝 You're very much still in that FIRST Three, of the 3-3-3 rule, correct? For now, YES, ABSOLUTELY keep the kids away unless you're next to them, keep the dogs separate but able to see/smell & get used to each other, and then take it slowly and assess each step!💖 This MAY be a deal-breaker, OR it may be a simple blip. Time, patience, and careful observation will tell you which one it truly is!

I can't be the only one who finds the juxtaposition funny between the sparkly hearts and the advice on how to stop your dogs eating each other

Bonus Post

The same foid's previous (now deceased) pibble, chilling next to her baby. Just to give you an idea of how foidbrained this foid really is

Repeat a fricking lie pasta with a fricking twist

Im too retarted to properly nootice

Good old fashioned racism while being too kitty to drop a fricking hard r

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YTJ. Not for breaking up with your ex. For being transphobic towards him, saying that it's "wrong" to be trans and refusing to call him by his proper pronouns. There's nothing wrong with dating preferences, but your buttholeness has nothing to do with that. Please, respect people for who they are. (8)

No, and you can all hold it against me but I don't have to respect it. Nor will I ever. And this isn't the first time Ive dated and they decided to turn trans and I broke up with them. I'm not transphobic for saying it's wrong transphobia would be me actively dissing on them either to their face or behind their back (-5)

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Thinking trans is wrong in general, not cool.Not wanting to date a trans person, totally okay. (10)

How is it not cool when they are trying to change who they are and not accepting themselves (-4)

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You are entitled to pick a partner of your choice and if she wasn't up front about the trans thing from the beginning then you have every right to break it off (25)

Ah, so you put your entire personality and identity in stasis while in a relationship because changing or learning more about yourself after getting into a relationship is "not being up front about yourself", right? I get that coming out as trans is huge, but you're acting like he knew while getting together with him, when that's just incredibly unfair to assume. It's not a problem to become incompatible with someone once they realize they're trans, but calling them wrong for existing is a huge AH/TJ move. Glad all the bigots are outing themselves in this post, tho. (-3)

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You're never wrong for breaking up with someone that you're uncomfortable dating.But you are a jerk for telling your ex about an anecdotal “study” right after breaking up —  especially considering the fact that it has very little-if anything-to do with their situation, and your breaking up. Dressing and acting as another gender for the sake of a single “study” is very, very different from actually transitioning to a different s*x. You're also a jerk for being transphobic. You should do a little more (actual) research to better your understanding of gender and s*x, how one shapes the other etc. As far as I'm aware, the existence of transgender and non-binary people probably has very little impact on the mental health and suicide rates of men. In addition, transgender populations also suffer from extremely high rates — this US study (Prevalence of substance use and mental health problems among transgender and cisgender U.S. adults: Results from a national probability sample. Kidd JD e... (1)

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Exactly. Not being attracted to men and therefore not wanting to date a trans man isn't awful. Sadly there are a ton of people and places that will totally villanize you for this, but that by itself isn't wrong. Or it shouldn't be. But going on about how you're not religious but it is wrong and some (totally made up) study about one person who supposedly tried to live as a man and killed themselves, that makes you an butthole. Even if we skip the term transphobe, you're still an butt. (11)

Nah that is a real event it was a American woman who decided she wanted to live life as a man. She lived like a man but got severely depressed being a man and killed themself when they realized nobody cared about them. She wasn't even trans she just did it as a longterm social experiment and completely regretted her decision. There's been a wave in the UK and Russia for detransition middle age adults. A lot of folks that transited 10 years ago are detransitioning and cutting regrets a lot more of them are just unaliving themselves it's actually a relatively large problem considering how small the community is as a whole. 1/50 euthanized patients in Belgium are trans. Nathan/Nancy Verhelst was the first trans person to euthanize themself that was over 10 years ago. She no longer wished to be recognized as Nathan by the time she passed but nobody recognized when folks detransitioned. Dead names are only important for the initial transition. The fact that we don't talk about the growin... (1)

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It's not made up, it happened, Nora Vincent. He quoted it poorly, but she went undercover as man about as well as one can, the experience left her so depressed she spiraled pretty hard and ended her life. (3)

That's also not quite right... She disguised herself as a man in the early 2000s (published a book about it in 2006) but had been suffering from treatment-resistant depression for years before that (which she wrote a book about in 2008). While she did spiral and end up having herself committed in part because of her experiences living as a man, that did not directly lead to her death. She ended her life via assisted suicide in 2022. Nora Vincent was also not trans, and in fact believed that identifying as something other than your s*x assigned at birth was equivalent to the death of the self and the soul. So she's not exactly relevant to the trans experience. (7)

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Same NYPD that kneeled to the blm rioters, did nothing when the blm harassed people just trying to eat at restaurants, and DID in fact, also harass diners just trying to eat at restaurants.

I'm to the point at which I truly believe that anyone who puts on a uniform and coerces others is straight-up lost.

If they had a conscience, they'd be doing other work.

It's gonna be wild

WILL BE WILD

Can you imagine how much salt and rage this is producing in the tds stage 12 segments? Trump campaigning right in the middle of the heart of darkness and getting massive ground level support. I can only grin at the mental images.

an event in new york. demonrats are finished

He said this last time too. He is not going to win new York lmao

Never say never.

He's never winning New York lmao.

Can't even win GA but he's totally going to win NY. Kek

So they'll call it for Biden when there's 0.6% of the vote in and not 0.5%?

i think you can call New York even with 0% counted

back to ldar for me bros

The problem with “Great Replacement Theory” is that it fails to address the foundational issue of low birth rates.

Record low birth rates are leading to population collapse in Europe and even faster population collapse in most of Asia. Immigration is low in Asia, so there is no… https://t.co/ddGM5R6vWh

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Sneed:

hhaha we should take away rights from moids because they can't do anything haha that's such a good joke wow it's so original. Give me pats, fellow useless moids.

!metashit is this a good look for wpd and carp?

Holy heck! He might be a security guard not sure but this filled me with so much joy that I can be running on this joy for a year.

The people laughing in the background

!chuds !anticommunists

In this exchange, two guys go back and forth for about 5 days .

https://old.reddit.com/r/davidfosterwallace/comments/1c1dxru/it_is_know_that_david_really_liked_a_lot_of_tv/kz3trlv/?context=8&sort=controversial

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!kino !fellas . Discuss.

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!animalposters I love how they can't tell the difference between a moving train and a TV.

Adorable little dumbfricks

Not an Astarion fan myself, but I thought he hated this part of himself?

LONGASS Update: So, there has been a very polarised response to this comment:

Astarion fans have taken the time to inform me about the deep and awful meaning of this symbol. Which was polite, incredibly appreciated, and full of references. It was some amazing conversation and I am very grateful for your sharing the knowledge on the lore.

The vast crowds of seething opposition to anyone who finds this ink distasteful, have gone absolutely feral in attacking me for even asking, and even more so for forming an opinion.

Based on the responses, and the calibre of people from both groups, I certainly stand with those who find this tattoo disgusting. Because to me: it is. It is a symbol of Cazador's malice, and also symbolises the suffering and agony of a beloved character, as well as thousands of others enslaved.

To those defending this ink by attacking me: All your bullying and frothing and rudeness and personal attacks have only cemented my opinion, rather than changing it. You have offered nothing constructive or informative, and have just lashed out emotionally. This speaks very poorly of the group of people who defend this ink, and has only reinforced my decision that this is a horrible tattoo. I am also now incredibly wary of anyone who actually thinks it's okay, as you all seem very young, emotionally immature, and full of possibly just awful people. It's actually very disappointing to see your inability to have a civil conversation with someone who just has a differing opinion to you, incredibly disturbing.

I have never once attacked OP, just commented on how I find this ink gross. Because I do. And using this as an excuse to bully me is really quite sad. I'm grateful for everyone who jumped in to defend me, and defend my right to an opinion. You have no idea how deeply grateful I am for you.

I'm not answering any more comments here, and won't be even getting the notifications, so to those still looking to attack me: don't bother trying. You're screeching into a void.

This tattoo is disgusting. It represents something disgusting. And that is my opinion, and I am allowed to have it. Just like OP is allowed to have theirs.

If that triggers you, then that's a you problem and I recommend addressing it with yourself, rather than lashing out at me.

Very deeply disappointed in this fanbase, excluding those rare few who took the time to make informed, helpful, and useful comments. You are the real heroes, and I hope your paths lead you to many treasures in life, because you have been a wonderful treasure in mine.

TLDR: you have all demonstrated that Astarion fans finding this ink awful are treasures, slave scar defenders are utterly feral. Your comments won't be read so anything you reply with is just hollering into a void.

(On my phone so I apologise for lack of formatting - its just a wall of text, yuck)

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