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9 years ago @ Paging Dr. NerdLove - Ask Dr. NerdLove: How ... · 1 reply · +4 points

Animal behaviorist de-lurking here to tell you just how much I love all of this. Operant conditioning is basically magical.

9 years ago @ The Toast - The Queen of Low Self-... · 0 replies · +6 points

To adolescent me, regarding cleaning: "I will never want to come visit you, because your house will be disgusting and I won't be comfortable."

To 18 year old me, between HS graduation and leaving for college, who had started to gain weight now that I had a desk job: "What, you think that now that you have a boyfriend you can just let yourself go?" I had never for an instant worried about my weight before that.

To 30-something me, after I was teasing my 12 years younger than me sister about how my room would never have been allowed to be as messy as hers: "Well, her room doesn't stink."

10 years ago @ The Toast - Places I Would Like To... · 2 replies · +31 points

In a cozy tent with a down sleeping bag while it rains all around outside.

10 years ago @ Paging Dr. NerdLove - Your Guide to Giving T... · 0 replies · +4 points

I'm kind of over the idea of there being a "perfect" gift. Sure, there are great gifts and terrible gifts, but I feel like the framing of "I have to find ONE GIFT TO RULE THEM ALL" 1) turns holidays and gift giving occasions into faaaaaar more stressful things than they need to be and 2) can escalate into some sort of gift-giving arms race where every gift has to top the one before it.

11 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup · 5 replies · +13 points

OMG PONIES COME IN BRINDLE FLAVOR??????

11 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 0 replies · +4 points

That was amazing. I think one of the things I love about dressage is watching the horses THINKING! And he was clearly thinking.

Also, the music was a SPECTACULAR choice!

11 years ago @ The Toast - The Best YouTube Video... · 0 replies · +6 points

I am grieved to report that the eagle snatches goat video is a hoax. The filmmaker actually took a goat hide and stuffed it with paper so that it would be light enough to carry. It still looks freaking amazing, though.

11 years ago @ The Toast - The Best YouTube Video... · 0 replies · +6 points

Yeah, that fox would have been on my couch in a heartbeat.

ETA: I'm amazed that her cats haven't been eaten by the eagles. When I was a vet tech in Seattle, I can't even tell you how many people lost their pet cats to eagles, particularly in the suburbs.

11 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 0 replies · +72 points

Or "I'm sorry I threw mashed potatoes at you. I should have thrown something heavier instead."

11 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 0 replies · +8 points

I have a friend who recently lost her 9 year old son in a car accident. I immediately sent it to her (with a content note) and made sure to mention his name.

Also, the part where I lost it? The dog's ashes being with her. ALL THE FEELS.

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