GiantChickDicks

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A very good friend of mine is going through a nightmare with her cats.

She has worked in cat rescue in various roles for her entire adult life. She's been a foster mom, shelter employee, nutritional consultant, and advocate. Her work has directly impacted the lives of cats in our community.

Her three year old sweetheart, Kyo, was recently rushed to UW Madison for a blood transfusion. He had been behaving oddly, and was taken to the his usual vet for evaluation. After many expensive tests, Kyo was diagnosed with FELV (feline leukemia), and was suffering from severe anemia. Thankfully he was able to come home yesterday after undergoing a blood transfusion, but his prognosis isn't great.

The cost of Kyo's testing and hospitalization is huge, but unfortunately there are other expenses his mom has to incur. Kyo has a number of brothers and sisters he lives with who must now also undergo blood work, as FELV is highly contagious. It's not only costly monetarily, but if other members of the household are infected, my friend could lose other prescious family members.

I appreciate you taking the time to read this. If you're able to help at all, please know it will make a huge difference for someone with a kind heart going through an awful time.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

I don't know enough about your finances, medical insurance, and/or pain tolerance to answer that question.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I'd probably check the Best By dates referenced in the article and compare them to the date on your package.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If I'm understanding this correctly, passports are also a valid form of citizenship. Passports are usually held by people who lean left, so this could be another advantage the left has in this insane proposition.

I hope passports will remain good enough. I was born to irresponsible teenagers and was legally adopted by one parent, and none of them gave me a copy of my birth certificate. I'm starting to worry that it would be worth tracking it down so I'll have a copy just in case.

This is all so insane, getting our papers in order in case we need to show them to avoid getting disappeared.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 46 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The term for this is "trickle truthing", and it's a common tactic when someone gets caught doing something terrible.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The term "female" has been used to subtly degrade women in misogynistic circles and conversations for a long time. I'm struggling to believe this is a new concept for most people, but in case you're being sincere, you can read more about this here..

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

There are lots of dogs and cats who crave variety in their diets, too. Like humans, it's a behavioral thing rather than a nutritional necessity. My shepherd will simply stop eating regularly unless I vary her diet. I usually have three or so options I rotate through to keep her interested in eating. Lots of people add toppers and mix-ins when they have dogs like mine, but I find that only increases food rejection, as smart pups learn to hold out until we sweeten the deal enough.

I worked for a pet food manufacturer, and it amazed me what customers would do to try to entice their picky pets to eat. One guy was giving his dog lasagna, and he was shocked that his dog didn't want to eat kibble anymore. Imagine that.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)

You keep going on and on aggrandizing your own very limited experience. "When I was young.... when I was poor... when I was in college.. after I wasn't poor". Do you hear yourself?

This might come as a shock, but not every low income person has the same opportunities you did or the same resources. Just because you found a path out doesn't give you license to oversimplify the many situational nuances that come with being poor, nor did it give you some special knowledge to lead you to think you've somehow solved poverty.

I'm glad you've bettered your financial circumstances, but you seem to have lost something else important along the way.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

He's pretty fantastic in Shrinking, so that's something.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Hell yeah! I swear, the best eating on any animal is above the shoulders. Cow tongue is also great in curry and other stews.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Lengua isn't a fancy name. In the context of tacos, it's the appropriate term. Lengua is Spanish for tongue, and tacos are Mexican. Where they speak Spanish.

It's equivalent to saying chorizo tacos instead of sausage tacos. But go on and enjoy that high horse.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 weeks ago

A+, no notes.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, fuck you for pretending to have the moral high ground in this comment while openly saying you're just in it for free dog food in others. This commenter is absolutely correct in calling you out for trying to abuse a program meant to aid the disabled, as people like you who take unnecessary advantage harm the future availability of these kinds of programs. Especially when pet food assistance programs are a thing.

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