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Cake day: September 30th, 2023

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  • I’m really enjoying Lazarus rn, I think mostly because it’s a fresh take on Cowboy Bepop. It’s certainly not as good as CB, but the fight scenes and gun play are great.

    Synopsis Confusion

    At first I was a bit confused on how Hapna could kill everyone in a month, but it was later revealed that it’s not an exact date. Seems that the drug is never excreted, or at least partially stays in the body forever. Almost reminds me of how tylenol would never pass clinical trials these days because overdoses are so easy and deadly.

    Also, Bonobo (/watch?v=4Kc_U7mruec) made all the music for it, which is amazing as always.


  • IIRC constant abuse tends to ‘reset’ the brain to earlier points of development where there was no abuse as it attempts to find less painful behaviour patterns. This results in delayed development of certain areas of the brain; most notably the prefrontal cortex that is heavily involved with decision making and social behaviour but that isn’t fully developed until one reaches ~25 years old so I don’t know what you mean by “should be old enough to understand” because they clearly weren’t physically capable of it.

    Source is introductory psychology courses. One of my professors is a researcher in child development and worked a lot with kids like the person you’re replying too. Treating them like “pieces of shit” just leads to more damage, so chill out.











  • I suppose the best thing would be to start with the backyard then slowly work your way up at their pace (maybe just an open front door if you don’t have a yard). Cat’s are liquid and one of the best examples of that is how hard it is to keep them in any sort of harness. I took my cat out for a walk once with my dogs and he managed to slip out of his harness; I had to chase him for about a block before I managed to corner him in someones driveway. I’m lucky I’m pretty fit else he would’ve been gone.

    … I do recall there was someone in …Texas I think? …that made harness’ specifically for cats. Something about avoiding a nerve centre on their back that basically makes them go limp if something pushes against it.