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This is just plain stupid. Will Smith isn't black enough for a role? Wtf.
I mean, colorism is a thing, there is plenty of academic study on it at this point, you can read plenty of papers and articles. It's not a made up issue.
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It's definitely a thing. There are instances of stuntpersons/body doubles upset that they either didn't get the job because their skin wasn't a close enough shade match to the actor they were doubling, or because they were asked to wear makeup to help match the shade.
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Last night on our way to tabletop, we had to help a woman move her puppy out of the street after it was hit by a car. The driver who did it sped off and she was totally hysterical, so my one (much more emotionally intelligent) friend took her aside to a nearby stoop to block her vision while a passing driver and I tried to move the dog to the sidewalk. The guy like, looked at me in the eyes right when we were about to and said, "I can't do this," and left - so I had to. It was so fucking awful. I didn't sleep at all last night. Every time I tried to close my eyes, I kept bringing up all the visuals and now that I'm exhausting, I am feeling so many things about it.
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@scar I'm pretty sure there's a special place somewhere for that kind of coward. At least take responsibility for hurting an animal, for fuck's sake. Either way, if you remember at least a few numbers of his license plate and the model and color of his car, might be worth letting the police know.
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One of my neighbors told me the following story:
She was walking on the side of a road close to her son's house who, at the time, was a student so it was a bit out of the way in the suburbs. This car stops and the driver lets a puppy out, shuts the door, then drives away.
The puppy just started to run after the car, confused and probably wondering if this was some kind of game. It couldn't keep up so it stopped soon after.
For this kind of person there is no hell warm enough. Like at least take it to a shelter.
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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One of my neighbors told me the following story:
She was walking on the side of a road close to her son's house who, at the time, was a student so it was a bit out of the way in the suburbs. This car stops and the driver lets a puppy out, shuts the door, then drives away.
The puppy just started to run after the car, confused and probably wondering if this was some kind of game. It couldn't keep up so it stopped soon after.
For this kind of person there is no hell warm enough. Like at least take it to a shelter.
What an ass. Now I have mental visions of that poor pup and am tearing up. Tell me at least the neighbor took the pup in or helped it in some way.
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@Arkandel I have rescued 10+ dogs. I can't tell you just how much I'd hurt the person, but I can tell you that no insurance would take that car in the next morning and some people would even call it force majeure.
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One of my neighbors told me the following story:
She was walking on the side of a road close to her son's house who, at the time, was a student so it was a bit out of the way in the suburbs. This car stops and the driver lets a puppy out, shuts the door, then drives away.
The puppy just started to run after the car, confused and probably wondering if this was some kind of game. It couldn't keep up so it stopped soon after.
For this kind of person there is no hell warm enough. Like at least take it to a shelter.
What an ass. Now I have mental visions of that poor pup and am tearing up. Tell me at least the neighbor took the pup in or helped it in some way.
I don't recall since this conversation was years ago. She had four dogs of her own, though. Not sure what happened with the puppy.
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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One of my neighbors told me the following story:
She was walking on the side of a road close to her son's house who, at the time, was a student so it was a bit out of the way in the suburbs. This car stops and the driver lets a puppy out, shuts the door, then drives away.
The puppy just started to run after the car, confused and probably wondering if this was some kind of game. It couldn't keep up so it stopped soon after.
For this kind of person there is no hell warm enough. Like at least take it to a shelter.
What an ass. Now I have mental visions of that poor pup and am tearing up. Tell me at least the neighbor took the pup in or helped it in some way.
I don't recall since this conversation was years ago. She had four dogs of her own, though. Not sure what happened with the puppy.
I'm just going to have to go with the assumption that since they were a dog owner, they did right by the puppy. At least the assumption will make me feel better.
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I had a dog (ex husband kept her in the divorce) who would regularly break out of the yard to go play with other dogs in the neighborhood.
One day she comes back home...with another dog. Just a happy pit bull with a collar, but no tags. Friendliest little boy.
I start going door to door to try to find his home.
Discover that some people had moved and just left him. They'd actually, we later found in checking the fence work...left him in his yard. Between the two dogs, mine had helped him break out.
I already had her and a pup I was housebreaking, four cats, four chickens, and pet rats. A third dog was just not in the cards. Thankfully another neighbor was willing to take him. Sadly, this happens so often. People have to move and don't bother ensuring they move somewhere that pets or allowed. Or if they must move somewhere (health, family, etc) that pets aren't... To find a new home for their pet.
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
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I had a dog (ex husband kept her in the divorce) who would regularly break out of the yard to go play with other dogs in the neighborhood.
One day she comes back home...with another dog. Just a happy pit bull with a collar, but no tags. Friendliest little boy.
I start going door to door to try to find his home.
Discover that some people had moved and just left him. They'd actually, we later found in checking the fence work...left him in his yard. Between the two dogs, mine had helped him break out.
I already had her and a pup I was housebreaking, four cats, four chickens, and pet rats. A third dog was just not in the cards. Thankfully another neighbor was willing to take him. Sadly, this happens so often. People have to move and don't bother ensuring they move somewhere that pets or allowed. Or if they must move somewhere (health, family, etc) that pets aren't... To find a new home for their pet.
People take animals as pets not because they like the animal, nor because they need companionship, most times. Often it's because it's a vanity project and the cute little doggy is just so cute and will make people view them better.
Then the dog grows up, chews a lot of stuff, and they decide to be cruel and set the animal on the street instead of doing right by him or her. By the way, people who support kill shelters (and I know PETA loves those, though I don't want to discuss that here) need to get a cap in their knees.
How about we put you in a four by four cage and slate you for execution on a Friday? That sound good?
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There's heartbreak every time I go overseas to visit because in Greece strays are very, very common.
For the most part they aren't anyone's pet - although many people let their dogs out freely but still feed and they sleep indoors at night - but they are just... there, a product of very few shelters booked to capacity and very few folks fixing their actual pets ("I don't want to take the joys of mother/fatherhood away" is a common stupid thing people say).
Some of them, especially in the tourist season, actually have okay lives. They get food handed out, there's lots of garbage they can plunder, it works. But over the off-season, or in busy or industrial parts of big cities, they are really screwed. They are too friendly or too scared (I don't even know what's worse), sometimes obviously starving since you can see their ribs. The bigger ones are in trouble so you see fewer of them - they require more food, after all, but also people are more afraid of them so the chance of being taken in by someone are less.
It's the whole culture there, too. I've spoken to people who had others imply (or state) they'd poison dogs if they barked and disturbed them and the police can't act on allegations alone, plus it's damn hard to prove who did what after the fact. It's just such a mess.
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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@Arkandel Similar culture here. But it is less tourist dependant. I've noticed changes in culture where people who own pet shops and farm goods stores set out food and water outside their doors for strays.
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We have had feral cats roaming our neighborhood from time to time, although they tend to stick to a couple blocks from us where people have overgrown shrubs and stuff they can hide in. When our cats were still with us I'd often scoop out some of their food into a bowl and leave it outside for them. Real pretty kitties.
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Porchkitty ended up coming back by the other night. He knows now to just mewmewmewmewmew and I'll put out food for him. He doesn't even seem to mind that my cats sit and stare as he chows down.
I'm not sure if he's a stray or if his people just leave him out too long sometimes and he figured out I'm a free meal. But I've always, almost everywhere I've lived, ended up with at least one stray who I feed and offer (outdoor) shelter to.
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@Arkandel I just got back from Bali, and there are also plenty of strays there as well. It was sad to see them just padding down the roads.
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Alex Trebek being diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
You leave that beautiful man alone.
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My husband's grandfather died, but no one is communicating anything on the funeral or whatnot.
I want him to be able to go if he can.... but I need to get a substitute now if we are going.
