THEY'RE EVEN WORSE AS HUMANS 💔

pet parrot content is getting more popular on platforms like tiktok, and i just want to put it out there that parrots are NOT like dogs or cats. i've already seen more than one video of someone falling in love with a parrot at something like a petsmart (sidebar: like for most animals, please find a responsible, ethical breeder) (this will also hopefully let you know that you are indeed buying a bred parrot and not a wild-caught) and buying one on impulse, and MY GOD does that make me nervous. people who are capable of giving parrots a good life are a vast, VAST minority of people.

my grandfather bred parrots so i grew up with them from a young age, and while i love them and respect them and am glad for the time i got to spend growing up around them, there's a reason *i* do not own a parrot. he always had a clause in the purchase agreement that meant parrots would be surrendered back to him and not abandoned/given to a shelter/rescue, and he had MANY birds given back. many. even with talking it through with people and letting them meet his other birds and experience their volume and how much care they need, there were still people who would buy a parrot and in a few months nearly beg to give it back bc they were in over their heads.

parrots are beautiful, intelligent animals, but they require SO much care and work and socializing. they are flock-based animals, and you will have to be their flock. they will need HOURS of your attention and care every single day. (and i mean HOURS). and if they don't get it, they can and will start engaging in behavior including mutilating themselves and plucking their feathers out. also they are super sensitive to their surroundings. new person in the house they don't like? plucking themselves with stress. too many visitors for their comfort? plucking themselves with stress. you went on a vacation and they aren't dealing with it well? plucking themselves with stress. new puppy in the house? plucking themselves with stress. get a divorce/move houses/new baby in the home? plucking themselves with stress. obviously not every bird will be sensitive to the same degree, but in general, parrots deal with stress/changes in environment WAY worse than other pets.

depending on the breed, you will have a creature with the intelligence of a toddler (some are even as smart as your average 5 year old), and you will be living with this toddler for literal decades. conures live 20-30 years, african grays live 40-60 years, and cockatoos can live 60-80 years. this toddler creature will ALSO have evolved to have a cry that can carry through jungles, and that volume is not gonna decrease bc you live in an apartment and your neighbors aren't gonna want to hear it. you ever heard a sun conure? get within a mile of one and you will.

tl;dr: parrots are beautiful and i love them, but there is no way in hell i would ever own one bc there are SO few people who should.

"You're safe!!"

We're doing it! We're doing it!

Original article (The Guardian)

Libraries are cool. They're places with free books and computers where no one is allowed to talk to you. You can also rent more things than just books. You can rent Switch games, audio books, vacuum cleaners, movies and TV shows, formal wear, and more. In fact, there's even been a time when my library did free blood pressure tests by actual trained doctors and nurses.

Keep going to the library. It's simple and free to get a library card.

Sorry yall are gonna have to buckle up for some Dandy's World cus I love the SHIT outta this game dude

Here's, uh. This thing! I thought it looked fun so I did it :) Explanations under the cut cus I love yapping

Favorite Toon: Goob, Sprout, Astro and Dandy

Astro and Goob were favs from the very start, but Sprout and Dandy weirdly grew on me a lot. I love Astro's vibes, Goob is so sillay and has a cute design, Sprout's personality is super interesting, and I've realized the potential Dandy has as a morally grey villain

Toon you usually play as: Astro, Goob, and Pebble

I 100% play Goob the most given I am a distractor on all of the teams I usually play on, and his stealth is SOOO nice bro. I will sometimes play Pebble for enrichment but I am for sure a Goob main AHAHIOFHW. I love playing Astro on public lobbies as a break, I like supporting distractors. Sometimes I will also backup distract as Astro which tickles me every time

Least favorite toon: Uhh

I couldn't pick one...And the ones I COULD HAVE picked I didn't really dislike enough to defend putting them there. I just vibe with all of them to some extent!!!

Toon you always draw: Sprout and Astro

Ah yes my favorite boys. They're both so fun to draw and I find them interesting to explore so I tend to draw them the most

Favorite skin: Startime Vee and Caramel Drizzle Cosmo

Caramel Drizzle Cosmo was a favorite skin from the get go I'm not really sure why I just think its adorable. Startime Vee was a bit more interesting though because initially I wasn't super sure on it? But it's really grown on me and I love it now I think its so cute

Favorite twisted: Twisted Dandy and Twisted Sprout

For Twisted Dandy, I think his design rocks, I think the implication of Dandy being able to go into that form and turn back (at least that's how I interpret it) is fascinating, and as a distractor, I see him the least which is nice! Also very simple to distract even if he is on the floor

Twisted Sprout I love the design of as well, and I always find myself hoping to have him after a bunch of floors with chasers HAHAIHOFWI. He's like the enrichment in my little distractor enclosure, I really enjoy distracting him he's so much fun. EXCEPT WHEN HE ISN'T

we are witnessing the 9/11-ification of october 7th in real time and we cannot let israel and its propaganda use one push back against decades of violence and humiliation as justification for the genocide of hundreds of thousands of innocent people. if your first instinct when talking about what’s happening in gaza is to ask about condemning hamas then you are complicit in it. do not allow them to use it as an excuse.

[guy who hasnt drawn in a few weeks voice] yeah the world is horrible and life is agony

Sooo I watched Iterator Logs and put too much effort into this, there may or may not be another meme on the way I ran out of time to finish :)

I LOVE THIS SILLY BLUE GUY I HOPE NOTHING BAD HAPPENS TO HIM

it’s been said before and it will be said again but i’m begging you all nicely to restrain yourselves from being so casually aggressive and rude and obnoxious in the tags & reblogs of a complete stranger’s posts. no one wants to know that you hate [tv show that op giffed]. no one wants to know that you hate [character that op drew]. no one wants to hear you being ugly and negative for no reason. say what you want to say in your own post. don’t hit the reblog button. blacklist relevant tags. unfollow or block relevant accounts. log out. shut down. get help.

TREAT HIM GENTLY!!!

uh oh! one of your organs has mysteriously vanished! Spin this wheel to find out which one!