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"So we got a new rug.... our cat dosen't approve lmaoooooo"

Owner asks dogs to hide because customer is scared of dogs

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Translation

[Three dogs are sleeping on a welcome mat of a shop of some kind. A cat is nestled in between them.]

Owner: Customers are coming. They’re scared of dogs. Hurry up. Customers are coming.

[Dogs slowly get up and walk off to the back in single file. Cat remains on the front step. Just before the last dog enters the back room, the owner calls out again.]

Owner: Teng (Dog’s name), go get Xiao Bao (Cat’s name) too. Go fetch Xiao Bao

[Dog turns back to the entrance and gently drags the clearly reluctant cat back inside. The owner speaks softly as the dog approaches the camera]

Owner (softly): All right, put (the cat) down.

[The owner gives what looks like dried jerky to the dog]

Owner: Let Xiao Bao eat some. Let Xiao Bao eat some.

[The dog takes the jerky and lowers his head so that the cat can nibble on the other end]

This is literally the best video I’ve seen in my entire life

I’ve reblogged the video before. The translation brings it to a new level of niceness.

Heh, because this seems to come up a lot in the notes: the cat’s name is not “Little Dumpling/Bun” (小包), but “Little Treasure” (小宝). It’s a different tone. Also I can’t be sure of which “teng” the dog’s name is, but it’s probably 疼, which is “to love/dote” (also “pain”, but it’s probably the former definition she’s using here XD)

Having loved many dogs in my life, im sure its both

consider: teenagers aren’t apathetic about everything they’re just used to you shitting all over whatever they show excitement about

Teen: *gets a job*

“I GOT THE JOB!”

Parents: Well, when I was your age, I already had 5 jobs and was supporting my family

Teen: *gets all A’s*

“I worked really hard!”

Parents: Well, of course you did, this is the expectation, not a celebration.

probably why so many teens take to social media where they can enthusiastically share their interests and achievements and get positive feedback that their parents never gave

A LITTLE LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

This hit hard

I remember once, when I was in my early 20s, I was an afternoon supervisor at my job, and I worked with mostly teenagers, and the one day this one kid, who was like 15, was bored so I suggested he could clean out the fridge. He did and when he was done I said he did a good job.

After that, this kid was cleaning out the fridge at least once a week, and I was like, “why are you always cleaning the fridge?” Like, I didn’t mind, but it seemed odd. And he said, “one time I cleaned the fridge and you said I did a good job. I wanted to make you proud of me again.”

Literally, I changed the entire way I interacted with teenagers after that. I actually got a package of glitter stars and I would stick them on their nametags when they did a good job, and they loved it.

My manager had commented on how hard these kids work and I said, “they’re starved for positive feedback. They go to school all day then come to work all evening and no one appreciates it because it’s expected of them, but they’re still kids. They need positive feedback from adults in their lives.”

Like, everyone likes feeling appreciated. Everyone likes being complimented and having their efforts be noticed. Another coworker (who was a mother of teenage children), hated that I did this, and said they were too old to be rewarded with stickers, but like… it wasn’t about the stickers. The stickers were just a symbol that their effort was noticed and appreciated. I was just lucky that I learned this at a time when I was still young enough to remember what it was like to be a teenager. I was only 2 years out of highschool at that point and highschool is fucking hard. People forget this as they get older, but ask anyone and almost no one would ever want to go back and do it again, but they expect kids to suck it up because they’re young so they should be able to do school full time, plus homework, and work, and maintain a healthy social life, and sleep, and spend time with family, and do chores and help out at home, and worry about college and relationships and everything else, and then just get shit on all the time and treated like they’re lazy and entitled. And then they wonder why teenagers are apathetic.

High school is genuinely harder now too, and kids are supposed to have a list of extracurriculars a mile long just to have a CHANCE at going to college, never mind to get scholarships so they can fucking afford it. And they’re expected to go straight from high school to college, with no gap year or just rest period or anything, so junior and senior years are spent not only doing hard advanced classes and extracurriculars but also studying for the SAT and ACT and AP tests, researching colleges and scholarships and filling out endless applications. And all without a single “hey, good job on that” or a chance to FUCKING REST.

So yeah a little star sticker goes a long way

I figure out I had ADHD last year, but I didn’t seek an official diagnosis and medication until this year. I’m 30 years old, my school days are long behind me. I slipped through the cracks because I have predominately inattentive type and I was a quiet little girl. Having ADHD does not mean you have to be hyperactive and loud, it means you have a processing problem in your brain that doesn’t allow you to regulate your focus or emotions. 

Mental health even now is still taboo to talk about. People are more open now than ever about it however and that gives me hope. 

This is a profoundly personal comic and it only reflects my own experience with ADHD. It is on a spectrum with a wide range of personalities. But if my story connects with someone else and helps them, that would mean the world to me.

Since I’m seeing people passing this comic on a TON, and saying how they don’t know how to get help because of the lack of resources available to them(especially my fellow Americans, we have absymally inaccesible mental health care), here is something to help.

this book is fantastic.  

You can get it from Bookshop and help out your local bookstore

that way you’re helping yourself AND your community! 

You can read an excerpt here

It’s also available as an Audiobook if that’s more accessible for you! I’m not going to link to Audible or other Audiobook sites, but you might be able to get it for free through your local library and the Libby App! 

yes.

New fossils suggest that spinosaurus was fully aquatic, meaning we have to re-imagine this bigger-than-T. Rex dino’s looks and behavior. Video and article from National Geographic.

I fucking love nerds

I… was unaware that snooty villagers don’t get along with lazy villagers when I invited Judy to my 40% lazy villager town…

I know this is already so long but I forgot to include the original bugs-in-my-floor man himself

I gotta ask, how do people, like, do stuff???

here’s what i’ve figured out so far:

-gotta have eat first

-gotta sleep enough first

(seriously so many days i’m like “i have all afternoon I’ma Do a Thing” and then i just kinda buzz around and do Nothing and think “WHY” and then i’m like “oh yeah i’m really fuckening tired”)

-gotta be Excited About It (ADHD brain only does things if they’re Literally the Most Interesting Thing Happening Right Now) (so like, hype yourself up to work on a project, or think about how happy you’ll be with a cleaner room/all those chores done)

-gotta have small, doable first step (like, “get cloth from fabric drawer” or “open google docs”

-FUCK distractions (computer is in drawer, phone is Off)

-Engage the Senses (if task needs Brain, play vague background Music, if task needs No Brain, listen to audiobook/podcast)

-maybe set time limit so i don’t get lost??? e.g. i have a little egg timer that i use because the ticking isn’t distracting but is enough to remind me that Time is a Thing that is Passing Right Now

-gotta have Self Awareness and Thinky about the Moment (get into the habit of Consciously Noticing what you’re doing at the moment, so you’re more likely to go “wait, this isn’t what i wanted to be doing” and be able to redirect)

-be willing to redirect and try to do something else if whatever you want to do Just Isn’t Happening

-DON’T beat yourself up for only doing part of something, or failing entirely- all that does is make your brain associate “trying to do stuff” with “well that SUCKED”. Which means you don’t want to try again. Tell urself u did good for trying, and if it didn’t work, try again later, or figure out why it didn’t work and try a different way. Reward yourself for trying

this is what i’ve figured out about cajoling the Thinky No Worky Brain into Doing Stuff. it’s not 100% reliable, especially if I forget to do some of these things (like SLEEP), but it’s what i got, ya know??

I wasn’t actually expecting any answers when I made that post but damn this is really helpful, thank you <3

What’s happening on Twitter? 😂

https://twitter.com/smashmouth/status/992478669435060224?s=19

Love smash mouth

What’s going on this year

What is happening? 😂

LMAO He just said he does

https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/588913900789309440?s=19

LMAO reblogging again because of 5he sass from dictionary.com 😂😂

Y'all know when you get wrecked by the damn dictionary you’re a fool

The best fucking post on here

IT’S BACK

Thread was missing my fave part.

MR THE ROCK JOHNSON

adhd breakdowns are whack because ur bawling ur eyes out over some insignificant bullshit while simultaneously being unable to rid ur head of the chorus of All I Want For Christmas Is You

Me: OH! I caught a snapping turtle--wouldnt it look so nice in its tank in my house---

Um............. ????? EXCUSE ME???? IT JUST??? SITS??? THERE??? ON THE FLOOR??? NO TANK??? WHAT IS GOING ON. DOES HE NEED A LEASH? A.... PET BED? HE HAS NO HOME THIS IS AN OUTRAGE. I AM NOT SHARING MY BED WITH HIM. WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS THING

UPDATE: IT HISSES WHEN YOU GO UP TO IT AND CLICK "A" AND YOU CAN MOVE IT AROUND LIKE FURNITURE. THIS IS NOT NATURAL. I DONT LIKE THIS

ANOTHER UPDATE: YOU CAN SET HIM ON TOP OF THINGS???

Rip Blathers

magic in fantasy novels

7 QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK AT THE END OF EVERY JOB INTERVIEW.

Click here to find out why these questions help you.

This is so important! I never know what to ask and end up looking like a fool cause I don’t have a question prepared. Don’t be me.

The weird thing about this post is that it ALWAYS shows up when I have an interview

i am a manager and this is exactly what I look for.