🦇Ash the Ninth🎃

they always seem to drive like speed demons when they come up here! Maybe we could just split the damn difference and they could all meet in the middle 😂

Idaho is bad but agreed on Indiana

Speed limits are suggestions and turn signals don’t exist, every motherfucker thinks he’s Dale Earnhardt

That is WILD, definitely seen that happen more than once. Of course the hypocrisy is intense because they lowkey pushed my mom to divorce my non-Mormon dad and love that she remarried into the church 🙃 nevermind that guy is ALSO divorced. Guess his other wife is never getting into ‘real’ heaven? 🤷🏼

It’s corrupt AF some places! Where I lived in Boise the Mormon judge forced my close friend to have unsupervised visitation with the parent who assaulted them. Predictable consequences followed. The judge went to their church.

I’d say it’s super hard on the job hunt right now but really it seems like EVERYTHING is getting harder?? Any chance we could help crowdfund a car fix at least?

Japanese Rooster and Hen Pattern (1901) This striking woodblock print from the 1901 publication Shin-bijutsukai features a highly stylized and graphic depiction of a rooster and a hen. The composition is divided by bold, diagonal black bands that slash across a pale green background patterned with a delicate interlocking diamond grid. These dark sections are further decorated with trailing white cherry blossoms, creating a high-contrast environment for the central subjects. The rooster is positioned in the upper left, rendered with a bright red comb and wattle that pop against its cream and grey feathers. Its tail feathers are splayed in a sharp, fan-like arrangement, emphasizing the print's geometric aesthetic. Below and to the right, a hen is tucked into a corner, its body curved into a soft, circular shape that balances the more angular lines of the rooster. The overall design exemplifies the Meiji-era transition toward bold, modern decorative patterns while maintaining traditional Japanese motifs like the cherry blossom and auspicious poultry.

Japanese rooster and hen pattern created in the year 1901. Japan. Shinbijutsukai1. The overall design exemplifies the Meiji-era transition toward bold, modern decorative patterns while maintaining traditional Japanese motifs like the cherry blossom and auspicious poultry.

This vibrant woodblock print by the renowned artist Bakufu Ohno (1888–1976) depicts three red sea bream (tai) swimming gracefully among underwater rock formations. In Japanese culture, the red sea bream is a celebrated symbol of good fortune and longevity, often served at weddings and auspicious occasions. The two larger fish occupy the upper and middle sections of the composition, while a smaller one swims near the craggy, lichen-covered rocks at the bottom. Ohno’s mastery of the shin-hanga style is evident in the delicate color gradations on the fishes' scales, which transition from a deep, rosy red near the fins to a pale, silvery pink along the bellies. Tiny blue speckles adorn their backs, mimicking the natural shimmer of the species. The surrounding water is rendered in a soft, atmospheric cream tone, with delicate white tubular sea anemones or corals emerging from the dark, layered rocks. The artist’s signature and seal are visible in the upper left corner, completing this elegant and serene study of marine life.

A woodblock print titled "Red Bream" (Tai), created by the renowned Japanese artist Bakufu Ohno (1888–1976).

Yes!! I love that there’s a whole tag just for bawlz and 40% of them are just rat balls on top of another rat’s head 😂

Saddest face I’ve seen in my LIFE! At least there are pain meds 🥲

Man I don’t think ANYONE is going to get mad at you for fantasizing about living somewhere else, particularly right now 😂

Also hell, hell has been a problem for me from the get go as a child who was terrified my grandpa was going there. Hell is a juvenile nonsense concept. If you don’t believe in a guy you should be tortured for eternity? What are you, twelve? Are we playing He-Man on the playground or something?

Literally met my partner in youth group. Went to church with his whole family for over a decade. I have no beef with Jesus but if god is unchanging and the OT god and the NT god are the same I want nothing to do with him.

Cannot overemphasize how much of my background was church: volunteering, going to classes, hosting Bible groups, LEADING Bible groups, taking apologetics classes and CRITIQUING them because they were often so lacking even on an entry level, confirmation, baptism, youth group, the works.

Part of it was historical discrepancies, part of it was the contemptuous treatment of queer people even in ‘progressive’ circles, but you can hand wave a lot of that with ‘well that’s the fault of the human church’

But at the end of the day God wanted a looooooot of child murder, fuck that guy

Reading the bible and being extremely dedicated to my faith.

Not joking. The more effort we put into it the more the wheels started falling off the bus under any kind of scrutiny. On like our third read through of the OT together we finally just looked at each other and said ‘god is an asshole’

Growing up with mostly Mormon best friends and my mom converting when I was in high school, all of this sounds so so eerily familiar 😬 especially shit like ‘you need to be exposed to this person who endangered or abused you for the benefit of the ABUSER’ 🚩🚩🚩 sorry you lived that!

Massachusetts Rescue Saves 160 Rats, Now the Shelter Needs to Find Dozens of Rodent Lovers to Give the Animals Homes Partner shelters stepped in to help offset the load, with only about 70 of the 163 rescued rats still in the care of the MSPCA and looking for forever homes.

We still have plenty of rats who are so squeaking cute available for adoption! 🐀

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A meme style image comparing the starter trio Pokemon from Gen 10 to Hux, Kylo Ren, and General Phasma.

Cartoon drawing of a female rat with eyeshadow and arched brow and a rose in her mouth, her tail is up and wiggly and text says guys is this a normal reaction? Response: literally the horniest creature on gods green earth

Rat cartoon of insanely pregnant rat. Question text: could he be pregnte? Answer: the most pregnate rat on gods green earth. Misspellings intentional.

I love that one 😂 it’s even spreading to other subs?? I’ve seen remakes of it in the shrimp sub at the very least (also incredibly great source of highly niche memes)

And these of course lol

Rat people are great obviously but they can get a little over reactive if they think your husbandry is lacking

Regardless still the most generous and helpful

(The aquarium subs are still actually pretty nice but they are never going to agree on whether your stand is about to collapse and if you have the right parameters to breed loaches 😁)

Shockingly the horse subs have less drama and infighting than expected, beat out by aquariums, backyard orchards, any dog breed sub, and the nonbinary crowd

Someday I’m going to do a ranking of the best to worst subreddits I frequent (loaches and rats at the top,, vintage furniture and tradesubs are assholes lol)

This is just like me following my cats, that I went and acquired and kept myself, around the house while they do bad things and I kiss their little heads and tell them they’re the worst

Country too large :(((((

Absolutely, time to build a megarataplex 😁

His little fleeting childhood!! I sympathize 😭

Oh no!! Poor child!!

Millefleurs-style woven tapestry of two barn owls circling a curled up rabbit. The animals are surrounded by various other plants and animals that juxtapose symbols of life and death, making it unclear if the rabbit lives or dies.

The tapestry lying on grass.

The tapestry draped over a couch.

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People are always like ‘omg weaving looks so hard and tedious’ and I’m like ‘no that’s the BEFORE part’ 😭