#does that sound sensible?

[canisalbus]

Feel free to ignore this if it doesn't spark your interest but worth a shot. Can I ask what breed of dog Jesus was in your dog world?

I think dog Jesus predates most of today's dog breeds. Realistically he'd probably be some kind of mutt, probably with vaguely Canaan dog looks. But European depictions of Jesus have always been very localized, and I tend to think that in Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque art he'd usually appear as a Spaniel of sorts, although it varies from piece to piece. Gun dogs more often than not.

#every society adapts their idea of Christ to fit their needs and culture to some degree right #so maybe in France he's represented by a French breed of dog and in Sweden a Swedish breed and so on #because Jesus is typically depicted as noble and handsome they would end up choosing breeds that have prestige and high status #over those that aren't viewed as favorably #so ironically very few rustic shepherd Jesuses #does that sound sensible? #yes I know #but this is in fact a thing I have to consider for world building purposes #can't have dog Catholicism without dog Jesus #answered #anonymous

[grison-in-space]

okay so I wanted to show @coffee-mage-sans-caffeine some terrible field Beagle stacks, so that they could see how uncomfortable the dogs look, and therefore I went hunting for field rabbit beagle kennels.

I turned up one pet "rare color" breeder and one that turned out to be a breed-specific article from a fucking content mill. Which: Gross. But the third one actually was a field rabbit-hunting beagle breeder, one who had the most good ol' boy [appreciative] blog description of his goals I've seen in a very long time:

Woodpont Beagles are a pack of dual-purpose (show and field bred) hunting hounds located in Southern Ohio, USA.  Some of our female lines now stretch back as many as 16 generations, spanning nearly 40 years.  Hounds from this kennel have been very successful in the past at field trials and shows, although the primary focus the past 20 years has been on pack work after cottontail rabbit or snowshoe hare. 

[...]

Feel free to contact us if this sounds like the type of hound for you.  Not everyone likes the same kind of beagle.  If your interest is field trials, or showing, you may want to keep looking.  If you want good, honest hounds for pack work or gunning, these just may suit you.  Puppies occasionally available.

Like, you know that is an old white man with the most rural of backgrounds and interests. His philosophy is fantastic, mind you, the dogs themselves are a blend of conformation and working beagle lines with the goal of maintaining the best of both worlds, if I wanted a beagle or to hunt rabbits I'd be on that man's doorstep in a heartbeat. I'm reading his stuff and I'm watching very carefully, and I see a post title and pre-emptively flinch:

Immediately what pops into my head is QAnon and hideous right-wing politics have invaded all kinds of circles over the years, and look I was starting to really like this guy, his opinions about working hounds are kickass, and oh no he's going to take time out of his day to make it clear he thinks people like me are scum--what does it read--oh no, oh no, what is it gonna say--

Things You Will Not See Here

Hounds with No Show Blood

Hounds with No Field Blood

Hounds in above ground kennels (i.e., raised on wire rather than being reared on the ground. always. no stacking kennels or god forbid runs.) ...

Yeah. Okay. I can live with this. It's a website straight out of 2013 (or 2003) rather than 2023. And oh, what a breath of fresh air the blog is!

#dogs #dogblr #I really do encourage anyone who thinks about working-bred dogs vs show-bred dogs to come and have a look at this #because this is what an awful lot of the best working-bred old-time breeders sound like #and shaking his fingers judgily about wire kennels and stacked kennels so cleaning is easier #but also you note he doesn't frame that as an unthinkable and immoral act of animal cruelty #he frames it as something only a lazy backwards asshole would do #and actually he associates all above ground kennels with the wire floor kennels which are infamous #which further jolts anyone in his audience of beaglers thinking that above ground kennels are a great innovation #into going !! ugh #should distance MYSELF from that! #and if there's some pressing critical reason the kennels are necessary it's a goad to get your dogs--yes even young puppies--out onto groun #as much as humanly possible #then he starts lecturing beaglers on kennel care and shows off his spotless kennels #this is an old fuck who does not give a shit about pet dog sensibilities #but he DOES give a shit about running dogs that are capable of serving their intended purpose #and treating them well and fairly

[waitineedaname]

I JUST HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT XING. if the chang clan's population is small and the yao clan's is huge, does that mean the chang clan is more rural while the yao clan is perhaps more urban? what regions of xing are they from? large population centers tend to gravitate towards water, so is the yao clan on the coast? where is the capital of xing? what clan was the old emperor from? I want to know more!!!!!!!!!

#fma #and don't get me STARTED on thinking about hohenheim in xing #if he was there four hundred years ago 1) does he speak xingese and 2) does he speak a really old fashioned variety #he tries to speak xingese and ling is like oh my god why do you sound like that #it would be like someone speaking shakespearean english #anyway. in my own personal little headcanon the changs are closer to the desert #meanwhile the yao are on the coast #which means it actually would have been more sensible for ling to take a goddamn boat to amestris #but he just HAD to see xerxes #fma posting

[oathtorn]

// sometimes I think about how many times in bg3 you get conflicts that don't have an objectively "best" outcome. I think about freeing the 7000 vampires, for example. Freeing them is the ethical thing to do, because they are all innocent victims, but it remains true that leaving thousands of vampires loose, even in the underdark, is a bad bad idea. Not only are they traumatized people, but they're predators who have only their instincts to help them survive in an unfamiliar land that isn't exactly bountiful in terms of wildlife. If they don't do well, they'll die or be slaughtered, and if they do they'll ruin entire communities or ecosystems, depending on whether they feed on people or animals.

#i was thinking again of that line minthara says about how the patriars should have the refugees work for them and have them defend the city #and tav is like 'um that's slavery you're describing?' #and she's like 'call it what you want but would you rather have them die of starvation stuck outside the city walls?' #and i mean the player doesn't have much to say in that matter but there is still a complex situation being presented with no easy solution #because bg has been the destination for refugees for a long time already #like it was already in a state of crisis after the descent when many people who could not return to their homes #massively started to arrive to the gate #right when their duke was gone and left the city without a ruler and the military without a leader #now the government is even WORSE and so is the refugee situation since they're now coming from everywhere #it is painfully true that the guild is still the only truly functioning organism in the city #and they're also having trouble with the absolute #like bg objectively doesnt have the space or the means to sustain the refugees #the patriars may #but in the end gold cant feed a family either #but eating the rich does sound like the most sensible option still- #ooc #the only objectively good ending i think is if you could leave the githyanki egg with lae'zel #also i think of the quest zevlor gives for killing kagha #which sounds like a sensible option when he says it but it prompts the grove massacre #but you can explain it to halsin and he understands that they forgot their principles and attacked defenseless refugees #and you merely defended yourself and them #then again if you look in the right places you can see dialogues suggesting that the refugees are indeed damaging the grove #like chopping trees without the druid's consent #so. #yeah i just have a deep appreciation for some aspects of the game's writing #that show there often isn't an objectively best choice #and you are just doing your best with the information you have and what your morals dictate

[lord-squiggletits]

"Rodimus is a better Prime because it didn't hurt for him to bond with the Matrix while for Optimus it did" headcanon/theory my beloathed.

One day I'm literally gonna snap and make a whole post addressing why what's wrong bc I'm tired of the inaccuracy and tired of ppl not understanding the Point TM of IDW and its version of the Matrix/Primacy and even more tired of people putting down Optimus in favor of Rodimus by essentially arguing that being unworthy means you deserve to be punished/put in pain bc you just weren't good enough to hold the Symbol of Ultimate Authority

#it's wrong on so many levels both in terms of lore and as well as like what the general themes of idw1 are #it's just a validation contest using the matrix as some magical symbol to decide who's the most special #which is ironically something that was a plot point in exrid/OP. specifically how stupid of an idea that is ldskjflksd #ppl revealing that they havent read anything besides mtmte/ll as usual #like half the reason ppl think optimus is a bad prime and rodimus is a good prime is literally bc like #optimus was written by an author who was specifically trying to deconstruct him (sometimes to the point of absurdity) #and rodimus was written by an author who takes a more optimistic/idealistic approach. and is also better at writing #but also like am i seriously the only person who thinks that that argument is fucked up????? #like 'OP felt pain which means he's unworthy/not a real prime/not a true leader' #ok so you think that there's a hierarchy of moral goodness in which anyone who falls short of that Moral Ideal should suffer #as a sign of their unworthiness?? like does that not sound dystopian as hell to any of you?? why would you WANT the matrix to work like tha #even if the theory were true (which it isn't) why would you view the matrix as a good authoritative moral judge of character #if its idea of 'moral judgement' is to inflict pain on anyone who's supposedly not truly good/worthy #wasn't the entire point of the ending of LL (including rodimus being a good leader) that everyone is worth it? #like rodimus literally said 'you ARE damn well good enough' or something like that #so what? everyone else in the universe tries their best and that's enough but somehow when OP suffers it's like #a sign that he's not actually a good prime/leader?? we're really going with the punitive perspective purely for One Guy?? #swear to god ppl are projecting their authority issues onto Optimus the way they shit on him for things they would excuse #if any other character did it #Optimus is uniquely deserving of pain/being marked as unworthy bc idk he was a cop once and that offends my delicate sensibilities #what's even funnier is how much harm was inflicted by rodimus as a captain sheerly due to his stupidity or ego but everyone forgives him #i guess bc as long as the matrix likes him that means he's valid no matter what he actually does as a person #WHICH IS SOMETHING IDW ITSELF ARGUED AGAINST BC A LOT OF THE PRIMES THAT WERE CHOSEN BY THE MATRIX #WERE DICKS AND THE FACT THEY COULD WIELD THE MATRIX DIDN'T MAKE THEM GOOD PEOPLE #like oh my god stop using the matrix as an arbiter of moral authority in idw1 it literally goes against the themes of the story #including the themes that are embodied in rodimus himself #idw op love

[silverwhittlingknife]

antigone. jean anouilh.

quotations from antigone: a tragedy by jean anouilh. translated by lewis galantière.

comic panels in order are from: battle for the cowl 3 (x3), batman annual 25, batman and robin 5, batman and robin 6, battle for the cowl 3, batman 416, battle for the cowl 3, battle for the cowl 2, batman annual 25, batman and robin 6, under the red hood, battle for the cowl 3 (x2), batman 427, lost days 5.

#jason todd #anyway mmmm still turning it over in my mind BUT #antigone + her sense of principle such that she's willing to take her confrontation with creon to its logical extreme #she knows he'll kill her & it's not that she welcomes it but there's that sense of fatality: she's more tied to the dead than the living #she's basically daring creon to have her excuted in the same way that jason is challenging bruce #jason demanding the mourning for his own corpse. antigone buries her brother but jason is the avenging unburied ghost #come to DEMAND burial. and yet he's also alive so he's also antigone who has a choice - or does he??? #and then dick's got his own antigone side re:principle but in this fight he's sister ismene #ismene determined to stop antigone from getting herself killed but also angry with her #and feeling like if she would just LISTEN then she'd see that ismene is right and sensible and has all order on her side #to her everything that antigone wants sounds like chaos and the breakdown of order #and that mmm i feel like there's this consistent thread where we kinda dance around the question of well. /is/ jason suicidal #he puts a gun to his head. he lets go of the train. and yet back then as a kid he wanted to live so badly! #again like antigone who seems to be hurtling herself toward death and yet it's not really what she wants and yet and yet #anyway many thoughts still much confused but. we'll see. #my comic art but we are using the term ''art'' loosely #since it's literally just copy-pasted comic panels with. like. bad highlighting occasionally sfdsfds #dick grayson

[clintismoved]

I diagnose you with hot ⸻ bob the builder hot

i am not saying bob the builder is hot, im just saying you have the hotness of a handyman. you're humble, down to earth, and exist with an easy confidence that takes peoples breath away. you always seem to know exactly what you are doing. you may still be stuck in your hometown, but you have quite the reputation. you do get a lot of business, after all. people around here sure tend to break things an awful lot, and they always call you, listening through the phone reciever with a light blush and bated breath, for your inevitable "I'll help you."

Tagged by; @danversiism

Tormenting; @darehearts, @prcspcr, @de2thletter, @biitchcakes, @neonwebs ..... Clint just wanted everyone to know he's hot

#im surprised it makes him sound so put together #when clint is more like rugged construction worker who all dirty and sweaty and good at what he does. #but terrible at putting his life together in private #or i mean lumberjack or cowboy cowboy cowboy #like hes ranch hand whose got some grim and shirt untucked and all charm until he opens his mouth and he is rough on the sensibilities #[ ABOUT ] I guess I just need something or someone to believe in or maybe I just need someone who believes in me

[nomaishuttle]

sometimes u put yr playlist on shuffle a song comes up and you have to put another song in the queue immediately as soon as it comes on bc it makes you think of that song

#this is abt aura by ghost and pals Sry everytime i hear it im like a fiddle This is just like devil went down to georgia and then i have to #put devil went down to georgia in the queue #i think its a fiddle innit.. it sounds like a fiddle but im also NOTORIOUSLY bad at telling instruments apart. <- guy who once couldnt tell #if something was a guitar or a piano i actually rly rly rly rly dont wanna get into it okay. #i guess you didnt know it but i am a fiddle player too 😏😏 #sry. the other thing this post is abt is kiss me and ladies in their sensibilities sweeney. obviously those r connected #but if ladies in their sensibilities comes on by itself i quite literally couldnt be assed so everytime i have to put kiss me on instead an #add lits to the queue. bc them together is like the best song i ever heard its just that the beginning of lits is just kind of boring It #does get stuck i my head sometimes but the supreme part is the end thats Basically just a reprise of kiss me #but also theyre kind of the same song anyways at least o wowww i was just typing in tempo with the fiddle that was awesome. at least on the #2012 soundtrack aka the best one talk to the hand or dont i dont wanna hear it. well i do want to hear it it being the 2012 london cast #recording of sweeney todd starring michael ball and imelda staunton. ANYWAYS!! in that one the songs lead in to eachother #ive listened to all the other soundtracks but idr if they do that.. well ill tell u the movie doesnt bc it doesnt have kiss me. which is #just so. the johanna anthony romance doesnt rly have much substance in the first place and yr taking away like. their duet together. ok.... #AND yr taking away the end part of lits? the best part of that song? whatever its fine its fine. #if anybody is curious my ranking of casts is 2012 > obc > movie > 2006 i fucking hate 2006 or 2005 or whatever i hate it sm it makes my #blood literally boil im sry. i fucking LOATHE it idk what it is well i do but this post is already 5000000 years long. idt the new one is #out fully yet... i was ok with the songs i have heard but idk where id rank it yet. i should prolly check if the full things out yet omg so #me and my lampstie (way of saying my siblings name if theres something deeply wrong with you) can listen :]

[akallabeth-joie]

Maybe I’m letting me dislike for the BBC Les Mis shade my opinions, but I’m not really enjoying Davies’ version of Sense & Sensibility? It feels like it’s hitting all the same points as Emma Thompson’s version, but taking longer and with people belaboring each point that much more. Why show a character being snobby or uncharitable or nosy or impulsive when you can have other characters just talk about it repeatedly?

#I don't recall Austen calling anyone Romantic as much as they folks do #she just sort of shows up Marianne's Romantic sensibilities #here I just did three shorts during the course of the first episode #also not so sure about the opening with Willoughby and Eliza #chronologically that does come first #but it's not really clear who is in the scene unless you know the story #and it won't actually be explained until the third episode #so what purpose does it serve as the introductory scene? #Marianne's in some danger of losing her reputation but it's hardly the overarching theme of the work #Here Be Rogues? #I don't even know #I'm very wine-drunk just now and not making sensible analysis at all #said shots were of spiced wine so it's not as dire as it sounds

[monstrousgourmandizingcats]

Gee, I wonder why you don't feel you have that in common with Battler and Jessica, Ange.

#i avoided concluding this for a long time because it sounds ridiculous #but umineko really does stumble into a VERY queer sensibility eventually #umineko no naku koro ni #monstrousgourmandizingcats rereads umineko #umineko #ushiromiya ange #featherine augustus aurora

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

i feel like i should finish the season before i give a more thorough assessment but like i do think the biggest problem with netflix sandman is that it just looks like complete and total shit

#when did this happen to me when did i become a person who like #physically can't enjoy something if it crosses a certain threshold of Looking So Bad Like So So Bad Though Oh My God #it's like even the stuff in it that i like i can't actually enjoy that much because it's so viscerally lifeless to experience #because of how it looks like shit #the score is also somehow distractingly generic #which doesn't sound like a thing that would be possible #but it... is. #idk. the writing is fine the adaptational choices are fine the acting is acceptable to quite good #but it's just not a very well made piece of television #and seems to have been made by people with like... no aesthetic sensibilities whatsoever #like. riverdale guy has a more skillfully executed and distinct aesthetic vision than this does #and we're supposed to be here watching a story about like. #dreams. life. the unconscious. the expansiveness of imagination. etc. etc. #which... yes... is based on a comic with a particularly playful and exuberant approach to its visual expression #it's just like. why #you can be me when i'm gone

[asbestieos]

i want to draw so badly but i have work in two hours and im running on 6-7 hours of sleep </3

#that may sound like a lot of sleep but i usually get 8-9 #an hour less DOES fuck w my brian #brain #you see im what we call…. weak #astaposting #or at least sensible

[perenlop]

oh. this is another “the villain has completely correct and good motives but goes about it in a creepy extreme way that makes them ‘just as bad’ and the heroes gotta fight to keep the status quo!” plot. cool.

#like ok. the rumor monster thing is still horrifying and all dont get me wrong #but like... aside from that it feels like an excuse to have the villain be a villain?? bc aside from that and them using witches #(which doesnt even make sense also considering their goals) then yeah theres no reason why these guys are wrong #why is it painted as sinister for the girl to go ''yeah kyubey is fucked up and he treats us like harvestable resources'' #and it really does feel like theyre twisting everyones arm to make them still sound evillike iroha's reaction literally is just #''ok but what about ui :/ idc man'' #like. wow thats totally such a compelling and sensible way to react to that information #that literally caused mami to attempt murder suicide in the original series and was the ENTIRE TURNING POINT FOR THE CHARACTERS #and its tragic that tsureno wants to join that magias now bc her fate is tragic and oh how did she fall so fast... #hey wait. wasnt changing this fate literally madoka's goal in the original like... #echoed voice #idk. man these kinds of villains annoy me bc they can absolutely be done well #but too often than not theyre just done to be fake deep and come across as tone deaf #magireco lb

[imjustheretoseetheprivateblogs]

I know we’re all ‘eat the rich’ and ‘fuck the police’ here...

But does anyone else get this feeling of resentment that you feel isn’t healthy, even if you feel you’re completely justified in it?

#personal #anti mcu #fandom critical #fandom criticism #Anti-MCU #time to get real #like for me it's against Disney (the mcu in particular) #a lot of my online friends tend to take this glass half full approach to it #even though a lot of the defenses sound completely ridiculous when applying them to a corporation as old and powerful as Disney #Like I feel like I can't talk to people about it because so many people just see the MCU as this cinematic masterpiece #Except I'm literally proof that someone can get burnt out on it #And we've seen other corporations of similar size and age treat people working for them with just as much contempt #So why does Disney get a pass? #Does what essentially amounts to Michael Bay films with romcom sensibilities get that much credit? #it scares me #especially when the MCU doesn't really show any signs of stopping in spite of the fact that their formula has failed #twice #and it feels like the superhero genre is suffering for it #If there's anyone else who feels like this please let me know

[raubtierfuetterung]

…

​but the thing is. I feel like many strange gendered people are actually just running away from the pressure of silly gender roles, weird stigma and prejudices that have been tied to their biological sex for some reason. Not that I care if people feel emotional connection with their genitalia, in fact: I do not want to know any details about this!

Still, I think there is a reason to talk about the sexes and sexism! Many women are discriminated against because of the body they have been born in(to), because of the wacky social status that comes with their biological sex.

The goal is to make someone’s genitalia irrelevant in almost all circumstances. And not invent yourself a new gender because you oh wonder oh wonder don’t fulfill all nonsensical “gender” clichés.

#I kinda don’t see the problem with JKR #she supports people expressing themselves so where’s the problem #she’s just emphasising the fact that women(“afab“) face many inconveniences and dangers in this life in this society THAT WE DID NOT CHOOSE #so the only not trans-supporting aspect of her position is that the word woman means biological woman to her #which I personally think is sensible because my female body is basically the only thing that makes me a woman. #what else is a woman that a human with female reproductive organs? #a long haired hysterical weakling in a pink dress. soft spoken nasal high pitch voice and always crying? likes dolls?? -wellll… #…that sounds pretty sexist #but on the other as I understood it Trans people are genuinely not okay with their body #do they feel amputated? I would like to know. need to listen to some ppl… #but to be real. I’m also not ok with my body. I want to get out. and I feel so detached #feeling like a woman does not make sense to me. I am a woman and I DO NOT feel like a woman. #this is the actual reason why transsexuality and the gender debate don’t make any sense to me #but maybe other women do feel femininity. what sort of fucking emotional is gender. my god this is so stupid #maybe I’m spurting transphobic nonsense because I’m non binary and inherently detached from the gender experience TM

[vaspider]

While I'm writing things that I've been intending to write for a while... one of the things that I think that a lot of people who haven't been involved in like... banking or corporate shenaniganry miss about why our economy is its current flavor of total fuckery is the concept of "fiduciary duty to shareholders."

"Why does every corporation pursue endless growth?" Fiduciary duty to shareholders.

"Why do corporations treat workers the way they do?" Fiduciary duty to shareholders.

"Why do corporations make such bass-ackwards decisions about what's 'good for' the company?" Fiduciary duty to shareholders.

The legal purpose of a corporation with shareholders -- its only true purpose -- is the generation of revenue/returns for shareholders. Period. That's it. Anything else it does is secondary to that. Sustainability of business, treatment of workers, sustainability and quality of product, those things are functionally and legally second to generating revenue for shareholders. Again, period, end of story. There is no other function of a corporation, and all of its extensive legal privileges exist to allow it to do that.

"But Spider," you might say, "that sounds like corporations only exist in current business in order to extract as much money and value as possible from the people actually doing the work and transfer it up to the people who aren't actually doing the work!"

Yes. You are correct. Thank you for coming with me to that realization. You are incredibly smart and also attractive.

You might also say, "but Spider, is this a legal obligation? Could those running a company be held legally responsible for failing their obligations if they prioritize sustainability or quality of product or care of workers above returns for shareholders?"

Yes! They absolutely can! Isn't that terrifying? Also you look great today, you're terribly clever for thinking about these things. The board and officers of a corporation can be held legally responsible to varying degrees for failing to maximize shareholder value.

And that, my friends, is why corporations do things that don't seem to make any fucking sense, and why 'continuous growth' is valued above literally anything else: because it fucking has to be.

If you're thinking that this doesn't sound like a sustainable economic model, you're not alone. People who are much smarter than both of us, and probably nearly as attractive, have written a proposal for how to change corporate law in order to create a more sensible and sustainable economy. This is one of several proposals, and while I don't agree with all of this stuff, I think that reading it will really help people as a springboard to understanding exactly why our economy is as fucked up as it is, and why just saying 'well then don't pursue eternal growth' isn't going to work -- because right now it legally can't. We'd need to change -- and we can change -- the laws around corporate governance.

This concept of 'shareholder primacy' and the fiduciary duty to shareholders is one I had to learn when I was getting my securities licenses, and every time I see people confusedly asking why corporations try to grow grow grow in a way that only makes sense if you're a tumor, I sigh and think, 'yeah, fiduciary duty to shareholders.'

(And this is why Emet and I have refused to seek investors for NK -- we might become beholden to make decisions which maximize investor return, and that would get in the way of being able to fully support our people and our values and say the things we started this company to say.)

Anyway, you should read up on these concepts if you're not familiar. It's pretty eye-opening.