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Post by piratenovelist on Mar 1, 2021 15:49:44 GMT -5
I’m not a fan of reputation there I said it.... Me too! If I’m being truthful.... it’s top of my worst list of albums from a favorite artist.... the score fluctuates between 1/10 and 4/10. 1/10 means as a whole I don’t get any enjoyment out of it.... there are songs I like sure, but this was one that it took Lover for me to hesitantly come back to listening... I was like I need two album cycles to get back... LOL I do like lover, but Folklore just.... hits me like Speak Now does! |
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Post by oliviabenson(Taylor's Version) on Mar 1, 2021 16:03:04 GMT -5
I also never had a date and I'm also 29. Maybe some day there will be someone for us. Whoot! It just means we are having someone saved special for us. It also doesn’t help Taylor made me a hopeless romantic. I can feel the happiness or sadness in the tunes without ever having been in that situation..... I was called weird once for saying it, but being an empath also helps I guess.... #blametaylorforbeingsogoodatwriting"Don't blame me, love made me crazy" Would be Taylors answer if she would read this  I don't think there is anything weird about it. |
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Post by oliviabenson(Taylor's Version) on Mar 1, 2021 16:06:14 GMT -5
If I’m being truthful.... it’s top of my worst list of albums from a favorite artist.... the score fluctuates between 1/10 and 4/10. 1/10 means as a whole I don’t get any enjoyment out of it.... there are songs I like sure, but this was one that it took Lover for me to hesitantly come back to listening... I was like I need two album cycles to get back... LOL I do like lover, but Folklore just.... hits me like Speak Now does! Almost the same here. A few songs on Reputation are sounding nice, but I don't like the album and most of the songs, also I don't like the whole era. Lover was really refreshing, even if my absolute favorite is Speak Now. But I'm not a real fan of Folklore, it's too depressive for my taste, I have depressions and don't need so depressing songs But the era itself isn't that bad. |
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Post by piratenovelist on Mar 1, 2021 17:39:00 GMT -5
If I’m being truthful.... it’s top of my worst list of albums from a favorite artist.... the score fluctuates between 1/10 and 4/10. 1/10 means as a whole I don’t get any enjoyment out of it.... there are songs I like sure, but this was one that it took Lover for me to hesitantly come back to listening... I was like I need two album cycles to get back... LOL I do like lover, but Folklore just.... hits me like Speak Now does! Almost the same here. A few songs on Reputation are sounding nice, but I don't like the album and most of the songs, also I don't like the whole era. Lover was really refreshing, even if my absolute favorite is Speak Now. But I'm not a real fan of Folklore, it's too depressive for my taste, I have depressions and don't need so depressing songs But the era itself isn't that bad. Fair enough! Yeah it’s a dark album for sure. Though being a fan of The National is really helping me steer toward liking it a lot. I was like WHAT Taylor liked them too when I read who she worked with for Folklore/Evermore. I was honestly thinking “finally an album like Speak Now that speaks to a good time in my life and hits me like Speak Now”. Even in the depressing atmosphere of it all. HEH |
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Post by piratenovelist on Mar 1, 2021 17:39:46 GMT -5
Whoot! It just means we are having someone saved special for us. It also doesn’t help Taylor made me a hopeless romantic. I can feel the happiness or sadness in the tunes without ever having been in that situation..... I was called weird once for saying it, but being an empath also helps I guess.... #blametaylorforbeingsogoodatwriting"Don't blame me, love made me crazy" Would be Taylors answer if she would read this I don't think there is anything weird about it. Good to know I’m not insane and the person who called me weird for feeing what I did is no longer in my life. Thank goodness I cut that toxic outta there. |
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Post by taytaytay on Mar 2, 2021 7:54:01 GMT -5
I also never had a date and I'm also 29. Maybe some day there will be someone for us. Whoot! It just means we are having someone saved special for us. It also doesn’t help Taylor made me a hopeless romantic. I can feel the happiness or sadness in the tunes without ever having been in that situation..... I was called weird once for saying it, but being an empath also helps I guess.... #blametaylorforbeingsogoodatwriting It's definitely not weird - everyone dates at their own pace - but I'd also caution against believing that if you date someone it's going to be someone special. That's putting a lot of pressure on a relationship! |
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Post by piratenovelist on Mar 2, 2021 8:38:33 GMT -5
Whoot! It just means we are having someone saved special for us. It also doesn’t help Taylor made me a hopeless romantic. I can feel the happiness or sadness in the tunes without ever having been in that situation..... I was called weird once for saying it, but being an empath also helps I guess.... #blametaylorforbeingsogoodatwriting It's definitely not weird - everyone dates at their own pace - but I'd also caution against believing that if you date someone it's going to be someone special. That's putting a lot of pressure on a relationship! I just want to know someone is attracted to me! LOL Oh I know expectations should be curbed. I also have my own standards in who I am looking for in a partner and honestly someone to do stuff with is nice. Truth be told I like that I’m single because I have the bed to myself and I know I like to at least cocoon myself at some point in the night. I don’t use that much sheets, but I’m weird I need to have my back covered and the sheet up to my neck or I can’t fall asleep. It’s very rare that it’s not the case, like if I can’t get home and need to grab a hotel for the night. Just having someone to like go to the record shop with or wake up at the bottom crack of dawn to photograph the sunrise.... I realize I’m saying this during a pandemic, but I mean once we are out of the chaotic times.... I’ve tried multiple dating site and one app.... I got 0 messages. Talk about a blow to the ego XD I’m not even mad I’m just disappointed for others who are genuinely trying to talk to like I was. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2021 21:17:15 GMT -5
If you had asked me a few days ago how I feel about dogs, I would have said I loved them, but now I feel a little weird about them. Surely I've heard of domesticated dogs attacking other dogs before, but I guess it's different because it happened to my dog, and the other two dogs involved had never done anything like this before. Blaze, the one we think started it all, is a pit bull mix, and Callie might be a german shepherd mix...? Before all of this, I was one of those that hated the stereotypes that pit bulls get but I don't know now... I will say, Blaze hates other dogs so maybe that's just who he is as a dog and it's not due to his breed. But what if it's not? Neither of them were raised to be vicious. Maybe you can raise a dog to be kind and gentle but at the end of the day, they're still an animal. Before, I would have said I wanted a big dog (or 2, or 3, or 10) in the future, but now, I don't think I want anything bigger than a beagle. And probably only 1 because it would terrify me to think about coming home and finding one dead because their play fighting went too far. I don't know if my feelings will change when I've had more time to grieve. I hope they do. I want to be able to love all dogs again.
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Post by Roman on Mar 10, 2021 1:34:34 GMT -5
If you had asked me a few days ago how I feel about dogs, I would have said I loved them, but now I feel a little weird about them. Surely I've heard of domesticated dogs attacking other dogs before, but I guess it's different because it happened to my dog, and the other two dogs involved had never done anything like this before. Blaze, the one we think started it all, is a pit bull mix, and Callie might be a german shepherd mix...? Before all of this, I was one of those that hated the stereotypes that pit bulls get but I don't know now... I will say, Blaze hates other dogs so maybe that's just who he is as a dog and it's not due to his breed. But what if it's not? Neither of them were raised to be vicious. Maybe you can raise a dog to be kind and gentle but at the end of the day, they're still an animal. Before, I would have said I wanted a big dog (or 2, or 3, or 10) in the future, but now, I don't think I want anything bigger than a beagle. And probably only 1 because it would terrify me to think about coming home and finding one dead because their play fighting went too far. I don't know if my feelings will change when I've had more time to grieve. I hope they do. I want to be able to love all dogs again. Proud of you for thinking clearly about this! Unfortunately animals are not capable of being moral. They are not able to reason, they only act on instinct and feelings. Despite being able to train them a certain way, it’s no guarantee they won’t lash out sooner or later. Aside from aggression, it’s also a problem in smaller misbehavior like peeing or pooping in your house or demolishing stuff. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2021 12:28:29 GMT -5
If you had asked me a few days ago how I feel about dogs, I would have said I loved them, but now I feel a little weird about them. Surely I've heard of domesticated dogs attacking other dogs before, but I guess it's different because it happened to my dog, and the other two dogs involved had never done anything like this before. Blaze, the one we think started it all, is a pit bull mix, and Callie might be a german shepherd mix...? Before all of this, I was one of those that hated the stereotypes that pit bulls get but I don't know now... I will say, Blaze hates other dogs so maybe that's just who he is as a dog and it's not due to his breed. But what if it's not? Neither of them were raised to be vicious. Maybe you can raise a dog to be kind and gentle but at the end of the day, they're still an animal. Before, I would have said I wanted a big dog (or 2, or 3, or 10) in the future, but now, I don't think I want anything bigger than a beagle. And probably only 1 because it would terrify me to think about coming home and finding one dead because their play fighting went too far. I don't know if my feelings will change when I've had more time to grieve. I hope they do. I want to be able to love all dogs again. Proud of you for thinking clearly about this! Unfortunately animals are not capable of being moral. They are not able to reason, they only act on instinct and feelings. Despite being able to train them a certain way, it’s no guarantee they won’t lash out sooner or later. Aside from aggression, it’s also a problem in smaller misbehavior like peeing or pooping in your house or demolishing stuff. Well...you’ve been anti-dog and I believe anti-pet in general which is not what I want to become. I’ve always had a pet of some kind in my life. I can’t see myself living in a house without one. You’re right that training won’t completely eliminate that behavior but that just means that we need to be more responsible with our pets. I see a lot of people out walking with their dogs that aren’t on a leash. That’s great if the dog is friendly and knows to stay by its owners side (side note: somewhere that person on TC who used to raise sand when someone talked about owning pets just cringed) but it should still be on a leash. Our front yard is fenced in and we would just let Beau out by himself but one of us probably should have been going out with him anyway. While I think it’s important to remember that our pets are still animals, I don’t think that should scare us and make us think they’re wild and dangerous. |
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Post by Roman on Mar 10, 2021 12:58:24 GMT -5
Proud of you for thinking clearly about this! Unfortunately animals are not capable of being moral. They are not able to reason, they only act on instinct and feelings. Despite being able to train them a certain way, it’s no guarantee they won’t lash out sooner or later. Aside from aggression, it’s also a problem in smaller misbehavior like peeing or pooping in your house or demolishing stuff. Well...you’ve been anti-dog and I believe anti-pet in general which is not what I want to become. I’ve always had a pet of some kind in my life. I can’t see myself living in a house without one. You’re right that training won’t completely eliminate that behavior but that just means that we need to be more responsible with our pets. I see a lot of people out walking with their dogs that aren’t on a leash. That’s great if the dog is friendly and knows to stay by its owners side (side note: somewhere that person on TC who used to raise sand when someone talked about owning pets just cringed) but it should still be on a leash. Our front yard is fenced in and we would just let Beau out by himself but one of us probably should have been going out with him anyway. While I think it’s important to remember that our pets are still animals, I don’t think that should scare us and make us think they’re wild and dangerous. Eventhough I would never have pets myself, I respect if people insist on having pets. But you hit the nail on the head by pointing out it’s only for those who really are responsible. As a pet owner you have the great responsibility of doing whatever it takes to prevent your pet from causing trouble, especially for others. That’s why I’m anti-dog. I don’t know any dog owner who is responsible all the time. I also like to point out that a pet is not a replacement for friends or a partner. It becomes highly disturbing when people start treating pets as a person. The cliché of the crazy cat lady is not that far off. Because a pet can never fulfill the need of human care or interaction, people start collecting more pets. Their living environment sooner or later becomes a smelly mess worse than a zoo. |
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Post by taytaytay on Mar 12, 2021 4:20:43 GMT -5
Proud of you for thinking clearly about this! Unfortunately animals are not capable of being moral. They are not able to reason, they only act on instinct and feelings. Despite being able to train them a certain way, it’s no guarantee they won’t lash out sooner or later. Aside from aggression, it’s also a problem in smaller misbehavior like peeing or pooping in your house or demolishing stuff. Well...you’ve been anti-dog and I believe anti-pet in general which is not what I want to become. I’ve always had a pet of some kind in my life. I can’t see myself living in a house without one. You’re right that training won’t completely eliminate that behavior but that just means that we need to be more responsible with our pets. I see a lot of people out walking with their dogs that aren’t on a leash. That’s great if the dog is friendly and knows to stay by its owners side (side note: somewhere that person on TC who used to raise sand when someone talked about owning pets just cringed) but it should still be on a leash. Our front yard is fenced in and we would just let Beau out by himself but one of us probably should have been going out with him anyway. While I think it’s important to remember that our pets are still animals, I don’t think that should scare us and make us think they’re wild and dangerous. I'm sorry for what you went through! I think a lot of it is to do with still going through grief. We do need to be more responsible with pets. I think it's easy to become complacent because 'my pet would never do that' but you don't know that. I don't think most dogs will mind being on a leash when they're walking around as long as they're loved and cared for generally. |
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Post by SomeFearlessChick on Mar 14, 2021 2:07:42 GMT -5
I wanted to log in just to give my two cents on this.
I have a staffordshire terrier (and a lot of people are afraid of these types of dogs) and I think it's a matter of both the owner and the public using common sense and being responsible. Dogs such as Staffies and Pitbulls who have the bad stereotype are not all bad - it's just that, they're stereotyped. The range of dog breeds there are means that each were originally (or currently) bred for a specific purpose. A pitbull that was raised as a fighting dog is not going to be the same as a pitbull raised in a loving and affectionate family. That doesn't mean those dogs don't pose a risk (even though the risk is a lot lower), but the same goes for other types of dogs. However, this is where owners and the general public are responsible. Owners need to risk-manage to ensure they can safely take their pet out in public and have complete control of them at all times. We take our staffy off-leash at the dog park but we always ensure he is on his own (as his breed is very territorial) and always communicate this with whoever else enters the dog park.
On the flip side, other owners should also be openly communicating and asking questions about how much space other dogs need. The same goes for the general public. Never approach a dog you don't know unless you have permission from their owners. I think the general problem lies in owners not having complete control of their pet, when that's their responsibility as the owner (including keeping them completely secure within their home (in this case if it was the other dogs on your property, that is certainly not on you Laurie)) as well as families not teaching their children about respecting animals and giving them space (dogs often provide a warning growl to give them space, but if this is not heeded to, they have no choice but to nip or bite, so these signals must go unseen a lot). It always pays to be too careful rather than not careful enough, which is like you mentioned, owners get negligent, and accidents/dog fights happen. I'm so sorry to hear what you went through. It would be traumatizing, and your feelings are completely valid xx
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Post by Roman on Mar 15, 2021 8:19:12 GMT -5
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