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Centripetal Horse posted:If the dog in the story is nearly as bad as he sounds, I would be surprised if he graduated from any legitimate program. Either that, or the owner has done a poo poo job of maintaining proper discipline and a proper relationship with the dog. Guide dogs are not pets, and that was one of the saddest parts of watching my friends raise those dogs. True that. I had a roommate who had a seeing-eye dog, who led a very lonely life.
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If I was blind, I wouldn't be posting. But also, I'd get one of these.
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Vicodiva posted:Who did you entrust your cargo to that gave you this heinous routing? I used to work air export logistics here in the US and am boggled by the idea of a SIX segment routing. It also sounds like your forwarder is putting you on an interline routing as well, meaning two or more physical air carriers are involved in moving your box, That many variables is a set up for loss or damage to the goods. I just checked the website, the tracking number is no longer valid unfortunately. It was DHL. I assume that going to Lubumbashi confused the poo poo out of someone, and that they responded by flailing at their keyboard until they had a route plugged in that would get it to where I wanted it to go, no matter how long.
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Jul 11, 2014 14:07
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SnakePlissken posted:True that. I had a roommate who had a seeing-eye dog, who led a very lonely life. So are the owners/visually impaired or what have you, not allowed to pet/be lovey dovey towards the dog?
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razorrozar posted:If I was blind, I wouldn't be posting. But also, I'd get one of these.
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Guni posted:So are the owners/visually impaired or what have you, not allowed to pet/be lovey dovey towards the dog? If I recall right, it's because seeing-eye dogs are supposed to be supremely disciplined to serve the needs of the person, and that could be compromised if they're shown too much affection. 
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Jul 11, 2014 17:51
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Regalingualius posted:If I recall right, it's because seeing-eye dogs are supposed to be supremely disciplined to serve the needs of the person, and that could be compromised if they're shown too much affection. This is true, although many people who train seeing eye dogs say they know that when the harness goes on, it's business time. When the harness is off they will act all lovey dovey so don't worry.
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Jul 11, 2014 19:45
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ReD_XIII posted:This is true, although many people who train seeing eye dogs say they know that when the harness goes on, it's business time. When the harness is off they will act all lovey dovey so don't worry. Yeah you can be nice to them when they're not on the job. I once saw a guy walking two of them and he let me play with and cuddle them because they were on 'annual leave' for the weekend. Come to think of it, it really sounds like he was full of poo poo and just used to dogs to get girls to approach him...
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Tibor posted:Yeah you can be nice to them when they're not on the job. I once saw a guy walking two of them and he let me play with and cuddle them because they were on 'annual leave' for the weekend. Come to think of it, it really sounds like he was full of poo poo and just used to dogs to get girls to approach him... Am I wasting a good opportunity by not doing this? I walk my three cocker spaniels all the time and actively try to avoid looking like I'm one of those guys who only has/walks cute dogs because wants lady attention.
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mind the walrus posted:Am I wasting a good opportunity by not doing this? I walk my three cocker spaniels all the time and actively try to avoid looking like I'm one of those guys who only has/walks cute dogs because wants lady attention. How do people, who you think only has/walks cute dogs because they want lady attention, look exactly?
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Jul 11, 2014 20:57
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RangerScum posted:How do people, who you think only has/walks cute dogs because they want lady attention, look exactly? Like a schlub who wouldn't own cocker spaniels. How else?
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"The Harness" is the operative phrase here. Working dogs are trained in such a way that they're 100% business when they're in the walking harness. If they're in a plain collar, something is wrong with the situation and they may not be a legit working dog. I remember being a kid and asking the K-9 cop that came to our school if I could pet his dog. His answer was "No, he's on duty." A few months later I met the same dude and same dog at a picnic my family attended, and he was happy to let all the kids play with his super-playful german shephard. For cop dogs, at least (the only kind I know details about), the harness brings an entirely different mindset with it. Dog in work harness = Everything is a Threat. Dog in plain collar = I'm a dog! PLAY WITH ME! If the blind person spent a few years leaving the harness on all the time and interacting with her dog like normal, it'd probably be confused as hell and act as described.
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The service dog organizations I'm familiar with won't let the humans leave with a dog until the humans have had training.
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AlbieQuirky posted:The service dog organizations I'm familiar with won't let the humans leave with a dog until the humans have had training. Humans are fully capable of having an idea hammered into their heads and completely forgetting about it within a
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Harlan Ellison once said that the only thing in the universe more common than human stupidity was Hydrogen... I'm fairly sure he was correct.
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razorrozar posted:Humans are fully capable of having an idea hammered into their heads and completely forgetting about it within a Or just straight-up ignoring their training because "I don't feel like it"/"it won't hurt to do things my way".
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Tiny posted:Harlan Ellison once said that the only thing in the universe more common than human stupidity was Hydrogen... I'm fairly sure he was correct. I'm not convinced the universe contains that much hydrogen.
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CrowsNestMutineer posted:I'm not convinced the universe contains that much hydrogen. I don't think there's enough space for that much hydrogen.
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Tiny posted:Harlan Ellison once said that the only thing in the universe more common than human stupidity was Hydrogen... I'm fairly sure he was correct. He also said gently caress YOU PAY ME because he was a greedy fucker
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So I keep getting messages on soulseek from this guy
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Gamma Nerd posted:So I keep getting messages on soulseek from this guy  quote:Final book completionZ**()() ALL artificial and temporary life will be destroyed ALL must seek opposite soulmatch All must seek opposite soulmatch 
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My WHAT THE CHRIST moment: learning that soulseek still exists. Also the other day on the train I sat across from a man dressed all in black, a wolf printed on his shorts leg, hood up, earbuds in, cuddling an Applejack plushie for the entire 90 minute ride. I mean I hate train rides too but come on.
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fermun posted:I have a friend who is afraid of spiders that I was talking to and he doesn't like to even look at pictures of spiders, I asked him what if it was a hot lady spider, then did a google image search for an example, only to come across this: Ah, yes, that image. That image is why these forums need a "not safe for anything under any circumstances, do not click" smiley. We will leave unexplored the question of how a "hot lady spider" even occurred to you.
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He has, at various points, told me to "evacuate the cities" and to text him photos of myself. I haven't informed him that I'm not a girl. He does like Chrono Cross so he seems like a cool enough chap. Wait, hold up, he just linked me to two other blogspots. http://zzrchildozzafin.blogspot.com/ http://zzarmyfinal.blogspot.ca/ 
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Gamma Nerd posted:So I keep getting messages on soulseek from this guy That is some next-level schizophrenia right there....
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That place is a goldmine of great quotes. "man save girl, girl save man" "paradise found, but its black n white still" "its possible that earth is an egg and we are inside or outside it"
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karl fungus posted:That place is a goldmine of great quotes. Yes... quote:Lets say for exmple EARTH is a similar to the shape of the UNIVERSE and humans represent star galaxies! FEMALE EGG OVARIES: show in image where the "eggs of the universe formed" is clearly shown to have started in UPPER THAILAND, as the surrounding area represents the shape of the femal VAGINA and repro. system ( also noe the movie APOCALYPSE NOW, where the male "soldiers" journey up into the overies to meet the EGG in the MEKONG RIVER. HAH!!!! MALE SPERM: *see photo* in the shape of VANCOUVER pointed directly at INDONESIA!!! **** Keynote what is blocking VANCOUVERS PENIS is vancouver EYELAND, a big cock! **** ALSO what is blocking THAILANDS vagina? the pyramid shape of indonesias EYElands, the ALL SEEING CPU EYE... Wonderfull, FInal conclusions: the master MAles and thier DNA inclusing myself, are to impregnate the master EGGS of the INdonesian woman... NOrth american MEN have to Impregnate SE asian woman... EAST indian MEN, with dark golden skin have to Impregnate CHINESE woman, and theier milky white skin.. THERE you HAVE youre orders ppl, there is proof even in the shape of the lands...  In the end it will probably turn out to be links farm or another ARG
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There's a ton of links, but I doubt it's a Markov chain. Must be the work of one prodigiously crazy person.
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Important update: "cancelling all life, pleasure, and evolution to infinity..... fault human errors overload, repeat canel All life blkakbird zzarmy :;;_-_+9765¸<é`:`877" well poo poo
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This isn't as bizarre as some things posted, but this morning I answered the door to some Jehovah Witnesses who wanted to give me a pamphlet on "why bad things happen to good people" (the actual title). : You may have wondered why bad things happen to good people, like those people in that plane crash which was terrible, very tragic. This pamphlet helps explain why things like that plane crash happened with extracts from the bible etcJust felt like one of those "too soon" moments.
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DrSnakeLaser posted:This isn't as bizarre as some things posted, but this morning I answered the door to some Jehovah Witnesses who wanted to give me a pamphlet on "why bad things happen to good people" (the actual title). Anything is ammunition. There is no such thing as "too soon", especially considering tragedy tends to make people consider their own eventual fate. Obv a person with motivation beyond 'God says X therefore Y and Z and you'll go to heaven" isn't going to respond well to that, and will realize it's a lovely thing to try and strong-arm grieving people with, but if you look at it from their perspective it makes sense.
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DrSnakeLaser posted:This isn't as bizarre as some things posted, but this morning I answered the door to some Jehovah Witnesses who wanted to give me a pamphlet on "why bad things happen to good people" (the actual title). I just got done talking to three bible-pushers myself. I'm an atheist, but telling them that always seems to make them stay longer, so this time when he asked if I read the bible, I said "Yeah, I was raised Catholic." WRONG ANSWER, SON! Cue five minute diatribe about how I'm reading the wrong bible, and I should be reading [whatever his version was] instead of King James. It's a different book, you see, these are the REAL words of God. I really need to stop answering the door altogether.
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razorrozar posted:Anything is ammunition. There is no such thing as "too soon", especially considering tragedy tends to make people consider their own eventual fate. I was just given a brochure that was ostensibly pro-one world government, but on further examination is a Jehovah's Witness recruitment tract. I didn't understand a word the man who gave it to me said, which really made it hard to be polite. Apparently there are enough of them that they can rent out a place for 3 days and have a convention about it. How far up your own rear end do you have to be to think "let's recruit all those darn 'one world government' folks" is a viable idea? Oh, Canada.
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You just tell them that everyone in the house is "comfortable with their relation to jesus" and they say "super duper" and leave
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I almost had a heart attack when I found out one of my exes is an anti-feminist demagogue on social media. I never suspected anything until I saw the photo.
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omnibobb posted:You just tell them that everyone in the house is "comfortable with their relation to jesus" and they say "super duper" and leave Doesn't work on Mormons. They like to socialize. I just answer the door with a lit cigarette. Pretty much foolproof.
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butplug accident posted:I almost had a heart attack when I found out one of my exes is an anti-feminist demagogue on social media. I never suspected anything until I saw the photo. This is massively ignorant because most of the issues men have are just as much a result of the patriarchy as women's issues are.
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butplug accident posted:I almost had a heart attack when I found out one of my exes is an anti-feminist demagogue on social media. I never suspected anything until I saw the photo. At least she's an ex and you're not still dating the idiot.
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razorrozar posted:This is massively ignorant because most of the issues men have are just as much a result of the patriarchy as women's issues are. One thing that has always, always baffled me is the antagonism that is developing between the movements. Really, if equality is the end goal feminism and men's rights should be getting together and sorting out ways for everybody to be happy. But, instead, we have MRAs trying to undo a century or more of progress.
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