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There’s this guy in town who owns this little house, and a while back he rescued a street dog that was going to get put down. Turned out she was pregnant.

Problem is, he has mental health & drug issues and couldn’t afford to get them all spayed & neutered, so now there are 6 grown bitches with 15 puppies total, and they’ve dug under his fence in multiple places but he can’t afford to fix it so they go roaming all around town. (When I say can’t afford it, I mean his house is currently running on a generator because he can’t afford his electric bill.) He’s also a day laborer so he cannot take multiple full days off work to take them to the vet an hour away. He’s in a really rough spot.

He’s not a bad person. He’s just overwhelmed.

And this little conservative town with 6 churches for 300 people, have they tried to help their neighbor? Have they adopted the puppies he’s been trying to give away? Have they offered resources?

NOPE! All they wanna do is talk shit about him and complain about the dogs but never lift a finger of their own. And they come to his house to yell at him and cuss him out about the dogs, which does not exactly engender in him a cooperative attitude, as you might imagine.

So after a while of this going on, my mom gets fed up with all the NIMBY bullshit and starts talking to the guy, because she’s done animal rescue for 20-odd years and has Connections. He’s resistant at first, but when he realizes she’s not being an asshole to him on account of his addiction or the dogs, he decides to let her help.

She gets to work organizing and networking. Finds a non-profit that will cover vaccinations, spay/neuter, and flea treatments for all the dogs. Talks the next-door neighbor into paying for materials to fix the fence, since this guy can do the work of it himself. Gets him in touch with another non-profit that will adopt out the adult dogs.

Less than 2 weeks after she decided to do something, all puppies have been to the vet, 10 puppies and 4 adult dogs have been adopted out, and the second non-profit is coming by next week to pick up the remaining 7 dogs to ship them out for adoption.

I’ve learned a lot of things from my mom—some good, some bad—but I think the most important positive message she lives as an example of is this: sometimes, when something needs done and no one else is willing, you gotta stand up and say “I’ll do it.”

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I don't know it's pretty neat to think about

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Fuck you, now you get to see it in video form, because fuck you.

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house md is awesome

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would you split your ribcage open so i can live in it i swear i'll keep you warm

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i NEED you to remember this: you are allowed to be angry at your doctors. you are allowed to be furious. you are allowed to be mad at your nurses and technicians and neurologists and psychiatrists and medical assistants. they are not god. they are human beings and they work in a system that wears them raw, and that is unfair, but it isn't an excuse to treat you badly. i'm not necessarily saying you should throw a brick through the window of their car, but you can, should, must be angry with them for ignoring you, demeaning you, dehumanizing you, dismissing you, acting like you're lying, talking only about your weight, failing to acknowledge you past your symptoms, etc etc etc. you are an equal to your doctor. you are a human being and so are they. do not treat them as beyond reproach. you are allowed to be angry at your doctors.

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Honestly asking this: why should I, a pnw city denizen, carry a gun on me at all times ?

do you even fucking pay attention to what's happening around you jesus christ the pacific northwest has the most active fascist gangs in the country! when i lived in washington we lost power on christmas day because some shitheads shot up the power station for the area, infrastructure attack being one of the primary advocated actions of right-wing terror cells. when the big fucking fires were happening up there, proudboys were setting up checkpoints and stopping cars to check for antifa because somebody heard someone talking about "BLM" on the emergency radio and didn't realize that meant "Bureau of Land Management." You're within striking distance of all the fucking weird nazis in Wyoming and Montana. I saw a fucking PRINCE'S FLAG flying outside somebody's house in WA!! That is ESOTERIC racism!!! There have been fascist raids on known hangout spots for socialists in seattle and portland! A lot of the worst political violence of the last five years has happened in the PNW! Everyone I know who's been queer-bashed lives in the PNW! That's THE hot spot for fuckery!!!

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forgor his pants. how embarrassing

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bunnies should have a thumbs up emoji of sorts like cats i think

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Where's that post that's like "I can't buy expensive things like plane tickets on my phone, I have to use my laptop, big purchases are for the big screen"

Because apparently this is a literal actual thing that retailers hate cuz you think more before spending a lot of money, they want you to spend a lot without thinking about it so much

Source

Keep buying Big Things on the Big Screen, it's healthy for you financially to think before spending a lot of money!

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Me: It stands for Point of Sale

Also Me: Time to head for work at the piece of shit

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i want to masturbate but i cant afford the name brand stuff so im always jakeing off and busting a rut and shit

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google is it too late? google can i still be saved? google will i be okay?