#don't abandon pets

[randomnameless]

Introducing coworker #5 !

I'm not working in an animal shelter, I swear lol

tbh, it's less lol than it seems, because my boss found this pup on the street just after the end of the year holidays, and he heavily suspects she was abandonned after being "offered" as a present to a kid for Christmas, but when school and work called back, pup was ditched...

He's been asking everywhere if that dog belongs to someone, even pasting "I found this dog who is her master please contact me" posters around, we've warned the police station and even contacted the local animal shelter, if her master ever looks for her there but so far (15 days) nothing...

And it's fucking infuriating, because this pup has a collar, she was already trained to shit'n'piss outside, she doesn't bark and is very playful (but that's to be expected for a pup!).

Boss absolutely refuses to give her to a public animal shelter - even if technically, if you find an abandonned animal (dog/cat) here in France, legally you have to give them to the public animal shelter services - even if you want to adopt it! - and then the shelter will contact an association that will oversee the adoption process, but you can't "directly" adopt a dog/cat.

But given how our public animal shelters look like they came from the early 20th century, and how they can only keep animals 8 days, if her master doesn't come to fetch her in those 8 days, the shelter either gives her to an association and the animal enters an adoption process, or, well, y'know.

What pisses me even more is how coworker 5 wasn't tagged by her previous masters (when it's a legal obligation here, your pup must be tagged, let it be by a tatoo or a microchip before their 4 months!), and yet she had a collar, and given how well she was (her fur isn't tattered or anything), I can't help but think she was offered as "toy dog", and her master perfectly knew they wouldn't keep her after the holidays, so they didn't tag/identified her so no one would be able to reach them once they abandon the dog.

It's sadly not an uncommon story in 2024, and I still fucking hate it.

But at least, with us, pup can play with the cats and "work" with us!

[bloodwards]

starting to think my friend isn't real

[reginaofdoctorwho]

my cat's dying and i feel so horrible about it

[rrover]

i hope gary has the f&c world version of timmy and that it's still called timmy

also i hope marshall has schwabl. i don't remember if anyone's pets were present in the show besides cake

[raytm]

going from reading the raven cycle where you seen ronan go from this self destructive guy whose father was murdered who realises on gansey to tether him to some semblance of normalcy and lashing out at everyone and learning what it means to dream to knowing he isn't a human, to that his father's wife left because she despised him ?? how much declan adores his brother, he was the reason they didn't kill ronan when he first was made into the world as a human. it's just so so so fucking sad seeing how far ronan has come and how much he's been through and how much his father DID love him and how he always felt that he didnt. about how his father and declan's mother had their memories wiped when they went their separate ways because it wasn't going to work when one wanted to kill the child and other didn't ??? how declan's mother was a sociopath like

[coockie8]

This happens way too much around where I live, and it drives me nuts, so I don't know which dumbass whose never actually owned a cat before but thinks they know everything needs to hear this, but not every cat you find outside is a stray or outdoor cat.

Sometimes, people's cats get out by accident. Actually, a lot of times people's cats get out by accident.

So if you're just automatically keeping any cat you find outside without even attempting to find the owner because you just assumed it was an outdoor cat or a stray, then you are a fucking asshole thief and I want you to be fully aware of that.

[selfinflictedgunshotwound]

my dad brought home a stray kitten 😑

[cringefailfagcat]

the way one of my friends offered to get people drinks. one of the others asked for a rum and coke, so i asked for a vodka lemonade n then they stood right behind me and went 'is olive allowed to drink?' it killed something inside me a little bit. like i wasn't episoding i've been responsible about my drinking recently don't take away my autonomy when i'm capable of looking after myself please. i know i barely can but don't. don't make this one of the few things people will actually talk to me for

[luvevee]

Idk maybe it's fine to accept Sada and Turo are just really shitty parents who neglected and abandoned Arven instead of pulling the shortest straws in an attempt to make them seem like they were just sad workaholics who got too caught up in their work like a bad hallmark movie

[mangos-draws]

I absolutely hate it when I dream and have the coolest ideas ever but then I wake up it's all gone

[gender-euphowrya]

idk who needs to hear this but maybe that survival skill you have is actually a trauma response

[supercantaloupe]

ao3 stats game

tagged by @malcolm-f-tucker, ty!!

Rules: Give us the links to your wonderful words with the most hits, most kudos, most comments, most bookmarks, most words, and fewest words.

expect this to be skewed towards d20 bc while i haven't written much for that in a while it is easily the biggest fandom i've written anything for

Most hits: The Disappearance of Adaine Abernant - dimension 20 (fantasy high), 2,637 hits

Most kudos: ^, 193 kudos

Most comments: Extra Credit - dimension 20 (fantasy high), 73 comments

Most bookmarks: ^, 54 bookmarks

Most words: Starlight - oklahoma!, currently sitting at 34,091 words.

Fewest words: The Symphony of Hadestown - hadesotwn, 191 words. my first posted fic ever! look at her, she's so tiny, lol. my next shortest clocks in at exactly 400 words longer; even when i'm trying to be brief i tend to go on a bit, haha

i shall tag @tragedyposting @theresa-of-liechtenstein @kingfisherkink @grasslandgirl and @druid-for-hire! idk who else of my mutuals really uses ao3 at all so i'll just leave it there lol

[skrunksthatwunk]

"hey HEY what do you have in your mouth!!! sit SIT. SPIT IT OUT GIVE IT—" but instead of talking to a dog it's me about my parents using the word overstimulated as nothing but another way to make fun of our anxious traumatized dog for doing things they find inconvenient or unreasonable or illogical (and, by extension, everyone who uses the term for legitimate reasons). (WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM!!!!!!!!!! AND ALSO WHERE THE FUCK DID THEY HEAR IT BECAUSE I DON'T USE IT AROUND THEM On Purpose BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'D BE ANNOYING ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

[astrxealis]

sometimes i think of scenarios in my head with my ocs and then sometimes for happy brain i kinda crossover them with my favorite medias atm and also insert myself in bcs i like being self-indulgent and yeah my brain is so fucked up that i just keep repeating the same first bits and can't get far in thinking and i end up just having my s/i ramble my thoughts and it's hard to explain but yeah but anyways it's interesting thinking about who or what my ocs would like in video games or colors or whatever because all my ocs seem to reflect a certain part of me and i can get into the psychology of that but also its hard to explain my thoughts but also anyways yeah i find it interesting thinking about who my ocs would kin

[yther]

look, it wasn't my fault all y'alls balls ended up in the lost and found 🤷🏻

🪣I'm making better use of them anyway.

[flamagenitus]

I've been spending a scandalous amount of time away from home and I'm concerned my hamster may not remember me T.T