"we don't deserve dogs"
WE LITERALY INVENTED DOGS BY BEING KIND TO THE MONSTERS THAT APPEARED OUT OF THE DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT OF OUR CAMPFIRES
WE DESERVE DOGS
learning about Seawolves, a sub-species of wolf in the PNW whose diet is sourced mostly from the ocean. a quarter of that is salmon, but the wolves eat only the brains, seemingly to avoid a bacterial infection thats fatal for canids. they even hunt seals
Remembering that when I was young and I'd stay at my friend's houses for weekends I'd write little thank you poems to my friend's mom's and leave them on the nightstand, and strip the sheets off the bed I slept on. I'd get invited back and see the poem on the fridge ๐ฅฒ
Very curious about the phenomenology of being a crocodile, specificly of being covered in ISO's- Integumentary Sensory Organs. Every black dot on their body is a sense organ for mechanical, thermal, and chemical stimuli. They must feel Everything in the water...
every time a doctor realizes i know something about their field they say "i see you like to do a lot of research" in a tone one would use to talk about licking a dog turd
i have genuine respect for this man but every time i see a photo of him i am incapable of perceiving it as anything but a bit about a comedian whose taking himself too seriously as director
In the culture I was raised in there is a concept called 'ben bayis', or 'the son of the house'. A ben bayis is kind of like a temporary adopted child- someone who is a guest often enough it's never a surprise to see them there
universe really knocked it out of the park with sex. It's so deeply completely absurd, & yet it makes perfect sense. We fit into each other, it's beautiful. We lick & tickle each other's waste holes, it's absurd. We sound like opera singers, we sound like bologna in a wind tunnel
they are a genetically distinct population from others wolves. a bit smaller
they're known to feed on whale carcasses. can you imagine being a hungry seawolf and finding a whale with your bros? what a day
In my case, I was sent from my home state at age 13 to study in yeshiva, which, most weeks, let the entire student body out for the Sabbath. So every week id have to find a place to stay. Being a good guest became a matter of, well not survival exactly but also not Not survival