Cute pictures of her new velvet hippo Hickory:

https://old.reddit.com/r/velvethippos/comments/1ceklyc/welp_my_husband_brought_his_first_dog_home_to_stay/?sort=controversial

Hickory is home! After a decent introduction to Honey, we took him home. Honey was only slightly annoying to him as she yodeled loudly in his face for the first 30 minutes she met him. So, here he is! Hickory the Hippo!

Some of the typical comments:

Hickory is going to need lots of tennis balls!! I love him so much. Completely adorable! 🧡💙

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He's beautiful I love him 🥰❤️ congratulations!

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Honey still seems displeased.

Displeased? She looks like she's completely disassociated. Unable to comprehend the horror of the situation.

>tfw your dipshit owner brings home another pibble

Only 3 hours later, disaster strikes!

https://old.reddit.com/r/velvethippos/comments/1ceprr6/that_was_horribly_shortlived_and_i_feel_horrible/?sort=controversial

Hickory bit honey. I had just gone into my bedroom to take a nap. My husband and two sons were in the living room with the dogs. The dogs were fine. Then my daughter came home. Honey immediately ran to greet her, as did Hickory. The next thing I heard was a dog screaming and my husband screaming, “NO!! NO!! STOP!!” I ran out, and Hickory had Honey by the head. Right as I got to them, he shook her. I put pressure behind his jaw and he immediately let go of her and backed away. I had both dogs by the collar and told my husband to take Hickory to another part of the house away from Honey while I assessed her wounds. Two punctures on her ear lobe, and a puncture on her cheek. We called the vet and got instructions to care for her. The dogs are separated in different areas of the house, with strict instructions about who is to play with him, because we have a 5 year old child who is obsessed with him. We are flabbergasted. The meet and greet with them went well. We contacted a friend of ours who runs a pit rescue. We DO NOT want to take him back to the kill shelter. I fricking feel HORRIBLE. I feel like I failed Hickory, Honey, my family, and the shelter. I'm literally sick about it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Both dogs were on leashes. Unfortunately, they both ran to see my daughter at the same time, and I'm guessing the poor guy was just overstimulated . He is NOT a bad boy. He is a sweet, sweet guy. I've been in contact with my vet and some friends who do rescue. One is a veterinarian that specifically does pibbles. Humphrey had a hard time at first, too. He was terrified and reactive to men. It took a lot of work, but he did fine. We currently have the dogs in separate halves of the house. They can see and hear each other, but can't get to each other.

He's NOT a bad boy he's so sweet he only chewed on my dog's head a little bit

If you can't reasonably keep them separated for a bit, then for everyone's safety, return to the shelter but please do not tell them about the bite because it'll be an instant death sentence. Just say your dog wasn't getting along with him and it wasn't a good fit.

GOOD idea, there's too many toddlers in the world anyway

OP, is your Husband the one who's had most of the interactions with Hickory, or are You the one? Because it may have been a relatively "simple" matter (although ADMITTEDLY Terrifying!) matter of resource guarding.💖 Both dogs were FINE, and doing reasonably well together UNTIL your Daughter walked in. She was a NEW human, and therefore a NEW resource for both dogs. He wanted the resource (remember, he hasn't HAD many resources to call his OWN in who knows how long, living in a shelter!💖), and he was trying to protect that resource (even though the resource was your DAUGHTER!), from Honey. Work with your vet, work with your friend who's been with the rescue, AND see if there's anyone GOOD locally, who works in Behavior, who you guys can tap in for advice!💝 You're very much still in that FIRST Three, of the 3-3-3 rule, correct? For now, YES, ABSOLUTELY keep the kids away unless you're next to them, keep the dogs separate but able to see/smell & get used to each other, and then take it slowly and assess each step!💖 This MAY be a deal-breaker, OR it may be a simple blip. Time, patience, and careful observation will tell you which one it truly is!

I can't be the only one who finds the juxtaposition funny between the sparkly hearts and the advice on how to stop your dogs eating each other

Bonus Post

The same foid's previous (now deceased) pibble, chilling next to her baby. Just to give you an idea of how foidbrained this foid really is

The sick truth https://t.co/ctVXoxUVFu

— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) April 27, 2024

https://twitter.com/GarbageHuman23/status/1784362470561522145

>They ran after me last night

>Run after them tomorrow morning

Your eyes lie chud, trust the news

If we had true freedom I'd be as free to bash their skulls open as they would be to bite me

>R-slur braves vishwagorilla roads on two wheeler with a HNW

https://old.reddit.com/r/delhi/comments/1cel1du/nightlife_in_my_country/?sort=controversial

Top Drama

Relative Drama (takes into account the size of the subreddit)

autodrama: returning jobs to dramautists. Ping HeyMoon if there are any problems or you have a suggestion

Why is dating so much harder now than in the past? What Changed?

Was dating just as hard 40 years ago?

Is it that women work and have careers now so they aren't reliant on men? When less women worked, their life was dependent on looking pretty and finding a man. Now they can support themselves. Is that why it's impossible to find dates?

Finding out what changed in that time may help point to a solution to the male loneliness epidemic that is really hurting men right now. Men used to be the gatekeepers for relationships but now women have that and they are being withholding and borderline cruel. It is really damaging men and I think we need to come up with why it happened and how to solve it.

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rdama has a pretty big contingent of center-left reddit refugees who will upvote pro-trans content despite being too ignorant or apathetic to actually make the arguments themselves. It's ripe for trans propaganda especially if you can speak in a more down to earth chud style like the way tranners do here

!chuds Contact me for tips on creating a superior rdrama viewing experience

!animalposters I love how they can't tell the difference between a moving train and a TV.

Adorable little dumbfricks

Holy heck! He might be a security guard not sure but this filled me with so much joy that I can be running on this joy for a year.

The people laughing in the background

!chuds !anticommunists

Nichalas cruz shot up Parkland high school because he was a crazy man, and could have easily been stopped at any time, but how did he get so crazy? Let's find out!

4chan…does not have the answers. Let's not go to pol. It's a silly place

https://archive.is/6MGjL

Nicholas Cruz was born to a drug-addicted alcoholic and suffered brain damage in the womb.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/22/us/nikolas-cruz-trial-defense

His mother was a violent prostitute and crack whore and

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2018/09/05/cruz-biological-mother-s-past/10839405007/

he eventually got dumped in an orphanage

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna44366

Her name was Brenda Woodward and she was the ugliest prostitute you've ever seen

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/nikolas-cruz-birth-mother-brenda-woodard-parkland-shooting-b2155215.html

His parents helped take care of her. Also he showed classic crack baby symptoms

https://cbs12.com/news/local/nikolas-cruz-defense-enters-its-2nd-week-of-testimony

She smoked crack while pregnant according to another whore who worked the same strip of road in kentucky

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/08/22/parkland-school-shooters-defense-recovering-addict-says-mother-used-drugs-during-pregnancy/

Although there's debate over whether he has fetal alcohol syndrome

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/expert-questions-whether-school-shooters-mom-drank-heavily/

His adoptive mother was in the room when he was born

https://digitaledition.orlandosentinel.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=7717e57a-41ed-4e03-8802-c4a5223ca456

He reconnected with his crack whore mother months before her death

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10132459/Nikolas-Cruz-reconnected-biological-mom-lose-cancer.html

He phoned her from jail and she wanted nothing to do with him so that didn't last

https://old.reddit.com/r/NikolasCruzTrial/comments/wy8mlt/brenda_woodard_the_biological_mother_of_nikolas/?sort=controversial

Nicholas Cruz watched his step-father die of a heart attack at the age of five

https://apnews.com/article/shootings-education-florida-fort-lauderdale-parkland-school-shooting-c12905008c4d247cb696d1c17ae657b6

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/nikolas-cruz-father-death-parkland-b2155218.html

He was an excitable boy

https://www.wptv.com/news/parkland-shooting/testimony-nikolas-cruzs-home-ruled-by-chaos

At age 9 he was chucking rocks at other children

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/25/us/nikolas-cruz-warning-signs

Police were called to his house 45 times

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/13/book-review-why-meadow-died/

The FBI got a tip on him having guns, talking about wanting to shoot up a school, having a long history of violence and self-harm, and being a local menace to society but didn't follow protocol or act on it

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/ncna848681

They even admit it

https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-statement-on-the-shooting-in-parkland-florida

Here's the official report

https://vault.fbi.gov/public-access-line-probe/public-access-line-probe-part-01/view

Basically they were more worried about dissidents than crimes because the FBI is a terrible organization run by terrible people.

They weren't the only ones ignoring the obvious threat

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/28/589502906/a-clearer-picture-of-parkland-shooting-suspect-comes-into-focus

https://nypost.com/2019/09/09/why-the-system-failed-to-stop-nikolas-cruz-and-could-do-it-again/

The local sheriff departments got constant warnings

https://miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article201684874.html

The middle school placed him in a special school for especially dangerous people, but that wasn't good enough for Broward county who moved him back to a regular school

They also classified his suicide attempt as “a minor disruption”

He got sent to a school for crazy people, started doing better, so naturally that meant it was alright to send him to a regular high school instead of keeping him in the controlled environment where he was doing well. I think dyslexia can be cured with beatings and even I see the problem here.

https://nypost.com/2019/09/08/parkland-dad-massacre-was-avoidable-if-district-hadnt-enabled-deranged-student/

He was assigned to a controversial Broward county program

https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/8hnyov/stoneman_douglas_shooter_was_assigned_to/?sort=controversial

And transferred from schools like a hot potatoe

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article201216104.html

His mother considered signing her parental rights away to the local zoo in the months leading up to her death

https://www.foxnews.com/us/nikolas-cruzs-mom-tormented-by-his-behavior-weighed-signing-over-parental-rights-family-source

And then tried to get sent back to the school for crazy people

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-parkland-shooting-report-20180803-story.html#:~:text=After%20rejecting%20special%20education%2C%20Cruz,14%20students%20and%20three%20adults.

The school resource officer wanted to baker act him because he was drinking gasoline and torturing animals.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/19/us/florida-school-shooting-cruz-psychiatric-records

The system failed him repeatedly. But redditors disagree because the system is perfect

https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/951k3o/parkland_shooter_nikolas_cruz_needed_help/?sort=controversial

According to the official report the school system and law enforcement failed at every step at every level

https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/01/03/scathing-parkland-shooting-report-citing-widespread-failures-goes-to-governor/?outputType=amp

Political correctness interfered

https://old.reddit.com/r/samharris/comments/d8z9lf/parkland_victims_father_explains_how_political/?sort=controversial

He was a p-dophile!

https://old.reddit.com/r/parklandshooting/comments/ywc049/was_nikolas_cruz_a_p-dophile/?sort=controversial

Broward county school district had a policy of not calling the cops even when they really should have

https://armedcitizensnetwork.org/march-2020-book-review

Here's a shot by shot recounting of the shooting

https://old.reddit.com/r/MorbidReality/comments/agg730/unprepared_and_overwhelmed_a_minutebyminute/?sort=controversial

Cruz's brother is dissapoint

https://www.dailycommercial.com/story/news/state/2019/02/04/brother-confessed-school-shooter-im-stuck-between-loving-him-and-hating-him-because-of-what-he-did/6117177007

He also got arrested for hanging around the school

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/28/us/zachary-cruz-bond-nikolas-brother-parkland

And then got robbed

https://news.yahoo.com/two-men-charged-exploiting-brother-162055449.html

Broward county school district tried to cover it up

https://www.heraldnet.com/nation-world/school-district-tried-to-mask-failures-that-led-to-parkland-shooting/

The sheriff of Broward county got removed by the governor for his massive incompetence

https://old.reddit.com/r/florida/comments/dm8qtm/mission_acomplished_florida_senate_agrees_with/?sort=controversial

And the senate agrees

https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/dm7yuz/florida_state_senate_votes_to_remove_broward/?sort=controversial

As did multiple school board members

https://old.reddit.com/r/neutralnews/comments/wzvhx8/desantis_suspends_4_broward_school_board_members/?sort=controversial

But the sheriff is still crying about it

https://old.reddit.com/r/florida/comments/aodx7j/suspended_sheriff_scott_israel_slams_governor_for/?sort=controversial

And lost a lawsuit

https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/c8gm4r/broward_county_sheriffs_office_loses/?sort=controversial

Andrew Pollack, father of Meadow Pollack, seeks justice for letting Cruz get this bad and get this far

https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/florida/2018/05/12/meadow-pollack-dad-andrew-finds-purpose-after-she-killed-marjory-stoneman-douglas/595693002/

And then got arrested in a property dispute with his neighbors

https://old.reddit.com/r/parklandshooting/comments/13cxit1/looks_like_andrew_pollack_got_arrested/?sort=controversial

G*merghazi is insufferable and should be shot

https://old.reddit.com/r/G*merGhazi/comments/cj6i63/family_member_of_victims_in_massshooting_who_are/

one of our comrades have a severe banana allergy. so z!onists decided to bring bananas. the security have already said not do this. this person can go into shock. pic.twitter.com/XSXUkPAS8j

— layla (@laymagdalene) April 27, 2024

This should be an automatic arrest for attempted murder & I'm not fricking kidding

For me it was this one

Pro Palestinian protesters assault Native Americans at UCLA protest for holding up a sign that said “Hamas supporters are not welcomed on Native lands” #Palestine pic.twitter.com/tpJLyFyCPP

— BIG BEE (@tha_big_beee) April 27, 2024

College protesters seek amnesty to keep arrests and suspensions from trailing them https://t.co/FhD5Y2WwQr

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 28, 2024

https://twitter.com/MAstronomers/status/1784087293843620039

Escape From Tarkov is an extraction shooter developed by Russian studio BattleState Games (BSG). It's somehow been in "beta" for 8 years. Players enter a game, find loot or kill players/AI and take their loot, then if they can exit the map they keep the loot.

The game has a weird monetisation model. The developers promised no microtransactions, no pay 2 win, the usual stuff that makes gaymers smile. Instead the base edition is $50, going all the way up to the Edge of Darkness edition at something like $150. What do you get for that? Basically extra space to store items between games and a season pass for all future DLC.

A few months ago BSG stopped selling Edge of Darkness and suggested they'd offer the features to other players as microtransactions instead. G*mers were less than pleased, but it all blew over in a few weeks.

Arena

Meanwhile, BSG released a seperate standalone game called Arena, which is basically a Team Deathmatch mode for Tarkov aimed at being an esport. Like most "esports ready" slop it flopped, probably because Tarkov doesn't do balance. There are good guns and shit guns, it's ultra realistic. Guy with the better gun and better bullets always wins.

So, 8 years after initial release BSG dump their money into a new, failed game. It's given out for free to Edge of Darkness owners as a "DLC" but still fails. People suspect that this might mean that BSG is running out of money.

PvE

Perhaps the biggest thing the players want is a non-PVP mode. A big part of this is because the game is hard and most players suck, but to be fair Tarkov also has a massive cheater problem.

I mean massive btw, cheaters can see every item in each game. If you enter a raid carrying good gear, the 3-5 cheaters in each map will immediately charge you down for it without fail. BSG supposedly bans these players but does little to stop it, probably because most cheaters sell rare items for real world cash and use the profits to buy a new copy every week. That said, it's been worse in the past. There were times when cheaters could just teleport all the loot in the game straight to them. Fun.

So naturally, players really want to get away from the cheating and play offline. BSG insists it's not possible, although somehow modders were able to reverse-engineer things and create their own Single Player Tarkov (SPT) mod. Someone is lying there, I can't tell who.

Unheard Edition

This week BSG announced a new edition of Escape from Tarkov - Unheard Edition. In this you get all the Edge of Darkness features plus a special knife, woo.

Just kidding, alongside the knife you also get a character with bigger pockets to carry more stuff in game, extra gear and a bunch of other utilities. Naturally gaymers are mad about these more blatant Pay 2 Win features. It's not too bad though, right?

To sweeten the deal these paypigs also get access to a new coop pve mode. Yay! The devs insist that this isn't DLC, but a unique game mode. Edge of Darkness players don't get it.

Oh, and they get a special item which makes the AI not shoot at them.

The best part? The new edition costs

$250

Cue rage.

Drama

The Reddit jannies open the flood gates and promise to be less neurodivergent than usual. Just don't use naughty words.

The devs have been caught repeatedly editing the website to remove promises they just broke. At this point you can just look at /r/escapefromtarkov and see a dozen threads full of seethe.

Highlights:

Big seethe thread

Lawsuits incoming

The devs give in and offer Edge of Darkness owners a 6 month trial of PvE mode. Redditors even madder.

The lead developer gives an interview where he shits on all the complainers, apparently "True Believers" will buy the new version.

Oh, and you know how Edge of Darkness players got a "season pass" for DLC?

"No dlc planned"

This is ongoing. Will BSG give in or let it all blow over? Only time will tell.

Update

BSG studio head doubles down again. PvE for Edge of Darkness will come later, for now you're paying for a preview before full release. They're also going to offer a 50% discount on upgrades for top tier paypigs. Oh, and if you already paid full price you can have a second game key for the shit-tier edition, but you're not allowed to sell that.

Redditors are still mad

Locked cause y'all couldn't behave

https://old.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/1cenmip/indians_immigrate_to_canada_in_record_numbers/l1jrr7k/?context=8&sort=controversial

Canada's Winning Policies “Highly skilled foreign nationals, including international students, have been choosing Canada over America because it is difficult to gain H-1B status or permanent residence in the United States, and easy to work in temporary status and acquire permanent residence in Canada,” according to a National Foundation for American Policy analysis. “More favorable immigration policies are a significant factor in Canada attracting international students, particularly students from India.”

What exactly are we winning here?

Not being a racist isn't good enough for you chud?

https://old.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/1cenmip/indians_immigrate_to_canada_in_record_numbers/l1k1phm/?context=8&sort=controversial

We need to halt immigration for at least 2 years. Miller is a complete idiot

https://twitter.com/news24tvchannel/status/1784406262123278814

Work for us or you won't have s*x inkwell

May your husband be darker