Quit over buying
Hunt and utilize your entire harvest, stop going for big racks, focus on meat and pelt quality
Get a simple milk soap bar for hair body face etc
Cut unnecessary subscriptions
Buy bulk where you can
Speaking of can, learn how to can so you can preserve your foods you grow/buy during the growing season for the off season
Swap bread for rice 20 lbs bag of rice is $15 lasts 6-12 months for a single individual and provides sufficient carbohydrates
Yogurt and hard cheeses > milk lasts significantly longer
Ground meats are cheap, easier to integrate organ meats into, and take up less freezer space than cuts, you also have better control over your fat intake and the price per pound is a fraction of cut meats
Canned chicken breast: versatile, good storage life, shelf stable, and cheaper than buying chicken breasts
Ramen + produce is better than Ramen alone, and cheaper than eating out
ways to actually save money
stop buying animal products ($10 for a single meal vs $10 for months worth of beans) + benefit of saving planet
use wash cloths for wiping urine + benefit of saving planet.
get a menstrual cup or panties. yes, even if you have a heavy flow.. the chemicals in tampons and pads leads to heavier, more painful, and smellier periods. +benefit of saving planet.
shampoo bars, lasts way longer + benefit of saving planet.
stop buying name brand
stop buying makeup + benefit of saving planet
stop buying nail polish + benefit of saving planet
stop buying synthetic clothes. + benefit of saving planet
reuse (soap free) tub and shower water for plants, laundry. + benefit of saving planet.
hang clothes to dry, even if you don't have an outdoor area. hang in the windows, by fireplaces, by heaters and ac units. + benefit of saving planet
stop buying niche chemical products. for almost every single cleaning situation you only need soap, baking soda, vinegar, rubbing alcohol, and bleach. this goes for gout removal, rust removal, urine removal, window cleaner, sanitizing wipes, literally every single thing. + benefit of saving planet
repurpose old clothes and towels by making them into wash cloths and oven mitts.
stop buying from shein, temu, amazon, and using afterpay. (im not demonizing pay later. i utilize it all the time. I've just found a lot of people who do use these payment methods treat it like a 'buy now, pay NEVER' option and are surprised when it fucks them over)
remember this any time someone tries to tell you being eco friendly isn't affordable.
know what really isnt affordable? buying disposable products every week.
There are very very few instances where the sex of an animal matters and in cats it doesn't matter unless you're breeding and occasionally if you're managing samesex or intersex aggression between cats, and if you invest in the relationship with your pets you're going to find that they're going to express affection and love in fairly obvious ways. Too many people aren't approaching their pets as individuals and don't pay attention to the cues of their animals. The breeding/temperament genetics and the individual relationship work you've done with an animal are what determine how, how much, and how often they're affectionate.
My adolescent male cat is very clingy but playful. He prefers offering and asking for play, sucking on fingers while not being pet, and following you around and playing hide and seek over settling in for a cuddle. My older adult female used to be the same way, now she prefers lounging on the porch bird watching while I read or a dry groom or curling up under the covers on cold nights. My male prefers to be at the other end of the bed on one of my sheepskins or his shark plushie. My male is a nibbler and barber my female gives kisses.
The reason I went for a male malinois as a working dog was because of him and his 2 sisters, he was the most handler sensitive and he was the best fit personality wise. His one sister was too laid back for what I wanted, shes thriving now as a diabetic alert dog, his other sister had more aggression than he did, and if I had been looking for a straight PPD or bite Sports dog, I honestly would have chosen her, but since I was looking for a dual purpose dog, I took him, and the more aggressive sister is now a suspect apprehension K9 in florida because of the 3 in his litter that just weren't quite right for bomb work (2 of the 5 that they imported were) one was better suited for strict service work with her soft mouth, one could have gone either way and been okay, or both and be truly fulfilled as long as he had his person, and the other was destined to either be destroyed or have a job where her desire to sink her teeth into something was an asset rather than a liability. His 2 sisters were also significantly more dominant with other dogs than he was, and since I was living with my ex at the time, I needed to think about how he would integrate into our existing 1 cat, 2 dog household.
This recent obsession with boys vs girls in dogs is such fucking BS, like... the only things that determine sex choice for me is how my current pet pack exists.
My female cat doesn't tolerate other female cats in her space, my male mal likes male dogs that are 10-15 lbs but feels pressured by males that are his size or larger, and gets along with females all around. So, realistically, I'll probably be adding a female dog next to the pack since, again, realistically, my older terrier male is in the worst health of my pets. I also may not be adding another dog to my pack for a while too, so that I have more travel flexibility.
The whole "boy cat" thing is so annoyingggggg your cats gender has nothing to do with how they feel about you i literally cannot imagine being so brain rotted by patriarchy that you somehow think your neutered male cat has special male love for you that female cats don't have the capacity for. Is there something wrong with you
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Make a list of non-negotiables in your partner. I'm not joking either. Make a list of non-negotiables. Make a list of things you will not do for your partner with the following categories: Never-Dos, Will Not Do Before A Label, Will Not Do Before Rings, Will Not Do Without Marriage. Make a list of must haves and nice to haves as well as the inverse of must nots and should nots. If you want, break it down into categories of men: Male Friends, Men For Casual Dating, Men for Long Term Relationships, Husband Material. Don't even bother dating without building a solid network of platonic, mentorship, and familial relationships. Your familial relationships can absolutely be found family rather than blood, but ensure you have a strong social network foundation before getting into dating. Get comfortable being single, and if a man is having a negative affect on your quality of life rather than a positive one, drop him. Remember that men are on their best behavior for the first 3 months, and if there are problems before that, those problems will be significantly worse. Don't have fuck buddies, and if you do, don't develop feelings for your fuck buddies, and if you do, stop having sex with that fuck buddy. Do not chase these men. They are not worth it. The right men will work their ass off to be with you, and will do the work necessary to be with you if you call them on their shit and send them away to fix it. Do not be someone who's bar is in hell. These are grown ass adults and need to behave as such.
I sincerely don't want to get involved in the celibacy discourse but I will say this as a 35 year old bisexual woman. If you are a woman in your twenties who is attracted to men: Do not chase a man. Any man. Under any circumstances. He isn't special. There will be others. In chasing him, you will lose yourself.
warmly,
auntie Shellstrop
X turned against him, the daddy Musk cybertruck tesla boys are realizing his cars can't do shit, and no woman will touch him anymore, and he's the most blatantly bitter divorced loser in pop culture. While also being terminally online and trying to buy the country. Of course he's hanging with incels and edgelords.
why is musk back on 4chan. Even *Iām* not back on 4chan.
Praying for Appalachia
Hurricane Helene lost much of her wind speed after making landfall in Florida, then as a post-tropical cyclone got stalled on the mountains in the Tennessee Valley. This caused massive devastation for an area that rarely and almost never is affected by hurricanes as a landlocked state and the typical evacuation area within a hurricane affected state. Lap Lake Dam held overnight, but many are still displaced due to concerns about dam failure after she was overtopped yesterday. Chimney Rock NC was washed away. These are the high ground areas that are supposed to be the safe places to go during these storms for the coastal communities. However, because it's Appalachia, the public that does know about it is mocking them as stupid, poor, white, conservative, southerners, and the national media isn't covering the devastation. I split my childhood between South Eastern Pennsylvania and the mountains of Virginia. Appalachia and The Rust Belt are my home.