• 82 Posts
  • 782 Comments
Joined 3 years ago
cake
Cake day: June 16th, 2023

help-circle




  • I was mostly referring to the upfront cost of seeking help or if there is help available it’s almost exclusively focused on substance use. I’m lucky in that I was able to find the help I needed at my uni but when I graduate I will no longer have access to it and I don’t know of any equivalent that isn’t privately owned.

    *To add on, the health care centre I attended had many therapists and you would book a session with whomever would likely have things in common with you. So if you were a guy you would likely book a session with another guy as their would be more common ground there. Thus I don’t understand why they are focused on mens mental health, when anyone accessing mental health services would be able to book an appoinment with a professional that would suite their needs.

    Of course this assumes these facilities are as diversely staffed as mine. Maybe the actual issue is that men aren’t able to get the help they need even if they have access or rather, can afford it.

    Well, I think I’ve written more then the actual article now, so who knows.
















  • "There was an incident a few months ago where police were searching a neighbouring property and they wanted to come over on to this property to search for whoever they were chasing and they pepper-sprayed the dogs and ever since then they’ve really not been the same. They’ve been more reactive.

    The cops pepper sprayed the dogs. That’s the fucking reason. ACAB.

    “She’s a good dog owner. They’re usually very obedient, they’re respectful dogs, they ask before they eat or get on the couch or anything,” she said.  
    […]  
    “They ran out there yelling at the dogs to stop and that might have enhanced the excitement at the time,”

    Yeah, that’s not good ownership. You don’t yell excitedly at dogs to calm them down, you calmly tell your dogs to calm down. Especially if they’ve recently been traumatized by bastard pigs.

    It might surprise a lot of dog owners that they don’t actually understand words, just the tone of your voice and the context. Yeah they might recognize the first syllable of their name and some simple words like treat, walk, eat, etc., but they don’t understand calm down. Especially if you’re yelling it…

    To me, the owners are good people but they never put in the time to actually learn how to responsibly own and live with a dog; it’s a bit more complex then just pretending they’re a toddler. Even so, I blame the cops for this incident. It wouldn’t have happened if they fuckers didn’t pepper spray them.