remember on here in like 2015 when the main criticism of black mirror was that it was morally wrong to tell stories in which technology was used for evil
when god closes a door you reach your little paws under it and go mrrwwaaaooow mmreeaaow
are they eventually rescued?
no, because the rescue failed
no, because there was never a rescue attempt to begin with
no, because whumpee was killed in captivity
yes, but the rescue comes from something they didn't expect
yes, they are rescued and all is right in the world again
technically yes, because they escaped all by themself
It's important to me that everyone understands that if you've got an autistic friend who periodically sends you pictures/videos/whatever of your Thing, because they know you're into it... They love you.
Now don't get me wrong, It may not necessarily be romantic love, they might not want to run off to a little farm in Montana where you'll be married forever and raise little sheeps...
But they definitely love you. And they're so happy when they spot a post about X and go "ooh, my friend likes X! I'll send it to them!".
Because they love you and want you to be happy.
Happiness is stored in the 3am discord DM of a link to a Tumblr post of a cute raccoon
Neurotypical people might do this too for the same reason, but I can't speak for them. I don't understand how they work.
Allow me to elucidate, @a-sour-nectarine
When most people "roll their eyes", they flick their eyes directly upward, usually as far as they comfortably go, then resume looking normally.
When someone who learned the phrase before the behavior does it, they usually go in a circular (ish) motion. Since most eye movements are lines, it's usually pretty triangular: the key points are usually a diagonal up one way, then to the far other side, then to a diagonal low the first way. Thus, the eyes basically make a loop, so they "rolled".
I've found that when people who learned the up-down way first try the circular motion, they might risk motion sickness, so experiment carefully.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN MOST PEOPLE JUST LOOK UP
y'all, please, people aren't doing this because they learned it "wrong" or too literally, there's just multiple ways to roll your eyes. Everything from the full arc with head roll for emphasis to a quick and abbreviated upwards flick.
like basically every other facial expression, it's a RANGE
not-so-friendly reminder that hunting is an important part of conservation in many cases and that painting all hunting as morally, ethically, and/or environmentally "bad" does a major disservice to indigenous people, poor communities, and our environment
Conservation biologists actually work with hunters (and fishers) a lot in monitoring species health! Hunters will often know before anyone else when numbers are declining, have a vested interest in keeping the population around, and are often involved in research collaborations where they bring their kills in to be measured/have tissue taken for research.
There can be tension when restrictions conflict with the need to make rent, and trophy hunters are not included in this (going after only the largest members of a population and not even using the body for food is pretty bad for conservation). But hunters and conservationists can be, and should be, natural allies.
The Minnesota DNR has had a program for the last several years where they work with hunters to track Chronic Wasting Disease (a rather nasty neurological disease caused by prions) in local white-tailed deer populations, just as a single example!
Really really REALLY wanna emphasize one of the points no one's boosting here, that a firm anti-hunting stance is INHERENTLY ANTI-NATIVE. Please don't forget that these policies are extremely racist towards our already extremely marginalized communities.
