why isn’t anyone allowed to be wrong anymore? it’s okay to be wrong. no one should be terrified of every tiny little mistake they might make. being wrong, and realizing you were wrong, is how you learn and grow and change.
“Maybe, home is nothing more than the aroma of freshly baked cookies that welcome you after a tiresome day of work, or the arms of your lover which hold you while you cry and pour the sorrows of your heart to them. Or even your favourite book which never fails to uplift your mood. Home can be your journal which you turn to when everything seems to be falling apart. For an artist, it may be the strokes of pain, they very dearly leave on the plain white canvas. Likewise, words for the writer and nature for the photographers. What I’m trying to say, is that home is not confined to a place with 4 walls. It’s not the place where you live. It’s the person, thing or place that calms your soul and brings peace to you.”
For anyone not so familiar with cat behavior, this cat is out of its mind excited to do this. It’s much more rare for cars to wag their tails but it means the same as it does when a dog does it. This cat is curious and proud and playing. It keeps looking at its owner too, like “LOOK AT ME, DAD” and it’s so rare to get videos of cats this happy. This is fucking rad
Nope.. wagging tails means anger or irritation in cat body language.
hey y’all, hope you don’t mind me stepping in!
you’re both right :) a wagging tail means the cat is highly stimulated (think coiled spring, ready to go off). depending on the situation, this can be interpreted differently - just like people can smile nervously at job interviews vs. happily grin at friends.
in most cases, it’s safe to interpret overstimulation as ‘you’re doing something to amp up the cat & it wants you to stop’ (ex. unwanted petting). it should be seen as a warning; all that pent-up energy COULD be released as a swat or bite.
BUT in this case, that tail-wagging ‘frustration’ is the stimulation that comes from problem-solving (where can I jump? is it safe to go here?) and the excitement of play. it’s good to be wary of ‘cute’ animals vids, but this seems like an unproblematic video!
I’d like to add to this–just look at world-famous box-loving cat, Maru, who wags his tail every time he stuffs his body into a box or other small object. He’s clearly not about to attack the person behind the camera! It’s definitely based on stimulation, but more to the point of “ahhh FINALLY I’ve gotten into the small space, now how do I get the rest of me inside”:
i cant believe americans on tv really say rock paper scissors like???? its paper scissors rock omg do u irl americans actually say rock paper scissors????
rb this with whether u say paper scissors rock or rock paper scissors
me normally: linguistic differences are so interesting and cool! I love hearing different dialectal variations.
me, reading “paper, scissors, rock” with my own two eyeballs: the lord is testing me
i swear to god if i ever hear someome IN REAL LIFE say “paper, scissors, rock” i will strike them dead without hesitation
I mean English isn’t my first language but it’s definitely rock, paper, scissors - it’s in that order even in Finnish, so um, what?
Guess German is special for saying “Scissors, Paper, Rock”.
Also sometimes we just don’t say the names of the things and just mumble invented words that make no sense. “Schnick, Schnack, Schnuck”
In many places in the United States, we say, “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoe.”
