Since I was a kid my mom blamed her health issues on me.
If her blood sugar crashed/went up she would spend hours screaming at me that I was the reason for it. She would not believe that it’s because of her eating habits or her changing the amount of units injected without consulting her doctor. To her, the reason she is a diabetic is because of either me or black magic.
If I tell her that she needs to change her diet somehow it’s my fault because I’m the one that’s supposed to change it for her, that I’m the one that has to get her to eat the food. When I do cook for her she will refuse to eat it and go back to unhealthy food.
When I was a teenager in order to get me to shut up or behave she would scream at me saying I’m causing her to have a stroke in her finger (according to her you can have a stroke there). Id stop what I’m doing and call 999. She’s snatch the phone away and tell me they don’t deal with stroke patients and that she will heal the “stroke” through god’s power. (She didn’t have a stroke).
If she stubbed her toe it would be my fault. If she got a papercut it would be my fault.
If I ask for help on something she would scream at me that she’s sick and that I’m killing her by asking for help. Everytime I need something she would say that. We’ll have a very good conversation for ten minutes (no talk about health issues) and the moment i ask for something she will start screaming that I am asking too much of her and that she will die. Last time I needed her to send me a paper (literally just take a picture and sms it) she spent three days screaming at me that I will be the cause of her death, that me asking for her to send it is causing her blood sugar to go up.
If I get sick and end up in hospital my mother would try to one-up me. She would say that my pain is nothing and that she’s the one that’s actually sick. One time I got sent to the ICU for an overdose and after I was discharged she told me that it was nothing, she has a greater pain than me.
She would blame everything on me, if she got a new wrinkle, somehow it’s my fault that she needs Botox. Not that she’s aging and not taking care of her skin.
It’s gotten to the point that now I don’t know if she’s feigning sick or not. When she says she’s sick I feel nothing. I feel annoyed. I don’t know why I’m like this now.

I M23 have had a hard time accepting the fact that going stealth is the only way for me, I'm pre-T but I pass around 70% of the time due to my clothes style and mannerisms, my downfall is my baby face and voice, the rest of the time people are confused as fuck.
I started Uni and corrected people when they used the wrong pronouns for me, or they asked themselves, otherwise I've not once told anyone that I'm transsex in a class that's 1/3 trans people (Art).
Besides the fact that I've had to wait years for our government to permit me the honor of transitioning medically, I feel at my peak being assumed as cis by my male friends and classmates. I also identify as straight and have always liked women which makes it easier.
The only time I even remotely question staying stealth is regarding my future in the game/animation industry. My goal is to create queer characters for the next generation so they don't feel like a freak like I did as a kid.
I never knew about anything queer as my upbringing was extremely unusual and I knew nothing of the outside world, I did however always know that I liked girls in a way that wasn't normal because of the body I was born in, even though it felt as natural as breathing. (Not to mention lifelong sex dysphoria)
My first exposure to the concept of anything queer was when I was 9 in a godamn Percy Jackson book.
I remember my face turning red as I reread the passage over and over again as my kid mind exploded, there were other freaks out there like me! (I only use this term because it's what my kid self used to use)
I want to be what Rick Riordan was for me and make the world feel a little less hostile for future queer kids, but I would be doing it as an apparently cishet man? I can't even use the queer label as I feel like that doesn't apply to my identity.
I fear that I will never be able to explain how my concepts relate to me personally for fear of being outed. It's like when a work of art moves you because of the text on the side talking about how the artist put their lived experiences into it, my work will automatically mean less than a visible queer persons.
On one hand that's exactly what I want, I want to be perceived as cis, that's why I'm transitioning, on the other hand It means I don't get to inject the pain of my life into my art without having to excuse it as "oh I had a lot of queer friends growing up" or "I'm a strong ally".
Life sucks lol.

📷 ! Proverbial Phrase of the Day ! 📷 Phrase: "Love is blindness to faults, and hatred is blindness to virtues." 📷 Originally: "الحب عمى عن العيوب، والكراهية عمى عن الفضائل." (al-hubb 'ama'an 'an al-'uyub, wal-karaahiyyah 'ama'an 'an al-fadhaa'il) 📷 Core Meaning: This proverb highlights the power of emotions to skew our perception. When we love someone, we tend to overlook their faults and focus on their positive traits. Conversely, when we hate someone, we ignore their virtues and only see their negative aspects. It speaks to the subjective nature of our judgments based on our feelings towards others. 📷 Today’s Application: In our daily interactions, recognizing this tendency can help us strive for more balanced and fair assessments of people. Whether in personal relationships or professional settings, being aware of how love and hatred can blind us to the full picture can lead to more compassionate and just behavior. This insight encourages us to look beyond our biases and appreciate the whole person, faults and virtues alike. 📷 Relatable Proverbs: "Love is blind." – English Proverb "To love and to be wise is impossible." – Spanish Proverb "Where there is love, there is no darkness." – Burundian Proverb
Stay tuned for more insights including: Cooking Recipes, a Quote from a GOAT, and Story time. #Proverbs #Motivation #QuoteTheGoat #CookingwithCulture #Storytime

my partner and i had been together for years. we are normal and ofc may mga fights pero we manage to get through them naman. masasabi kong may tiwala sa isa't-isa, altho me as a person i can get jealous. this was bcos of smth that happened before, naging close siya with someone on times na i wasnt okay and i found out that they spent most of their times together talking with each other through voice channels (discord). bcos of this, i got scared abt the thought of my partner becoming close with a woman, especially yung close na sobra na tipong laging kausap. dont get me wrong, friends are normal pero ig it was bcos of the first girl that i got scared of the thought of him being attached with other women.
recently, he was becoming close with a classmate. at first it was normal naman kasi almost acads lang lahat then i started seeing them bond over anime, that's when i got the same feeling i had mentioned above. we talked ab it and he said na "yung mga tropa namin sinasabi kung ikaw daw sila mag seselos daw sila (dun sa babae na bff nya)", then it hit me, it wasn't normal, if it was normal, their friends wouldn't say something naman diba? rn, nag-uusap kami but almost wala akong gana, nung mga nakaraan i told him na galit pako pero yesterday and today i felt that i was being soft again and so it hit me na i don't wanna be soft sa kaniya right now bcos of the issue.
a while ago, he told me he was going sa bahay ng classmate nya bcos of a thesis (i think) then i did the wrong of resurfacing the issue, i brought it up and even teased him dun sa babae (ik it's my wrong naman, i wasnt thinking right when i did that pero none justified ofc). he said, he was getting tired of my short replies and being cold. i told him that this was his doing because nakakahiya on my part na ganon ang tingin ng tropa niya, and i told him na nakakahiya sila nung kaibigan niyang babae.
on my part naman, i was really embarrassed. embarrassed bcos his classmates are well-aware of my presence pero they see my partner and his friend. the girl that im jealous ab has a partner din, so i thought, kung may naririnig na pala na ganon, why didn't the both of them took the initiative na bawasan kung ano man yung nakikita sa kanila ng nakapaligid sa kanila? i thought to myself din na, i rather be kept than hear his friends say something like that.
i dont want to break up with him pero i want him to realize that i was hurt however i don't think I'd ever be really okay not until mawala sa picture yung girl, or I can be naman, pero it would take time para masanay.
tingin ko kasi ang gago ko bcos it looks like im deattaching myself slowly. so, ABYG?
edit: wala sana mag repost neto o kung ano sa fb at tiktok, thx

TLDR: what are some corporate appropriate clothing pieces that are a bit more fun/interesting?
hey everyone! so i’m starting my second ever corporate internship soon and want to add like 2-5 pieces to my wardrobe. i have a lot of the basics like black slacks and blouses. however i feel like these clothes, esp the blouses, are kinda boring, don’t reflect who i am, and make me look like my mom (not inherently bad but just not what i’m going for).
so now i’m on the hunt for clothes that are a bit more fun but also still buisness casual (my office’s official dress code). i have some ideas of things i want, like button up vests, but never know if they are truly office appropriate. i also am looking for something that is good to wear in the summer heat and primarily made of natural fabrics.
anyone have any ideas of pieces/styles i should look into? also just any tips about corporate fashion would be good bc i’m so new to this!!

Hi this is my first time posting here. I've been an ASMR script writer for a few months and have been posting on ASMRScriptHaven I found this subreddit and thought I'd post here as well. This is my latest script and I'm sharing it here as well as on ASMRScriptHaven.
This is part 4 of my infertile vampire series. You can find the other parts in my masterlist: My masterlist :
I put the script in scriptbin for ease of recording (I heard some VA's prefer reading it from there): Virtual-Grade592: [A4A] [F4A] [M4A] Your vampire partner is infertile [vampire] [established relationship] - scriptbin
It's okay to fill this script and make minor adjustments. Please give me credit for writing the script and put a link in the comments so that I can find your audio. It's okay to paywall, but send me a copy of the audio then.
This part will have 2 speakers, the infertile vampire partner and the adoptive vampire. I’ve given the infertile vampire partner the name Alex, so I’ll use an A to indicate when they speaks and the adoptive vampire is called Ender, so I’ll use an E to indicate when they speak. Feel free to change pronouns and names to fit your audio.
(several days have passed since Ender started living with Alex and the listener. Ender has been gradually getting more at ease with their vampiric nature. Today all of you sit down to discuss the next step in Ender’s education as a vampire.)
[The listener, Alex and Ender sit down on a couple of chairs in the living room]
E: *nervous* I’m not ready for this.
A: *reassuring* Everyone is anxious for the first time they need to feed. You’re such a calm vampire, I’m sure you’ll do fine.
E: *still anxious* But what if I lose control? The blood bags you’ve been feeding me taste so much better than the animal blood I drank before. What if I can’t stop once I start?
A: You’re worrying too much. We aren’t the bloodthirsty monsters that the media portrays us as. Your hunger is the same as when you were human. Only starving or psychopathic vampires would drain a human to the point of death.
E: *unsure* I still feel that this is dangerous. When I arrived here, I had trouble restraining myself from drinking from them.
A: Back then you were starving. Your survival instinct was screaming at you that you needed blood. And you didn’t even give in to it. Now you aren’t starving. At this moment does it feel like you need to bite a human?
E: No, I’m fine now.
A: My point exactly. You’re fine and you’ll still be fine if you feed.
E: *slowly building up courage* I suppose you are right. It feels daunting though. I imagine many things could go wrong, like I could accidentally bite their artery. But those are worst case scenarios right?
A: Yes, that’s right. Those are just worst case scenarios and they are very rare. In all the years I’ve been feeding off of them *pointing at the listener* There were never any problems. All that will happen is that your partner gets a bit fatigued. *cheeky* Or they’ll get turned on if they have a thing for vampires.
[pause]
A: *amused* Aw that’s cute, look at the both of you blushing. I understand that Ender might be flustered at their first time feeding, *Alex turns to the listener* But I’ve fed plenty of times on you, my darling. Why are you bashful about the notion of Ender drinking from you?
[pause]
A: You’re afraid it’ll be too intimate? Hey sweetheart, there is nothing wrong with how you’ll react or feel when being fed on. I won’t see it as cheating if you get hot and bothered. It’s only cheating if you act on it. You don’t need to be ashamed if you get a bit, um how to say this … excited? Yeah excited. It’s okay if you get excited from being fed on. You’re married to a vampire, it’s normal to like being bitten. And if it gets too much for you then *suggestive* we can always retire to our bedroom to ‘deal’ with any overwhelming emotions.
[pause]
A: That seems to have put you at ease. It’s going to be okay darling. It’ll just be like me feeding on you. And I’ll guide Ender through it all to keep you and them safe.
E: *stammering nervously* Um, c-could we do this another time? I-I still don’t feel r-ready. I t-think It’ll be easier if I had more time to mentally prepare myself.
A: *encouraging* Ender, I can tell that you are ready now. You’ve been doing fine this last week and you are cautious. I know this will go alright. If we delay it now, it’ll just become more daunting to bite a human. The extra time will just increase your nervousness, not lessen it. So please believe me, because now is the best time to do your first feeding.
E: *getting more confident* Maybe you’re right. I should try at some point, so why not now. Even if something goes wrong, you’re here to help.
A: That’s the spirit. So when you’re ready, sit down next to our prospective bite victim.
[Ender sits down next to the listener]
A: Now, feeding takes three simple steps. First, put some of your saliva on the part of the skin you want to feed on. Our saliva has a numbing effect on humans, so this way your prey won’t feel pain from your bite. If your victim has been particularly annoying, then I’d spit on them, but otherwise it’s nicer to apply your saliva with a kiss. Second you bite the skin and begin drinking. Third when you’ve had your fill, you remove your fangs and catch your prey if they got too drained from the blood loss. Then you are done.
E: Okay, I think I can do that. Human, if you want me to stop at any moment, just squeeze my hand or tell me to stop. Are you ready as well?
[pause]
E: Good, then I’ll begin.
[sound of Ender giving one kiss on the neck]
E: *uncertain* There’s the saliva. Is it working? Are you feeling numb?
[pause]
E: Yeah? Okay, then I’ll bite you now.
[sound of a bite and the sucking of blood]
[after a few moments Ender stops the bite]
E: *pleasantly surprised* Huh, that was a lot easier than expected. Are you feeling okay?
[pause]
E: Phew, that’s good. I’m glad you’re fine.
A: To me it seems alright as well. Sweetheart can you tilt your neck? I want to check the wound just in case.
[listener tilts neck]
A: *pleased* This is a very clean wound. It’s hardly worse than a papercut. You did well Ender, you can be proud.
E: It felt surprisingly good. I could certainly get used to this.
A: *amused* My, my, you’re really getting used to your vampirism aren’t you. Already eager to bite more humans and taste their delicious blood. It’s a good thing you are kind-hearted or humanity would have to fear a new predator in the night.
E: *flustered* If you put it like that, it sounds like I’m getting bloodthirsty. I just liked biting them. But I don’t want to go hunting them and forcefully feed off of them.
A: *chuckling* That’s adorable dear. You won’t have to worry about hunting anyone. There are plenty of humans with a thing for vampires. Whenever you feel like biting anyone, just find one of them. They’ll happily consent to being fed upon. Especially wit the internet it’s easy to find people who want to do some vampire ‘roleplaying’.
E: *Surprised* It’s that easy? People even like our bite?
A: Oh yes, they certainly do. Just look at my partner. They seem quite satisfied from the ordeal. And you’re happy with how it all went, right darling?
[pause]
E: That’s a relief. I’d hate it if I had to hurt someone every time I ate.
A: Oh that won’t happen. Tomorrow I’ll teach you to find these humans eager to be bitten. And you’ll be surprised how many of them there are.
E: *excited* Ooh, I can’t wait for it.
A: Great, then we’ll pick this up first thing tomorrow morning. But for now let’s start on dinner. My sweetheart can use some food after losing blood.
[fade to black as the three of them get dinner ready]

Just some things I’ve noticed and would want pre-trip me to know:

1. Food is very important here. Finishing everything on your plate is good! Leaving food may be seen as ungrateful, so if you don’t think you’ll finish and there’s a “half-portion” option, go for that. (I have native family here that took me to dinner-as an American I’m used to big portions and leaving food- they thought I didn’t like what I ordered when I couldn’t finish everything)
   
2. Avoid strong smells, even if it’s good. I’m a perfume girl back home so I brought some of my favorites in mini sample sizes. I haven’t used them once. It’s a rule back home anyway to avoid perfume on public transit, and I completely miscalculated how much of my time would be spent riding the metro each day.
   
3. This might be an obvious for some, but I had no idea what “tax-free” shopping was before I arrived. If the shop is tax-free and you’re spending at least 5500¥, you get in a special line, show your passport, and you don’t have to pay Japan taxes. Just make sure you calculate your total before getting in line. Also side note: if you’re planning on buying lots of tax-free stuff from Don Quijote, they wrap it up and tell you not to open it until you’ve landed back home. So if you’re like me and want to use some of the stuff for your stay, make a tax free transaction then a regular transaction for immediate use.
   
4. Some places don’t like cameras. In LA, everyone is vlogging or posting or snapping pictures- it’s normal and considered free marketing. But places like anime merch shops and some markets/ konbinis have signs. I even got yelled at for trying to snap a picture of a food stall. It’s weird to me that they don’t want people showing others what they sell, but still respect these signs and owners wishes.
   
5. Pasmo and Suica aren’t exactly the same. I got a Suica card on arrival thinking they were based on limited research. Suica works great for the central Tokyo lines (Lines with a single letter eg. A, H, Z). Had to go to Shibuya to get a pasmo when I didn’t want to keep buying physical tickets for the JR lines (Lines with two letters eg. KK, JN, KO). You can get by with just a Suica and some cash, but when a million other tourists are in the ticket line trying to get back into Tokyo, having a Pasmo really saves you.
   
6. Not really advice, but recommendation for early risers based on my experience: shopping and other stores usually don’t open until 11am. If you’re like me you’re ready to start the day at 7 or 8am. I recommend getting to the area you’re going to be spending the day in, getting a coffee, then going to the nearest park/ shrine to stroll in. It’s a great way to get some sightseeing in while waiting for stuff to open.
   
7. Humidity is a killer here. If the weather says 60F and sunny it’s gunna feel 10 degrees hotter because of the moisture. It makes sense why you hardly see people in denim. Even still, women are still wearing long sleeves. Older women wear linen and maxi dresses, while younger go for shorts, skirts, and lightweight cargos. If you don’t care about fitting in, tank tops and light baggy jeans are the way to go.
   

Sorry for the wordy post. Again, this is stuff I have noticed and would tell past me about. I hope this is helpful for anyone traveling to Tokyo soon!

Hi everyone,
My cat has ran away a few weeks ago and we are pretty sure we know the area he is hiding in, and since the area in question is not accessible to people (locked), we are trying to figure out when he comes out with trail cameras. We bought one and were loaned another - the one we were loaned is quite good (in terms of image quality anyway) and ours is quite cheap (the cheapest we could find locally from a professional hunting shop). We have struggled quite a bit with their placement, and we thought we had figured it out mostly, but the last few nights have been a bust. We know for sure that loads of wildlife had been around (mostly cats, foxes and birds) and that the camera should have picked them up, but somehow it didn't. We know the cameras were on - they picked up a cat or two - and the food we left disappeared, but something seems to be wrong and we can't figure out what is happening.
Apologies in advance for the long post, I am not sure which details are relevant and would take any advice you can have.
To summarise: one camera in the vegetation (we suspect that is part of the issue), one on a metallic pole (used to work perfectly at that exact location until a few days ago, and now only has one or two pictures a night despite us having proofs that wildlife came by and ate the food). Cameras only up at night, with at least a few photos every night proving that they work (mostly around the times we are there, so 10pm and then morning so around 7am).
We are always setting up the cameras in the beginning of the night (10pm roughly), putting some food, and then going back to collect them early in the morning. Since it is a public location, we are wary of leaving them for too long.
Bonus fox picture before going into the details:
At least we have good footage of one of our local foxes feasting on the cat food
Context: see the little drawing here for the location, plus a few pictures: https://imgur.com/a/7TOFZ6T
Camera 1 is the camera we were loaned. We tried originally to have it in the location of camera 2, but it didn't pick up anything for some reason, so we exchanged them. Current location of Camera 1 is a metallic lamppost. The first two nights it was on the lamppost we had amazing results, with great footage of the local cats and foxes (see picture with the ginger cat). However, the last two nights we have had absolutely nothing - see picture from last night. On the video that followed we saw one of the cats eating a bit of food before leaving, but then nothing until we came to pick up the camera in the morning, and by then there was zero food left so we know something came to eat it. Is there something I am missing with this camera angle that might cause issues? There is a small gate next to the lamppost, but it is below the camera and shouldn't cover the captor or anything.
Camera 2 is on a small tree surrounded by a bush, and with a lot of vegetation around. As much as we try to stabilise it and remove the vegetation, it is an impossible task, leading to the camera showing nothing but a bit of grass and moving leaves. Still, we are surprised that it does not pick up the moving cats, as it used to, and we know for sure they were around. Again, camera working overall since it picked up one cat last night (but we know there was at least one more, plus birds etc). Yet we think that camera picked up our missing cat the other night but we are not sure - the cat was hiding behind the bushes, and it is difficult to differentiate one hiding black and white cat from other black or black and white cats... If you have any suggestion on how to improve this location (short of cutting everything - again public property and trying to leave as little trace as we can), I'd welcome it.
I live in a European country with a very wet climate and but the captors did not seem impacted (they still showed up pictures, even if blurry, after a bit of rain/dew - the location of camera 1 is more susceptible to water since no shelter, but camera 1 itself seemed to have less blurriness overall than our camera which we put in location 2). The weather is mild lately, with temperatures of minimum 8 degrees Celsius at night, more likely around 10-12.
Any advice on this whole situation? Thanks in advance!
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Hello all, I am in desperate need of advice. My boyfriend and I have been together for about a year now. We are both adults, own place own car etc. we are in our late 20s. My boyfriend has been in the hot seat before for liking pictures of half naked women on social media (not my biggest concern in this post, just giving context). Recently, I stumbled upon some particular people he has been following on instagram… underage girls. These girls are obviously, very obviously, underage. And there are videos and post of them acting in a promiscuous manner. I am concerned as to why my boyfriend is following them. More so, I would like some advice on how to confront him. I already asked if he has little cousins on social media. He has said no, so they are not family members. He has not liked any of their content, but i chalked that up to him being caught before liking post of other women. Im am a little weirded out by this behavior. Please advise, thank you!

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Reference

i emailed this to agencies that deal with hunting and wildlife problems
pasts@varam.gov.lv
info@wildlifesos.org
reportmisconduct@undp.org
there is no obvious place to report this and expect a serious hearing from someone fluent in English and scientifically minded
the following is what I wrote a month ago after the event
i can't judge after hand how much danger i was in but i would treat it seriously
luckily has not happened again in this country for a month. hopefully never happens again. although the next time i will have the benefit of having experienced it already
when police arrived i demanded prison for the dog owner in clearest possible way i could. after my speach was done they did not ask me a single word. they could tell i was furious of fear. and better to talk another time. i am so drained from global security work that i can't follow up on this but this should be available for anyone to read that might experience it themselves or take upon their self to wander around this globe as i do
i will probably feel guilty if the owner lose his dogs or hunting permit or reputation in his community. i am not going to judge anyone extremely harshly
if they ask me to fill out a criminal report according to some kind of format standards i am not going to do it myself an experienced prosecutor that has done it before is free to report this or pass it along. just not going to fill in report fields in some kind of form. you do it for me if you want to. i am not doing it. should be enough information to find
http://geohash.org/u6p4gj36
is the exact location and anyone can guess where the dogs came from probably the nearest mansion two thousand metres away to the east across p111 near upsede. upsede mansion. good luck asking them about it they don't speak a word of English here development is seventy years behind the west

preface

this is so incredulous that it could be picked up by news
still in shock six hours later at dawn
just the title should give you the general idea
i have never heard of such outrageous neglect in dog keeping in my life
the dogs escape unnoticed at night and hunt without human supervision and presumably return in the morning without anyone doing anything about it
this dog owner would make the top ten list anywhere in history
the dogs occasional howl brought up pictures of wolf movies the grey with that guy from Schindler's list the guy that played Oscar Schindler fighting with wolves with broken glass and a big knife to his death but i can safely discard all theories besides a runaway hunting dog militia on four legs in a large pack sounded like at least ten animals
in that immense fear of a completely unfamiliar situation in a life of hiking around the globe thoughts whirled around all possible night mares before i realised it is obviously hunting dogs all else is pure fantasy wolves are absolutely ruled out
they did not retreat when they sensed my presence but stayed in full alarm perhaps as when they encounter prey on a supervised hunt to alert the humans. even though they knew they were alone and no one to alert, they knew i was probably not prey, did not know enough to EVER be alone unsupervised anywhere but home preferably inside, but did NOT know or predict the length of the prison sentence they just brought on their owner by this nightly escapade. whoops
the locals will predictably put the lid on but the power of the internet is a wonderful thing
i can not imagine any circumstance that would make this less than prison anywhere in the union or West europe. now this is the old east. no one understands English etc. one escaped dog barking in the forest. fine. slap on the wrist. possibly losing care of the animal...ten rabid hunting dogs in full alarm scaring the life out of a hiker resting at night. shake those bars for three months. watch that prison television. and there won't be any Marlborough or beers in prison

the entire report

the exact location is near the highest hunting tower on the old railway trail passing by upsede north east of liepaja that is used for hunting commonly judging by all the towers lining the road there
This began around Four hours after dark on the early night of Sunday 28 April 2024 or exactly 1:00 o'clock
I will first describe exactly what happened and after that separately my interpretation in hindsight when recalling these events three hours later when I can calm down
This is a rather long story so I will get to my point right here before the story
What can I do if I encounter a dog pack like this again except tell at them and calmly leave. What if they hunt me or behave like they are guarding a territory. However remotely that might seems. There is a reason this is a serious crime. Too much uncertainty
Can you confirm that this kind of incessant barking is absolutely impossible in any other animal
In no circumstance whatsoever would any wolf pack or any deer flock behave like this even if I stood right on their den with ten kids inside
The occasional howling is something that dogs still retain from their wolf origin not long ago
It is not unlikely that a pack of hunting dogs alone would howl occasionally
Despite yelling at them several times there was no yell back from a human. Very likely the dogs escape at night without anyone caring about it extremely dangerous and frightening to a hiker that need. Rest at night not the fright of a life time
I could not imagine that in a relatively rich country anyone ever would drive their dogs for a night hunt. Would be absolute insanity. Neglect and alcoholism depression (försupen dumhet Swedish) I can easily imagine. Not outright insanity. Even if night hunting permits are sometimes issued in Germany for "animal control" "population control" of wild pigs. This is a completely separate topic that I will not say more about than that I am working on these issues on and off. My view as a progressive world ambassador could not be further from the idea of shooting at anything anywhere for any reason. Except tranquilizer darts for humane population control of CAPTURED animals not hunted. Captured. It is clear in Sweden that shooting anything anywhere with fire arms does not belong in the future society. Now this is all I will say about this. We are working on this as fast as is possible. The education effort still left on this planet is still enormous and daunting
Regarding dog behaviour in detail I know very little despite inspecting a manuscript by the foremost scientist on the subject that work in Budapest that is most famous for working on the Philippine paradise fish ten years ago before they changed to dogs and removed their aquarium
Dogs in particular have very little room in the professional literature since most pros are not anthropo centric. All mammals share common traits like an early recognition of friend and foe. Dogs in particular has almost never been studied at least not dogs for guarding or hunting. There might be one single work perhaps by one single biologist or behaviour ist ethology biology for shepherds dogs that life with grazing livestock
All books cover territory selection and protection and pack hunting or other flock behaviour. But almost nothing has apparently been possible or interesting to anyone to publish as a professional seeking a career in science in ethology animal behaviour or population biology. so i am not the only one drawing a blank when trying to explain the behaviour with any satisfaction more than anecdotal that is hard to call science

what I experienced

A sudden bark that I expect to be a roe deer that bark and run away. happens all the time
Although the bark was not quite right. more like a dog which I have never encountered at night
Suddenly a roaring festival of barking and occasional howling
The distance is extremely uncertain but perhaps five hundred meters
The direction was towards road p111 to the east toeards Upsede. i am by the big tower. There is one house near the road that the dogs could belong to if they crossed p111
Now my primal instinct set in and I envision a pack, a large pack, of wolves near their den the core of their territory. Frothing over my intrusion and ready to approach in full alarm
In hindsight this is just the occasional howling that caused this and everything about this speaks against wolves
IF wolves can behave like this or has been observed or heard doing this in ANY circumstance whatsoever I absolutely need to hear about it because it would bear on my future expeditions
If there is this single wolf dog hybrid pack maybe only one in Europe that I happened to encounter I absolutely need more information. feral dogs that would possibly go unnoticed in Belarus has crossed over to Latvia?
I have never heard of anything like that
All wolf incidents as rare as they are in Poland or anywhere have been with lone wolves that are sick or hungry and have lost their feir of humans
I have never heard of an aggressive wolf pack in Europe or anywhere on the planet
I have seen wolf droppings so many times and spent so much time day and night in wolf territory that I would never expect them to be so aggressive about human scent or sound like that
I have certainly had wolves near me many times but never heard a peep. In Sweden and Norway on long expeditions all summer and even winter and on and off for years from Spain to France Belgium Germany Poland and now here in the Baltics for one month so far direction Finland
The pack was in full alarm with barking and an occasional howl that dogs will still use. But much less than wolves. Wolves never bark together like this in any circumstance I have ever heard it seen if
It is with near certainty the pack of dogs that have hunted there before that happens to live on the farm on the opposite side of the road and escaped west around thousand metres into the forest.
Perhaps they do this regularly but no one cares
And now I happened to be there
Hiking and trekking and wild camping is MUCH more common in Sweden and Norway than anywhere in the world even Finland that is a close second. It is the Scandinavian spirit. As has recently been proven paleo lithic pre farming humans breed into the farming population only in Scandinavian nowhere else in Europe. I am personally absolutely at peace in nature and hate combustion engines that bother few others
Without getting off track completely I am continuing my expedition around Europe and almost all ground breaking record breaking endeavour of exploration has come from Scandinavia specifically. First settlement of the new world five hundred years before another European country etc etc etc first man on the south pole endless list of did what no one else could ot would. I am not placing my breed on a pedestal just explaining that if anyone would encounter something like this most likely it would be a Swede and the locals are most likely entirely puzzled why I am not living my life in doors at home or in a comfortable guest house
But this is beside the point just a side track to explain my presence in this rare encounter

in hindsight what happened

It is clear to me now that a pack of large hunting dogs. Not the small loud ones. Tax in Swedish. I have never owned a dog or hunted. I am a scientist. So I don't know much of anything about dog breeds. But presumably Large dogs that can hunt and kill on their own that have been trained to not kill the prey but only stalk it or drive it and make a loud alarm to draw the apes (not condescending just scientific classification of my species)
This is all speculation I just can't imagine what I heard to be a pack of tax (Swedish) small rabbit hunting dogs. These were large animals certainly with courage to act alone without humans
But I don't know anything about common hunting dogs in this region or anywhere so I can't suggest what breed it could have been that could behave this way
When I yelled at them they silenced for a moment then the roar continued
They had no intention to move back. I called for a police to meet me on road p111 and moved. I could hear the dogs for one thousand metres which gave me the impression that they moved after me at a safe distance perhaps curious about what I was
Again. If wolves can ever in any circumstance behave with this curiosity or aggressive confidence on human scent AND loud roaring. I yelled at them as a three hundred kilos silver back gorilla would try to show how big and powerful he was. No wolves ever no matter how big their biggest packs are in Europe would do anything but withdraw. These animals stayed at a distance and gave me the impression that they followed me on the road even. But not close
Distance is extremely uncertain but my best guess would be five hundred meters
This location has been used before for hunting and these dogs have been released during supervised legal (presumably) hunting in this exact location
They have smelled or sensed a wild animal and followed it into the forest where they have hunted before

will anyone stop this. how common is this

The police said they would call the nearest farms and ask about their dogs and the hunters that set up the hunting towers there in that old railway road where the dogs live that they bring to hunt there
But unfortunately I don't expect them to do anything when the response is "I know nothing". This is obviously a massive incident since I told them I am a scientist that will likely enquire with other scientist and if they cover this up it will explode big time. this is not s minor incident
Jägarna is a popular Swedish movie about the sad reality of this kind of stuff. anything related to mis management with hunting or dogs is so deeply rooted in human behaviour since the stone age that the local police do anything they can to forget about it. "Probably just a barking deer" or "wolves are common in the forest" and might bark despite my sincere explanation that this is hunting dogs not wolves and carries a prison sentence if heard in front of a magistrate
if you imagine "i like logic circuit design" the absolute opposite is "i like dogs and hunting". it's as different as a von Neumann machine is from sticks and stones in technological achievement. and a massive education effort is still needed for that population should they not cause a complete collapse of civilization like 1930s Germany. you might like NATURE you certainly don't like fire arms or dogs. has nothing to do with investigating nature. it is not conscious behaviour. but only photographers and hunters visit nature? you are obviously not a scientist ("what is this?" looking at bowling ball in small Lebowskis bath room. "you are obviously not a golfer")
I don't expect them to even ask anyone and just hope I forgot about it or they never have any other hikers near that spot at night
The "police report" that I received when they returned from the spot I told them to investigate was exactly that "it was probably just a deer and now I will go home and sleep". that only told ne that the pack had moved or did not respond to a car or they went to the wrong place or most likely could not be less motivated to find them
I gave the female officer that spoke English a stern explanation what would happen in Sweden. Prison. Absolutely nothing else than prison. Grave negligence in dog oversight. No hunting license and no dogs for the rest of his life
This is extremely serious that this is seen as a minor mistake that hunting dogs are stalking wild animals alone at night. Only in Sweden do we understand clearly that HUMANS are in the forest at night sometimes. We have palaeolithic blood lines and the world's foremost paleo biologist among other things. I am a renowned explorer. My father and uncle is one of the world's foremost wildlife photographer for WWF NG etc. Wild life is strictly monitored and controlled and this kind of neglect is absolutely treated with utmost sincerity
Our society is not in a state of civil war. Escaped hunting dogs hunting alone at night. Prison. Period. And the local police that tries to suppress it or treat it with a yawn will be investigated by internal affairs and released from service and prohibited from similar work with a responsibility to investigate seriously
We in sweden have the most aggressive policy in the world to combat this suppression of neglect related to hunting from the local community or any kind of coverup attempt or failure to investigate serious neglect, crime or not, we are not "paragraph riders" (paragraf ryttare) we investigate serious problems. anyone can understand how serious this is before digging after paragraphs

more about dog behaviour in general that might be relevant

Regarding dogs that hunt alone. I will not name any names but I have met a couple that lived in a remote valley in Portugal where their two large extremely aggressive dogs (even after ten minutes they were extremely uncomfortable with my presence and would not listen to their owner's calm regarding my encounter near their caravan on Canary islands) hunt together and bring home food. Literally drag it home to the family. Needless to say they have no kids and I will not say more about it more than the point that large dogs can easily on their own learn to hunt wild game. Possibly several breeds. They are still all close relatives of animals that do exactly that to survive. Guard territory identify intruder stalk and hunt prey is their basic behaviour anything else would result from actively counter acting instinctive behaviour that has become common to convert security staff patrol units and killers to social support animals because morons absolutely need to own a dog
Recall that in less developed countries like Chile dogs bark all night EVERYWHERE and run free in the day
I was in Chile for six months and never encountered dogs at night but had to suffer through the incessant noise if "guarding" at night. EVERYONE has night guard dogs. it is completely incomprehensible if you ever passed first grade with honours that they blindly follow a relict tradition for no other reason. Those dogs are GUARD dogs that have no experience of hunting ever. And when they encounter a human in the forest during their daily adventure they are never aggressive that far away from home
In western Europe outside Spain almost never dogs that bark all night. Same in Latvia. Two weeks in Lithuania don't think I ever heard a dog at night. A welcome serenity from Chile that I just arrived from after completing my record breaking expedition there

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Alright, buckle up for this rollercoaster of familial drama. So, picture this: I'm (27F) chilling with my sister (24F) and her new beau, Tom (28M), who seems like a decent dude at first glance. But as the saying goes, looks can be deceiving.
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Meanwhile, my sister's stuck in the middle of this showdown, looking like she'd rather be anywhere else but there. Poor thing, caught between her sister and her boyfriend’s misguided attempts at comedy.
Now, here's the question: was I the asshole for calling out Tom's BS, or should I have just laughed it off to keep the peace? Let the Reddit jury decide.

Regular public interviews given in formal and informal settings are a defining feature of the Zen records across their history.
The formal public interviews weren't limited to Zen Masters "ascending the chair" in the monastic commune and answering questions from regular Preceptors, long-distance travelers, or laypeople; the Zen records also show that we have Zen Masters being invited to the court of various potentates with Zhaozhou, Huangbo, and the various "National Teachers", such as Huizhong being prime examples. In attendance at the court interviews were occaisonally religious leaders of a Buddhist or Daoist persuasian that tried (and failed) to shut down the conversation.
Naturally, these sorts of formal interviews would be known for some time in advance and everybody would have ample time to come up with a real good question to try and nail the Zen Master with. Records of formal interviews, such as Huangbo's Transmission of Mind text involve highly educated people asking questions and follow-up questions that are evidence of the high-stakes nature of it all.
One slip up and it ends up written down.
Just as a therapist might start an engagement by asking "What brings you to therapy?" or a hiring manager might start by asking "What's your educational background?" Zen Masters and their communities frequently start of an engagement by asking a question.
A couple examples of this are the famous "What do they teach where you come from?" from Yangshan as well as the less-famous Budai's "What do you call this?"
(Found below is part of case from Budai:)

At times when the crowds on the boulevard would swell, Budai would open up his bag, dump it all out on the street, and exclaim, ”Look, look!”
He would then pick things up, item by item, whilst asking passersby, ”What do you call this!?”

Over the years at /Zen, we have put together some "standard questions" that test both people's willingness to sincerely engage with the Zen tradition of public Q & A as well as their understanding of this tradition.

Standard Questions

1) Where have you just come from?

Seeking for no dharma within; establishing no dharmas without.

2) What's your text?

I've been reading and taking extensive notes on Mingben's Illusory Man. That's the text I've come back to again and again since we first received an English translation of it from Mr. Dufficy a few years back. Part of the charm of reading Zen texts is that every single engagement involves answering the questions that the text poses as well as bringing forth different aspects of it for consideration.
It's a lot like coming back to Romeo & Juliet by watching a theatre production of a it, listening to a recording of it, or watching a film adaption of it, having read it in print.
Mingben is at the tail-end of Zen in China and the type of instruction he gives in his text seems very clearly tied to the collapse of society, literacy, and conversation around him. To wit, "Why are crows black?" is very much a non-starter for dharma-conversation in Zen.

3) Dharma low tides?

In general, people going around trying to find imaginary "high tides" to escape "low tides" just aren't engaging in Zen study. Conceiving of the Zen dharma as a matter of "tides" is like chasing after an imaginary haze in the distance in the belief that it will satisfy thirst.
Part of the history of this question on /Zen comes from the fact that religious-meditators in the not-Zen Dogenist religion were not satisfied with the results of their asceticism since it didn't resolve the doubts that initially spurred them to engage in prolonged sitting for medically and mentally unhealthy lengths of time.
As evidenced by the the decade of attempted AMA's (some of which are recorded here), the only type of answers that the religiously inclinded provide to the obviously-distressed askers of this sort of question boil down to stuff like "pray-meditate harder", "just believe", or "discuss with your Priest".
That is not Zen.
It's also the sort of stuff that pisses Zen Masters off.
Deshan:

I see that wherever you go you determine to learn Buddhism in the assembly of some old baldy, taking on a load without concern for your body or life. All of you have had your eyes nailed shut and your root of life severed. You’re like two or three hundred whores. You say your regal sway sets up the banner of the teaching to open the eyes of later generations; but can you even save yourselves?

Yunmen:

"These old shavepates everywhere! Sitting on round chairs and long [meditation] benches, they want to acquire fame and profit. Asked about Buddha, they answer 'Buddha,' and asked about patriarch they answer 'patriarch,' and they shit and piss. [What they say] is just like information passed around among boondock grannies. They don't even know good from bad!

"You're all just like them; [you ought to] have trouble to consume even water [with a good conscience]."

Zhenjing:

For no reason [people that claim to know] sit in pits of crap fooling spirits and ghosts. When people are like this, what crime is there is killing them by the thousands and feeding them to the dogs?