You know if someone out there ran a 24-hour news cycle station, but it was purely about snugglehuggy stuff and things that were really nice or neat, I feel like it would actually be successful now. Somewhere you could turn to to reliably get caught up on like, how are those baby red pandas at that zoo, or how's that new service dog school doing, or how that young women in science competition is going, or what's up with that oh-lawd-sized cat that went on a special diet. And you could have like zoologists and animal behavior specialists and scientists and stuff on as your talking heads, but instead of yelling at each other they taught you fun animal facts, or good ways to teach your pet to do tricks, or how the mars rover works.
You know if someone out there ran a 24-hour news cycle station, but it was purely about snugglehuggy stuff and things that were really nice or neat, I feel like it would actually be successful now. Somewhere you could turn to to reliably get caught up on like, how are those baby red pandas at that zoo, or how's that new service dog school doing, or how that young women in science competition is going, or what's up with that oh-lawd-sized cat that went on a special diet. And you could have like zoologists and animal behavior specialists and scientists and stuff on as your talking heads, but instead of yelling at each other they taught you fun animal facts, or good ways to teach your pet to do tricks, or how the mars rover works.
Man that would be pretty sweet.
I swear History and PBS used to be basically this, but then someone went and said " But what if there were aliens at the first thanksgiving" and now those channels are what they are.
You know if someone out there ran a 24-hour news cycle station, but it was purely about snugglehuggy stuff and things that were really nice or neat, I feel like it would actually be successful now. Somewhere you could turn to to reliably get caught up on like, how are those baby red pandas at that zoo, or how's that new service dog school doing, or how that young women in science competition is going, or what's up with that oh-lawd-sized cat that went on a special diet. And you could have like zoologists and animal behavior specialists and scientists and stuff on as your talking heads, but instead of yelling at each other they taught you fun animal facts, or good ways to teach your pet to do tricks, or how the mars rover works.
Man that would be pretty sweet.
I swear History and PBS used to be basically this, but then someone went and said " But what if there were aliens at the first thanksgiving" and now those channels are what they are.
The theory of network decay
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All networks become TLC on a long enough timeline.
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You know if someone out there ran a 24-hour news cycle station, but it was purely about snugglehuggy stuff and things that were really nice or neat, I feel like it would actually be successful now. Somewhere you could turn to to reliably get caught up on like, how are those baby red pandas at that zoo, or how's that new service dog school doing, or how that young women in science competition is going, or what's up with that oh-lawd-sized cat that went on a special diet. And you could have like zoologists and animal behavior specialists and scientists and stuff on as your talking heads, but instead of yelling at each other they taught you fun animal facts, or good ways to teach your pet to do tricks, or how the mars rover works.
Man that would be pretty sweet.
I swear History and PBS used to be basically this, but then someone went and said " But what if there were aliens at the first thanksgiving" and now those channels are what they are.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
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ShadowenSnores in the morningLoserdomRegistered Userregular
I want to see how far I could get a History/Discovery Channel conspiracy theory special to production before I had to reveal it was about corporate conglomeration sabotaging educational and informational programming with bullshit conspiracy and alien theories, cryptozoology crap, and mindless reality shows to dumb down the populace to make it easier for them to further corporate rights at the expense of the citizenry.
Probably they'd have to approve the script, but I could just say that as a "documentary" I want it to be largely improvised...
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Indie Winterdie KräheRudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered Userregular
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Mules are as strong as horses, easier to feed, smarter (but generally don't have the temper or self-preservation instinct of donkeys) and more surefooted.
If you want a riding or pack animal for rough terrain, mules is where it's at. They're still used as pack animals in rough regions, where the terrain is too dangerous for quadbikes and a helicopter isn't practical or economic.
Even today military and civilians use mules in mountain regions (notably US special forces used mules in Afghanistan to carry anti-tank weapons and heavy MGs). Mules can be trained to be quiet and won't run away if they trust you.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
You know if someone out there ran a 24-hour news cycle station, but it was purely about snugglehuggy stuff and things that were really nice or neat, I feel like it would actually be successful now. Somewhere you could turn to to reliably get caught up on like, how are those baby red pandas at that zoo, or how's that new service dog school doing, or how that young women in science competition is going, or what's up with that oh-lawd-sized cat that went on a special diet. And you could have like zoologists and animal behavior specialists and scientists and stuff on as your talking heads, but instead of yelling at each other they taught you fun animal facts, or good ways to teach your pet to do tricks, or how the mars rover works.
Man that would be pretty sweet.
I swear History and PBS used to be basically this, but then someone went and said " But what if there were aliens at the first thanksgiving" and now those channels are what they are.
See this is why I think it could be more successful now. I feel like doing a Twitch stream or something instead of trying to be a traditional TV network would free you from a lot of the old pressures that cause that network decay. Like honestly if SHN (SnuggleHug News) was running on Twitch 24/7 I'd have it on pretty much whenever I wasn't playing a video game. I'd probably put it up on the TVs in the office at work too.
Mules are as strong as horses, easier to feed, smarter (but generally don't have the temper or self-preservation instinct of donkeys) and more surefooted.
If you want a riding or pack animal for rough terrain, mules is where it's at. They're still used as pack animals in rough regions, where the terrain is too dangerous for quadbikes and a helicopter isn't practical or economic.
Even today military and civilians use mules in mountain regions (notably US special forces used mules in Afghanistan to carry anti-tank weapons and heavy MGs). Mules can be trained to be quiet and won't run away if they trust you.
I think they're the preferred way in and out of Kalaupapa on Molokai. Otherwise it's a seven hour hike that people have died on.
Iroso was born in 1979, and served with the Alpini, the Italian mountain battalions. In 1993 the last 24 mules were sold off, and most of them (or all, the story doesn't tell) were bought by Ex-Alpini soldiers who didn't want their friends to go to the butchers. The majority, including Iroso, were bought by Antonio De Luca who spend the equivalent of 22,000$ in todays value to buy 13 of the alpini mules.
Iroso worked for a few years in the woods of the alps, and then went into retirement.
These days he's almost entirely blind and spends most of his time grazing and being fed apples and carrots by the children. Once a year though he still appears at the local Veterans gathering, although for the last two year he's been too frail to march in the parade and his owner worried that he might get too stressed, so he spent the festival in an enclosure where the veterans could visit him and say hello to an old friend.
P.S: According to his owner he still recognizes the voices of all the Alpini he served with.
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-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
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Man that would be pretty sweet.
I swear History and PBS used to be basically this, but then someone went and said " But what if there were aliens at the first thanksgiving" and now those channels are what they are.
The theory of network decay
Hitler's Secret Ancient Alien Weapon!
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Probably they'd have to approve the script, but I could just say that as a "documentary" I want it to be largely improvised...
A bigass ass.
I dont want to say its cruel but something doesn't sit right with me
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
how else you gonna get mules??
I don't think it's cruel, but it is kind of weird that mules are still an optimized solution for ... something. Canyon riding?
Challenge accepted!
Field plowing too if you're old fashioned.
If you want a riding or pack animal for rough terrain, mules is where it's at. They're still used as pack animals in rough regions, where the terrain is too dangerous for quadbikes and a helicopter isn't practical or economic.
Even today military and civilians use mules in mountain regions (notably US special forces used mules in Afghanistan to carry anti-tank weapons and heavy MGs). Mules can be trained to be quiet and won't run away if they trust you.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
See this is why I think it could be more successful now. I feel like doing a Twitch stream or something instead of trying to be a traditional TV network would free you from a lot of the old pressures that cause that network decay. Like honestly if SHN (SnuggleHug News) was running on Twitch 24/7 I'd have it on pretty much whenever I wasn't playing a video game. I'd probably put it up on the TVs in the office at work too.
I think they're the preferred way in and out of Kalaupapa on Molokai. Otherwise it's a seven hour hike that people have died on.
This is Iroso ("Irate"), the last surviving European war mule
Iroso was born in 1979, and served with the Alpini, the Italian mountain battalions. In 1993 the last 24 mules were sold off, and most of them (or all, the story doesn't tell) were bought by Ex-Alpini soldiers who didn't want their friends to go to the butchers. The majority, including Iroso, were bought by Antonio De Luca who spend the equivalent of 22,000$ in todays value to buy 13 of the alpini mules.
Iroso worked for a few years in the woods of the alps, and then went into retirement.
These days he's almost entirely blind and spends most of his time grazing and being fed apples and carrots by the children. Once a year though he still appears at the local Veterans gathering, although for the last two year he's been too frail to march in the parade and his owner worried that he might get too stressed, so he spent the festival in an enclosure where the veterans could visit him and say hello to an old friend.
P.S: According to his owner he still recognizes the voices of all the Alpini he served with.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Bats: still very good.