u/Pasyuk

Hello! Forums in my native language suggest using this as a treat for chinchillas which can you give to them like once a week in an amount of 5g, but I have some doubts on it, especially considering that some person tried it and said that it was a bit sweet. What do you think?

Meadow and mountain grasses, sunflower seed flour, flax seed, flaxseed oil, fructooligosaccharides (0.9%), proteins - 13.5% fats - 3.5% fiber - 24% ash - 6% calcium - 0.6%

Hello! My chinchilla is 3 yo, and he's never responded to his name, no matter how much I've trained him. Well, to be honest, he's never responded to any words at all or even the sounds of other chinchillas I've played for him, but he still makes sounds, although they are higher than sounds of my previous chinchilla. Also, he is afraid of vacuum cleaner and sometimes reacts to very loud noise. I always assumed he was a bit dummy, especially since he's been weird since he was a baby, but today my mother said, "Maybe he's slightly deaf?" And I seriously started thinking that maybe he's had some hearing problems for all this time

Hello! TW CW fear of death

I am chronically ill with a rare disease, and my illness could kill me at any moment. Which is even worse, no one knows how to treat me right, no one even knows what caused my problem, and semi-effective types of meds that can somewhat reduce my symptoms are unofficial (classified as dietary supplements) or illegal in my country, although in EU and US they are official meds. That means, I have almost no access to treatment and I don't know what to wait in the future.

And lately all my thoughts were occupied with the question: when will my body finally give up? And the thought that it could potentially do this very soon scares me. I'm 16, I have so much I haven't done yet, I'm not ready to die! But, tbh, I don't think that anyone asked my opinion on this matter, and thoughts about death became so obsessive that now, even when I read a book, I mostly think that the author died 100-150 years ago

And I'm fed up with them, so, does anyone have any advices on this topic?

Hello! Okay, so, sorry for a weird question, but, if this matters, I’m a transgender pansexual man, who has a bisexual character. This character, who was born in 1955 (so, he is old, yeah), had some connections with gay people in his city, and he lived in a country where most of gay men used she/her pronouns and feminine names in a comfortable environment, where they could be free. Men who didn’t do that even were perceived as a strange one in some situations. I have nothing against it, though I think that my character would find it funny to do it twice or thrice as an experiment, but he would be uncomfortable with doing it for all the time when he is alone with other gay men. It's just his personal preference, which fits his character, he doesn't force them on anyone, and after all he clearly isn't perfect as same as anyone else, but I'm really afraid it might look as a homophobic take from me, as an author, in my story. What do you think?

Hello! I have a 3 year old male chinchilla, who used to be the kindest, most friendly and talkative boy in the whole wide world. We used to spend a lot of time with him. But about a week ago, he started refusing to communicate closely with anyone, and he also started yelling at people sometimes, he only interested in getting food from me and all other human beings. No one scared him, no one treated him badly, I can guarantee it. And not like I'm having anything against this behaviour (my previous chinchilla absolutely hated me and only loved my dad), I understand that he might want to have some personal space, but I'm genuinely bothered if everything fine with him. So, did anyone had the similiar situation with their chins? Were they healthy and just not in a good mood?

Hello!

TW CW: mention of death

English isn't my native, srry

I'm 16 yo and I've been disabled since infancy. Ik, my disability isn't that bad, compared to what the other people have. But honestly it doesn't help me to stop thinking that because of it I missed my entire childhood and am now missing my youth.

I was significally physically weaker than my peers, I still even can't run and jump with both legs in air, and many children's games include a lot of physical activity, so I always tried to play in such games, but I never was good enough in them. And kids don't like someone who can't play in their games.

Moreover, in my worst years, I could spend at least 6 of 12 months in the hospital, and it further worsen my socialization with other kids. I had some friends, but I can't say that we were close. I've never been bullied, but I have never been really loved either. And hospitals itself were awful, in them many of my fears that still haunt me were born.

Many of the trips and other fun events were cancelled because I was feeling unwell. I spent most of my childhood in front of TV, watching cartoons and documentaries about animals and history, and also in my fantasies. I fantasied a lot, like, what if I was a bandit without a leg who still managed to become a king or a cool YouTuber who hunged out with Guardians of the Galaxy. I wished I had lived thousands and millions of lives besides my own.

Things got worse in my early teens when I got access to online chats. For our story the most important thing is that I tried to whine sometimes. But as soon as I started talking about my disability on the internet, people immediately accused me of lying, and I couldn't answer anything, which badly affected 11 years old me.

Which is worse, I began to always feel that because of my diagnosis I was a huge burden to my family, teachers, even friends, though they didn’t say anything about it. I learnt to hide my symptoms so as not to bother the people around me, sometimes even if I felt way too bad.

But hiding it wasn't always possible. And sometimes I missed school. This slightly affected my grades in some subjects, but worse, I realized that if I continued to get sick so often, it was unlikely I'd be able to work at my dream job, or any high-paying job for that matter.

And then, somewhere at 13 or 14, I realized that my disease was killing almost all of my vital organs, meaning I could die from it at any moment. And also it can cause irreversible organic brain damage, and I wouldn't want to lose myself.

I was already pretty anxious, so this thoughts surrounded me. And I still can't get rid of them.

And then, a little bit later, as teenagers, my classmates and friends started attending fun events more often. But I couldn't go because, every time, there was some kind of health risk for me. And this realization that I'll never be able to go to a party (bro, you don't even really like parties!) is quite unpleasant. It's as if everyone is living this life while I'm just sitting at home and reading a book, engaging in escapism over and over again, because I'm incapable of anything else.

And it seems to me as if there is just no end to all of this. And I'll continue to waste my live and lives of people around me until the end.

So, yeah, thanks for reading and have a nice day!

Hello! I'l probably delete this post later because I'm trying to pretend cis on this account

I have thin, slippery hair, and my parents are very conservative and won't let me cut even a short wolfcut because they think I look like *a lot of slurs* with it. So, is there are any hope for me? If yes, what haircuts would you advice? Thanks, guys!

Hello! Yesterday I found out that I have mild frontal lobe underdevelopment, I'm 16 years old and I really have some problems with understanding emotions, my own and others', as well as impulse control and nonstop work. Also I can be too stubborn, but I'm working on it.

And yet, I managed to be one of the best students in my class, not because of perseverance, but because I quickly remember everything and know how to use it, I also like to discuss (I even learnt how to accept my mistakes quite quickly, huh), and I wanted to become a biologist, live independently with my girlfriend and my animals.

But Google says that it's physically impossible, the only way I could live alone is if my girlfriend looks after me. But, yk, I wouldn't want that fate for her. And I couldn't work in biology, only in a field that requires hand labor (and I'm disabled, so that means that I couldn't work anywhere).

Hello! I'm 16 years old and it's time for me to choose a future specialty, and now I'm trying to decide whether I want to be a microbiologist or a veterinarian. I'm interested in both specialties, so I'd be happy to hear your opinion on both, all the cons and pros (and in which I will be less at risk of being replaced by AI and get enough money for living alone...-)

Hello! Sorry for a stupid question, but I'm genuinely interested

Hello! Sorry for any mistakes, English isn't my native.

I just read The Gadfly and I'm surprised that most reviews describe this book as a masterpiece, the best book they've read. In my opinion, all the characters in this book are overly straightforward and lack any depth, even for a romantic book with an "exceptional ideal hero in exceptional circumstances" this seems like too much.

In addition, I don’t quite understand the motivation behind many of Gadfly’s actions and how he often contradicts himself. Maybe, this is a character trait, but because of the narrative, I don't think so.

And the attempt at mystery doesn't work at all, all the riddles can be easily solved from the very first pages. Honestly, I think it's largely because of these attempts at mystery that the book became worse.

Gadfly himself reminded me of a Jack London's captain from The Sea-Wolf, but I think the character there is much better, even though the reviews for that book are much worse and I don't understand why.

Hello! Sorry for any mistakes, English isn't my native.

I just read The Gadfly and I'm surprised that most reviews describe this book as a masterpiece, the best book they've read. In my opinion, all the characters in this book are overly straightforward and lack any depth, even for a romantic book with an "exceptional ideal hero in exceptional circumstances" this seems like too much.

In addition, I don’t quite understand the motivation behind many of Gadfly’s actions and how he often contradicts himself. Maybe, this is a character trait, but because of the narrative, I don't think so.

And the attempt at mystery doesn't work at all, all the riddles can be easily solved from the very first pages. Honestly, I think it's largely because of these attempts at mystery that the book became worse.

Gadfly himself reminded me of a Jack London's captain from The Sea-Wolf, but I think the character there is much better, even though the reviews for that book are much worse and I don't understand why.

Hello! I'm a 16 years old guy, who due to a chronic illness, can only consume 0.4-0.5g per pound of protein a day. And, tbh, I'm not entirely sure if there's any point in doing workouts under these conditions, because as far as I understand from the internet, I have no chance of getting stronger/more muscular without a good protein intake (and, my doctor, at seems, has absolutely no idea too). So, I'd like to hear your opinion, thanks!

Hello! I understand this is a very specific question, but maybe someone can help. Due to a chronic illness, I can barely eat any protein. That means meat, fish, cheese, soy, and nuts are off my menu. The most I can eat is 100-150 grams of meat a day, I think. And because of it my diet is extremely limited, but I'm really tired of eating the same food every day. If you can, please recommend something tasty and low-protein. I'd be grateful to hear any advices! Thank you

Hello! English isn't my native, so sorry for any mistakes!

I'm 16 years old and I have a disease that has the potential to destroy my brain. And I'm almost sure that this disease has seriously affected my brain lately and I have early-onset dementia.

I'm still doing well in school somehow, although recently I made a lot of mistakes on the language lesson which scares me, but I feel like I've slowed down, like I have a severe brain fog, sometimes I feel that I've lost the ability to feel emotions, and sometimes, on the contrary, I feel them too intensely, I also forget a lot of things like how parents of my best friend met, what did the characters from my gf's favourite story or what should I bring to my father. I try to read books, but I feel like I can't analyze them well enough.

I've tried to say about it to my mother numerous times, but she just said that everything is fine and I'm an anxious idiot with low self-esteem. My best friend says that maybe I just have some mental problems like depression or OCD, but it seems to me that she just sees me as the boy who cried wolf, since I have been saying that I might have dementia for the last 5 years. But this time, I'm sure, it's pretty real, although I know that this is hard to believe

And so, I just don't know what to do because no one wants to listen to me and I'm so scared that I might slowly lose my mind

Hello! So, my great-grandfather, who, if that matters, was an influential person in his city, one day just made up his own last name, he basically took word from one language, added a typical ending for his nationality and said that from now on he and his children would be called that. And since then, only members of my family (20-25 people, as long as I know) have this last name. How popular is this thing?

Hello! I have about a B1 level in English and I'd like to get a B2 level within an year (and even if I didn't want to, I'd have to do it at school anyway). I also want to start learning German at the same time. I read somewhere that you shouldn't do this because English and German come from the same language branch. But what do you think, is this a good idea or should I choose my priorities straight and learn only one language at a time?

I'm (16 years old) in the hospital due to my chronic illness, I have only been here for a day, but I am already very bored, so AMA