My 2D homies

[Tae]

That sucks if they still charged you.

I didn't mind paying because the little guy was no longer suffering. Yes, I would have liked to save his life, but I understand and also appreciate the strict rules here. We have lots of wild flocks of colourful parrots here that poachers could get a lot of money for. I'm very happy seeing them live so freely in nature.

I don't appreciate strict rules when they have no room for compassion. The story ultimately just leaves me with a sense of distrust for "authority figures". Turns out that's actually encoded into my astrology, so I might not ever be able to shake that one...

I imagine that people wouldn't poach to make money selling illegal parrots if their needs were met. So like most solutions presented these days, it looks good, but really, it doesn't solve the heart of the problem (which is presumably that some people are so desperate they'll capture parrots to sell to get money). Sure, I want the birds to live happy and free. I love birds. There's no wild parrots here, but hey, I'm just as happy to see some chickadees and sparrows and bluejays living freely in nature around here so I respect that. It's just when "solutions" prevent compassionate decisions from taking root and form that makes me angry. There always needs to be room for human wiggle room.

Er, in my 2D news, there's a squirrel that's jumping up into the bird feeder that really doesn't give a crap about the cat behind the glass. It's the funniest damn thing. I'm pretty sure he's taunting my cat. I have video footage but I don't know how to gif it. I do know many things but that is one I do not and gawd I don't have time to think right now, too much work (maybe just enough work? But it cuts into my ability to do energetic work too). If I can figure it out I will share sometime because I think it's hilarious.