/anthro/ - Anthro

>>135478
eh, they weren't hot but i appreciated the flattery. i just didn't expect that at all, in fact if it wasn't for my friend telling me i'd never have noticed

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I'm having problems with my general smell.

To elaborate on it. I have this off smell that I like to call my musk (my mother says I smell like a sweaty grandpa KEK) the smell to me smells damp and with a few hints of pine. I have tried to scrub it off with everything.

Stronger smelling shampoos/conditioners, soaps, BLEACHING my skin but, alas nothing has worked for me because this musky smell comes back in about half an hour. 

pls help.

>>135662
Bathe, use deodorant. If that doesn’t work it’s probably a diet issue.

>>135662
>his musk is troublesome
Many such cases.

>>135662
Probs diet. Last week, I noticed the fluffing pheromone ring around my armpits smelled like chicken. No surprise, once I stopped to think about what I had eaten. Could also be stress? I've noticed scent fluctuates based on mood. Like stress has this particularly acrid, stinging scent that luckily dissipates quickly. Yeah, bathing & deodorant and all that shit only masks it or removes it for a bit. In fact, I've noticed people who tend to use those products usually start smelling like shit the moment they start sweating and the effect starts to fade. Oh. It could also be your clothing. Clothing traps scent more than some realize. I guess you can't help it if you *have* to wear clothing almost 24/7 but try to aerate yourself when you can. I remember my feet used to stink back when I wore footwear like a normal person. Went away the moment I was able to go barefoot most the day (post 2020). Etc., etc.

>pheromone ring around my armpits smelled like chicken
Some shit I’d read from the fox thread.

>>135662
Probably already obvious but the #1 course of action is thinking back on what has changed around the time the difference was first noticed.
Diet is often the leading cause, as others have mentioned. 
Hormonal changes can be at work. Recently read somewhere that the "old grandpa" smell associated with the elderly is caused by something that starts developing in one's forties. Having been around the elderly, even if they take care of themselves you can usually still sense something in them. But it is usually exacerbated by them not washing their clothes and bedsheets as often.

Also had a nasty case of viral infection a few years back (could have been the coof), smelled weird for a few weeks after that. 
Goes without saying that taking meds like antibiotics, corticosteroids etc can change the way a person smells. Some treatment plans have such combos of meds that your piss turns washer-fluid-blue or emerald-green, surely it can affect smell too.
Consuming alcohol changes one's sweat too. When someone reeks of alcohol, it's usually not just their breath, it's coming from their pores.

Adding to the clothing thing mentioned above, try to avoid plastics like polyester, stick to cotton for everything except for certain sports, can't go wrong with that. Could be a reaction to some new chinesium three-wolf-moon t-shirt. A lot of affordable things that look cool are made of plastic because it's generally cheaper to produce clothing that looks appealing at a glance.

Hey all, took the time to read your replies and I came to realize that my diet's pretty screwed. I mainly eat a mix of dried processed cutlets and potatoes, god potatoes are my Kryptonite ,same goes for tomatoes with salt. And a whole lot of bread.
>>135688
>Old Grandpa smell develops in your 40
I'm 18. 
>Antibiotics/Alcohol can cause the smell 
Not on any meds besides the occasional aspirin for a sore throat + not a drinker. (Although I am a semi-heavy smoker if that makes any difference)

>>135672
Lol. It was subtle and probably the result of eating an unusually elevated amount of *fried* chicken that week (more than just once). Funnily enough, my sweat usually smells like... pastries almost? This is despite hardly ingesting any sugar at all or bread for that matter. My diet is well over 50% animal-based.

>>135688
>But it is usually exacerbated by them not washing their clothes and bedsheets as often.
After an experiment I did, I'm nearly convinced that if I were to go homeless someday for whatever reason, the best course of action with regard to odor is to prioritize laundry over bathing. Not that bathing isn't also helpful, of course.

>>117612 (OP) 
im going to lose my shit
my parents just went to the grocery store for the 3rd time in 2 days. in addition to the cost, the fridge was already full before the first trip. i cant find anything because its all shoved in, it all fluffing rots wasting everything, and when i bring it up i get accused with my dad saying "so youre telling me to not buy food so you want us all to starve?" fluff no thats what im trying to prevent. grocery prices are through the roof. we literally had food that expired a decade ago in the cabinets. i was only able to clean it up because they left for a week and when they came back they decried how much i wasted. my mother says its all my father but if its all him she is enabling all it

>>135701
If they’re the bread winners they’re allowed to decide how to spend the money. Even if poorly.

>>135705
i know but fluff im allowed to complain when i cant cook shit because i cant find shit in this kitchen. seriously theres an entire section of the cabinet dedicated to canned tomato sauce
they dont even eat that they have fresh tomato sauce in the fridge but they need 20 cans as "a backup" as if when they run out theyre not going to just go to the store and buy more

>>135705
oh yeah also theres an infestation now
fluffing bugs all over the house

>>135701
are they buying chickpeas and sun chips and shit or are they buying good shii like dried sausage links and hot pockets? this information will determine whether i think you parents are chud or based

i just ate a nice big steak

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I love giving gaben money :()

>>135709
To be entirely serious, well, this would maybe be a personal question. I'm not asking you to answer, but maybe asking you to consider a possibility. Did one or both of your parents come from a really poor background?

Relatives of mine lived through the Great Depression and most of them spent the rest of their lives absolutely terrified of the idea of running out of food.  They would hoard canned sauerkraut and Beenie Weenies, more than they could ever eat, "just in case," because "you never know."  And when they died every closet in the house was filled with rusting thirty-year-old canned food.  It was, genuinely, a psychological reaction to years of fear and trauma, something that made them feel like there was something they could control.  It was a very human reaction. Maybe it wasn't logical or rational, but, see, human beings aren't very logical or rational.

>>135755
no this isnt true
in fact ill point out that if they keep wasting money on groceries that will rot before we can eat them we might run out of grocery money.
my dad in particular seems to be stumped by this "but we do have grocery money" unable to comprehend the idea that things may be different in the future

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>>135120
sadly, you need to be at least a 7 to get away with those jokes
>>135701
lol that sounds horrible. unless you are just grabbing a few things you forgot, 3 trips in 2 days is wild. hopefully they can come to their senses, but i'm not a huge "people can change" believer myself |:
>they have fresh tomato sauce in the fridge but they need 20 cans as "a backup"
god damn. see if you can convince them to send some groceries my way. in all seriousness though, if you are going to go full on prepper, you need to replace expired food, otherwise you're not actually prepping

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shot and ate a squirrel today, it was definitely an experience. cooked, it was, eh alright (not helped by my cooking skills). leg was juicy and pretty tasty, but unfortunately the other leg was completely disintegrated

today I saw a black outside irl

>>136146
How did you cook it?  Long ago I heard stories of relatives who did that kind of thing.  To get squirrel edible you have to skin it and clean it and then cook it for a few hours in a pressure cooker.  Otherwise they're so chewy they're all but impossible to eat.

One old recipe, or at least method, went something like this:

take cleaned skinned squirrel, sprinkle with salt and pepper, coat with flour

put some cooking oil in the pressure cooker pan and heat it up.  brown the squirrel with some chopped onions.

add enough water to cover the squirrel and add some sliced potatoes and carrots and a chopped celery stalk.  add a bay leaf.

put the top on the pressure cooker and let it cook a few hours under high steam pressure.  eventually your squirrel & taters will be edible.  serve with a freshly made pan of cornbread, or a big fresh blob of "fry bread" (basically Irish "farl bread" or "soda bread").

>>136159
👁️👄👁️

>>136162
🐈

>>136166
🐈‍⬛

>>136162
>How did you cook it?
i gutted it, and left the meat soaking in salty water for 2 hours, then marinated it in buttermilk for 1 hour, before coating it in flour and other spices and then frying it in canola oil. the result was stringy meat, but i intentionally cut time on marinating and soaking because 1. i wanted to eat my first kill soon (and i didnt eat anything today) and 2. i have never eaten gamey/wild meat before, and i wanted to see what it was like. i was under the impression it was just chewy, but the meat texture was more stringy, which was a little gross, but not hard to chew necessarily. i also fluffed up the skinning part, and there were a couple hairs all over the meat
>Long ago I heard stories of relatives who did that kind of thing.
afaik squirrel hunting actually played a large role historically in american diets, so i'm not surprised people have old family recipes for them. most people opt for other meats these days though, like chicken, a preferred staple of the north american pavement ape (as well as a certain latina fox)
unfortunately i do not have a pressure cooker, i might just let the meat soak for longer next time
>>136159
they really are an invasive species

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Got a video player running on N64. Works on real hardware but anything above 320*240 likely won't run at full speed. 60 fps is a no-go too.

>>136146
>nigga that's- 
<*POW*
>ACK!

>>136146
How was the hunting experience? The last time I killed something I didn't feel anything.

>>136176
lol, i was thinking of squirreljak and making an edit
>>136199
i felt a lot of emotions. it happened very fast, as me and the squirrel accidentally stumbled into each other. i reacted very quickly, and i'm glad i did, as after the shot i could feel my hands shaking, so i managed to aim and shoot before the adrenaline fully affected my aim. that whole moment felt like it wasn't real, which i notice happens to me when something extremely stressful/out of the ordinary happens. then i started panicking because i couldn't find the squirrel i shot for about 5 minutes, but i eventually found it. after i was bringing it back, i started feeling sad, and questioning why do i, living a comfortable air-conditioned life, deserve to take the life of a creature who has to live a much harder life than i, just to make a small meal? maybe i'm a softie, but this is the first ever animal i intentionally killed (unless you count annoying bugs)
>The last time I killed something I didn't feel anything.
maybe you are desensitized, or maybe you have some mental thing going on?

>>136211
Yeah, that seems to be quite the typical experience. Do you think you'll do it again, perhaps with bigger game? Or was this a bit too much?
In any case, the squirrel's death through your hands was likely faster and less painful than whatever else would have killed it in nature. As long as your hunting doesn't harm the local ecology, I see no harm in it.

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I have been doing more half-assed kitchen table armorer stuff. Rather than bore you with descriptions of it I will just post this thing I found.

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>>136225
although i felt a bit sad, and had nightmares about being attacked by squirrels that night, i tried again today, but only managed to see 1 squirrel running, and even had it in my scope. but i chose not to take the shot because it was moving too fast. perhaps a shotgun would have come in handy. i slowly approached where i thought it ran up a tree, but it was long gone. the rest of the day was spent creeping around, tripping over shit, and sitting around, waiting for a single squirrel to show up. they weren't lying about wild squirrels being nothing like urban ones. although, i think the duck hunters were doing a holocaust or something, because there was nonstop constant gunfire in the distance. i wonder if that made the critters hide (except the birds, they did not give a single shit). that and wearing woodland dpm in autumn was probably not the smartest choice
i'll keep going after squirrels, but if i see any rabbits, they'll go in the pot too (i think i was getting ragebaited today by rabbits or something. i kept hearing scurrying in dense vegitation). one reason i wanted to start hunting squirrels was to see if i could stomach doing it, and a bigger animal like a deer would probably be more traumatizing
>In any case, the squirrel's death through your hands was likely faster and less painful than whatever else would have killed it in nature. As long as your hunting doesn't harm the local ecology, I see no harm in it.
i hope so. it was completely unresponsive when i found it, but i don't know how a leg shot would kill something that fast. though since squirrels don't have painkillers, hospice, or deathbed gatherings, it still was probably a better death. as for harming the local ecology, i would have to kill a lot more squirrels before that started happening. that and fluffers here leave so much trash in the woods. hunting is a white man's sport, act like a white man ffs
>>136246
>eotech
they look so good, but cost so damn much

>>136246
>posts in the dailylog thread
>refuses to dailylog

>>136267
I'm doing the meme.

>grow green
>turn brown

ive been sick to my stomach worrying about what im going to do for the future for like 3 days straight. like my stomach has physically hurt during that time.
it seems like nowadays people way more capable than me are having issues putting food on the table. it seems to be getting worse with way more things being automated, will anyone even see any use in paying me so i can keep living. it does help that i read about some examples of historical economic disasters and they werent exactly pretty. now theres more people and theyre more reliant on these systems.
the only reason im still alive is because my parents are supporting me, but even if they never retired theyre obviously not going to live forever. i try to talk to them about what i should do thats future proof but all i ever get is shit that either cant support you now or is likely going to be replaced by a machine in a few years. when i try pointing this out they bring out "well you cant do NOTHING" which was not at all what i was recommending. for reference on how out of touch they are with the economy, they still think you can support a family of 4 if you work hard stocking shelves at a grocery store. theyre overly positive about things in general
trying to get out and make something of myself was a problem way before all this ai stuff reared its head and its not like i want to be a useless piece of shit, id want to do something good with my life even if i didnt need to to live, but it was hard enough being productive and building skills when the thought was "it doesnt matter what you do youll just end up wageslaving with less than 30 minutes of free time every day until your poor health takes you" so its not much easier now that the thought is "you and everyone youve ever seen are probably going to be dead in a gutter in 5 years, less if youre lucky or smart enough to meow yourself"

>>136270
you know i often fantasized about being brought to the elder scrolls world and being able to meet katia and trying to be her furriend. it saddens me that the fantasy seems to be less and less about her and more about me just not finding here livable

>>136270
things aren't good by any means, but for the most part, you'd have to fluff up pretty damn bad to have issues with putting food on the table if you're a single young healthy male. automation is fluffing up a lot of the white collar office jobs, but blue collar will be okay for the next couple decades because it's hard to get AI to fix cars or dig ditches. at the very least, there will always be something that you can do to pay for a roof over your head and food in your tummy if you're willing to eat shit 6 days a week
that isn't to say that you should strive to be a ditch digger or other form of blue collar slave, the trades suck ass and going into them shouldn't be the end goal of anyone with half a brain. there are still white collar fields that are doing just fine when it comes to hiring. the ones that come to my mind are the horribly antiquated ones like anything government/DOD, or ones protected by licensing requirements like medicine or civil engineering. i don't know how old you are or where you are with your education, but going through 4 years of college, grinding through a CE degree, and getting an internship or two before you graduate is still a valid strategy to walk into a $70k/yr do-nothing job in some low to mid COL city
being young is quite hard financially because you have zero assets, zero skills, and half of your income is guaranteed to go into the pit that is rent. things generally wont get better until you get some sort of skill that people are actively looking for and are willing to pay for. once you get your foot in the door of an actual career, things will start to snowball rather quickly. if you're stocking shelves at walmart and you arent working on an exit plan towards a real job, you've fluffed up and need to get your shit together
go look at hiringcafe and see what jobs are out there, what they're paying, where they are, and what their requirements are. the listings there are real, it's how i found the place im working at right now. if an entry level job interests you and calls out a certain skill or piece of software, you now have something to work towards. 
your parents are old and grew up in a world that doesn't exist anymore, dont expect them to be of any help. you're gonna have to figure things out for yourself. dont be afraid to feed dumb questions into chatgpt if you're feeling lost, just make sure you include in the magical "check reddit" bit in the prompt so it doesnt hallucinate some bullshit. glhf

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>>136264
>they weren't lying about wild squirrels being nothing like urban ones.
The difference can be quite stark indeed. For instance, just as I was reading this, there was this squirrel within a meter of me. I took a picture of it. Doesn't care at all.
>Neekeri tuo on pähkinät!
>>136270
You can try seeking a job that requires an easy certificate or license. This will filter 80% of your competitors, because they didn't know that you can get said license in, like, a few weeks. Security is one such field. Especially in a time of economic instability, people will get more violent and are more willing to steal and rob. Even in the age of AI. As such, there will be an increased need for The Establishment to have their assets guarded.  You can be that someone. I am too. 
It's a dead-end field for the most part, of course, but it's a stable income at the very least. Study at your post, if you like.
Also if you are American, definitely join the military. You guys get crazy benefits. All I got from my military service was a few € per day.

Whatever you do, your primary goal as of now should be to make yourself financially independent. Realize that nothing in this world is free, except perhaps unconditional love from some parents. Like you said, parents are not forever, so you have to always, at least by minimum, be able to live for yourself.
After all:
You are the only thing that will always be with you.
>>136272
I do that too, but with my own worlds.

>>136273
>going through 4 years of college, grinding through a CE degree, and getting an internship or two before you graduate is still a valid strategy to walk into a $70k/yr do-nothing job in some low to mid COL city
where i live it isn't, i can't even find an internship. shit's fucked. i've talked to people in my class, almost no one has an IT related job and those that have only do so because they "know someone". IT degrees are as useful as gender studies nowaydays. i honestly think i have no choice except ZOGging up, they have computer technician jobs in the military atleast

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tried hunting again today. i didn't catch anything again, but i still consider it a partial success. i managed to get close to an actual rabbit before it ran off. and by the end of the day i saw 3 squirrels. one i had the perfect shot on. it was only like 30 yards away, and it was climbing down, making itself a very large target. i shot twice, and managed to fucking miss both times. i checked the zero on my scope, and it was still accurate, so i'm just a horrible shot. i must have jerked the trigger or something
>>136272
many such cases! when i'm in the woods i fantasize about rescuing an escaped anthro bc and helping her expose the lab that made her
>>136274
that squirrel has huge ears! finnish squirrels  

>>136279
>IT
well yeah no shit nyagger it's one of the most jeeted and outsourced career fields in the country
>zogging it up
not a good idea unless you're joining the reserve/guard strictly for a clearence and leave after doing the bare minimum. even then, applying directly to cleared entry level IT jobs is probably a better use of your time. from a quick look at usajobs there's a bunch of listings if you're willing to move and deal with federal hiring nonsense but one you're in, you're set for life

Apparently I underestimated the time needed for the Halloween project so there will be no fluffing around today ev&o i dag er søndag.

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from midnight to sunset, a sunday spent with my immediate family watching a new soul enter this earth
I felt thankful, given how uncommon and brief these gatherings are with wagie life resuming tomorrow morning, though during all of it, I couldn't help but wonder about the time before existence
>>136270
it feels like the youth is being left behind, but as to what the solution would be... I wouldn't know
at minimum, the system would have to change, but knowing the nature of government, the likely outcome is some surveillance nanny state power fantasy
>>136339
video game? or what's your plan?
I'd love to finish my l4d2 map by halloween, though it's difficult given how little free time there is outside of weekends
>>136297
do you hunt with lead-free ammunition? I assume yes... though never hurts to ask
I'm curious on how your cooking will look over time, because as time-consuming as it seems, practice makes perfect, and I believe this hunting process will be a useful skill someday

I only come here whenever I don't feel terrible, but those moments are getting rarer and rarer by the month. Only one escape.

>>136508
i get it but dont
>>136458
>the likely outcome is some surveillance nanny state power fantasy
i think the likely outcome is most people being left out to die
>>136274
>>136273
first of all im not healthy. even among out of shape sacks of shit my foots all fluffed up and it needs treatment every month or so that leaves it harder to walk around. forget blue collar jobs, the military wouldnt even want me as a meat shield
second how many ditch diggers are they really going to need even if they dont get replaced by ai
i dont see why any of these jobs would be more protected. once claude or whatever gets smart enough would anyone even care if its a human with a degree doing it? theyd likely just pass a law saying the bot has a degree
>dont be afraid to feed dumb questions into chatgpt if you're feeling lost
i dont find it to be the best idea to ask the bot threatening my existence for advice. i dont think it or its creators have my best interests at heart
im not trying to just be negative but it seems like everyone is being overly positive about this again. it seems people are ignoring reality to believe what they can live with
i just talked with my mother again about how everyone is out of a job especially cs majors and she says she doesnt believe it because an article told her that they need cs majors
>what can i do that wont get taken by ai
<you should do what your brothers doing and go into medicine
>what makes you think a machine cant do that
<because a human can only do it
>why cant a machine do it
<it just cant!
or
>all the people who were told cs would be the one safe thing cant find jobs
<just do what you love
>how do i know if what i love is viable
<just tell me what you love jeez
>all the people who loved cs cant find jobs
<what does that have to do with you tell me what you love
>okay i love cs
<oh you should go into that

>>136575
im also unempluzzed as a cs major but dw better times will come. Theres a very very big chance the ai bubble pops out soon, thats why they needed to pander for "world ending catastrophe" because they want the governments to buy them out. A lot of companies are finding ai to be more expensive than developers so its not all over.

Also why dont you exercise with something you can do? there must be something

It is a full moon tonight (those who kitsune or luna-tic)

>>136602
it seems they just keep printing more money at everyone elses expense
it seems it will only "pop" when we literally are unable to do the work because all the worlds labor was directed towards this shit. again the historical shit ive read where this happens is not pretty and i cant stop thinking about it. it was all just so horrible
maybe youre right but i cant do another game of "just 2 weeks for that to happen." for almost a week ive been so stressed about this. its all i can think about and i feel im going to die