Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

(davalia voice) oh boy, i can't wait to see all my buddies at the Waking Sands who are definitely still alive and not murdered by garleans whatsoever

now, i am definitely not a fan of, say, china's approach to cosmetic animal testing - which is "if you want to sell it here, and you didn't make it here, you MUST test it on animals, or at least allow us to do so".

i don't think every single product needs to be tested every time - that is wasteful on multiple levels.

buuuuut.

it's a tool developed for a *reason*. we ignore that purpose at our peril.

if i wanted to get even more 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ ,

at some point, "no animal testing! we'll just trust companies to recall products, and consumers can inform each other of problems!" is not really a solution, because animal testing is still being performed... ....on humans who can't adequately fight back if they have an adverse reaction, because they are too poor/unknowledgeable about regulatory agencies/don't have clout to be heard online/etc.

i'm not exactly gung-ho about cosmetic animal testing - *medical* animal testing is still very much needed, and i think cosmetic animal testing can be reduced down to next-to-nothing fairly easily, e.g. test specific new ingredients or to answer specific questions

but

kinda like how uber doesn't want to admit regulations on taxis exist for reasons, there are reasons beyond "we hate bunnies" that cosmetic testing is/was done

"we can't have ANY animal testing EVER in our cosmetics!!!" and "i don't understand how this makeup that's unsafe can't be proven to be unsafe as to force a recall!!" are two problems and positions far more related to each other than the beauty gurus on youtube and such want to admit or consider

sometimes you just gotta uhhhhhh https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BsW9G4jM1-LR0JUbNfmy6I--xAhw7AjXMJtnNtJPX18/edit?usp=sharing stop doing msq on your alt in #ffxiv to cough up a bit of story like a cat horks up a hairball

OK THIS IS DEFINITELY THE BEST NAME I'VE SPOTTED IN THE WILD TODAY

ok so it's probably the problem is that menstrual blood is way more basic and the delicate fucking rainforest that is my ladygarden is acidic, but either way, SHIT'S WONKY. I'M UNCOMFORTABLE. AND I WISH I HAD THE BUDGET TO IMPULSE-BUY A BIDET RIGHT NOW, AND MAYBE ONE OF THOSE LITTLE SILICONE SPATULAS TO SCRAPE THE CLOTS ON OUT

if i had more spoons i would go scrape out one of the clots (because my period is deciding to be eerily light right now, meaning there is no deluge to actually move the clots along, which is basically hell) and see if we have any ph testing strips in the darkroom because if you told me my period blood was approximately the same ph as gastric acid i'd absolutely believe you based on how it feels

davalia_learns_dragoon_jump.gif #ffxiv

bunny is now DRAGOON BUNNY

1. we all know folques didn't shuffle back off that cliff. davalia made him into elezen kebab. then punted him off the edge.

2. before yeeting himself into the sky like superman, estinien absolutely looked at her and went "holy shit. she's so fucking angry. this bunny is fucking PISSED. what was her name? davalia THOUSANDFOE? fuck, that's metal as hell. yeah ok she can be a dragoon i guess."

3. davalia wants to know how to swipe left on any roused eyes, thanks

hopefully soon servers will open to new characters and i can enact my new viera alt

Really'big Carbuncle