When swears are intentionally directed at individuals they're hurtful. Use them to disparage experiences and situations, not people. Use your vocabulary. Swearing at someone who offends you might offer relief, but it won't explain why you were offended as effectively as telling them why. Try to be kind and gentle in this. Or even in the vicinity. Don't repeat curses that you know are particularly offensive to the individual. If it's clear that you're aware of the individual's sensitivity and use the curse word anyway, it could be interpreted as targeting that person. And if it is, you could be the subject of litigation. They can directly express a racist point of view that you wouldn't otherwise feel comfortable expressing. The "N-word" is too taboo to use. Even if it's clear to you that you're not intending to be racist, the word is offensive to African Americans and has racist connotations. The upside to using the word is not close to the downside. Many cultural groups have offensive slang terms that are used to degrade the group.You might think that your intentions are to be creatively taboo. But you can't account for how the word sounds to the person you're targeting. They might have a whole history of dealing with racism and are constantly on guard for it. Again, there's really no upside to using them. In the rare case that you're certain the word will be taken as humorous and doesn't express a biased-sexual-orientation view then . . . perhaps. But gay slurs should, mainly, be avoided. If the word is being used to imply inferiority, then don't use words that represent someone's sexual orientation.
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One-sentence summary -- Curse away, but not with the intent to hurt someone. Consider the individual who is on the receiving end. Avoid taboo words that have negative racial connotations. Avoid gay slurs.

Good chew toys will keep your conure busy while sparing your furniture from their chewing. A conure should always have a few items to chew in their cage. Good chew toys include: Wood blocks made out of balsa wood or pine Leather strips and ropes Vine balls Grass mats Wicker baskets Old books and newspapers Fruit and veggies (like carrots, celery, lettuce, and apples) Conures love playing with their feet. Try giving them a few toys that they can grip, turn, and kick. Wiffle balls, rattles, blocks with holes, and small wooden dumbbells are all great choices. Conures enjoy making noise. Try putting a bell inside of their cage that they can ring and shake. Rattling balls or key rings with jangling metal toys can also provide endless fun. Conures like foraging for food. Even if they're happily fed, they will spend a long time hunting for hidden treats in their cage. Put sticks and branches with leaves in their enclosure and hide toys and treats among them to provide your bird with a natural environment to forage among. To keep them occupied, you can also hide treats and toys inside of: Cereal boxes Rolled-up newspapers A drilled piece of wood Egg cartons Wreaths of grapevine or willow branches Finch nests Condiment cups filled with bird seed If your conure stops playing with their toys, it may be time to introduce new toys. Don't throw out the old ones yet. Remove them from the cage until the conure grows tired of the new toys. You can then rotate in older toys. Your conure will play with the old toys as if they were new. If your conure is not playing with a new toy after a day or two, take it out and try again another day. If the toy is dirty or sticky from use, it may be helpful to clean and freshen it up to make it attractive again to your conure.
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One-sentence summary -- Give them something to chew. Stick in some foot toys. Provide toys that make noise. Hide treats that they can find. Rotate new and old toys.

Hair flicks are also easy to do with a partner! Hold your partner's hands with 1 arm and wrap your other arm around their shoulders and upper back. Step from side to side with your partner in time with the music and when you feel ready, dip your partner down low so that they lean backward from their waist. Then help your partner sweep back up into an upright position as they flick their hair forwards. Make sure to support your partner's back while you dip them! Stand behind your partner with you both facing in the same direction. The person who is standing behind needs to wrap their arm around the waist of the person who is standing in front. Keep your right legs together but extend your left legs out to the side and then quickly back in to the beat of the music. Repeat this along to the song and make sure that you both move your legs at the same time. This move is best done fast at a double-count speed to the music. The guy usually stands behind with the girl in front. While performing this move, the person in front can twirl their hands above their head or run their fingers through their hair to make it even more sensual. Stand facing your partner with the right sides of your bodies close together. Use 1 arm to place around each other's shoulders and your other arm to hold hands. Push your hips back and forth in the same direction, moving together in time to the beat. Then swing your hips around together in a circle, just like a regular lower body isolation, making sure that your hips are staying close together at all times. Then repeat the move but push your hips back and forth in the other direction instead. This move is easiest to do if you keep your hips close together as you dance but your upper bodies titled outward slightly so that each person has room to move. It can be helpful for both partners to click their fingers as they dance to make it easier to stay in time.
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One-sentence summary -- Step side to side and dip your partner to do a hair flick. Hold your partner and keep stepping out and in to do a fast, double-count move. Do lower body isolations with somebody else for an easy partner move.

Pour salt and/or vinegar into the pot. Add enough cold water that you will be able to submerge your fabric later. For berry dye, use 1/2 cup of salt for every eight cups of water. For plant dyes, use one part vinegar to every four parts water. Bring the solution to a boil over high heat. Reduce the temperature to medium-low to maintain a simmer. Submerge the fabric and allow the solution to simmer for one hour. You can use tongs to carefully lower the fabric into the simmering solution. Remove the pot from heat and allow it to cool. Remove the fabric from the pot and wring out the liquid. Hand wash the fabric with just cold water. If you're in a hurry, you can drain the pot and cool down the fabric right away with cold water in the sink.
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Fill a large pot with a fixative solution. Add fabric to simmering solution. Rinse out the fabric.