childfree vs dogfree...let them fight sicko-crab

neoliberal

Margaret Thatcher: "there is no such thing as society, there are only individuals and families"

/r/DogFree:

"It's so wholesome to see a family without a pet dog...The whole family is talking with each other and, well, being a family.

The ideal family doesn't need a dog. A dog is a living parasite of a burden.

I notice family units are usually stronger when they don't have a dog.

That’s what it looks like at my house. Peace, quiet, chatting with each other. We can come and go in and out of the house without a "shadow"

Without a shadow? new type of vampire ghoul just dropped

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    Turning a dog into a surrogate child is a form of depravity. I don't get it. I never will. Help me understand the appeal.

    Gotta be honest here I agree with that. Pets are cool, but they're not furbabies or whatever.

    I am expecting the comments on the dogfree subreddit to be terrible though

    • Albanian_Lil_Pump [he/him]
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      edit-2
      1 year ago

      If I went to the park and saw a guy puckering and letting his dog lick his entire mouth, then I turn around and see a guy on the bench mumbling about how dogs are evil parasitic filth that deserve to be cleansed, I would assume they’re both disturbed, but I’ll also assume the guy on the bench has a basement that he doesn’t let anyone see.

    • Poogona [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      People can get embarrassingly attached to their pets but we did literally breed them for centuries to fit as frictionlessly as possible into our social groups. They're basically made to please us like the kid from AI.

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Help me understand the appeal.

      A child is much more expensive and requires a longer/more thorough commitment. There are people like poodle boomers who genuinely have empty nest syndrome, but like all the shit I do with my dog is just ironic. It's building a very dedicated inside joke for one that makes a dog the shelter system gave up on feel special. He's the affordable option for companionship and if he didn't have an overly-ornate subreddit then I'd just have a bunch of scattered phone pictures of him doing stupid things without any context.

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Yeah personally I find dogs amusing I like their attitude and I like living with a creature that is easy to keep happy

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      as a general rule people who use the word depravity are wrong and have weird ideas

      if people care about an animal that is fine and good. Wholesome even