Current Events > It's sad how millennial couples take having a pet together so seriously

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They act like it's literally their child/it's important.
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it is important and a commitment
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It pretty much is though
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Its pathetic how seriously people take pets in general. A stray dog has more rights and is more likely to be rescued than a homeless person.
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The term "fur baby" legit triggers and disgusts me. I love pets too,but it's a damn dog/cat.

Also, this isn't just a millennial thing. Seen plenty of older folks doing that crap too.
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Who cares. It doesn't hurt you.
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On the other hand, the baby boomer generation thought that their actual children were pets.
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Wetterdew posted...

Who cares. It doesn't hurt you.

It hurts society.
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Why do you care? They're taking care of a living thing that brings joy to their lives.

You must be a super fun person to be around at parties, or life in general.
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A pet is still family, no lesser for being a different species, and this is obvious to any decent person.
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Yeah I read an article sometime ago saying major pet food companies are losing money on mass produced pet food because millenials would prefer to feed their pets relatively expensive food.

Or something like that don't take my word for it
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Eat More Beef posted...

Why do you care? They're taking care of a living thing that brings joy to their lives.

You must be a super fun person to be around at parties, or life in general.

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I've talked to my gf about adopting a bear cub but she didn't seem to like the idea.
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That's a millennial thing? I thought it was more common then that.
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It's sad how Boomers farted out 5-9 children per couple just for fun

I avoid people who don't understand love towards pets. It's a huge tell that you have no empathy and might be a dangerous person to be around.

creativerealms posted...

That's a millennial thing? I thought it was more common then that.

It is. But its also fun and easy to just blame millennials.
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Guide posted...

A pet is still family, no lesser for being a different species, and this is obvious to any decent person.

So if a building was on fire and a person could only save either their pet or their child, then they should consider either as equally valid choices?
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Guide posted...

A pet is still family, no lesser for being a different species, and this is obvious to any decent person.

Nidhoggr posted...

I avoid people who don't understand love towards pets. It's a huge tell that you have no empathy and might be a dangerous person to be around.

Spotted the insane people.
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clearaflagrantj posted...

It's sad how Boomers farted out 5-9 children per couple just for fun

For fun?

It was for status.

Showing up to church with a gaggle of kids in tow was the height of small town status in America back in the day. Big Catholicism brownie points.

Anyway, as to the topic, I'm not surprised there's a cluster of CE who revels in mocking those who can take care of another life. Gotta wonder how well these types take care of themselves.
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JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...

I cant imagine having a disdain for people from a certain generation or their pets for treating them well. All life is sacred.

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Perascamin posted...

Its pathetic how seriously people take pets in general. A stray dog has more rights and is more likely to be rescued than a homeless person.

stray dogs aren't stray because of their own laziness
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CyricZ posted...

Anyway, as to the topic, I'm not surprised there's a cluster of CE who revels in mocking those who can take care of another life. Gotta wonder how well these types take care of themselves.

It's obvious they are people who have never truly cared for anything or anyone else in their lives. Usually that stems from a poor upbringing or they're in a bad place socially and mentally. Since they are on CE I'm willing to bet they have plenty of issues.

Philoktetes posted...

Perascamin posted...

Its pathetic how seriously people take pets in general. A stray dog has more rights and is more likely to be rescued than a homeless person.

stray dogs aren't stray because of their own laziness

neither are homeless people
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CyricZ posted...

clearaflagrantj posted...

It's sad how Boomers farted out 5-9 children per couple just for fun

For fun?

It was for status.

Showing up to church with a gaggle of kids in tow was the height of small town status in America back in the day. Big Catholicism brownie points.

Anyway, as to the topic, I'm not surprised there's a cluster of CE who revels in mocking those who can take care of another life. Gotta wonder how well these types take care of themselves.

Oh look I found the seventh of thirteen children to an old steel mill worker and a stay at home wife

Assuming hobos are lazy is just a sure sign of stupidity. It takes more work to live like that than to maintain a normal, even low end, life.

Also, stray dogs are just a lot easier to manage than humans. Less space and general resources go to them. They're also far more likely to be euthanized.
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If you don't see pets as family and view them as just property, you shouldn't have kids either. You should be the only living thing you take care of.

We don't need those types raising more shitty people that are the type to abandon their pets when they move.

Wow, TC really got under alot of people's skin ITT. Well done
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clearaflagrantj posted...

Oh look I found the seventh of thirteen children to an old steel mill worker and a stay at home wife

I was speaking cynically, if that helps. I'm the first of two, because despite my Catholic upbringing, my parents are both scientists and knew better. Besides, around the time I was born the giant flock of children was on the way out of vogue. I knew a couple of families with large numbers of children, but at the end of the day I'm speaking from historical observation, not personal experience.
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Sativa_Rose posted...

On the other hand, the baby boomer generation thought that their actual children were pets.

https://imgur.com/WFXL4Ou
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There are so many things to factor in for a pet's health now. Flea medication, vaccinations, etc. You don't have to be obsessed with your pet to want to take care of those things.

You would have to be a real piece of poop to just buy an animal on the corner and throw it in the backyard like they did in the old days. It would probably end up covered in fleas and infested with internal parasites. Not a good life.
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ColdOne666 posted...

Guide posted...

A pet is still family, no lesser for being a different species, and this is obvious to any decent person.

Nidhoggr posted...

I avoid people who don't understand love towards pets. It's a huge tell that you have no empathy and might be a dangerous person to be around.

Spotted the insane people.

None of that sounds insane
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YookaLaylee posted...

ColdOne666 posted...

Guide posted...

A pet is still family, no lesser for being a different species, and this is obvious to any decent person.

Nidhoggr posted...

I avoid people who don't understand love towards pets. It's a huge tell that you have no empathy and might be a dangerous person to be around.

Spotted the insane people.

None of that sounds insane

He couldn't validate his reasoning if his life depended on it
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@Southernfatman posted...

The term "fur baby" legit triggers and disgusts me. I love pets too,but it's a damn dog/cat.

Also, this isn't just a millennial thing. Seen plenty of older folks doing that crap too.

Dogs are sentient. They can experience pain, fear, suffering, etc. They can also experience pleasure (I dont mean it in a sexual way duh) and happiness.

You dont acquire a living, breathing being who can experience all that and then treat it like a fucking toy.

They are pretty much babies, they are sentient, alive and fully dependent on you.

animals don't experience pain and pleasure in the same way humans do

it's just chemical reactions
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@Nidhoggr posted...

I avoid people who don't understand love towards pets. It's a huge tell that you have no empathy and might be a dangerous person to be around.

Of all people you shouldnt talk about empathy. So you can have empathy for a cat and criticize those who dont, but have no problem with blatant racism and have 0 empathy for people of color? Lmao

Philoktetes posted...

animals don't experience pain and pleasure in the same way humans do

it's just chemical reactions

So it is with humans.

Kick a man and kick a dog. Both experience a series of physical reactions and certain chemical responses take place that manifest themselves as pain.

Ditto for pleasure: if a dog eats a steak or a human that likes steak does, the same will happen

Isn't animal abuse one of telltale warning signs of sociopathy? I mean, what kind of person thinks it's weird to be a good pet owner? And I've got news for you. This isn't a fucking millennial phenomenon either.
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Philoktetes posted...

animals don't experience pain and pleasure in the same way humans do

it's just chemical reactions

here comes the fiction based claims that human feeling is more than just chemical reactions
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Spam_n_eggs posted...

Dogs are sentient. They can experience pain, fear, suffering, etc. They can also experience pleasure (I dont mean it in a sexual way duh) and happiness.

You dont acquire a living, breathing being who can experience all that and then treat it like a fucking toy.

They are pretty much babies, they are sentient, alive and fully dependent on you.

I'm not against pets. I've had and loved dogs and cats all my life and they are or were like family to me. I just hate that term so much for some reason.
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Southernfatman posted...

Spam_n_eggs posted...

Dogs are sentient. They can experience pain, fear, suffering, etc. They can also experience pleasure (I dont mean it in a sexual way duh) and happiness.

You dont acquire a living, breathing being who can experience all that and then treat it like a fucking toy.

They are pretty much babies, they are sentient, alive and fully dependent on you.

I'm not against pets. I've had and loved dogs and cats all my life and they are or were like family to me. I just hate that term so much for some reason.

Gotcha, fair enough

Southernfatman posted...

I'm not against pets. I've had and loved dogs and cats all my life. They are like family to me. I just hate that term so much for some reason.

Well, they're kin, which is a synonym for family. I understand the latent disgust with using the term family though. Dog owners who refer to their dogs as shit like "fur babies" and don't instill their alpha imprint on their dog, generally have pets who aren't well trained and won't fucking listen, but "dawww iddn't he pweshus".
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Southernfatman posted...

Spam_n_eggs posted...

Dogs are sentient. They can experience pain, fear, suffering, etc. They can also experience pleasure (I dont mean it in a sexual way duh) and happiness.

You dont acquire a living, breathing being who can experience all that and then treat it like a fucking toy.

They are pretty much babies, they are sentient, alive and fully dependent on you.

I'm not against pets. I've had and loved dogs and cats all my life and they are or were like family to me. I just hate that term so much for some reason.

I feel the same way. It's also a peeve of mine when people talk baby talk to their pets. I always talk to my dogs like I would another human..... hmmm, I wonder if they understand sarcasm?
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Eat More Beef posted...

Southernfatman posted...

Spam_n_eggs posted...

Dogs are sentient. They can experience pain, fear, suffering, etc. They can also experience pleasure (I dont mean it in a sexual way duh) and happiness.

You dont acquire a living, breathing being who can experience all that and then treat it like a fucking toy.

They are pretty much babies, they are sentient, alive and fully dependent on you.

I'm not against pets. I've had and loved dogs and cats all my life and they are or were like family to me. I just hate that term so much for some reason.

I feel the same way. It's also a peeve of mine when people talk baby talk to their pets. I always talk to my dogs like I would another human..... hmmm, I wonder if they understand sarcasm?

dogs respond positively to squeaky happy voices
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Eat More Beef posted...

Southernfatman posted...

Spam_n_eggs posted...

Dogs are sentient. They can experience pain, fear, suffering, etc. They can also experience pleasure (I dont mean it in a sexual way duh) and happiness.

You dont acquire a living, breathing being who can experience all that and then treat it like a fucking toy.

They are pretty much babies, they are sentient, alive and fully dependent on you.

I'm not against pets. I've had and loved dogs and cats all my life and they are or were like family to me. I just hate that term so much for some reason.

I feel the same way. It's also a peeve of mine when people talk baby talk to their pets. I always talk to my dogs like I would another human..... hmmm, I wonder if they understand sarcasm?

Getting a dog to laugh would be a feat in and of itself. Getting nice, good hearted chuckle from one would be amazing.
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What do you mean? Pets should be taken seriously (l would say almost as seriously as a child), especially pets that have a long lifespan. lf you get something like a parrot that can live over 50 years that's a big commitment and you need to be ready to take care of it for most of, if not the rest of your life just like you would for a son or daughter.

Also, shhh, let people enjoy things.
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Kineth posted...

Southernfatman posted...

I'm not against pets. I've had and loved dogs and cats all my life. They are like family to me. I just hate that term so much for some reason.

Well, they're kin, which is a synonym for family. I understand the latent disgust with using the term family though. Dog owners who refer to their dogs as shit like "fur babies" and don't instill their alpha imprint on their dog, generally have pets who aren't well trained and won't fucking listen, but "dawww iddn't he pweshus".

The alpha imprint thing is tricky. You dont have to be a dick to your dog because you control the resources: he eats when you want to, if you want to, and you feed him.

That right there is very alpha to them. Then if they challenge you you can just scream at them, hit the ground with a newspaper right next to them and alpha roll them. But if theyre good boys who not cuddle and baby talk them a bit?

You don't know what a millennial is, clearly.

It is serious and a commitment, in some cases it is not far removed from having your own children depending on the animal.

Nidhoggr posted...

I avoid people who don't understand love towards pets. It's a huge tell that you have no empathy and might be a dangerous person to be around.

Op never said he didnt have empathy.

I am with OP and my wife and I have dog. Granted if we were seeing eachother before she got the dog, I would have never allowed her to get one.

Getting life and finances together to own a home (own and not pay mortgage or rent) and start a family is way more important than owning a pet!
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