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Today, my child had their second dose of the MMR vaccine. I'm thankful for the access that we have to healthcare here in Norway. I can't imagine what it is like
by adreamingsoul 7y ago
Today, my child had their second dose of the MMR vaccine. I'm thankful for the access that we have to healthcare here in Norway. I can't imagine what it is like in the Congo, but I'm grateful that people and organizations are working hard to provide help to people in need.
- ganzuul 7y agoYesterday I read about someone paying 4000 USD for an operation for their old cat. People have strange priorities. Perhaps it would be good to see what poverty is like.
- appleflaxen 7y agoI anticipate you will get a lot of criticism by people who have extremely strong emotional connections to their animal companions. And who are we to say they are wrong? The problem isn't that people care too much about their pets: it's that we don't care enough about human beings we've never met. And it's a hard problem to solve, because it's like a wetware problem, and we are hard to upgrade.
- ganzuul 7y agoHN is really immature in this regard. The way I framed my post left nothing specific to pick out as objectionable but these people obviously don't even like the suggestion that their values are in question. So do I let them continue as before and be a hypocrite by valuing fake internet points more than human lives?
- booblik 7y agoI am sorry, what is the point of your comment? Are you saying people are not allowed to love their pets and should let them die, and not care for them when they are sick?
- Rallen89 7y agoU don't think anyone said to " let them die" just spending that much money on a cat when other people could benefit much more with a fraction of that amount.
- leetcrew 7y agothe same argument could be made for elderly care. how many people in {insert poor country} could have been saved for the cost of one day your grandma spent in a hospital? most people have to work to accumulate money. once they've done so, they are a lot more likely to spend it on people and animals they know and love than some people on the other side of the world they've never met. I don't think this is inherently wrong.
- andrepd 7y agoThe life of ten thousand sick pets does not reach the value of one human life. I think the point of that comment was simply how some people have no access to basic medicine, while at the same time a team of highly trained people are dedicating their time and effort to saving a cat. Of course, this can be said of many things: jewelers, yacht - builders, sports car engineers.
- MisterTea 7y ago> The life of ten thousand sick pets does not reach the value of one human life. Typical selfish human response.
- scoutt 7y ago> The life of ten thousand sick pets does not reach the value of one human life. At the same time complains like the OP is just hypocrisy, since we've spent a lot of money in things we don't need (a simple smartphone) while we can feed a family of the 3rd world for 1/2 year with the same money. And (not trolling and not personal) I still prefer my pets' lives over yours, as many of the users here would prefer their pets over the life of a random dude on the internet (like mine). But this doesn't mean that we should stop caring about our pets. I believe that the initial statement (human life > pet life) is wrong since we should all be caring about all living things (maybe?).
- mulmen 7y agoIt’s easy to spend someone else’s money.