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> a couple of dogs we didn’t know were running around in our yard. A guy came and picked them up in his truck a few hours later. He explained that they broke
by citizenpaul 5y ago
> a couple of dogs we didn’t know were running around in our yard. A guy came and picked them up in his truck a few hours later. He explained that they broke out of the yard of a woman down the road...She didn’t want to collect them herself, she was tired.
I cannot fathom how someone can live a life this way or how they get there and continue to exist without dying of laziness. How can you care so little and still have animals to take care of much less yourself. It is incomprehensible to me.
- andrei_says_ 5y agoTiredness may be related to health issues. Like, long Covid.
- akulbe 5y agoIt has been almost 9 months since I came home from my hospitalization with COVID. Prior to that, I'd have thought the same as citizenpaul. Now that I'm dealing with "long COVID" in a big, big way… I thought the same as you, and wondered if it wasn't something like that going on. Priorities have shifted, for sure. Having come >< close to death, the things you used to think were super important just don't seem to matter as much in the grand scheme of things.
- micromacrofoot 5y agoin a lot of rural areas dogs just roam around, neighborhood dogs would wander into our house sometimes they’ll come home when they’re hungry, as long as they don’t bother livestock people don’t tend to care much
- dendrite9 5y agoI don't think people realize this because they aren't exposed to it. My sibling almost got bitten by our relative's dog because they got down in the dog's face and went to pet him. The dog lived roaming in an orchard and now lives in a fenced in yard, but isn't used to new people, especially people invading its space. It seems especially common among a group of friends who have pets they dote upon like children to assume all dogs are friendly unless told otherwise. But that isn't true everywhere and they aren't all so socialized. The previous set of dogs would leave in the morning, run through the ditches, find other dogs, then come back later. Occasionally it was a concern, but often they were free to roam.
- micromacrofoot 5y agoYeah it’s a bit of a culture shock for some people, and even as careful as I was growing up… still got bit a couple times, nothing too bad. In the city if your dog bites a kid you’re in deep shit.
- lazide 5y agoIt is rarely one simple attribute that makes someone ‘lazy’. It is a side effect. Trauma, lack of self care, delusions, anxiety, demotivation, abuse, exhaustion, medical issues, serious mental health issues, etc. Same with hoarding. Same with anger issues/road rage, same with wife beaters, same with con artists, same with murders. These all interrelate to each other (often reinforcing or contributing to starting new ones too!) and while most functioning people are able to identify the factors causing dysregulation into a non-functioning or pathologically functioning state and address them before they become a real problem, anyone can end up there with the right set of stimuli and circumstances. For some it requires truly exceptional inputs (to the point it’s nigh impossible - see James Bond Stockdale) for others it comes naturally due to a very unlucky set of genetic factors or how they were raised (or both). If you decide to choose pity, avoidance, anger, retribution, or something else (understanding and self-regulation in a way that helps you?) is up to you. Sometimes there is no ‘good’ response, which is why the legal system exists the way it does, right of self defense exists in most places, property rights exist in the way they do in most places to contain/conpartmentalize things, etc.
- trophycase 5y agoBelieve it or not, animals can take care of themselves for the most part.