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> It's their home too. It’s not. You’re choosing to allow a very dirty animal to inhabit your home. There’s a difference. > To pull the "children" card … Chi

> It's their home too. It’s not. You’re choosing to allow a very dirty animal to inhabit your home. There’s a difference. > To pull the "children" card … Children are seen as burdensome, but they are also seen as human, and eventually, will be human adults. They also tend to not do things like eat your furniture, can be more regularly bathed, and smell a lot better, too. Oh, and they’re humans. Did I mention that already? If a non-human animal is slotting itself into our biological drive to parent, that’s a parasite.

caleb-allen 5y ago
Jeez, what's with the hate? Why do you have such a problem with somebody else caring about an animal as if it were family?
rawTruthHurts 5y ago
> It’s not. It is. > Children are seen as burdensome Children are burdensome full stop. They eat my money, which hurts me more than if they chewed on the furniture. > Oh, and they’re humans. Yes, they are. The waste of resources and pollution they imply is massive compared to dogs. But why caring about the environment, there's a lot of everything for everyone laying around, isn't it. > non-human animal is slotting itself He hasn't. He roams around freely. > You’re choosing to allow a very dirty animal Yes it's my choice and it gets as dirty as my kid does. Guess what, they're animals. Did you notice already? They're animals like you.
maccard 5y ago
> It’s not. You’re choosing to allow a very dirty animal to inhabit your home. There’s a difference. My home with a dog is much cleaner than most of my friends with toddlers. My dog keeps herself _mostly_ clean and groomed, my friends kids do _not_. > They also tend to not do things like eat your furniture, can be more regularly bathed, and smell a lot better, too. Not all dogs chew destructively, and most that do tend to have other behavioural issues. Are you really claiming that children _aren't_ destructive to your home? My parents tell the story of the time I decided that the TV character was thirsty so I poured a soda into the VCR over the CRT TV and destroyed both of them. Dogs don't sweat, so they dont' _need_ to be bathed as regularly. Sure she rolls around in crap in the park every few days and gets hosed down in the bath, but that's about the extent of it really. > Oh, and they’re humans. Did I mention that already? Children being human doesn't mean that dogs don't deserve to coexist with us.

caleb-allen 5y ago

Jeez, what's with the hate? Why do you have such a problem with somebody else caring about an animal as if it were family?

rawTruthHurts 5y ago

> It’s not. It is. > Children are seen as burdensome Children are burdensome full stop. They eat my money, which hurts me more than if they chewed on the furniture. > Oh, and they’re humans. Yes, they are. The waste of resources and pollution they imply is massive compared to dogs. But why caring about the environment, there's a lot of everything for everyone laying around, isn't it. > non-human animal is slotting itself He hasn't. He roams around freely. > You’re choosing to allow a very dirty animal Yes it's my choice and it gets as dirty as my kid does. Guess what, they're animals. Did you notice already? They're animals like you.

maccard 5y ago

> It’s not. You’re choosing to allow a very dirty animal to inhabit your home. There’s a difference. My home with a dog is much cleaner than most of my friends with toddlers. My dog keeps herself _mostly_ clean and groomed, my friends kids do _not_. > They also tend to not do things like eat your furniture, can be more regularly bathed, and smell a lot better, too. Not all dogs chew destructively, and most that do tend to have other behavioural issues. Are you really claiming that children _aren't_ destructive to your home? My parents tell the story of the time I decided that the TV character was thirsty so I poured a soda into the VCR over the CRT TV and destroyed both of them. Dogs don't sweat, so they dont' _need_ to be bathed as regularly. Sure she rolls around in crap in the park every few days and gets hosed down in the bath, but that's about the extent of it really. > Oh, and they’re humans. Did I mention that already? Children being human doesn't mean that dogs don't deserve to coexist with us.