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Most of these are animal feces which, needless to say, is a lot less offensive.
by tines 5y ago
Most of these are animal feces which, needless to say, is a lot less offensive.
- dylan604 5y agoWhy is it less offensive? I've seen some dogs that leave a larger pile than I do. Is it because imagining a dog relieve itself on the street is less offensive than imagining a human doing it?
- londons_explore 5y agoThe danger to your personal health of poop is approximately proportional to how close that animal is to you on the family tree. So human poop is worst, and insect/reptile/fish poop isn't really a worry. The "ewwwwe" factor pretty much matches up with that, and I'm sure an element of that is evolutionary.
- dunefox 5y ago> Is it because imagining a dog relieve itself on the street is less offensive than imagining a human doing it? Yes? How is it not?
- dylan604 5y agoI'm offended by the pet owner that doesn't clean up after their animal. I'm offended by the city for not providing for its citizens with proper facilities and treating them like animals. I am equally offended. That's how it is not to me.
- sharkjacobs 5y ago> Why is it less offensive? Human faeces is more disgusting to us than animal faeces because the bacteria, parasites and toxins it contains are the ones most dangerous to us and we've evolved a strong aversion reaction to them, in particular to the smell of e coli in human waste. Other animals with other gut biomes eliminate different micro organisms which are less "tailored" to humans and evoke a less dramatic response. In general, animals with omnivorous diets similar to humans (notably dogs) will have faeces more like our own, but I think you would still find yourself instinctually reacting more strongly to stepping in human shit than dog
- slig 5y agoDoes SF have a problem with stray dogs or most dogs have owners?
- lhorie 5y agoI've never seen a loose stray. SF has a relatively high rate of dog ownership and there are inconsiderate dog owners (to the extent that I see people putting up signs in front of their houses asking others to not leave dog poop by the sidewalk tree)
- varenc 5y agoTotally agree that most of it is animal poop from slacking dog owners. Poop in SF gets a bad rap because SF311 has very open data polices and they misinterpret these reports as being all human feces. NYC collects the same sort of crowdsourced reports from citizens, including feces, but they don't release the data in bulk in a way that lets you zero in on just the feces. Though its partially SF Gov's fault since for a long time the SF311 data export actually called these reports "human waste/feces" despite most of them being dog poo. I reported this to them and they fixed it but that doesn't stop people with an agenda from pretending its a map of human poop.