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I know you're joking, but it wouldn't hurt to have a nationwide nonprofit pet insurance offering.

by wing-_-nuts 3y ago

NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
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- yowzadave 3y ago
  > I've seen the kind of people who get pets I'm sorry, what? Isn't pet ownership pretty universally distributed across all classes? We have a dog in the white house.
  - asguy 3y ago
    > We have a dog in the white house. Not anymore. - https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/bidens-dog-commander-longer-white-house-after-biting-103741881 https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/bidens-dog-commander-lon...
- yawnr 3y ago
  You are completely out of touch with reality and the people from all walks of life who have and care for pets. Please keep your terrible opinions to yourself.
  - NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
    Someone is clearly out of touch with reality. Here's another terrible opinion: pet owners have skewed the economy of veterinarianism such that farmers and livestock owners have trouble getting vets because they're too busy dealing with the guy on reddit the other day whining about how he spent $2000 on a credit card to save his pet rat. Supply is limited (much like doctors, only so many seats at vet schools), and demand for pet veterinarians outstrips it to the point that the one in the article was talking about having a half million in student debt. You're making the world a worse place than it has to be. Your cat spread T. gondii everywhere, has decimated (or worse) local song bird populations, and your house smells. Just because you're in the majority, doesn't mean you're in the right about this.
    - yawnr 3y ago
      My cats are indoor cats, my home smells fine, and you’re a jackass. Allow people to have empathy for living things. Not everything needs to function to serve you and your shitty narrow worldview. There is room for nuance.
- partitioned 3y ago
  Feel better?
- egypturnash 3y ago
  "No matter how cute the pets, they cost money. In fact, pet ownership rates increase with household income. Close to 60% of households with incomes of more than $80,000 a year have pets compared with 36% of households with incomes less than $20,000." - https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/02/spending-on-pet-care-services-doubled-in-last-decade.html https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/02/spending-on-p...
- wholinator2 3y ago
  I'm sorry you have not yet or are not able to experience the unconditional love of a loyal and caring non human companion. Someone who is always excited to see you. Say, some day your wife or husband dies and leaves you in an empty house your children have long moved out of. You wake up every day thinking of everything you've lost and begin to recluse, especially after your retirement. The house is empty, the people are dead. You could understand that that would be a difficult and painful position to be in, right? Imagine that every time you wake up there is a little dog who is excited to see you. Every time you come home they are extremely happy and joyous at your return. Every time you sit with you dinner, they sit with you. Every time you cry they are there. Every difficult emotion is made sweeter and easier by the friend that loves you unconditionally and purely. You think that person is a low life? You think that person is a caveman who should just die alone? You can't see a single reason that pure and unconditional love might be a good thing for some people? I hope you find some someday so you can understand they unadulterated joy and deep meaning of being alive on this planet, connected to other living things
  - NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
    > I'm sorry you have not yet or are not able to experience the unconditional love of a loyal and caring I'm an adult. I'm supposed to give that sort of love, not receive it. That's one of the reasons I have children. Receiving it is for children. > You think that person is a low life? You think that person is a caveman who should just die alone? I think they're someone who can't afford $150/month in pet food. > I hope you find some someday so you can understand they unadulterated joy Why would you hope that I'm unsalvageably childish?
    - fishyjoe 3y ago
      If you truly believe you don't deserve love because you're an adult, that's just really sad. Receiving love is for everyone.
      - NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
        When have either of us lived in a universe where "deserve" has anything to do with reality? Is that the source of everyone's dysfunction, wandering around whining about "deserving love"? How could I ever give love if I were so desperate to receive it? My life's far from sad. But all the sad people out there seem to agree with you with their whining about deserving love. Have you ever explored that connection?
reisse 3y ago
That'd be literally putting out fire of exorbitant vet costs with taxpayers money gasoline.
- wing-_-nuts 3y ago
  I never said 'government funded', just non profit
  - reisse 3y ago
    Sorry, I mistakenly implied government participation from "nationwide nonprofit".

I know you're joking, but it wouldn't hurt to have a nationwide nonprofit pet insurance offering.

NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago

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yowzadave 3y ago
> I've seen the kind of people who get pets I'm sorry, what? Isn't pet ownership pretty universally distributed across all classes? We have a dog in the white house.
- asguy 3y ago
  > We have a dog in the white house. Not anymore. - https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/bidens-dog-commander-longer-white-house-after-biting-103741881 https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/bidens-dog-commander-lon...
yawnr 3y ago
You are completely out of touch with reality and the people from all walks of life who have and care for pets. Please keep your terrible opinions to yourself.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
  Someone is clearly out of touch with reality. Here's another terrible opinion: pet owners have skewed the economy of veterinarianism such that farmers and livestock owners have trouble getting vets because they're too busy dealing with the guy on reddit the other day whining about how he spent $2000 on a credit card to save his pet rat. Supply is limited (much like doctors, only so many seats at vet schools), and demand for pet veterinarians outstrips it to the point that the one in the article was talking about having a half million in student debt. You're making the world a worse place than it has to be. Your cat spread T. gondii everywhere, has decimated (or worse) local song bird populations, and your house smells. Just because you're in the majority, doesn't mean you're in the right about this.
  - yawnr 3y ago
    My cats are indoor cats, my home smells fine, and you’re a jackass. Allow people to have empathy for living things. Not everything needs to function to serve you and your shitty narrow worldview. There is room for nuance.
partitioned 3y ago
Feel better?
egypturnash 3y ago
"No matter how cute the pets, they cost money. In fact, pet ownership rates increase with household income. Close to 60% of households with incomes of more than $80,000 a year have pets compared with 36% of households with incomes less than $20,000." - https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/02/spending-on-pet-care-services-doubled-in-last-decade.html https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/02/spending-on-p...
wholinator2 3y ago
I'm sorry you have not yet or are not able to experience the unconditional love of a loyal and caring non human companion. Someone who is always excited to see you. Say, some day your wife or husband dies and leaves you in an empty house your children have long moved out of. You wake up every day thinking of everything you've lost and begin to recluse, especially after your retirement. The house is empty, the people are dead. You could understand that that would be a difficult and painful position to be in, right? Imagine that every time you wake up there is a little dog who is excited to see you. Every time you come home they are extremely happy and joyous at your return. Every time you sit with you dinner, they sit with you. Every time you cry they are there. Every difficult emotion is made sweeter and easier by the friend that loves you unconditionally and purely. You think that person is a low life? You think that person is a caveman who should just die alone? You can't see a single reason that pure and unconditional love might be a good thing for some people? I hope you find some someday so you can understand they unadulterated joy and deep meaning of being alive on this planet, connected to other living things
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
  > I'm sorry you have not yet or are not able to experience the unconditional love of a loyal and caring I'm an adult. I'm supposed to give that sort of love, not receive it. That's one of the reasons I have children. Receiving it is for children. > You think that person is a low life? You think that person is a caveman who should just die alone? I think they're someone who can't afford $150/month in pet food. > I hope you find some someday so you can understand they unadulterated joy Why would you hope that I'm unsalvageably childish?
  - fishyjoe 3y ago
    If you truly believe you don't deserve love because you're an adult, that's just really sad. Receiving love is for everyone.
    - NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
      When have either of us lived in a universe where "deserve" has anything to do with reality? Is that the source of everyone's dysfunction, wandering around whining about "deserving love"? How could I ever give love if I were so desperate to receive it? My life's far from sad. But all the sad people out there seem to agree with you with their whining about deserving love. Have you ever explored that connection?

reisse 3y ago

That'd be literally putting out fire of exorbitant vet costs with taxpayers money gasoline.

wing-_-nuts 3y ago
I never said 'government funded', just non profit
- reisse 3y ago
  Sorry, I mistakenly implied government participation from "nationwide nonprofit".