My mother? Let me tell you about my mother!
Efi will not be happy about this.Yeah but it's not my responsibility if they eat or take a shit on the carpet. Or go to the hospital. Or take a piss. I lived on campus before it got too expensive. i get what it's like. I don't have to put a collar on my friend, walk him around campus until he takes a shit and throw it away.
I imagine there has been a looming sense of dread over many a parents time around the decision to raise children. I'm not asking why you don't want children, I'm asking why you can't understand why others would. You seem to be stuck at the burden of the world on prospective children, which I agree is a tough decision for any would be parent, but the good clearly outweighs the bad for most people. You just don't seem to want to accept thatMy parents had children before climate change was well known. Their situation isn't applicable to mine. As for other people, they probably have their reasons for having children that make sense to them. They just don't make any sense to me in the face of the utter shitshow their children and grandchildren's generation will have to endure.
You can't argue it's a case of people coming to the conclusion the good outweighs the bad when people are just burying their heads in the sand over climate change. It's pure denial, not some educated decision they're making.I imagine there has been a looming sense of dread over many a parents time around the decision to raise children. I'm not asking why you don't want children, I'm asking why you can't understand why others would. You seem to be stuck at the burden of the world on prospective children, which I agree is a tough decision for any would be parent, but the good clearly outweighs the bad for most people. You just don't seem to want to accept that
Well, I'd rather live through a shit show than not live at all, but that might be just me.My parents had children before climate change was well known. Their situation isn't applicable to mine. As for other people, they probably have their reasons for having children that make sense to them. They just don't make any sense to me in the face of the utter shitshow their children and grandchildren's generation will have to endure.
Again, you seem to be unwilling to view a phenomenon through any viewpoint that isn't your ownYou can't argue it's a case of people coming to the conclusion the good outweighs the bad when people are just burying their heads in the sand over climate change. It's pure denial, not some educated decision they're making.
I feel you op. If I want companionship I'll find a human for that. I don't like pets at all. I feel absolutely zero emotion towards animals.
I know people are gonna read the title, not read the OP, an assume I'm an asshole who hates animals and doesn't understand love
Jesus christ I did not mean "I won't take my friend/partner to the hospital if they need it." I did not mean "I'll let my friend/partner die if they need to go to the hospital." Y'all...for real??? Really? A dog cannot go to the hospital when it feels sick. It cannot decide that on its own. Likewise, if a friend/partner needs to see a doctor, and they do not want to, YOU CANNOT MAKE THEM. Unless they are dying or are unable to physically/mentally do it...you can't. A dog is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. You have 100% say in the matter. I can saying anything and y'all will fucking twisted into something crazy for one reason or another. "You are unfit to be around other humans,"...Please never get in a relationship. If you think it's not your responsibility "if they go to the hospital", you're unfit to even be around other humans, as far as I am concerned.
Like, seriously, I get people not wanting pets, but this is...
By all means respond to silly posts like theirs, but you don't seem to be engaging with many of the legitimate points being made in this thread so you're only going to be fostering hot takes like thatJesus christ I did not mean "I won't take my friend/partner to the hospital if they need it." I did not mean "I'll let my friend/partner die if they need to go to the hospital." Y'all...for real??? Really? A dog cannot go to the hospital when it feels sick. It cannot decide that on its own. Likewise, if a friend/partner needs to see a doctor, and they do not want to, YOU CANNOT MAKE THEM. Unless they are dying or are unable to physically/mentally do it...you can't. A dog is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. You have 100% say in the matter. I can saying anything and y'all will fucking twisted into something crazy for one reason or another. "You are unfit to be around other humans,"...
Really???
To be fair, I just woke up and that was a post that elicited a reaction from me. I was reading the responses thread still. Also I did respond a lot in the first 4 pages. Can't get to everyone.By all means respond to silly posts like theirs, but you don't seem to be engaging with many of the legitimate points being made in this thread so you're only going to be fostering hot takes like that
You're really leaning into the sociopath bit with your replies.For me, kids I understand because you can look at that as fufilling some kind of goal society expects of you. It's typically seen as a sign you're successful by passing down your genetics or whatever. I mean yeah you have a kid because you want a companion as well, and they are way more expensive than a pet, but getting a pet, at least where I am in my life, is more bizarre.
Ah yeah, fair play - I hadn't really looked at timingsTo be fair, I just woke up and that was a post that elicited a reaction from me. I was reading the responses thread still. Also I did respond a lot in the first 4 pages. Can't get to everyone.
Also that post was also addressing all the people saying shit like "You wouldn't take your friend to the hospital?" When that is super not what I meant.
wow,
do you all take things this personally?
sociopath?
really?
I wasn't saying that's what believe the purpose of having kids were. That was me looking at a reason someone would feel a different relationship with a kid compared to a dog. I don't think that's the point of a kid. Also as for how I respond to people that's just how I write when I'm responding seriously.You're really leaning into the sociopath bit with your replies.
Pet Everytime, that relative can get student aid like everyone else.You mean pay for one class at a relative's college or have a pet for years.
Dude.
You sound like the most awful friend.
"Oh cool we can hang out and stuff, but as soon as I have to do anything, it's not my responsibility. Bye."
As someone who has just gotten over being the hospital on and off for the past 6 months, really? I got through all of that because of my wonderful friends and my family. And at the end of everything, I came home to my wonderful dog, and she was elated to see me.
You just don't seem to understand relationships at all OP. Not at all, and I would really recommend you have more meaningful relationships in your life.
Companionship is way more than just "hanging out at a club". It's a responsibility and a promise to be there for each other no matter what. And that's true for both people and pets.
Glad you're not my friend. Wouldn't want to be dumped on the side of the road if I needed help because "it's not your responsibility" to help me.
Jesus christ I did not mean "I won't take my friend/partner to the hospital if they need it." I did not mean "I'll let my friend/partner die if they need to go to the hospital." Y'all...for real??? Really? A dog cannot go to the hospital when it feels sick. It cannot decide that on its own. Likewise, if a friend/partner needs to see a doctor, and they do not want to, YOU CANNOT MAKE THEM. Unless they are dying or are unable to physically/mentally do it...you can't. A dog is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. You have 100% say in the matter. I can saying anything and y'all will fucking twisted into something crazy for one reason or another. "You are unfit to be around other humans,"...
Really???
Robots are posting on forums now ?I feel you op. If I want companionship I'll find a human for that. I don't like pets at all. I feel absolutely zero emotion towards animals.
A dog cannot go to the hospital when it feels sick. It cannot decide that on its own.
Recently I've found the concept of getting a pet really bizarre. It's probably because I don't make enough money to live on my own and am still paying for college and whatnot, and also thinking about the amount of money I could have saved if not for college expenses and whatnot. But then, the concept of owning a pet pops up in my head and how much of a waste of money it is when that same money could be used to benefit your life in other, more permanent ways and maybe even the lives of others as well.