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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:17:25 PM EST
[#1]
People who call themselves pet parents, do you have other kids or just the pets?
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:18:25 PM EST
[#2]
Anyone who refers to their pets as their children, or to themselves as the parents of said pet, is immediately dismissed as a mental deficient as far as I am concerned.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:18:49 PM EST
[#3]
Quote HistoryQuoted: OP sounds like his GF left him for a dog lol I am married with 5 real kids. We have a farm with dozens and dozens of different animals. I have sutured them, have decent vet bills, and they rely on me for their health and well being. They are not my kids though and I am not their dad. I am a father to my children and husband to my wife. Strike a nerve and people react with name calling |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:24:38 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am married with 5 real kids. We have a farm with dozens and dozens of different animals. I have sutured them, have decent vet bills, and they rely on me for their health and well being. They are not my kids though and I am not their dad. I am a father to my children and husband to my wife. Strike a nerve and people react with name calling I don't call my animals my kids, but I also think there's already enough real problems in the world. I don't need to fabricate new things to get upset about. Especially something so silly. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:24:45 PM EST
[#5]
My dog is a rescue dog, I rescued him
From what? From being a dog |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:25:40 PM EST
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL. Nobody cares. Careful, some people care way more about their pets than most people. There is a great level of narcissism in people say this. These people enjoy controlling their pets and are pissed they can't control people. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:25:46 PM EST
[#7]
After becoming a dad to an actual human baby, I can say that being a parent to a human vs. a dog, cat, or any other animal are totally different things.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:28:49 PM EST
[#8]
Totally agree with OP. A portion of Arfcom though now wishes harm on him for stating the obvious.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:31:28 PM EST
[#9]
Quoted: Let me know when you drop $5,000 taking your dog to Disneyland. I know someone who just spent $7000 for ACL surgery on a dog. A friend of mine's daughter is a vet - was told to specialize - now she does $5000 doggie cataract surgeries along with her regular practice. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:31:50 PM EST
[#10]
Just to annoy the OP some more, the similarities between kids and puppies is vast.
1- They need proper raising/ training, otherwise they turn into little shit heads. 2- They need exercise and naps, otherwise they're little terrors. 3- They rely on you for all of their meals and medical needs. 4- They put everything they find on the ground in their mouths. 5- They rarely sleep through the night without crying. 6- They have accidents 
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:33:38 PM EST
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:33:39 PM EST
[#12]
Agreed. Step son asked me last year what I was getting the granddogs for Christmas. Told him to fuck off. He didn't ask again.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:34:02 PM EST
[#13]
I care for around 30 or so dogs now, been blessed with lots of room and resources for fences etc, and I cringe when someone calls them my "fur babies".......I love the zoo but can't stand some of those terms.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:34:30 PM EST
[#14]
Quoted: The phrases of "pet parent" or "dog mom" are for the mentally ill. You didn't give birth to a dog and you didn't get a dog pregnant. You own a pet, that's it. Pet owner. Let me know when you drop $5,000 taking your dog to Disneyland. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:35:14 PM EST
[#15]
But muh fur babies!!
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:35:22 PM EST
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: There is a great level of narcissism in people say this. These people enjoy controlling their pets and are pissed they can't control people. I can see their logic and don't blame them. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:35:31 PM EST
[#17]
Quoted: The phrases of “pet parent” or “dog mom” are for the mentally ill. You didn’t give birth to a dog and you didn’t get a dog pregnant. You own a pet, that’s it. Pet owner. Let me know when you drop $5,000 taking your dog to Disneyland. Just curious, but does your logic apply to adopted children and foster children as well?  I happen to know one person who I really would describe as a "dog mom", as she dotes on her dog better than most people treat their children, and that dog really is a part of her family. As for your last comment, I have no doubt whatsoever that she would have spent whatever it would have taken to bring her dog to Disneyland with her, had they allowed it. I'd also wager that her dog is better behaved than most people's children. I understand the point you're trying to make, but why get upset or offended over such a simple concept? To some people, their pets are members of their family, and not just "property that they own". Why does that concept upset you so much? |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:35:32 PM EST
[#18]
Signs of a degenerate and decadent society headed to the corpse pile of history.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:35:48 PM EST
[#19]
Quoted: The phrases of “pet parent” or “dog mom” are for the mentally ill. You didn’t give birth to a dog and you didn’t get a dog pregnant. You own a pet, that’s it. Pet owner. Let me know when you drop $5,000 taking your dog to Disneyland. Its a shame youve been here 10 years and have seen this retarded post as many times as I have, yet are so bored and dead inside you felt the need to post it yourself. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:37:23 PM EST
[#20]
Only couple I've seen that you could consider "pet parents" were incapable of having children. Definitely substituted dogs for kids in life. I wouldn't consider them mentally ill though as they were both successful and happy.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:38:04 PM EST
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I guess that makes me a "Cat Dad", which actually sounds kinda cool.  Sorry, but you will never be as cool as Kate Upton's "Cat Daddy" dance. 
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:41:09 PM EST
[#22]
My wife and I call our dogs "the babies". It's a tongue-in-cheek thing. She'll show me a random picture of a cute animal and say "look at the baby!". We have 4 actual children (high school and college) and we don't give 2 fucks what you or anyone else thinks about what we call our dogs.
When we go to family or friends houses, we call their animals babies. As in me: "hey babe, look at their awesome dog!", and her: "awww what a cute baby!". Or I send her a picture of a random dog, and she replies "awww what a sweet baby!". Hopefully op can sleep at night knowing of these atrocities. And, yes, there are people who genuinely treat their animals like humans and take it too far. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:43:18 PM EST
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: After my SIL had her first kid, I asked Her Husband how it was being a New Dad. He looked at me like I had a third eye and said "I've been a Dad for a while. We've had the dogs for several years. It's the same thing"  Ask him who gets preferential treatment when the dog bites the kid. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:45:36 PM EST
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Cat people are nuts Now wait a goddam minute. My parents are cat people! Oh, wait. I apologize. They ARE definitely nuts. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:47:03 PM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just throwing this out there, but if you adopt a human child, are you not their parent? Or do you own the child? I’ve recently started calling my older brothers who were adopted my rescue brothers, not necessarily to poke them, but make fun of dog rescue people. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:47:17 PM EST
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: OP is mad at words. Old man yelling at clouds What are your preferred pronouns for pets OP? We don't want to upset you with the wrong ones. All of my dog's pronouns are "fucking dogs". |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:48:38 PM EST
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This +1. Legitimate disabilities excluded, if someone needs emotional support from a dog to walk into walmart or lowes for 5 minutes then they should get mental health help. ^this |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:48:40 PM EST
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 100%. And the people that take their animals in stores and restaurants. I dont want to be around you, much less your filthy pet. I feel the same way about filthy kids. Keep the crotch fruits in the car with the windows cracked. They can play with the radio and cig lighter.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:49:31 PM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My dog is a rescue dog, I rescued him From what? From being a dog I always assumed it was from getting the needle? Thought that was an easy one. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:50:14 PM EST
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I disagree. That might be true for some, but another perfectly valid reason for it is that dogs for example are extremely loyal and next to never desert an owner who cares about them. Egro, people who have been royally fucked over by humans sometimes view animals as the only trustworthy companion. I can see their logic and don't blame them. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: There is a great level of narcissism in people say this. These people enjoy controlling their pets and are pissed they can't control people. I can see their logic and don't blame them. Saying it's "about control" is one of the most idiotic things I've ever heard. If you've ever actually seen someone who's dog was treated like family, you would understand that it's a completely different dynamic from how most people treat a regular "pet". In some cases, it really is a loving, caring relationship that closely resembles a good parent/child relationship. I guess it's just something you have to see to truly understand. 
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:52:51 PM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m a great dog dad to this little guy. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/572575/IMG_4376_jpeg-3079506.JPG John Wick just entered the chat. 
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Posted: 1/2/2024 2:57:49 PM EST
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Ask him who gets preferential treatment when the dog bites the kid. I'd honestly be scared to know the answer to that. They are edgy lefties. Pretty much anything that is normal human behavior they rebel against. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:03:52 PM EST
[#33]
It's just another sign of the West's abandonment of Judeo-Christian principles.
Humans and animals are not synonymous; animals deserve respect, but aren't human, nor do they truly have human qualities, they just mimic some of them at times. Man having dominion over creation isn't what most believe. Its all Mother Earth and we're the problem and animals are better than people, etc etc etc The moral outrage many have when someone kicks a dog and yet abortion doesn't move their needle tells you all you need to know about the depravity of our popular culture. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:06:27 PM EST
[#34]
Those that call their guns "their babies" are just as bad. Maybe worse.
Fucking GD... lol |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:07:00 PM EST
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: John Wick just entered the chat. Right now bagel the beagle is what keeps me going and is holding it all together |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:07:52 PM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Those that call their guns "their babies" are just as bad. Maybe worse. Fucking GD... lol "This is my Main Squeeze Rifle" |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:08:42 PM EST
[#37]
Is it ok if I refer to all of my female dogs as "the girls"?
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:10:13 PM EST
[#38]
My BIL's wife is like that. Dog is basically their child, talks to it and about it as if it's a kid.
It's fucking weird, but I'm not an animal person so maybe it's more normal than I know. She is also a raging Democrat dumbass. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:11:46 PM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Those that call their guns "their babies" are just as bad. Maybe worse. Fucking GD... lol Have you seen the way some people obsess over their cars and trucks? 
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:14:01 PM EST
[#40]
Is it retarded? Yes.
Is it worth wasting site resources? No. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:14:14 PM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Saying it's "about control" is one of the most idiotic things I've ever heard. If you've ever actually seen someone who's dog was treated like family, you would understand that it's a completely different dynamic from how most people treat a regular "pet". In some cases, it really is a loving, caring relationship that closely resembles a good parent/child relationship. I guess it's just something you have to see to truly understand. Can you send a person to obedience school to obey your commands? Can you lock a person in a kennel? It's about the ability to control another being. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:14:54 PM EST
[#42]
It's 2024, the world is going (has gone?) to hell in a handbasket, and the OP is having an anxiety attack because people do cutesy shit regarding their pets. Oh the huge manatee....
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:16:45 PM EST
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I agree with you but....you really think there isn't people that have done that? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Let me know when you drop $5,000 taking your dog to Disneyland. 
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:18:07 PM EST
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Cat people are nuts Common knowledge. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:19:57 PM EST
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I guess that makes me a "Cat Dad", which actually sounds kinda cool. Cool Cat Daddy FTW!! |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:21:12 PM EST
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Show us your “Who rescued who?” bumper sticker. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Just throwing this out there, but if you adopt a human child, are you not their parent? Or do you own the child? Show us your “Who rescued who?” bumper sticker. 
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:21:40 PM EST
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL. Nobody cares. Careful, some people care way more about their pets than most people. Present. On both counts. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:26:05 PM EST
[#48]
retards.
people who obsess over animals are mentally ill. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:26:09 PM EST
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Can you send a person to obedience school to obey your commands? Can you lock a person in a kennel? It's about the ability to control another being. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Saying it's "about control" is one of the most idiotic things I've ever heard. If you've ever actually seen someone who's dog was treated like family, you would understand that it's a completely different dynamic from how most people treat a regular "pet". In some cases, it really is a loving, caring relationship that closely resembles a good parent/child relationship. I guess it's just something you have to see to truly understand. Can you send a person to obedience school to obey your commands? Can you lock a person in a kennel? It's about the ability to control another being. Never heard of military school, huh? Ever been grounded as a kid?  YOU may be into controlling your pets, but that’s no reason to project your behavior onto others. That's what Liberals do. 
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Posted: 1/2/2024 3:31:37 PM EST
[#50]
I'm not a huge animal person, but I get that some people like them. That's totally cool, and they can spend their money how they like and call themselves whatever they want, and I am equally free to mock them for it. That said, if the zombies ever come, I will have no qualms shooting their fur baby and feeding it to my actual babies.
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