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Dogs will become too expensive in the future and we’ll have to buy robo-pets
Metro. UK ^
| 12 May 2015
| Nicolas Reilly
Posted on 05/12/2015 6:36:43 AM PDT by Daffynition
Here’s some seriously bad news for lovers of man’s best friend.
A leading animal welfare researcher has claimed that the rise in global population will lead to real animals becoming the reserve of the extremely wealthy, meaning that the rest of us will turn to ‘robot dogs’ for companionship.
(Excerpt) Read more at metro.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Pets/Animals
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To: Daffynition
“They’re dog Elroy. Jane his wife”
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posted on
05/12/2015 7:10:35 AM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
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To: Daffynition
“They’re dog Astro. Jane his wife”
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posted on
05/12/2015 7:10:50 AM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
To: Salamander
39 posts and not a single picture of a Daggit??
This place is really starting to slip ...
To: Salamander
How in the world will we tape robot doggies ears?!!! {)
To: tanknetter
When asked for his opinion on this possibility, Odin simply said
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posted on
05/12/2015 7:16:24 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
To: momtothree
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posted on
05/12/2015 7:16:43 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
To: KeyLargo
Key, there’s no happy ending here. That robo babe’ll break your **** off.
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posted on
05/12/2015 7:27:35 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: ctdonath2
It just won’t be the same unless the robodog occasionally pukes on the floor, laps it up, and then comes over and licks your face.
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posted on
05/12/2015 7:28:45 AM PDT
by
glorgau
To: Daffynition
In Europe, pets were long associated with the aristocracy. So there is a lot of common man hatred of them. This amounts to sky high pet taxes, mandatory training, etc.
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posted on
05/12/2015 7:32:01 AM PDT
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
To: Daffynition
A leading animal welfare researcher has claimed that the rise in global population will lead to real animals becoming the reserve of the extremely wealthy Obama's 'dog-eating' Fault!
To: Daffynition
Do robo-pets sh*t on the carpet?
To: tumblindice
No worse than current crop of ball breakers..
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posted on
05/12/2015 7:41:05 AM PDT
by
KeyLargo
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Plus dogs as pets are considered Haram in Islam.
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posted on
05/12/2015 7:42:08 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Jack Hammer
Little tiny nuts and bolts.
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posted on
05/12/2015 7:49:14 AM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
To: glorgau
It does exhibit...um...distinctly not-house-trained male animal behavior.
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posted on
05/12/2015 7:49:49 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(Hillary:polarizing/calculating/disingenuous/insincere/ambitious/inevitable/entitled/overconfident/se)
To: Daffynition
If I can buy a robo-pet that craps and pisses all over my house, barks at all hours so the neighbors call the cops on me, shreds my socks, shoes, and underwear, and spends hours a day shedding fluff on the couch or mooching crumbs in the kitchen, then I’d gladly replace the two worthless wastes of DNA my wife calls her “dogs.”
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posted on
05/12/2015 8:09:29 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: ctdonath2
We would move a ceramic turtle around causing the cat to totally freak out. Fun times!
A pet robot would have more glitches than a laptop. Then NSA would reprogram it to Hastings-ize concervatives No, thanks.
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posted on
05/12/2015 8:16:50 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: pabianice
I saw the story elsewhere and immediately thought:
Will androids dream of electric sheep?
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posted on
05/12/2015 8:34:21 AM PDT
by
sevlex
To: Daffynition
Hmmm, a robot dog.....will it pee oil on my floor ?
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posted on
05/12/2015 9:05:58 AM PDT
by
XRdsRev
(New Jersey - Crossroads of the American Revolution)
To: MrB
Do you like our owl?
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posted on
05/12/2015 10:14:52 AM PDT
by
BBell
(Cult of the Sacred Drunken Wookiee)
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