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Do millennials opt for a ‘fur baby’ because they’re broke – or scared of responsibility?
The Guardian ^ | April 19, 2019 | Josie Cox

Posted on 04/19/2019 8:31:03 AM PDT by Stravinsky

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Lots of dumb, triggered millennials displaying their outrage in the comments section in response to this opinion piece. LOL.
1 posted on 04/19/2019 8:31:03 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Stravinsky

SELFISHNESS...................


2 posted on 04/19/2019 8:33:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Stravinsky
It was only when chatter turned to nipple cream

Ah, the memories...

3 posted on 04/19/2019 8:34:17 AM PDT by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: Stravinsky
Commitment phobic for sure.

I've had a lot of younger people (ahem Millennials and mostly hipsters at that) try to tell me that "parenting" a dog was more or less the same as parenting actual human beings. Yeah, okay.

It's also a bit of Peter Pan Syndrome as well (fear of growing up). Proper parenting requires that one become a proper grown up, and a lot of the Millennials - and again, a lot of today's hipsters - are deathly afraid of growing up for real. Having a dog can make you feel like you're a grown up / responsible for something without the permanent commitment that comes with raising a child.

4 posted on 04/19/2019 8:36:19 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Stravinsky

They’re not broke and not scared of responsibility. They like pets.
Stupid article, just as I’d expect from the guardian.


5 posted on 04/19/2019 8:36:21 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: Stravinsky

It is the result of social acceptance of birth control

It is also the result of having grown up with absent parents. Spending one’s infancy in day without a mother is damaging to the psyche. There is a lack of parenting instinct in these young people

I blame their parent, my peers. They are the clueless ones.


6 posted on 04/19/2019 8:36:25 AM PDT by stanne
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So many comments are saying that it’s the environmentally responsible thing to do. LOL. These are the types that fly all over the place, Instagram everything, insist on having the latest technology, etc. They have huge carbon footprints, but oh no, kids are too environmentally damaging. Please. It’s just a poor excuse for not wanting to take on the responsibility and give up the free time. Millennials (and I’m one) refuse to see how self centered they are.


7 posted on 04/19/2019 8:38:33 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Stravinsky

As a dog owner I hate that name Fur Baby. My dog is not a baby, he is a puppy.


8 posted on 04/19/2019 8:38:43 AM PDT by DEPcom
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To: Stravinsky

In the case of my millennials, they can’t afford kids. They’re barely keeping their head above water. Sad. Big families are now discouraged also.


9 posted on 04/19/2019 8:38:57 AM PDT by coffeelover
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To: Stravinsky

I’ll take “Scared of Responsibility” for 400, Alex.

Same goes double for the LGBTQ’s.


10 posted on 04/19/2019 8:38:57 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (In war, there can be no substitute for victory. --Douglas MacArthur)
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To: Drew68; MeganC; Yaelle
When people say "You Millennials are ruining the country!"

All I ask is "Who raised them?"

11 posted on 04/19/2019 8:39:03 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: Stravinsky

Best essay on the social self-destruction of the West I’ve read in many a moon:

“12 Years a Slave: The Making of a Modern Woman”

https://theanatomicallycorrectbanana.com/home/2019/4/10/12-years-a-slave-the-making-of-a-modern-woman-or-a-womans-guide-to-neo-liberal-dhimmitude


12 posted on 04/19/2019 8:40:37 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: KC_Lion

People of my generation are in their mid 20s to mid 30s. Time to grow up and quit blaming previous generations.


13 posted on 04/19/2019 8:40:54 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Stravinsky

I haven’t read the article yet, but most of the “fur baby” people I know are younger boomers and older Gen Xers. Millennials do not have a monopoly on avoiding personal responsibility.


14 posted on 04/19/2019 8:41:17 AM PDT by Lurker51
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To: Stravinsky

I know there are always people who say “I don’t know that I want to bring a new life into this world, considering the current state of affairs”. People have probably been saying that since ancient times. However, in a world in which your kid can decide to change its gender when it’s in the first grade (and this will eventually be forced on parents), I don’t blame people for opting for pets.


15 posted on 04/19/2019 8:41:46 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
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To: Stravinsky

They party until they are thirty something then suddenly realize they would be in their 50’s and 60’s when the should be having grandchildren instead of children...............


16 posted on 04/19/2019 8:41:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Stravinsky

Homosexuals who have the good sense of decency not to procure actual human infants refer to their pet animals as “fur babies”.


17 posted on 04/19/2019 8:42:58 AM PDT by VietVet876
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Hence the need to import labor in the face of public financial requirements which is why anti-immigration efforts are a waste of time. They are coming regardless because politicians need that to happen. Low birth rates are civilization and cultural killers. The Sexual Revolution, no-fault divorce, and empowerment are good things, correct?
18 posted on 04/19/2019 8:45:23 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: Stravinsky

To each his own.

Maybe they know that they could not take care of a human baby appropriately.

There is nothing wrong with having or adopting a pet.

That teaches them responsibility too and maybe after a while they will be ready for a human baby, who will enjoy playing with the pet as he or she is growing up.


19 posted on 04/19/2019 8:46:21 AM PDT by Innovative
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(Grammar NAZI gripe - it’s REGIMEN, not “regime”. Geesh I hate that...regime-regimen-regiment.)


20 posted on 04/19/2019 8:48:41 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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