Think of them as “emergency food supply.”
I’m tired of people telling me that the death of a pet is the same as the death of a child, hence the term “furbaby”. I have cats. I know they are going to die after 10-15 years. Then I go get another one.
I tend to view people who refer to their ‘fur-babies’ as somewhat emotionally stunted.
Seattle for decades has had more annual pet licenses than live human births. We we all can see or read about Seattle and know how that’s working out for them. Such losers.
A woman’s place is at a job providing more income tax to government.
Nobody’s stopping people from forming families.
I find most writers along these lines, supposedly from conservatives, are actually from young DC think tank married, white fathers who advocate massive government subsidies for their children.
This author should also comment on how many veterans need emotional support dogs.
When in fact they need to go back in time, grow up in a functional family and environment, and then go off to war.
Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I missed seeing millions of WWII vets some 60 years ago with Sergeant on a leash in the local restaurant.
Hey, I’d be more than happy to make human babies, but it’s kinda hard when you don’t have a female to make them with.
What creepy also is Pet names are becoming more humanized,
That is, instead of a dog or cat being called “Speckles”, “Spike” or “fluffy”, etc, they are giving Human names like “Steven”, “Micheal” or “Samantha”.
Sadly, today while pets are getting more traditional names, actual kids are being given more & more stupid names
would-be grandparents “readily shift over to spoiling the granddog as their daughters and sons choose instead to pursue lucrative careers.”
Reality is that few of these jobs are all that lucrative. Most make much less than 6 figures. They just tend to have no children as they have been sold the lie that being a mid level paper pusher in the multinational widget works & stealing a few ‘experiences’ with a random sex partner on your two week excursion to the resort every year is more fulfilling than being a wife & mother or husband & father.
Another reality is that they have destroyed the economy, school system & society with so many third world immigrants stifling wages & social mobility that many can’t afford children.
It thoroughly sicken me when otherwise intelligent people give human attributes to animals.
They are not your friend or worse, you child, or even worse your dog grandchild or cat great niece.
It’s an animal. Their loyalty to you ends when the food ends.
>>Marriage and birth rates are declining as people abandon the basic biological imperative of pairing off and having children. Filling the interpersonal void with dogs is an understandable response to this.
the third world continues to procreate
Pets are pets.
I have owned them my entire life... I have also been raising children for over 25 years now... one of the most insipid things I ever hear are people referring to themselves or others as “pet parents”...
No, you are not a parent to your pet. You are an owner of your pet.... you can be a caregiver to your pet, but you are NOT a PARENT of your pet(s).
I know owners will sometimes refer to themselves as mommy or daddy when interacting with their pets... that one doesn’t bother me much.. How you decide to interact directly with your pet, as long as you aren’t abusing them is your business. However when you publicly address yourself as a pet “parent” that’s just cringeworthy lunacy.
Pets are not children. I completely understand the misdirection of maternal instinct toward pets women can have, particularly those who for whatever reason don’t or could not have children. I get it. However, parenting and caring for an animal are 2 completely different things.
YES!!! I hate the term fur baby.
I have 2 kids- and my dogs are not them.
There is nothing wrong with having pets, getting attached to pets, and valid reasons for people not to have a family.
That said, putting pets on an equal footing with human offspring is definitely not right, and I find the appellation “fur-baby” off-putting, to say the least.
My cats are my cats, I am very fond of them, and jokingly call them “the boys” but...they are not “boys”.
They are cats.
But I will say this: there are humans out there whose lives are worth far less than the lives of nearly any pet I have owned. This is indisputable.
Yep. This guy is a Catholic who used to teach at a Jesuit college, and here is an example of the policy positions from his “think tank”, pushing big subsidies not just for parents, but also for faith-based childcare providers:
https://eppc.org/publication/how-conservatives-could-solve-the-child-care-crunch/
Children are sexually transmitted diseases. I raised 2 of them.
A second of early morning titillation as I misread “babies” as “burgers” ... ah what the hey!
Blah, blah, blah. Now we have pet Karen’s. 😆