A while back, my brother had a gig to help a back-issued, closet opiate-addicted boomer deliver boxes out of a beat-up FedEx truck. He ended up doing all the physicalities of the job. This meant getting chased down by Pitbulls while delivering boxed wine to some “almost divorced” leather-faced wench. He noticed a trend in dog food coupled with unmarked boxes when shook sounded like a rubber pinball inside. One day the faded boomer saw my brother’s look of confusion over the packages being shipped together. “Dog Food And Dildos; It’s What We Do!” Taken back with a heavy laugh, my brother asked, “you’re joking. Right?”. He repeated, “Dog Food And Dildos, It’s What We Do!”
-John Deaux
The author is a nut job, evidently has not owned a dog much less care for anything but her self!!! grayman
ReplyDeleteI read about 1/3 of it and realized he's fucking crazy.
ReplyDeleteCity Boy.
ReplyDeleteYou should go back and read the whole thing, it's not what you think. Actually a very interesting column.
ReplyDeleteFookin' off his nut Aye? Sounds like he's the type your Jack and my Stella would -immediately- raise hackles and start growling at....
ReplyDeleteAll I'm gonna say is I'm a veterinarian. And I have some clients that put their pets in front of their children. Yes, I'm serious as a heart attack. Their kids will go without so their dogs don't have to. When society gets to that point, "Houston, we have a problem". Also have a rescue I do work for. Spayed a stray dog for them and when I got inside realized she was pregnant (only a few weeks so she didn't show). Finished the spay and made fatal mistake of telling the rescue person who then informed me they didn't want to abort the puppies. Now mind you, these people running the shelter are some of the most liberal I've ever met. I can guarantee you they're just fine with a women's right to decide but doing this violated their ethics. Again, Houston, we have a problem.
ReplyDeleteHaving been a temp rural mail carrier for the USPS for a year, I got used to lots of people's dogs. That said ...
ReplyDeleteSome people just can't deal that they are much lower on the priority list than my dogs, horses, or cats. Let's just leave it at this: I don't know you and I don't need to know you. My animals I know, get along with, and they contribute to my life in ways you never will. If you don't like them, that's fine. Stay the F off my property and away from me.
The ending of "A Boy and His Dog" was pure poetry.
Our dog loves to bark at anything that she doesn't recognize as belonging in our yard.
ReplyDeleteHer barks are different for different things, inlaws or friends its her excited bark, courriers, rabbits, birds its her this is my yard bark.
She even has a special bark for the ancient schnozer the lady at the next acreage over walks past our place, its her friend dog hello bark.
The other day heard her given a growl I had never heard, she shot out the door and tried to go over the fence at the federal census taker. The dog has never raised hackles at a person before. I sent them away told them i wasn't interested.
Exile1971
The author isn't just a nutcase but the whole damn nut farm. A lot of people prefer pets for affection because they have run into too many other people that are assholes. There is also the matter of women crying rape, no-fault divorce in which she steals half of your net worth, political ideology, and crazy types; these same factors, along with a lack of good women, push a lot of men into bisexual or gay territory and I suspect it's all by design to weaken western civilization and humanity as a whole. "LAMPREY MILT" has it backwards; the collapse of the nuclear family precedes more people owning dogs, rather than dogs causing the collapse of family. Letting Rover into the bed is a symptom rather than a cause.
ReplyDeleteHe is on the money with single women having a biological need for kids and those who are passed their best years end up trying to nurture pets or often illegal aliens.
While the author seems to be trying to raise awareness of topics already known, he is too wound up and hysterical to articulate it without coming across as a hardliner from the early 1900s or an escaped psyche patient. Citing Iran and North Korea is spraying gasoline on a dumpster fire. He is writing about things he has no insight or experience with and is trying to apply the slippery slope argument to dog ownership. Dogs have their own thoughts, volition, curiosity, desires, and seek affection too. Mine eats whatever I happen to cook for myself and treating dogs as part of the family rather than equipment isn't going to rot away our family values.
The furry fandom encompasses a huge spectrum of people, not just young, white, males under 30. Although they are a majority and there is a severe lack of women which means most of the men end up gay. There are also a wide variety of interests in content from SFW to extremely graphic; likewise cross interests of gaming, creative arts, gear heads, and nature types. A lot of members were raised on Disney, Nickelodeon, etc, and are well passed 30, like me. For some reason, most of them are sexually hyperactive but I'm not a doctor and can't explain why.
While the fandom maintains the usual position against zoophilia/bestiality support for it is not uncommon if you scratch passed the surface of public image and talk to people outside of public viewing. Some surveys have been done on the subject but they are very limited; they do indicate support. The author demonstrates complete ignorance as to what zoosadism is and for people reading this comment, I'll simply say that "ignorance is bliss".
Unfortunately I wasted my time reading that steamer and can't get any of it back. Just remember, the author also votes.
-Arc, an annoyed furry.
I read this article 3x before sending this to Kenny. 1st time I thought the author was crazy overall but maybe had a good couple points, went back and read it again a day later and more made sense to me but still. 3rd time I understood most of the points in this article and he's pretty much on point. Get past the fact that your toes just got walked on and you'll see he's not condemning dog ownership but speaking directly to the decay of the country and the nuclear family. The declining birthrate, the toxic effects of our modern society and it's results.
ReplyDeleteThe heading I put on the email was: Ready to stir up some shit ?
Well if you can get past the style of this author's writing you'll find some serious issues with society represented here.
JD
I read the whole thing and the author, IMO, hit many nails on the head. His observations about lots of places for your dog to crap but no playgrounds for kids is spot on. I live on the fourth floor of a large complex and my porch looks out over the dog park. The vast majority of dog owners I see using that dog toilet are 20-30 something females. The area has eight very large apartment buildings and you very seldom see a couple with kids. But there are literally hundreds of females with dogs that just love to bark their heads off at anything and everything as soon as they get outside, day or night, endlessly. His comment about a dog being many a woman's "friend with benefits" is chilling.
ReplyDeletenext do people who dress their chickens and walk them on leashes.
ReplyDeletecdc recently had an article about not smooching your chickens because of salmonella.
I've got that one scheduled for tomorrow.
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