Another quick tip - you can both make and save a bit of money by selling your kids to be eaten!
Just leave a trail of sweets for them to the local witches' cottage and they'll take them off your hands.
this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2024
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Appalling, yes. But give it a couple generations.
Owning pets, land or house? Eating anything but bugs? Absurd! Who do you think you are, royalty?
Don't we eat sea bugs already? What's wrong with land bugs?
I don't get this eating bugs paranoia - assuming it becomes a meaningful thing, they'll be turned into something tasty. There's also every reason to think it'll be cheaper and more sustainable than meat.
I don't see conspiracusts losing their minds about the mechanically reclaimed offal in their burgers.
Actual article for those interested https://archive.is/20220320001551/https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-13/inflation-stings-most-for-those-earning-under-300-000?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-economics&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=economics
Bloomberg is not worth the electrons to used to represent the characters that they print but this is pure rage bait and almost anything taken out of contacts can be horrific.
Here's the quote with context
If you’re one of the many Americans who became a new pet owner during the pandemic, you might want to rethink those costly pet medical needs. It may sound harsh, but researchers actually don’t recommend pet chemotherapy — which can cost up to $10,000 — for ethical reasons.
Emphasis mine.
The screenshot is pure rage bait.
Would you like to know more? https://faunalytics.org/canine-chemotherapy-the-ethics-behind-hard-decisions/
Chemotherapy for a dog? I think where I live it's seen as more merciful to put the dog down rather than have them suffer through chemo.
Also...maybe its my country speaking, but chemo is fucking expensive. I love my pets tremendously, but it seems wasteful to dedicate all that time and money to an animal, even if they are a beloved pet.
"Expensive" is relative. If you're making 300k a year, chemo for your pet might only cost 3% of your annual salary. Someone making 50k a year can easily spend 3% of their salary ($1,500) on their pet even without any medical emergencies.
I agree it seems unethical, though. I hadn't though of that before this thread, and now I'm sad...
Also...maybe its my country speaking, but chemo is fucking expensive. I love my pets tremendously, but it seems wasteful to dedicate all that time and money to an animal, even if they are a beloved pet.
My understanding is the goal of chemo for animals is to keep the drugs at a low enough level that any symptoms they have from them are less impactful than the symptoms they have from the cancer. I understand it's also less effective, for this reason- but it wouldn't be fair to make them sick because they don't understand.
I feel like the chemo would only be to prolong their life for the benefit of the owners and not of the animal.
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