• Flying Squid
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      455 months ago

      Right? Do all the stupid reckless shit you want to yourself, but leave the poor animal out of it.

      • @[email protected]
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        -135 months ago

        If the guy doesn’t come back, I assume that the dog dies of thirst at the house.

        Might be that going under in rapids is a better way to go.

        • Flying Squid
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          285 months ago

          Generally people don’t leave their dogs at home alone with enough food and water to last until they get back. I mean, this idiot might, but most other people either board their dog, get someone to keep the dog while you’re gone, or get a house sitter.

          • FiveMacs
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            115 months ago

            Cats on the other hand…here’s a massive bowl of whatever pellets and I filled the tub with water. Don’t eat the plants and stop flicking your turds on the floor. I’ll be back in a week.

            • Flying Squid
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              85 months ago

              That’s because cats are smart and dogs are dumb. Dogs would eat all of the food at once and then puke it up and then eat the puke.

              But I’m still a dog person.

              Dumb dogs.

              • @[email protected]
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                45 months ago

                There’s good evidence that cats are the only self-domesticated animal we have. Coupled with the very strong evidence that stupidity, complacency and obedience were the traits selected for in man-directed domestication efforts, it’s no surprise that cats are both more willful and more clever than most other domestic animals.

                They can still be an enormous pain in the ass, just in different ways than dogs, so pick your poison. Cats, for me.

                • Flying Squid
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                  15 months ago

                  There is some evidence that dogs self-domesticated, at least to a certain degree, although they’re also some evidence that they were domesticated as food, so who knows? Stefan Milo did a recent video on the subject.

                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0D3tfZERCE

            • @[email protected]
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              25 months ago

              Yup. We have an auto litter box and feeder. I just get someone to stop in mid week to check on things.

  • @randon31415
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    185 months ago

    I don’t know why you are so bummed, man, but if my dog made a homemade raft I would be impressed.