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I like dogs and think that a lot of people who own dogs probably shouldn't. Especially when people own the completely wrong kind of dog for their life/climate.

Basically no one should own a husky unless you have a dogsled team because the only way to get energy out of them in a comfortable environment for them is to have them pull something in the snow for a while.

A lot of people have dogs with way too much energy. Or social needs that aren't being met because the dog doesn't have that much time interacting with other dogs because dog park might be far away. I feel bad for all those lonely dogs spending hours a day on their own.

"Dog culture can be wack" as I chuckle at the twentieth daily picture of my cat and think of Lenin.

“Hmm, yeah, dogs can be annoying sometimes, and I’ve had plenty of run-ins with irresponsible dog owners, but it’s part of greater societal problems, like people are so alienated and lonely they can’t find meaningful companionship any other way. Maybe I’ll check out this subreddit.”

five seconds later:

Sorry, but the subreddit isn't all that bad. Dog culture can be super misanthropic. It creeps me out whenever pet owners brag completely unprompted about how they'd save their "fur baby" over a homeless person or any person at all if they had to chose. Same with people who blame toddlers and old people for getting mauled to death.

Also, r/childfree is way worse. Reddit eugenicists ruined it with their countless posts and comments actively advocating for the forcible sterilization of poor and disabled people.

People are just obsessive and think ruminating on their dislike (or abject hatred) of dogs or kids or bad drivers or fat people or Russians or whatever will make the bad thoughts go away, but actually they're just picking at the scab. We are trained by media to behave this way as it drives engagement numbers on social media platforms and keeps us coming back for more.

Turning a dog into a surrogate child is a form of depravity. I don't get it. I never will. Help me understand the appeal.

Gotta be honest here I agree with that. Pets are cool, but they're not furbabies or whatever.

I am expecting the comments on the dogfree subreddit to be terrible though

Wait this isn't a satire sub?

I don't trust people who don't like dogs, let alone the type of dog disliker who posts in places like that. What miserable people.

I can understand not liking dogs or children, but the hatred of them as a personality traits just seems psychopathic. I recently read a BBC article about Americans paying Indonesians to torture and kill monkeys and record it, and the language they use is very similar to these child/dog free comments

i get the vibe from /r/dogfree that it like started as a parody of /r/childfree, but then the posters started to take it seriously

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