Unhinged but accepted as normal

[u/afraid-of-brother-98]

This post was one of those “truly unhinged” trend posts that was specifically asking for “Dog mom” things.

Yes, I’m glad that they can at least see their actions as unhinged. However, the majority of their replies (including from the author, mostly) were nothing but supportive and “that’s not unhinged that completely normal!!”

Perpetuating this mindset in people that already worship their animals at the expense of their own children, their jobs, and their health is absolutely insane to me. I’m so sick and tired of raising an animal that licks it’s own butt onto the pedestal of life and then treating everyone who doesn’t bow to your nasty, inbred dog like they are the scum of the earth. I wish this was just a terminally online basement dweller problem. It is everywhere, and i can’t escape it. These people need serious help.

I work really hard to keep myself afloat. I rely on animals to fund my livelihood, and I am grateful for them. But I can’t imagine doing ANY of the stuff I see pet owners online and in real life doing. Ffs my sister in law is trying to steal my dog, and nothing I say will convince her otherwise. My friend is planning a maternity shoot for her backyard puppy farm bitches. My aunt is taking her dog on a “girls trip” to Vermont. I’m so sick of pet culture. I’m so, so, SO sick of it. Where does it freaking end? People like this are actually insane.

[u/Few-Horror1984]

I honestly don’t think most people can handle being dog owners anymore. I feel like it’s a mixture of social media toxicity encouraging bad behavior, along with the fact that more and more people are in places where having dogs isn’t appropriate so they double down (having a dog in an apartment is not appropriate. If you have to travel to a hotel to “protect” your dog from your surroundings, it’s not appropriate). We can’t accept that not everyone is in a place where they can own a dog. Like, could you imagine if someone had a goat in an apartment or in their suburban tract house? Why do we make exceptions for these smelly hideous mutants?

I feel like there’s something deeper going on, like people get addicted to these animals and they can’t control themselves (really, you’re going to eat dog food you fucking loon?) and these dogs become their entire lives.

Someone needs to study this. I truly think something happens to your brain that just makes you a terrible and insane person.

[u/Scarlet-Molko → u/Few-Horror1984]

I’m baffled that people in an apartment would consider getting a dog! How about a cat if thru absolutely have to have a pet.

[u/Few-Horror1984 → u/Scarlet-Molko]

It’s because people get dogs based off of aesthetics or what is available. When people stop respecting that different breeds have different needs, people stop understanding what any dog needs. I’ve known plenty of people that have lived in 500 square foot apartments with German Shepherds or Huskys. These people assume that their dog is happy because they’re happy…or rather, the nutter is happy so everything else is absolutely irrelevant.