I have an image stuck in my head of you standing at your window, seething about those neighbors down the street who’re always parking in front of the house, or the people next door who have a lot of friends coming and going and so surely must be drug dealers. How even do you function?

Hang on, I now think I may have misunderstood you. When you said:

So your belief is that people shouldn’t be allowed to own pets, unless you lead some sort of feral society-free life. Cool, very reasonable. Are you against the domestication of all animals, or just ones you don’t eat?

...you know wild animals are also shitting and pissing all over your city, and they’re not picking up after themselves?

I agree 100%. Also, I wish parents would teach their small children not to run towards strange dogs! My dog is very timid and not aggressive at all, but someone running towards to her really scares her. Kids do it all the time when I walk her. If she was aggressive, that would result in injuries to the child.

Even if the dog is approaching you it’s still best to ask the owner first. They might be trying to train the dog to greet people appropriately, which means the dog may need to do certain things before they’re allowed to get attention. Or hey, doggo might have fleas, or some other gross, easily transmitted thing.

My bulldog is generally really friendly but has a major problem with small children. Our neighbors kid whacked her in the face pretty good when she was a puppy and she hasn’t gotten over it. It’s an issue cause we’ll be out on a walk and she’s cute as shit so kids try and approach her and I have to be very stern then…

Hey, I’m not even a dog person and I agree that your pooch has the right to walkies. You’ve always come across as a cool person here, so I’m sure your dog is safe and under control.

100%. Also, don’t assume that because you think your dog is friendly everyone is okay with being in his/her space. My dog is a friendly introvert and 80% of the time he just wants to be left alone. But because he’s smaller and looks friendly, everyone assumes they can allow their dog to run up to us on a retractible…

Oh ok internet stranger.

I wish more parents would teach their kids this. I spend 1/4 of my time when I’m out with my dog educating kids on the correct way to approach and pet a dog while their clueless parents just stand by unconcerned.

My Chiflado does not like strangers he doesn’t approach touching him.

The only one of my dogs that cares for a walk is a rottweiler mix- she is unaware of her size and LOVES kids. On several occasions I have had to lecture people’s kids because one ran up from the side and grabbed her by the neck and shouted “DOGGY”. Good Charlotte’s reaction was to sit down and wait for the attention…

Didn’t bother to watch the video, but yeah, don’t touch other people’s dogs unless they tell you it’s ok. Really, seriously don’t. You’re putting yourself and the dog at undue risk.

It’s all about shapes and flourishes. Novelty hats, like the spaghetti one, would never be worn by aristocrats. They might splash out on a tilted hat, like the octopus hat (which is clearly the most expensive hat featured here) but that hat could be worn for another 5 years.

I want more details about how we are supposed to decipher these hats!

throwback to the silent message of flowers in the victorian era, no?

You haven’t thought about this at all, have you? :)

I feel like wanting to see the babies and thinking you are entitled to see the babies are two entirely different things. I also want to win the lottery, but it’s not going to happen.

Man, twins are expensive. I hope they can afford it.