Yeah, I’d never clone a pet myself but I kind of don’t care about this. I’m generally against cloning dogs, but that’s really only because I’m worried about how it might exacerbate the lack of genetic diversity in a lot of breeds, which is already a big enough problem just with more conventional breeding practices. If…

I remember a This American Life episode about a man who cloned his favorite bull, who had been a real loving sweetheart. The clone literally gored him in an attempt to kill him. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/291/reunited-and-it-feels-so-good

That is supposedly an urban myth about Dolly. The other clones of her progenitor have been healthy.

I feel the *exact* same way. Each of my pets have been unique, and I feel like loving them involves respecting that. No animal could ever replace the one that passed last year, and that’s as it should be.

One of the beautiful things about non-cloned animals and humans is that we stretch ourselves to love different personalities, different quirks, and different ways of being. This is how we evolve.

Mortal Dictata: a call out

Ha, my mom’s reaction to *everything* was - and is - “why would you do that/why would you let that bother you/*I* wouldnt let it get to me, I just wouldn’t.” But should get frustrated or angry I was “letting it bother me too much.”

My single parent not only ignored me or told me to toughen up when things were “bad”, but proceeded to send me away to facilities because that way she had zero responsibility or blame. When you’re the one in a boarding school, the optics are always “poor parents”.

As a 31 year old, to this day I have nightmares and dreams of confrontations with my dad. Shit I wish I would have said but never did because he never listened or would demean me and treat me like shit. I have strong feelings of anger and hatred toward him. His method of parenting was exactly what this lady is…