Believe it or not, I've actually heard this from vets that I worked with. I'm a vet tech and ended up with my cat after someone found him sitting in the street as a feral kitten and brought him in to be euthanized. Both eyes had been destroyed by a raging herpes infection and he was so underweight and weak he was…

Yes, because that's how money works. If you don't spend it on A it automatically gets spent on B. Oh, and addition isn't a thing, so the enormous amount of resources you've spent totally don't count, because math. How many folks should do without to support your caffeine habit? Why does money only count when it's…

That statement is more directly tied to issues around pet ownership. If you happen to have a pet that requires medical care, you'll start hearing this type of thing *all the damned time*. Typically it goes:

You're pretending that the entirely of the money was spent on pet psychics, which is not the case. In fact, you have no idea how much of that money went to psychics. vs. more genuine and helpful methods. For all you know, $100 of that money could have gone to two psychics who charged $50 each, and every other cent…

The 35k wasn't spend on pet psychics alone (which is something I don't believe in, to be clear.) There is nothing more tiresome and disingenuous than this kind of petty, fake *bullshit* when it comes to people caring about their pets. Yeah, 3 bucks for a cup of coffee isn't the same as 35,000, since you brought up…

And I assume you're making do with the absolute bare minimum in all other ways- you're eating nothing but noodles, living out of a tent, and using a bonfire for heating. Otherwise, you don't have a leg to stand on.

My advice is to consider an adult dog that has been in a home or foster environment- it will give you the most information about how the dog acts in a home. Just remember that a dog may have accidents or show new behaviors in a new home because of the issue with generalizing. Knowing they shouldn't urinate inside or…

It's actually a rather destructive myth that fearful behavior is commonly linked to abuse in dogs. You see shelters telling people all the time that a dog 'must' have been abused because he doesn't like men or cowers away from a raised hand. While abuse may have been *possible*, fearful behavior is more often a…

Personally, I strongly felt that Beyond Two Souls was not a game and hated it from start to finish. I felt that Beyond Two Souls didn't respect my choices and its lack of a fail state removed any challenge. If I can't die, if I can't explore, if my choices don't matter...where's the game?

I'm pretty hard core animal rights (with caveats...I firmly believe PETA is the devil, etc.), and I really don't see the issue with this. I presume these kids are eating meat at lunch...everyone *should* witness where their food comes from at least once in their lifetime. As long as the teacher was skilled in humane…

Which is a short sightedness on the part of humanity, just as it is when we adore our pets and eat cows. But that's not quite the right analogy here. It's more akin to being upset if a cat is abused but not caring if an ant dies.

They straight-up lie to the public about these animals. Their 'education' consists of twisting or ignoring scientific research to suit their own agenda. As far as their rehab efforts...the good bit of money they spend is less than 1% of their profits.

Though overfishing is tragic and needs to be talked about much more than it is, I think most people would agree there is a difference between dolphin and tuna. I actually do believe that fish feel pain and have emotions to an extent, dolphins are measurably more intelligent and capable of stronger social bonds.

I'm so, so sorry you went through that. Splenic tumors in particular are terrible things - I've known several owners who opted to euthanize right after diagnosis simply because there was no way of knowing when it would rupture and they were terrified their pet would die while they weren't home. To have it happen…

Honestly, sometimes the kids handle it much, much better than the adults. I've seen an eight year old comforting her parents and telling them that Max was suffering and needs to be allowed to rest now.

I wouldn't compare it to things like abortion or assisted suicide. Those are choices you make for yourself; this is a choice you make on behalf of another. I do agree that it is hard and unfair to judge the situation from outside of it, but I don't think the two situations 'fit' as a analogy.

As a vet tech, there were some people I really wished *hadn't* chosen to be present during euthanasia. We had people throw themselves on the floor and *scream* at the absolute top of their lungs. Teenage boys who threatened the techs and vet. One woman *rolled around on the floor* for a solid hour. A different…

I have a blind cat who started out as a feral kitten. Because he needed so much medical care and because of his poor social skills, he's co-dependent to the extreme. It's also complicated by the fact that my mother is older and can't handle him. I *can* go on vacation, but it requires a huge amount of planning and…

I don't care what anyone says, I love that freaking game (and *hate* Beyond Two Souls with the fire of a thousand suns)

But I do get it. See, I grew up with Annie too. It was way outside my usual wheelhouse, even as a kid, but I adored it. It was the first broadway play I ever saw. I watched the first movie so often I wore out the tape. I still have three or four different cast recordings on my ipod.