I actually did this one year, not a soup kitchen but a camp for underprivileged kids. And I was an adult, feeling depressed about my birthday. On the way home, we stopped for dinner. It was really cool! I'd never make my kid do it, but I highly recommend it if you're dreading getting older.

LOVE this! It's exactly how I feel about 3D printing — how is this even happening? I feel like my gran when we tried to explain the Internet, it was just one step too far. She'd seen the development of technology from radio onwards and her brain just couldn't do it anymore.

I keep coming back to the psychic argument because the psychics are what I have a problem with. I have REPEATEDLY said — including directly TO YOU — that I have no problem with things like flyers and cameras. Literally the second comment I made to this article was about how the psychic thing bothered me. I have…

Find me one place where I said she was selfish or bad. ONE. I said the decision to spend money on pet psychics was a shitty one, which virtually everyone here has agreed with. I posted some numbers on things that could be bought with $35k. That is IT. I have not called her names, remarked upon her character, said she…

I was simply replying to your assertion that absolutely no one agrees with me. Which isn't true. If more people disagree with me than not, fine. I don't form my opinions by votes. But it's hardly the case that not one single person agrees with me at all, in the whole world, ever and ever, amen.

I'm a woman. Again, if buying a pair of shoes to wear on my feet is the same as spending thousands of dollars on pet psychics, I don't know what to say. That's a pretty unanswerable argument — unless you're starving and naked, you never get to have an opinion on money.

No psychic has ever found a missing person. Period. Using psychics to find a missing pet is, was and will always be unsuccessful. I never said that money on flyers and searches was a waste or that she shouldn't have tried to find the dog. Someone in these comments pointed out that they'd been able to find their lost…

Well, thank you for that insight on how I should live my life. I appreciate you taking the time to share with me, even though you seem to have completely missed my point and attributed all kinds of beliefs to me that I never expressed. Have a nice afternoon!

Oh, I see the problem. You might not have realized this, but I'm not actually talking to the woman who lost her dog. I don't know her at all and have no reason to believe she'll read these comments, as opposed to the comments of the 187 other articles about her search for her dog. I'm just expressing my opinion about…

It took a moment, but this is wonderful. And terrible. Nicely done.

This is excellent. It hits a bit close to home today, because our friends just lost their teenage son to suicide. I wish we could bottle the joy of small children and dose it out to them as they get older and life gets complicated. Also, I am very grateful for my butt. It's a feat of bioengineering. Until your butt…

No, I've never been of that idea. Buy your 16 year old a Maybach covered in hand drawn comic illustrations? Waste. Set a $100K purse on fire as performance art? Waste. Use federal dollars to build a Bridge To Nowhere? Waste. Defund school lunches to give subsidies to oil companies? Waste. Being socially progressive…

I just don't see myself as being self righteous for pointing out that pet psychics are a waste of money and that money could actually be spent doing some good. Lots of people want to ascribe all kinds of motives to me, but come on. This woman chose to go public with the amount of money and the methods she's used to…

Let's start from the end and go backwards. I'm not you. The fact that I am not you doesn't make me a bad person. If you can't get past that, I don't have any help for you. I DGAF if you believe me or not, you're still wrong in thinking people who aren't exactly like you must be bad and selfish. I'm not propping up my…

At the risk of a mob showing up at my home, I'm going to come right out and say this. People are not pets. I understand and appreciate that people love their pets and see them as family members. But it's wrong to equate them to children. I suppose that's very speciesist of me, but most humans feel the same way.

Well, you're wrong. We give a percentage of our income every year to charity, as well as volunteering our time and other resources. I'm not a bad or selfish person because I think spending money on pet psychics is a tragic waste of resources.

I am so glad you found your puppy! There are really great resources out there. I totally get the fliers and searching, because I'd be devastated if we lost our cat or dog.

No, 67 people agree with me, actually. Have a nice day.

What is with you people and Africans? I mention vaccines, mosquito nets and clean water supplies and you all start complaining about AFRICA. What about people in North and South America? What about Asians and Europeans?

As I said before, the psychic thing is a shitty decision. That doesn't mean I don't feel pity for her. But she's not going to feel less guilty the way she's going. I'd say the same thing if she was blowing the money gambling or drinking to feel better. One thing that helps grieving people to feel better is helping…