As a cyclist, I can't say dogs are my best friends. OTOH I have had great bonds with some cats.
When did dogs become our best friends?
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This kind of thinking very much reminds me of those parents who view the children they chose to have as nefarious evil leeches.
Well first thing they do even before birth is starting sucking your energy out so there is that. Now that they are gently reaching teenager years, I call them roomies. They eat everything that is available in the fridge, don't want to help with cleaning, interact less and less with me, invite dubious people and listen to loud music in their room.
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#53On this topic I saw this great documentary called "Man's first friend" from 2008.[1]. Also speaking of northern Italy, as a dog owner, I am fully behind this[2] proposal to DNA test dogs and punish anyone leaving dog poop on the streets. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=talBvZ5x8sY&t=4882s 2. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/17/italian-provin...
The founding fathers would think that allowing the government to have a database on ANYTHING is a bad idea. Plus dog poop is ecologically good for the environment and fertilizes nature.
Concrete and asphalt don't need fertilizer.
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#54More than friendship, I think this is more a case of dependency. Sometimes it goes one way, sometimes both ways especially in the emotional part.
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#55As a cyclist, I can't say dogs are my best friends. OTOH I have had great bonds with some cats.
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#56As a cyclist, I can't say dogs are my best friends. OTOH I have had great bonds with some cats.
You have stray dogs where you live or what? Cant say cycling has affected my views on dogs.
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#57More than friendship, I think this is more a case of dependency. Sometimes it goes one way, sometimes both ways especially in the emotional part.
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Extremely harsh? Many of these dogs are very smart. What about locking a human away for 8 hours with no internet, no books, no entertainment, nothing to do? And it might be affection they give their dogs but it's not really love if they are so cruel. Besides, they wouldn't be strays if they were never bought, at least not a lot of them if the demand were lower, then so would the breeding and supply.
I called that K-12.
You didn't have books in school?
Re: When did dogs become our best friends?
#59As a cyclist, I can't say dogs are my best friends. OTOH I have had great bonds with some cats.
You have stray dogs where you live or what? Cant say cycling has affected my views on dogs.
Lots of stray dogs around here in south of Spain. Also when I used to be a 12y old cycling in rural france that was pretty much the same, I was always prepared for a sprint whenever I would reach a farm.
In a sense it probably made me stronger but I can't say I build a friendship and a mutual sense of confidence with dogs.
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Also necessary in NYC which I don’t really feel is low-trust in general.
NYC and US are definitely low-trust. Interesting comparison: https://jacknicastro.substack.com/p/vienna-and-new-york-high...
Definitely a high trust city (Vienna), but note that a few times a year they do check for tickets.
Because the monthly pass rate is so low, most people have purchased the pass on their phone and that must be shown a couple of times a year or else you’ll be charged a fine at the checkpoint. I’m actually surprised that the evasion stats are so low, since the fine isn’t terribly large and you might come out ahead just never paying the fare and only paying fines.
I have to say though, that system of spot checks makes the day to day very low friction.