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Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by imp0cat »

joezydeco wrote: post #57
netsharc wrote: post #33

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Popular in Sweden, apparently: https://geeksaroundglobe.com/6000-swedes-implant-chips-in-sk... And when they used it as a digital identifier to check for the Covid-vaccination status, of course all the wormbrained screamed that "Covid certificate mandate leads to Swedish government microchipping its citizens!'.

Is this how the whole "Bill Gates is putting 5G chips in the Covid vaccine" meme got started?

Yeah, this explains a lot!

Crazy times we are living in! First all the conspiracy theories about a huge pedo-ring controlling the world's government come true and then this?!

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by imp0cat »

_doctor_love wrote: post #16

Microchipping dogs makes a lot of sense. What are the privacy concerns though? If someone wants to hunt a person down, I imagine the microchips in the dogs would make a great tracking device.

Yes, the data can help uncover Russian spies. There is a fascinating yt document about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjo0iLssbI8 ( How I caught an Illegal Russian Spy )

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by azinman2 »

imp0cat wrote: post #91
joezydeco wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this how the whole "Bill Gates is putting 5G chips in the Covid vaccine" meme got started?

Yeah, this explains a lot! Crazy times we are living in! First all the conspiracy theories about a huge pedo-ring controlling the world's government come true and then this?!

You’re forgetting adrenochrome

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by dgan »

bsder wrote: post #56
thelastgallon wrote: post #8

> her beloved pit bull, Forty-Cal, had been missing for 11 years. > He's super docile and friendly. Always has been. Are pit bulls known for being docile?

> Are pit bulls known for being docile? Not really. Even "old school" working catch dogs in this breed may require a break stick to get the dog to release game. In addition, the dogs are strong . And that's really the crux of the problem. Dogs will be dogs. They can be the nicest animal on the planet, but at some point a dog will bite you--maybe you did something stupid, maybe the dog accidentally got underfoot and g…

You talking like a bite must happen. No it's not. Source: myself, we ve had a dozen of dogs. Among them : rotweiler, new foundlands, montagne de pyrénées, terrier, and dozens of chihuahua and spitzs

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by nradov »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #52
Daneel_ wrote: post #49

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Exactly. Please keep cats indoors - they kill all the local wildlife. I have a cat and it stays indoors exclusively.

This is a widely-cited myth, and almost impossible to measure in practice. What does "all the local wildlife" even mean? Is the threat here that birds are going to go extinct because of cats? Not likely, and the burden of proof is on the people repeating this mistaken belief. Using "think of the birds" as a justification for imprisoning your cat for their entire lives is also pretty crummy. It's called wildlife becau…

In my neighborhood some people let their cats run around loose. Then the local wildlife (coyotes) eats the cats, and the idiot cat owners whine that the city needs to "do something" about the coyotes.

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by Rendello »

dmix wrote: post #41
macintux wrote: post #36

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I took a few pit mixes out of the local humane society last summer for "Doggy Day Out", basically an opportunity for dogs who need new homes to get exposure to the community and get away from the kennel for a few hours, and they were universally friendly, sweet dogs. There's some selection bias, obviously, but their reputation is definitely overblown.

They are banned in Ontario, Canada for a good reason and banned in UK for the same reasons. The only time my dog was ever randomly attacked was a pitbull and you quickly learn talking to other dog owners how common this is. Nothing clears out a dog park like a pit bull showing up.

The ban isn't meaningfully enforced in much of the province [1], I see them a lot. I used to live in Ottawa, and their official site directly states "The City of Ottawa does not enforce the provincial ban on pit bulls" [2]. For those (legitimately) interested in a Canadian perspective on breed-specific legislation, there's a documentary by CBC's Fifth Estate on the subject [3].

1. https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/five-things-to-know-abou...

2. https://ottawa.ca/en/living-ottawa/animals-and-pets/dogs/dog...

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFa8HOdegZA

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by c0balt »

zoklet-enjoyer wrote: post #61
Buildstarted wrote: post #47

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was this a couple decades ago or so? i remember reading a blog about someone who implanted a magnet in the tip of one of their fingers and then put a chip in the skin between the thumb and forefinger.

You might be thinking of a blog called Feeling Waves. https://feelingwaves.blogspot.com That's where I heard about it too. He had magnets custom coated in some sort of Teflon like material. I ordered some magnets from him in 2009 but then couldn't find anyone who would implant them. I was living in Fargo, ND at the time and had called a bunch of tattoo and piercing shops as far away as Omaha and nobody would do it. A…

Thank you for sharing your story, that was an interesting perspective of the practical side of light body implants.

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by [deleted] »

dgan wrote: post #95
bsder wrote: post #56

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> Are pit bulls known for being docile? Not really. Even "old school" working catch dogs in this breed may require a break stick to get the dog to release game. In addition, the dogs are strong . And that's really the crux of the problem. Dogs will be dogs. They can be the nicest animal on the planet, but at some point a dog will bite you--maybe you did something stupid, maybe the dog accidentally got underfoot and g…

You talking like a bite must happen. No it's not. Source: myself, we ve had a dozen of dogs. Among them : rotweiler, new foundlands, montagne de pyrénées, terrier, and dozens of chihuahua and spitzs

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Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by BoorishBears »

albatross79 wrote: post #29
thelastgallon wrote: post #8

> her beloved pit bull, Forty-Cal, had been missing for 11 years. > He's super docile and friendly. Always has been. Are pit bulls known for being docile?

That's just what the owners tend to say after the dog has ripped some child apart. It's the "I didn't know it was loaded" defense.

Harder to pull off after naming it 'Forty-Cal' though, no?
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