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Pets are closer to a slave than a child, they have no ability to ask or demand things of you and they get only what you choose to offer them. You can ignore every single need a pet has and just put them in a bag and carry them around like an inanimate object that can never protest your actions, and throw the bag in a river if you get tired of carrying it. You can have them killed or sell them or abandon them at your…
Pets are closer to a slave than a child, they have no ability to ask or demand things of you and they get only what you choose to offer them. You can ignore every single need a pet has and just put them in a bag and carry them around like an inanimate object that can never protest your actions, and throw the bag in a river if you get tired of carrying it. You can have them killed or sell them or abandon them at your…
In some countries you can get huge fines and even jail for animal abuse.
The guy tried to express all the problems we - parents - have in the modern ("startup") ecosystem, and then he gets bashed because there are people who can't have kids. That's not the point. I'm the only parent in a 10 person startup and I'm constantly looked at like I'm the person slacking off, because I randomly have to go take care of my baby. Our 9am standup is a joke, with everyone groggy and still in their paja…
The guy tried to express all the problems we - parents - have in the modern ("startup") ecosystem, and then he gets bashed because there are people who can't have kids. That's not the point. I'm the only parent in a 10 person startup and I'm constantly looked at like I'm the person slacking off, because I randomly have to go take care of my baby. Our 9am standup is a joke, with everyone groggy and still in their paja…