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Re: A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading

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Post by whatevaa »

shahsjsjjsz wrote: post #6
everdrive wrote: post #2

Everything is spreading. We're a large interconnected world, and we'll inherit everyone's problems eventually. There are better alternatives, but it's not something people will seriously consider.

Not having cats is an option that is not seriously considered. Dogs are even worse. Make them shit in your own backyard please. If you are a city dweller please do not keep “pets”, it’s bloody ridiculous, thank you.

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Re: A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading

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Post by happytoexplain »

everdrive wrote: post #2

Everything is spreading. We're a large interconnected world, and we'll inherit everyone's problems eventually. There are better alternatives, but it's not something people will seriously consider.

Don't be ominous. Just say things or refrain from posting.

Re: A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading

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Post by MisterTea »

> “I’m convinced that half of the human cases that come from cats are people who are trying to stuff pills down their cat’s throats to treat the sporotrichosis,”

Do yourself a favor, crush the pill and put it in food. Problem solved. Difficult with multiple cats but I had two and one needed medication so I put this little guys on a window sill he loved to perch on which the other cat didn't care to reach.

Re: A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading

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Post by rvba »

mc32 wrote: post #3
everdrive wrote: post #2

Everything is spreading. We're a large interconnected world, and we'll inherit everyone's problems eventually. There are better alternatives, but it's not something people will seriously consider.

What are the alternatives people rather avoid considering?

Probably something about walls or methods used by political systems that built walls.

Re: A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading

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Post by nemomarx »

shahsjsjjsz wrote: post #6
everdrive wrote: post #2

Everything is spreading. We're a large interconnected world, and we'll inherit everyone's problems eventually. There are better alternatives, but it's not something people will seriously consider.

Not having cats is an option that is not seriously considered. Dogs are even worse. Make them shit in your own backyard please. If you are a city dweller please do not keep “pets”, it’s bloody ridiculous, thank you.

We've been keeping pets as a species for considerably longer than we've had cities. It's basically an ingrained part of how we react to animals now.

Re: A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading

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Post by recursive-call »

phyzix5761 wrote: post #10
simonebrunozzi wrote: post #7

Reminds me of the TV Series "The Last of us" [0], which: "... is set decades after the collapse of society caused by a mass fungal infection that transforms its hosts into zombie-like creatures". Of course, minus the zombies. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_(TV_series)

You mean the video games?

There is also a TV adaptation that came out on Netflix a few years ago.

Re: A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading

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Post by symian »

andreime wrote: post #4
everdrive wrote: post #2

Everything is spreading. We're a large interconnected world, and we'll inherit everyone's problems eventually. There are better alternatives, but it's not something people will seriously consider.

Please name a better alternative, I'm very curious.

A system that prices in cost of negative externalities is better than what we have now. A system that caps how much wealth a person can have is a better system that what we now have. A system that prevents the exportation of pollution is a better system than what we have now.

These are opinions and I understand not everyone has these same beliefs.

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