#it is not radically unlike those sad men whose porn-addled minds direct all their energy at anime women and instagram e-girls and onlyfans

[ivan-fyodorovich-k]

About ten years ago it seemed like the dominant paradigm around people I knew who chose pets over children was that they didn't want the responsibility of human children and pets were easier / less pressure

Then about five years ago I noticed a shift where having pets was actually the morally superior option, better for the environment (?), more difficult than human children (??), and ultimately a more merciful choice for the unborn who by virtue of their unbirth would not experience suffering (or anything else, but this is a point for another day), started to see op-eds painting "pet parenthood" as a serious thing that is directly comparable to actual parenthood (just kidding ha ha, unless...?)

But now increasingly I'm seeing things about like, the beauty of self-sacrifice, and you love pets without expecting anything in return, and people have their animals in prams and things and like. . .if you are looking at your pet as a subject to love and respect and for which to sacrifice for 13-18 years with nothing in return, embracing inevitable heartbreak as an inherently beautiful part of the process, spending more on your pet's food than you spend on your own, paying for pet health insurance, pet life insurance, bank accounts for your pet, at some point you need to step back and ask yourself what the hell you are doing