Best Small Furry Pet

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Rider

Yeah there's an option. I like the size of my butthole now. I don't need to go to prison the get it expanded. Remember Nee's thread....

It was a joke.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Trip

I'm not expecting kids to be easy. Having a kid is a shitload different than getting a pet. I know pet owners will freak out, but pets being family is horseshit. It's not the same and will never be the same. A kid is on a whole other field of play. I don't even see the point of comparing getting a pet to having a kid.

I'm not gonna freak out but I will say that depending on your mindset a pet can be part of the family or not. Just like you can truly accept an adopted/step sibling/child or not. Either you have the heart for it or you don't. My dog is the closest thing to a family that I have so he's my defacto son. I don't know if I'd love a real son more or not (I'd imagine that I would) but as of right now, there's nothing or no one I care about more... whatever that means.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Trip

fish don't count as pets, as stated before they are living decorations.

I used to have pacus that would allow people to pet them (they'd float on their sides if you put your hand in the tank and sit there and let you pet 'em)

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

I used to have pacus that would allow people to pet them (they'd float on their sides if you put your hand in the tank and sit there and let you pet 'em)

Try that with a trigger fish... you're likely to pull back a bloody stump.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Rider

Try that with a trigger fish... you're likely to pull back a bloody stump.

I had a Gar once that was like that but he died

[Trip]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

I'm not gonna freak out but I will say that depending on your mindset a pet can be part of the family or not. Just like you can truly accept an adopted/step sibling/child or not. Either you have the heart for it or you don't. My dog is the closest thing to a family that I have so he's my defacto son. I don't know if I'd love a real son more or not (I'd imagine that I would) but as of right now, there's nothing or no one I care about more... whatever that means.

Originally Posted by Triple

Probably best that you've decided not to get any pets, then.

I have had many pets before. Yes, you can become quite attached to them, but they are not family. There is no substitute for a living breathing human.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Trip

I have had many pets before. Yes, you can become quite attached to them, but they are not family. There is no substitute for a living breathing human.

Okay, it's all in your heart as I've said. Some people will never really accept a step-brother into their "family" either. It's all within each individual person.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

Okay, it's all in your heart as I've said. Some people will never really accept a step-brother into their "family" either. It's all within each individual person.

It's not a question of heart. It's nature. Sorry, a pet will never replace human. It does not have the capacity a human has in the way we develop relationships. It will always will be the lower lifeform by it's very nature, never an equal.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Trip

It's not a question of heart. It's nature. Sorry, a pet will never replace human. It does not have the capacity a human has in the way we develop relationships. It will always will be the lower lifeform by it's very nature, never an equal.

Okay, then it's not in your "nature" to accept an animal as part of your family. It's cool that you're a cold hearted bastard bro. Don't worry about it.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

Okay, then it's not in your "nature" to accept an animal as part of your family. It's cool that you're a cold hearted bastard bro. Don't worry about it.

I guess it's in the "nature" of humans to want to "humanize" objects and animals that aren't human. Like how we seem to have this fascination with robots that walk on two legs.