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[Dunamisdeos]

I'd take droll Turkish internet over our propaganda hellscape any day.

And I like memes.

[Magmacube_tr]

I'd take droll Turkish internet over our propaganda hellscape any day.

And I like memes.

Oh come on. Your propaganda is probably at least funny to snark at. Turkish propaganda is not motivating or even a bit emotional. It's just... soulless. It has no distinct flavor. It isn't even snark material. As if they are holding the voicer on gunpoint.

It's a prevalent problem here. Media is, just it. What its supposed to be. What it is expected to be. Things are all forced, whitewashed and artificial. Kids shows, Sitcoms, Documentaries, News, all of 'em

[Dunamisdeos]

I'd take droll Turkish internet over our propaganda hellscape any day.

And I like memes.

Oh come on. Your propaganda is probably at least funny to snark at. Turkish propaganda is not motivating or even a bit emotional. It's just... soulless. It has no distinct flavor. It isn't even snark material. As if they are holding the voicer on gunpoint.

It's a prevalent problem here. Media is, just it. What its supposed to be. What it is expected to be. Things are all forced, whitewashed and artificial. Kids shows, Sitcoms, Documentaries, News, all of 'em

Oh come on. Your propaganda is probably at least funny to snark at.]Oh come on. Your propaganda is probably at least funny to snark at.

Yeah. FOR YOU 

I would be sad at the state of other media, though, for sure.

[Bumber]

Oh come on. Your propaganda is probably at least funny to snark at.

Yeah. FOR YOU 

I would be sad at the state of other media, though, for sure.

"http://Oh come on. Your propaganda is probably at least funny to snark at." isn't a valid url.

[Naturegirl1999]

It is not. It is not showing up

[Dunamisdeos]

I refuse to admit that I clicked the wrong button in haste, because it is a liberal plot to make me look incompetent.

Dammit, he's right.

[Naturegirl1999]

What if someone added .com to the end of it and made it a valid url just because?

[Grim Portent]

The puppy has become a living reminder of the reasons why I'm not a dog person. At first I thought it might be fine, but as he's gotten over the shock of being taken to a new home to live with a new family and started being himself I've been finding him progressively more annoying and dog-like.

If I ever have kids, and if they ever ask for a dog, they're getting a lizard. I can handle lizards. I like lizards.

[Frumple]

Puppies are a lot of effort regardless, tbh. Decently trained doggo with a nice personality can be pretty good.

Puppy is not decently trained. Training a puppy is a fairly substantial amount of work to do right, and until that point they're basically rampaging shit machines, like human babies except it's legal to sell them if they get too annoying.

If you're not a dog person you probably shouldn't have a puppy, heh. Leave that to someone that knows what they're doing and enjoys the experience, y'know? Anyway, g'luck, don't punt the puppy, etc.

[Grim Portent]

Only 1/5 people in the house actually wanted the the puppy. Specifically my mother wanted one, despite the fact we have a cat who doesn't like most other animals, my brother and I dislike dogs, my dad didn't see the point and my SiL thought it was a bad idea to get one.

I've been stuck with taking care of it from 8:30-5:00 every weekday so far and I massively prefer basically every other type of animal I've met to dogs anyway.

[Frumple]

Well then, now you know what you need to do. Train the puppy to poop in your mother's shoe.

Just sayin', it's a fairly quick and effectice way to get someone to not want a puppy anymore.

[Grim Portent]

Given how much she spent on the thing I doubt that would work.

I think I just need to tough it out until it's big enough that I can stop spending 8 hours a day keeping it company and mopping up pee, so I can get back to focusing on my own pets. The tortoise and snake barely get out at the moment because the dog is teething and I am not letting him near my pets while he wants to chew things constantly.

Also the part of the garden that was great for taking them both out in now has dog pee and trampled plants, so that area isn't suitable for them anymore.

[Frumple]

... wait, spent? It's pure bred, or are you just talking the basic vet care stuff? 'Cause pure bred will... probably be worse for you. Mutts are generally just kinda' better in every way, in my experience.

Also sounds a lot like the primary owner is neglecting them on top of everything else, if you're the primary caretaker ~half the day, which extra sucks. Dunno how well toughing it out will work, though. Just the house training (i.e. no more mopping up piss) takes a good 4-6 months, and that's if the folks involved are actually doing what they're supposed to be doing.

... but yeah, best wishes. I was actually in a similar situation recently-ish, but there wasn't much money spent on it so sunk cost didn't get involved and I was able to convice the person that got the puppy to get rid of it in relatively short order. Wasn't, uh. Wasn't exactly a happy ending 'cause the person they foisted the puppy on ultimately ran said puppy over and killed it, but, um. It was a ending? I guess.

[Grim Portent]

The dog's a cockapoo, a miniature poodle crossed with a cocker spaniel, and they're apparently a hot commodity as dogs go, cost nearly as much as getting a new wood floor installed in the hall and living room. My mum decided she loved the one my aunt and uncle in Australia have a few years back after visiting them, and spent the last couple of years trying to convince everyone else in the family that we should get a dog. Nevermind that we had several pets that don't do well with dogs already. 

If it was basically any other animal I could leave it alone for an hour or two at a time to see to other stuff, but I'm not supposed to put him in his crate and leave him for more than about ten minutes at a time and it's getting to me because I feel bad for not spending more time with my reptiles.