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maskdmirag  ·  4348 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Please stop returning me to the top of the thread every time I reply to a comment

just signed up today and this was the first thing I noticed that was like, wait that doesn't feel right.

maskdmirag  ·  4348 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Experiment: What's YOUR most controversial opinion, Hubski?

I've always appreciated the idea of an "ideal anarchy" where no single power swoops in and takes over. There's some simpsons quote homer makes about why communism doesn't work but ideally it would work, it could apply to anarchy too.

maskdmirag  ·  4348 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Experiment: What's YOUR most controversial opinion, Hubski?

I think I agree with this, especially a really good brownie.

Now if you have any kind of caramel topping to the brownie, nuts are required for the turtle experience

maskdmirag  ·  4348 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Experiment: What's YOUR most controversial opinion, Hubski?

No, I'm really just annoyed at them barking at me when I walk down the street.

I probably don't really feel that way about them, I'm sure there are positives to dogs and dog ownership, I know historically there have been great uses for dogs as human companions. But I'm not convinced those uses are fully realized nowadays.

I had an inherent fear of dogs from when I was very young, a friend of my parents thought it was funny to have his dogs chase me down the street. Over the years I mostly got over it. There was even a period where I really wanted a Shiba Inu because they're such beautiful dogs. But intermixed with that I started walking a lot, partially for work, partially just because I love walking. I cannot tell you one experience I've had in a suburban neighborhood where a Dog just charges the gate and barks at you. when you're not prepared for it it's a huge shock to the system and even when you notice the dog and brace for it it's no fun.

However, that's just the dog's nature, what can we seriously do about it? they're territorial, even a well raised dog is still going to bark at you when you're on the sidewalk (and often across the street).

So it's kind of become a thought experiment for me, what if we ended the domestication of the dog? Is it inherently selfish for me to think, would any breed of dog survive? etc etc.

Also it's a great answer for "most controversial opinion"

maskdmirag  ·  4348 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Experiment: What's YOUR most controversial opinion, Hubski?

We should end the domestication of the dog.