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minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down6·7 hours agoPets are ridiculously expensive and definitely a luxury.
minus-squareHolytimes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 hours agoMy cat costs 100 bucks a month. And brings me the only source of joy I have. That’s cheap and I consider not having suicidal thoughts to not be a luxury.
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 hours agoPets are the new kids Goldfish are the new pets Pet rocks are the new goldfish Kids are insanely expensive and time consuming. Which normally isn’t a problem in a healthy society with functional communities and affordable goods and services. We aren’t in a healthy society.
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 hours agolol, I can assure you that is a very yuppie mindset. Vast majority of people with pets can’t afford much beyond the food.
minus-squarejaykrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·5 hours agoWhat? Compared to having a kid they’re extremely cheap. My small dog costs me at most about $2000 a year.
minus-squarekerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·5 hours agoTell that to the tremendous number of homeless people in poverty who have pets.
Pets are ridiculously expensive and definitely a luxury.
My cat costs 100 bucks a month. And brings me the only source of joy I have.
That’s cheap and I consider not having suicidal thoughts to not be a luxury.
Pets are the new kids
Goldfish are the new pets
Pet rocks are the new goldfish
Kids are insanely expensive and time consuming. Which normally isn’t a problem in a healthy society with functional communities and affordable goods and services. We aren’t in a healthy society.
lol, I can assure you that is a very yuppie mindset. Vast majority of people with pets can’t afford much beyond the food.
What? Compared to having a kid they’re extremely cheap. My small dog costs me at most about $2000 a year.
Tell that to the tremendous number of homeless people in poverty who have pets.