What does it say about our society that
"Think of the poor doggos!"
is a more effective PSA against setting off fireworks in residential areas than
"You have actual human neighbors you see every day with severe mental health issues who you are giving trauma responses"
most people don't care about other people. capitalism sets us all up in an adversarial position woth the rest of humanity and it's the root of the "fuck you got mine" mindset that so many people have. their anything positive outweighs the negatives to others.
Partially, I think there's also this attitude that an actual person should "know better". The classic, "You're an adult, learn to live with it" attitude that so many people treat mental health issues with.
I reckon it's the idea that dogs don't understand why there are suddenly kabooms happening combined with ignorance about mental illness. I don't necessarily see it as a question of value, but rather assuming that it's easy for people to take precautions and protect themselves.
Well. Yeah. You're asking them to do something, not just being a pleasing image that can't argue with them. You cost, the hypothetical of the dog does not.
Obviously, fuck anyone who lets their base instincts rule their behaviors so completely - But that's the world we live in.
YES.
You are less valuable than (for some reason) SPECIFICALLY a chocolate lab.
Hating on the most loving creatures will NOT make people care more about your health. Get some damn therapy and lay off on FUCKING DOGS OF ALL THINGS.
Literally read what you said.
I wouldn't have cared if you just said "fireworks affect some people with mental health issues."
But no. You CHOSE to compare it to dogs.
"Oh so the dog gets empathy but not the actual human" as if a human matters more.
Humans are capable of protecting themselves.
Animals aren't.
A dog is at an equivalent age of 3.
I would care more about a child crying than an adult.
You can say "I need help too" without questioning someone else getting help.
Fuck humans who use dogs in stuff like this.
I wouldn't have cared if they didn't invalidate animals with the same problems.
I said fuck MY neighbors cause they're assholes. Some abuse kids too.
"Fire in the hole" then immediately pretended like it was accidental and an NBC affiliate wasn't directly on scene to capture their coolness (criminal negligence)
To be honest, I don’t even have a trauma response but the whole month of my neighbors setting off fireworks from 9pm until 3 am isn’t doing wonders for my otherwise manageable mental health either!
This is one of the few times of year I'm glad I work nights. No one sets off fireworks during my sleeping hours, because the sunlight would make it too boring.
Exactly this. I know no neighbour, mine or family's/friend's, who was abusing firewoks and gave a damn about animals or anything really.
I live in city with a small forrest enclosed, very close to me. Squirrels are found in quantities dead at at start of new year.
Firework spammers do not care.
That is so sad!
I came back to Canada 19 months ago after living in the USA for way too long. One thing I looked forward to was lack of fireworks. Somewhere between the time I left Canada and came back, fireworks became a thing here. It’s Canada Day and I’m bracing for assholes.
Reading the other responses it is clear that many people don’t know that even though a human knows what is going on in their thinking part of their brain, that doesn’t mean they can make their nervous system not freak out. That’s the problem. And it can be cumulative.
this same phenomenon exists with unhoused people too. Sometimes to the point some asshole will try to steal a homeless person's dog because "the animal shouldn't have to suffer"
It’s been proven that we actually do have more of an emotional response to dogs. It’s built in, not that we don’t have one for people but that it’s just more for dogs.
Dogs can’t defend themselves against fireworks, all they can do is run or hide, so they get way more sympathy. A human has more options to prepare, at least usually they do. At least that’s my guess.
That's at least part of the rationalizing, yeah. A vet knows what July 4 is, what fireworks are, and can read a calendar to know when they're going to happen.
Of course, assholes setting them off for weeks before and after the firework holidays are equally unpredictable to everyone, human or dog.
it says the obvious that we been knew for a long time
people dont care about eachother anywhere near as much as they care about kittens and puppies and little duckies
on average, other humans occupy the "get fucked lol" space in peoples brains
many of them are increasingly likely to have all their possessions thrown into a dump truck, despite the sign posted nearby saying that they're actually at <>
I have dysautonomia and today I was about to comment on a “think of the doggos and critters” post with “humans too” and then thought better of it for that reason. Sigh.
