@Mowcherie
@lemmy.worldYes, dog is god spelled backwards. They have a real love and loyalty for their humans. At the same time, I think that people's gods can be real to them and they form a relationship with their unseen deity, it becomes more than one-sided (in their mind at least).
I think some of these things are not a monolith, to be rejected all together. For example, there are some herbs that fell under the umbrella of homeopathy that turned out to have very valuable medicinal properties when properly studied.
There is the practical/pragmatic side to it, that cows are basically incredible biomachines, converting grass to nutritious milk and are in that sense more valuable alive than dead. The encoding of that practice into culture is very strong.
Considering we are eating a god right in front of them, they are remarkable civil about it all. I'm not a fan of religion either, as I've seen it bring out the worst in people. I wish there was more patience, understanding and empathy in the world.
Yes, I have respect for your mother for having the wisdom to draw clear boundaries during an emotionally complicated situation.
What kind of vacuum did you upgrade to, if I may ask? I am in need of a good robot servant.
I agree completely with the emphatic comments about not asking for medical advice on the internet.
As an aside... some of you big guys are wearing your belts really tight and strangling your assholes into hemrroids to desperately keep your pants up. Consider switching to suspenders for the love of God. It can make a huge difference in the health of you asshole vasculature, stop the itching and bleeding after a few months. You can wear the suspenders under your shirt it you don't like the style.
It's incredibly good that you were able to get yourself out of this terrible relationship. I can't imagine how hard that must have been. You do not have the money to support this person. That is a just a fact and while it's natural to feel bad about that, there is no guilt that can/should be laid at your feet.
Use your money to support yourself. You are worth it, and are not a bad person for ending this relationship and extricating yourself. Consider seeing someone about a cord-cutting ceremony or equivalent, if you are a spiritual person. Buy yourself something small but nice when you get the chance. There is some healing that you will have to do in the future.
I get that it is 'humane,' but I get scared when I see humans developing and organizing highly efficient ways to exterminate humans, such as gas chambers.
It's perhaps stupider than that. The guy couldn't take getting made fun of on Twitter, so he bought and killed it.