The Chit-Chat Thread

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I just wish people wouldn't resort to threatening to dismember my guinea pigs just because they don't like me.

I'm sorry, but...what? I think this needs a bit of context.

Because I used to volunteer at an animal shelter when I was too young to get a "real" job, I know a thing or two sometimes about critters and try to help people out.

On a forum devoted to pets someone mentioned their younger Pug having really bad breathing issues when it was barely doing anything strenuous that matched up with a problem a Pug at the shelter had. Sometimes dogs with wrinkly faces actually have too much and it obstructs their breathing so bad surgery is need to lessen wrinkles around the nose.

They'd be going to a vet anyway so I thought I'd share this possibility to help calm them down, as it really isn't a big deal to fix, although it might be pretty pricey.

Since it's the internet, of course a random crazy had to say I was making things up and trying to trick someone into hurting their pet, which was when the comment about my guinea pigs came into play.

I'm really sick of forum negativity coming from nowhere, so after he kept ranting even after I linked him to articles proving this could happen, I just shut off my computer for the night.