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Pish (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} toph) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} otf_wank,@ 2006-09-26 18:27:00 |
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CO brings all the wank to the yard
You know, back when I saw the CuteOverload wank about the panda, I thought it was a fluke. There's no way people can continually wank over cute baby animals, right? I'm continually proven wrong, in the latest installment in the CO saga: Labradoodles.
The first few comments are pretty tame, but user Erin gets annoyed pretty quickly:
I don't know, the whole puppy mill/backyard breeder aspect of these mutts (it is not a "breed") really turn me off. People need to look beyond the cute face and address the serious problems behind the horrible practice of intentionally breeding more mutts when there are plenty cute ones in real danger of getting gassed available at the shelter. Often, you can find whatever -doodle you're looking for at any shelter.
Please don't contribute to the demand for milled puppies and backyard-bred dogs-- educate, so that cute puppies don't need to be born in vile conditions.
Some users agree, with the usual comments on paying for an overpriced mutt, mutts in shelters needing homes more than some backyard breeder, etc. etc. etc.
Teughcats: Erin, sweetie, a little too serious perhaps? I agree that puppy mills are horrible and shelter dogs are the best, but this pic is anerable and worthy of snorgling and cute-overloading. Can we just enjoy them?
Erin: No, I can't just "ENJOY THEM", as this is in essence, a big PR ad for your neighborhood backyard breeder. Look at the responses! People see a picture like that, and want one based off the picture. CO has the opportunity to reach a lot of people, and decides to put a cute face on a decidedly NOT cute issue. Instead, the webmaster could do the right thing and not contribute to influencing others to get these dogs.
To the webmaster: please remove the picture. You have the power to influence others to do the right thing, or to do the wrong thing. I'm extremely disappointed with Cute Overload on this issue. If the picture isn't removed, I will no longer visit the site. In addition, I will bring this issue to other animal lovers and request they stop visiting the site as well. It's a shame that with such a large community, the wrong messages have to taint an otherwise excellent website.
Alice Tanzer: Erin - Oh for Christs sake! Get over yourself. Really. This website posts pictures of cute animals. Its not forcing anyone to buy puppy mill animals. Its just posting pictures of cute. Yes, Puppy mills are incredibly upsetting. But how do you know that these are puppymill puppies? How do we know its not someone who went to a shelter and said "Holy Biscuits! Look at these cuties!?"
FutileMind: I bet that is what happened! Someone went to a SHELTER and found two DESIGNER puppies, the same age and from the same litter! What LUCK!
(And the moon is made out of Blue Cheese.)
Good night moon.
Alice Tanzer: Fine, Right, lets all freak out and protest a _website_ because someone decided the picture of puppies was cute instead of tragic. Sorry.
RidBazter: So if posting an image like this is a "a big PR ad for your neighborhood backyard breeder" does that mean the image a few entries down is a big PR ad for hamster sex? Because if it is, count me in. Hummina! (or is that Hammina?)
I'm boycotting everyone who boycotts CO. Right after I come back from my Meaningless Stands support group meeting. So there!
FutileMind: Meaningless Stand?
How many posts said "AW! I want one"? And this is from people who would hopefully do some homework before bringing home a pet...MOST people don't. They see a PICTURE and find a backyard breeder and buy one while shelter animals die and the "stock breeders" are bred to death...
yeah...that's meaningless.
dmac: Cute Overload, if you take this photo down, I'll eat 10 puppies.
Okay, I just included that last one for kicks.
There's more. Oh, there's more. By CO standards it's still fairly small (only 142 comments! Woe!) but judging by the audience.. it'll probably grow. When have you ever known them to just let something go?
ETA: I fear there is little hope for future posts. (Thanks,honorh)
Also, Erin asks SomethingAwful forum members to join her crusade. Fapfapfap. (Thanks,darth_wanker)
You know, back when I saw the CuteOverload wank about the panda, I thought it was a fluke. There's no way people can continually wank over cute baby animals, right? I'm continually proven wrong, in the latest installment in the CO saga: Labradoodles.
The first few comments are pretty tame, but user Erin gets annoyed pretty quickly:
I don't know, the whole puppy mill/backyard breeder aspect of these mutts (it is not a "breed") really turn me off. People need to look beyond the cute face and address the serious problems behind the horrible practice of intentionally breeding more mutts when there are plenty cute ones in real danger of getting gassed available at the shelter. Often, you can find whatever -doodle you're looking for at any shelter.
Please don't contribute to the demand for milled puppies and backyard-bred dogs-- educate, so that cute puppies don't need to be born in vile conditions.
Some users agree, with the usual comments on paying for an overpriced mutt, mutts in shelters needing homes more than some backyard breeder, etc. etc. etc.
Teughcats: Erin, sweetie, a little too serious perhaps? I agree that puppy mills are horrible and shelter dogs are the best, but this pic is anerable and worthy of snorgling and cute-overloading. Can we just enjoy them?
Erin: No, I can't just "ENJOY THEM", as this is in essence, a big PR ad for your neighborhood backyard breeder. Look at the responses! People see a picture like that, and want one based off the picture. CO has the opportunity to reach a lot of people, and decides to put a cute face on a decidedly NOT cute issue. Instead, the webmaster could do the right thing and not contribute to influencing others to get these dogs.
To the webmaster: please remove the picture. You have the power to influence others to do the right thing, or to do the wrong thing. I'm extremely disappointed with Cute Overload on this issue. If the picture isn't removed, I will no longer visit the site. In addition, I will bring this issue to other animal lovers and request they stop visiting the site as well. It's a shame that with such a large community, the wrong messages have to taint an otherwise excellent website.
Alice Tanzer: Erin - Oh for Christs sake! Get over yourself. Really. This website posts pictures of cute animals. Its not forcing anyone to buy puppy mill animals. Its just posting pictures of cute. Yes, Puppy mills are incredibly upsetting. But how do you know that these are puppymill puppies? How do we know its not someone who went to a shelter and said "Holy Biscuits! Look at these cuties!?"
FutileMind: I bet that is what happened! Someone went to a SHELTER and found two DESIGNER puppies, the same age and from the same litter! What LUCK!
(And the moon is made out of Blue Cheese.)
Good night moon.
Alice Tanzer: Fine, Right, lets all freak out and protest a _website_ because someone decided the picture of puppies was cute instead of tragic. Sorry.
RidBazter: So if posting an image like this is a "a big PR ad for your neighborhood backyard breeder" does that mean the image a few entries down is a big PR ad for hamster sex? Because if it is, count me in. Hummina! (or is that Hammina?)
I'm boycotting everyone who boycotts CO. Right after I come back from my Meaningless Stands support group meeting. So there!
FutileMind: Meaningless Stand?
How many posts said "AW! I want one"? And this is from people who would hopefully do some homework before bringing home a pet...MOST people don't. They see a PICTURE and find a backyard breeder and buy one while shelter animals die and the "stock breeders" are bred to death...
yeah...that's meaningless.
dmac: Cute Overload, if you take this photo down, I'll eat 10 puppies.
Okay, I just included that last one for kicks.
There's more. Oh, there's more. By CO standards it's still fairly small (only 142 comments! Woe!) but judging by the audience.. it'll probably grow. When have you ever known them to just let something go?
ETA: I fear there is little hope for future posts. (Thanks,
honorh)Also, Erin asks SomethingAwful forum members to join her crusade. Fapfapfap. (Thanks,
darth_wanker)Post a comment in response:
