neku

neku wrote

Reply to Is it immoral to keep a pet? by flabberghaster

Is it right to keep a pet?

other people have talked about this but i dont think that owning pets is inherently immoral. owning pets is a net good for both you and the pet, generally.

I want an animal friend but i also know that animals don't feel about me as i feel about them.

https://barkpost.com/dogs-love-us-like-family/

https://www.livescience.com/58438-cats-like-people-more-than-food.html

Most common pets like humans. Animals that don't like humans generally aren't kept as pets, right? I don't know about like, lizards or bunnies or anything, though.

However, I also started feeling bad and wondering if the dogs were really happy living in a small house with a not that big yard.

I suppose that big dogs wouldn't like living in small homes with no outside area to play in. But small/medium sized dogs would suit small houses/outside areas fine, especially so if you take them for walks often. I don't know about keeping a dog if you're in like a studio or 1br apartment, though. You would have to talk to people at the shelter or pet store.

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neku wrote

Reply to about that tumblr russian psyop email by musou

so if anyone’s freaking out about their entire online life being a lie because they got an email

nah its cool i knew i was a russian psyop

a script to scan every single post on my blog for any posts originating from any of the authors listed in the email

i think you get the email if you liked a post from one of those blogs too so :/

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neku wrote

Reply to What are the economics of charity? by twovests

If I want to maximize what I can give to charity, it would make the most sense to just invest the charity money for my whole life and (in my will) have arrangements for someone else to take over the account when I die.

this makes sense in terms of numbers but i feel like not donating to charity all your life in order to make one big donation when youre dead means that the people youll donate to will be worse off now and theoretically better off later. if were assuming that charity is a money-to-good converter then like things will be Worse Later if you dont donate money now :???

as someone who has no jobs no hope no cash i would probably say either pledging the standard amount that a charity asks of you monthly - ie msf asks you to become a member for like $20nzd a month or something here - and donate individual lump sums to gofundmes or what have you as the need arises if you want that. the second option if you're Hard Core is to like, set aside a percentage of your paycheck and donate that money???

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