I got run over by a fucking electric scooter the other day when I was ferrying boxes from my appt to a car (lots of work being done in my home, had to move stuff out). The guy was going at full speed on the sidewalk (absolutely illegal) and said "well, you could have looked before going out".
And when I mentioned his (mandatory) insurance, he went "cheerio" and sped off leaving me having to do bandages for two weeks while my knees mended.Anyway, good thing I have 3 lives.
If only it was safe for e-scooter riders to use the road, alas the road is filled with cars that will absolutely turn them into paste.
In my city tons and tons of people use e-scooters and it's fine, because as it turns out people ride on sidewalks because it's the only non-suicidal option.
I don’t know your city, but in America it’s very well established that riding bikes on the sidewalk is less safe for cyclists as well as other sidewalk users. This applies to e-scooters just as well, and includes car dominated cities.
Turns out people are really bad as judging relative risk when it comes to traffic. If you live in a modern western city, I bet your city is the same.
If you let your cat roam, you're shit. Not only do they die, but they kill wildlife, other pets, and cause property damage. No other pet owner feels entitled to everyone else's property being their pet's playground but cat owners.
Cats on the street have an average lifespan between one to 5 years, pretty sad.
Wild cats have even less. Is that sad too?
This must be a cultural thing because cats wonder all over the place in my country. No one has a problem with it.
it's ok if you live in a countryside somewhere.
can't imagine letting my pet just roam around a fucking city though
Okay, I'll bite: Half your accusations are nonsensical. Cats kill "other pets"? Yeah, I suppose, if you put your goldfish in a shallow bowl on your patio... Property damage? Did you even use half a brain cell before making that statement?
Furthermore - yes, domestic cats killing birds is an issue. One that's successfully inflated and thrown at you from tons of news to try and distract you from the orders of magnitude larger effect that industry has on the bird population.
Beyond that: cats are an issue where they are brought into an ecosystem that hasn't adapted to them, e.g. New Zealand. But in most parts of the world, cats are absolutely compatible with the ecosystem, as their typical prey is detrimental to gardens / agriculture. Why do you think humans domesticated cats in the first place?
Take your undifferentiated hate against cats to a therapist and work on your self hate.
Not only do they die
Maybe if you live next to a busy road. When car speeds are low cats are plenty smart to avoid them. Our cats kill maybe 3 mice a year. No other pets whatsoever and I'm really not sure what kind of property damage you suggest a cat would do. Scratch up a fence?
So they might kill some rodents or birds. So what? Us humans kill far more wildlife than any amount of cats ever could.
I would also argue that keeping your cat Inside all day is also shit. The wildlife killing problem can be solved by just having a bell around its neck.
Or, put them in a pen. Or, leash and walk them. It’s no different than having a dog and being respectful of neighbors.
A bell is actually a problem - less for the bell for because the necklace can get caught in branches and the cat can get strangulated.
I'd take hundreds of stray cats roaming the neighborhood over a single loose pit bull. Loose pit bulls are fucking dangerous and make me consider exercising my right to carry a firearm even though I'm generally repulsed by the idea.
Yeah but, and hear me out on this... one of these does not exclude the other. Both are good.
While I fully support responsible firearms ownership and carry by a huge margin, I also gotta say, not the best option for defense against a dog. Dogs are fast and small(er than a human), harder to hit, and you're legally and morally responsible for misses. The best against dogs, and what I carry/carried for dogs (specifically dogs, had something else for deadly human threats) when delivering pizzas was a quality OC spray. Dogs can't fight through it like some people can, it's really effective and the dog'll be fine.
Okay well you're comparing apples to oranges here now
CATS. CATS ARE NICE.GNU pTerry
Fun Fact: In Germany we say "Katzen haben sieben Leben." ("Cats have seven lives." ).
I guess they've already died twice before coming to Germany.
Ah yes, german efficiency
Idk why but that phrase seems like something someone who was trying to make fun of the German language would say in a mocking tone
Same in Colombia haha
Fascinating!
It's quite safe in my city. They can use the bike infrastructure. That's why it's absolutely illegal to use sidewalks. For obvious reasons.
If non car transportation isn't an option where you are (in the US presumably) you should consider joining a local lobbying group.
don't make me cry it's too early
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Cats from Spain only have 7.
Electric scooters killing a cat. I d want to know more, sounds difficult.
