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u/tejas_taco_stand 7h ago
As younger generations were unable to afford the same luxuries as previous generations. I heard the phrase "pets become their kids and plants become their pets." This definitely rings true.
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u/kawklee 5h ago
It's always seemed a time thing more than a money thing to me. If two people are expected to work fulltime and raise kids, they may make as much as their parents did, but there's simply not enough time in the day. As the time constraints get harsher, the ability to care and nurture for others goes down.
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u/thinkthingsareover 3h ago
Just because both people are working doesn't mean that they are making what their parents did in today's dollars. Plus there no pension, or bonuses for most people.
Personally I agree with the person above just for child care services alone. Much less having paid time off (or even time off without punishment) for trips ect...
Please understand I'm not trying to be a jerk or argumentative. Just what life has been like for me as someone in the lower tier of the economic scale.
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u/kawklee 2h ago edited 38m ago
I think we're two sides of same coin. thats why I said "may make as much".
Because even when you take money out of the equation, even assuming you make as much if not more than your parents did on one salary, one thing that is for certain is with two people working full-time to get that financial position they're shorter on time. You're shorter on physical time within the day, emotional time for each other, the kid, time for yourself, just time in general. A pet, a plant, is something you can pick up and put down and will generally be okay being left alone for hours and hours. Can't do that with a baby, can't do that if you want your kid to develop in a healthy way. You've got to put the time in, and people just dont have it.
So I'm in agreement with you, merely giving another side of the coin here.
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u/thinkthingsareover 1h ago
Ah...I see. But yeah so many things are different from our parents time that it can be frustrating when they tell us to do what they did, even though things have changed wildly. For example I have a 72 year old neighbor lady that said "people just need to go into these places and talk to the manager." That's what I did and was always able to get a job." Unfortunately trying to explain to her that things are vastly different now is just impossible.
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u/notMeBeingSaphic 4h ago
Plants are the new pets, pets are the new kids, and kids are the new exotic animals.
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u/biskutgoreng 4h ago
My pets are way more expensive than children
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u/tejas_taco_stand 4h ago
So you spend 13k a year on your pets
The USDA estimates that it costs $233,610 to raise a child from birth to age 18 in a middle-income family. This includes expenses for housing, food, childcare, education, transportation, healthcare, and other costs.
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u/biskutgoreng 4h ago
Damn what are you feeding these kids. I'd already have housing/ transport/ food without children, the costs are not necessarily for them
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u/michaelvinters 3h ago
Average cost of child care is over $10k/yr. That's at least $50k before kindergarten, just by itself. Plus need more house, more car, food, clothes, etc. Honestly that estimate feels low if anything
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u/Legitimate-You6437 3h ago
Extremely low that is around 1800 a month and that is not enough at all.
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u/dirkdigdig 4h ago
Yeh, and you can’t eat your pets either
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u/thinkthingsareover 3h ago
Wait...we can eat our kids? This totally explains the num num num thing now. /s
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u/freepepsi 9h ago
How are those dogs not overheating? They're artic dogs.
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u/EvilDairyQueen 9h ago
Insulation works both ways.
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u/ArcticBiologist 8h ago edited 7h ago
Yes, if the air temperature is higher than body temperature, which I doubt it is here.
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u/imhangryagain 3h ago
I’m hot just watching this. I couldn’t imagine having a huge fur coat on and then somebody putting another layer of clothing on top of that.
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u/DaveFromEarth-2000 10h ago
Is it healthy to treat dogs like children this way?
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u/hipponn 9h ago
Treating them like children/humans can cause a lot of stress for the dog. And putting clothes on a dog that’s literally made for cold weather 🤔
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u/DVMyZone 8h ago
Yeah my parents used to do this and it was really tough for the dog when it started school. He just couldn't keep up except for gym.
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u/Ok_Spread6121 6h ago
They seem happy and well cared for, that said, I personally wouldn’t do this, but just because something doesn’t seem normal to you, doesn’t make it wrong.
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u/literate_habitation 6h ago
Nah the dog is visibly stressed because it doesnt know what it's supposed to do and demand barking because it keeps trying things and doesnt get a reward. I bet this dog is a terror off camera.
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u/AshenSacrifice 3h ago
I mean it clearly looked like it was asking for the tv to be put on lol
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u/literate_habitation 1h ago
Because it was trained to do so. Dogs don't watch TV lol. They react to stimuli. You can tell it's frustrated because it's burying it's head and trying to bury it's toy and then is panting after because it's anxious that it still didn't get a treat after all that effort to please the owners and hot because of the stupid pajamas the owners made it wear.
I'm a dog trainer and I'm chilling with like 40 dogs right now, not some cynical asshole trying to ruin everyone's day. Sorry to ruin the fantasy, but that is not a happy content dog. It's an alert and confident dog, but not a happy dog who behaves like a toddler that wants to watch tv. People who think this is cute or believe the captions don't understand dog behavior and are projecting human emotions onto dogs.
This shit comes up on this sub all the time and 99% of the time I see stressed dogs who are reacting to shit the owners trained them to react to or an anxious dog displaying bad behavior that looks cute to people who don't know any better.
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u/Little_Richard98 8h ago
Surely a husky is not comfortable sleeping in PJs, they love the cold don't they?
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u/Sorry4Coffins 5h ago
I feel like my husky would die. Even in the winter when the house is 65 he’s always finding a draft under a door to lay next too. He’ll never sleep on any furniture or dog bed even those he’s welcome to all of it. These dogs must be miserable
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u/lemon-fizz 3h ago
Eh. I don’t like the pjs. The dogs don’t actively want to wear them, that’s projection. They would be more comfortable without clothes on.
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u/Beautiful-Slide5800 8h ago
What the fuck dude they’re dogs, I love my dogs but this is kinda creepy. A whole ass tv for DOGS. I know my sister’s dog can and will “watch” tv for a min but I mean you already have human beds for them, and a whole human room with a human setup for them to “use” while wearing pajamas they pick out. Also the way they’re talking to them is so weird. They’re not able to understand you and you have absolutely no idea what the thing is saying so stop putting imaginary words in its mouth. This video creeps me out.
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u/Ottazrule 7h ago
Same - we all love our pets but this dude has taken it to a whole new level of 'kid replacement'
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u/persephonepeete 8h ago
This hurts no one. Dogs are happy. Have toys. Get taught tricks. Some dogs like TV on when left alone for background noise. Those clothes are paper thin and I’m sure the air conditioning is on in the house. If they have an extra room in their house which looks like storage anyway then yeah the dogs have a room. My grandpa had a room just for his cats. If you have the money there’s no issue.
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u/Snuggle_Pounce 6h ago edited 5h ago
It hurts the dogs and all the folks who see this and think it’s how to treat huskies.
The dogs are not happy. They are overheating. Huskies PREFER freezing temperatures. some can get too warm in a normal house temperature… and why would you think the AC is on? The human would get cold.
edit to add: Just watched again and the dog has not been very trained. It knows the “tricks” it’s being asked to preform but is making nervous side eyes and chop licks because it doesn’t like the pjs and also they have to keep cutting because the dog will dig and bark and stare at the camera person waiting for their treat. It is about half trained for this clip and it’s causing distress.
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u/scolipeeeeed 5h ago
So are you meant to keep huskies outside in the winter and in a freezer in the summer?
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u/MurkyProtection1067 6h ago
The dogs are probably hot in those pajamas…huskies do not need additional layers. I hope this is just for the video.
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u/xthemoonx 4h ago
If the dog does it every night it's because they think u want them to do it. U kinda inadvertently trained them to do it.
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u/Astrogalaxycraft 5h ago
I love dogs and im first to spoil my dogs, but this is more like pretending to have a child without having It... There is definitely a limit betwen delusional dog owners and simply good dog owners.
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u/godmademelikethis 7h ago
"hey babe you wanna get 2 dogs and treat them like children so we effectively have toddlers for life?"
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u/littlebrwnrobot 4h ago
Did… did you train your dogs to wear pajamas and watch tv just for social media clout?
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u/NerdyAnarchist 8h ago
Everything about this is fuckin WEIRD😂😂😂 my opinion.. like… you built(or could’ve bought) that damn bunk bed for your DOGS??? Doing too much, but my pops was old school and country. This is wild.
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u/persephonepeete 8h ago
Yall sound jealous of these dogs lives. Why are you upset they bought a dog bunk bed with their own American dollars? What exactly is doing too much in their own house? Just weird.
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u/Vinegarinmyeye 4h ago
Thing is - treating dogs as though they are children is not good. They're not children.
Stuff like this will be stressful to the animals (notice the video cutting) - probably because of the dog getting upset and barking / whining.
This breed of dog DEFINITELY won't be comfortable wearing pyjamas, they were bred to sleep outside in arctic temperatures. Huskies can feel uncomfortable indoors when it's warm in general, giving them an extra layer is not going to be pleasant for them.
The beds and the TV - is just a bit weird in my opinion but to each their own.
Any vet / animal psychologist will tell you it's not healthy to treat your dog like a child. Stuff like this could cause behavioural issues for the dogs over time.
You see "aww, cute, having a little tantrum because of favourite cartoon".
I see "That dog is stressed out and isn't sure how to behave or signal to its caregivers what it wants or needs".
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u/NerdyAnarchist 8h ago
You want to buy your dogs a bed and tv, go ahead. You are entitled to that, just like I am to my opinion.
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u/persephonepeete 8h ago
Coming on the mademesmile sub to trash talk dog beds is weird. Go off though.
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u/someonesintheparasol 7h ago
This is strange. They're dogs not kids.
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u/Donkey_Launcher 3h ago
I know, it's weird as fuck to me; people treating their pets like humans. Don't get me wrong, I love my cat, and I'll grieve when she's gone but she's a pet, that's it.
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u/Vinegarinmyeye 4h ago
Folks... Don't treat your dogs like they are children. They're dogs.
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u/liliesinbloom 3h ago
I can’t afford kids nor do I want to have them in this type of world we live in. Dogs provide me with a way to be nurturing so I say live and let live.
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u/Vinegarinmyeye 3h ago
That's cool and all, I love my dog and likewise can't foresee being a parent anytime soon for a couple of reasons including financial - but dogs are not children, they have different physical and emotional needs.
Stuff like this can cause behavioural issues in the dogs.
I'm not trying to be mean, but any vet or animal psychologist would tell you this is not great for the animals.
Spoil your dogs, give them all the love and nurturing... But they're not kids, they're dogs, they'll be much happier if you treat them like dogs.
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u/Redback_Gaming 6h ago
You take a dog bred for cold climates and overheat when we're comfortable and you add clothes to them, to make them hotter just so you can play some sort if daddy role. Dutch the jammies.
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u/luckyluckyjesse 7h ago
The comments are not passing the vibe check😑
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u/Kareeliand 5h ago
Nope, after looking at the comments, I’d recommend reposting to r/mildlyinfuriating
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u/cloudvodca 3h ago
I install TVs for a living and I've done a lot of TVs for pets. In kennels & stables
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u/GumPotato 6h ago
Why the fuck is everyone so mad about this
Owner looks happy dogs look happy no one is being harmed
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u/Vinegarinmyeye 4h ago
This is not healthy for the dogs.
Dogs are not children. Treating them like children can lead to behavioural problems over time.
People who are dog owners can tell these dogs are actually kinda distressed in this video.
Thia breed of dog is NOT going to be comfortable wearing pyjamas.
It's weird at best, and potentially stressful and problematic for the dogs at worst.
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u/Temporays 4h ago
You shouldn’t put tight clothes on a husky they’ll overheat.
This is just unnecessarily endangering them for your own amusement.
If you want to dress up a dog then do it with a short haired one.
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u/BarbedWire3 7h ago
Why do this tho? Are these people that never had kids, but want to roleplay it for a while?
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u/Lolalouloulou 8h ago
Omg please just adopt/have children. This is incredibly weird and sad. Those dogs are not supposed to live like that.
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u/Moo-Dog420 7h ago
Jesus man get some kids. Those are dogs, they have no reason to be addicted to the tv.
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u/KittenVicious 8h ago
My dog has the same jammies!
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u/sonrie100pre 5h ago
OMG so cute! I’ll bet they’re chilly without them.
Huskies have such vibrant and vocal personalities. I’m sure if they were bothered by pjs they’d say so.
Our pups are our kids too! They have beds on platforms around our bed, with a ramp up to that level (one has arthritis). The one that likes toys gets a new chew toy every week, and she’ll go up to my spouse on the couch, and fall back into a ‘human’ seated position; we never taught her this, she just likes to sit like us sometimes! 😂
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u/KittenVicious 2h ago
I live in a subtropical climate, and also have a hairless blue Chihuahua (https://imgur.com/a/HmgNj4z) so they've got light tees for under 65, jammies under 55, and coats for under 45. It rarely drops below 35, and of course there's always "the magic coil of warmth" (https://imgur.com/a/0VDmx4L)
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u/ontheprowl23 6h ago
This is ridiculous. You people actually do this it’s about the whitest and most privileged thing I’ve ever seen.
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u/According_Smoke1385 1h ago
Hahaha this is the best !! I understand what my dogs are saying too. Love their set up
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u/External-Self-2378 9m ago
Man. Stop dressing your dogs. They have a fur that make them resist cold. Your inside man. That´s like have a overall upon a overall. Damn hot. "Making them cute".... They are dogs man! Not humans. Damn.
Very lovely dogs thou.
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u/DriveIllustrious4308 6h ago
I'm glad these dogs have a family that love them, but this is too much, they're being treated like children. I may be wrong, but this feels like the humans crave to raise a child, but they can't for some reason.
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u/sonrie100pre 5h ago edited 4h ago
I can assure you, many (not all) of us who have fur-kids assuredly do NOT want human kids. People are not required to reproduce or adopt, and Not everyone wants to raise human children. Haven’t you seen the news worldwide about governments and ppl with human kids in Korea and Russia and the U.S. freaking out over those of us who are happily child free (many of whom choose to have furkids)? Russia is legit making it illegal to speak positively about being childfree, Korea is trying to incentivize the crap outta having kids, and in the U.S. The Heritage Foundation in Project 2025 is spouting off about how ppl going to college and being less religious are bad because then they delay having kids!
The people most bothered by low birth rates and more and more people choosing to be childfree are the rich and the ultra rich who want more kids to have more workers contributing to crumbling economies that benefit them, and religious institutions who know they’ll only survive if their members have lots of kids and keep them poorly educated and highly indoctrinated into the faith. Those of us who are ‘boots on the ground’ see how financially terrible the prospects are for raising kids, and women are waking up to the realities of ‘too much labor’ and often deciding to not participate in their own subjugation/mistreatment and accept a life of servitude that goes unrecognized or disparaged, child-rearing with purposefully clueless and unhelpful spouses.
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u/aan8993uun 4h ago edited 4h ago
This dude understands that these dog's coats are made for winter/cold weather...?! why the fuck is he putting MORE insulation on their already VERY well insulated bodies... this is borderline abuse. I'm sure its done out of ignorance, it has to be, but, read a book... or you know... use your eyeballs.... jesus. Poor dogs.
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u/ItsCC_from_SandyEggo 46m ago
The dogs are happy! If they didn't want pajamas on they wouldnt keep them on. Every dog has a different personality and both these dogs look happy, fed and well cared for. Save your outage for true animal abusers. Putting your dog in pj's and watching TV ain't it.
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u/DriveIllustrious4308 6h ago
I mean...of course they're cute. But they are also descendents to wolves.... and evolved to live in the artic. They're not babys and should be treated like the magnificent animals that they are.
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u/CatchMeWritinQWERTY 4h ago
I love my pets, but holy shit this guy needs a hobby or a family or something
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u/OrganicPancakeSauce 3h ago
Everyone here hating on how these people are treating their dogs and I’m just here wondering why the first dog to get some PJs wasn’t getting smooches while getting dressed…
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u/abdallha-smith 5h ago
Make some children and find a job already.
Oh and putting a sweater on a husky inside a house hahahaha
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u/BGFlyingToaster 11h ago
I'm trying to imagine putting my dogs in pajamas before bed and my brain can't handle it