“Pets are practice children for people terrified of actual human commitment”
Agree
- Animals can't reject you like people can
- It's controlled love without real risk
- You're avoiding the vulnerability of equals
- Pet love is safe love
Disagree
- Animal bonds are legitimate not substitutes
- Not everyone wants or needs children
- This dismisses genuine interspecies connection
- Love for animals is real not practice
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