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[–] [email protected] 2 points 37 minutes ago

If my kid did that, I'd let you splash them again.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

ESH. Kid shouldn't have done it, but also the lady shouldn't let the cat outside

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I don't get why Americans hate animals. You do realise earth isn't owned by humans?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 46 minutes ago

Mate, cats are not a native species. They hunt for sport and wind up absolutely destroying the local ecosystem. Outdoor cats should be killed onsight like literally any other invasive species.

"These are non-native predators that, even using conservative estimates, kill 1.3–4 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals each year in the U.S. alone (Loss et al. 2013, Nature Communications)"

I personally care more about my local ecosystem than some cat that someone is too lazy to play with and keep entertained.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I’ll take things that never happened for 200$

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

Yes, no 10 year-old ever threw water at a cat.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

If my neighbor did ANYTHING to my pets, they'd be lucky to only get sprayed with water.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 minutes ago

Yeah but with a ten year old, talk to their parents first. You want to drench a child without their consent? Okay but they had better be in an environment that can explain to them that this is a tit for tat type thing. A ten year old doesn't understand a lot of things and it's not up to the child to perform what we expect them to. Do they need to be corrected, yes. Does doing it so callously benefit anyone? Only a bully. There's a huge difference between constructive discipline and just straight up punishment. It takes an adult to know the difference.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

"Next time it won't be water".

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 12 hours ago

My neighbors daughter had one of those water guns. I told her if she shoots at me, I'll get the hose and retaliate. She grinned, shot at me, and ran away laughing.

I talked to her dad, he nodded, and when she came back for more mischief, she got wet.

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