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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

To be fair, training them to fight isn't that frowned upon. It's fun watching small children trying out martial arts. It's only frowned upon when you make them fight to a KO.

[–] snf@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I'll just leave this here.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/st-louis-day-care-accused-running-toddler-fight-club-n929456

A day care center in St. Louis encouraged toddlers to viciously brawl with each other in a "fight club," according to a lawsuit from the mother of one of the children and video of the incident that was released Wednesday.

There's a video!

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This persons never had a pet clearly.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think that "obedience" is a concept incompatible with a cat. And those don't tend to follow you around.

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago

Depends on the cat. My cats follow me more than my dogs.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 4 points 10 months ago

Toddler used Drool!

... It's not very effective.

[–] Tot@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

And you probably shouldn't throw things at them.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There are also no badges you can earn that ensure it always obeys you.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago

I say give them guns so they win the fight before it starts.