Comment on Animals are not gifts.
umbraroze@lemmy.world 4 months ago
One of my favourite tragicomical video game achievements was in Firewatch:
Adopted a turtle as a pet. The average lifespan of a box turtle is fifty years. It will outlive you.
And this is why I will not get a pet. I’m by definition incapable of taking care of them because they might outlive me.