Old age

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• Son_of_dad@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I hate that people buy hamsters for kids, to die in random ways. I’ve kept hamsters all my adult life, and they all live to old age because I take care of em and don’t stress em out like a kid would. They’re so delicate, I wouldn’t give the care of one to a kid.

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  • Zoomboingding@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Counterpoint: it’s a good way to teach responsibility to kids. You wouldn’t leave 100% of the care of a dog or cat to a kid, but for a hamster or goldfish, they can be fully responsible (for better or worse).

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    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      True enough, sadly the parent often forgets about the hamster and dealing with it

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  • dingus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I never had hamsters growing up and I have no idea that little kids often got them killed in “random ways”. I can’t even fathom what the fuck this means tbh. Do they mean that people accidentally squish them all the time or something???

    Tbh I’m a single adult and was curious about getting a small pet, but idk if I’d be able to deal with something of decent size like a dog or cat. What are hamsters like?

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    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I once walked into a friend’s house and saw his kids tossing the hamster at each other like a hot potato. I bitched them out so hard.

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  • ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Totally agree but thats not a hamster

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    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s definitely a hamster

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• Jackcooper@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That is crazy. Kind of like an 8 inch goldfish that the owner doesn’t even remember how old it is.

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  • abbadon420@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I once had a goldfish that lived in a bowl on a cabinet. It sometimes jumped out of the bowl, behind the cabinet. It had done that at least 5 times and still lived through my entire childhood. That’s a remarkable survival skill for a fish so suicidal.

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• abbadon420@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So “a farm upstate” is really just a “longhouse up in the clouds”?

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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The great tube castle in the sky.

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