SagXD to Comic Strips@lemmy.world • 5 months ago"How do you know" by War and Peasi0.wp.comimagemessage-square106arrow-up1958arrow-down131file-text
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minus-squareNoralinkfedilink-3•5 months agoVegans wouldn’t “Own” someone else. Plenty of vegans rescue other animals and take care of them as wards. I personally don’t use the word pet when referring to non-human animals in someone’s care.
minus-square@Claidheamh@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink3•5 months agoWhy not? That’s the exact scenario the word applies to.
minus-squareNoralinkfedilink1•5 months agoBecause I use the same word for human animals and non-human animals. I would call a foster kid my pet. I call them my ward or a ward of the state.
Vegans wouldn’t “Own” someone else. Plenty of vegans rescue other animals and take care of them as wards.
I personally don’t use the word pet when referring to non-human animals in someone’s care.
Why not? That’s the exact scenario the word applies to.
Because I use the same word for human animals and non-human animals. I would call a foster kid my pet. I call them my ward or a ward of the state.