PhesteringSoars

PhesteringSoars t1_j8e0bt4 wrote

Reply to comment by lawsarethreats in Cultivating a sense of perspective about pet loss can lead to post-traumatic growth after their death by chrisdh79

You mean "Stop crying and get over it, it was only a dog. It's not like a person died.", isn't the right frame of reference?

When I was a child, "pets" were something you owned. NOW, they're more like a (lesser but true) "member of the family".

Something tells me when men were hunting buffalo and sabretooth tigers were hunting men . . . pets were "members of the family" then too, and we've come full circle.

As it should be.

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PhesteringSoars t1_iz8a8za wrote

Reply to A new writer tweeted about a low book signing turnout, and famous authors commiserated by AmethystOrator

Glad she got the positive notes from some famous authors.

In a "post Covid" era . . .

In a "Zoom" / "online" era . . .

Heck, the "line up (in 1978?) to see Star Wars" rarely happens now . . . movie theater sales are down, lines for "super" movies are down. (Streaming is changing things.)

Yes, Taylor Swift (for a LIVE IN-PERSON performance not a movie) can "break the system", but . . .

I don't think it's at all fair for her to consider this a comment on the quality / desirability of the book(s).

This may just be the shape of things to come.

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