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  • OskarAxolotl@lemmy.worldtoBoost For Lemmy@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know any open source client that is even remotely as nice to use as Boost. Also, it’s not like the developer is actively spying on you, that’s just the default AdMob popup Google is now forced to show (They simply didn’t ask for any kind of consent in the past).

    Anyway, I simply paid a few bucks for ad-free Boost.






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    1 year ago

    I’m calling out your use of it just lays in their nature as some sort of objective truth, yes. Feel free to support the notion.

    I never claimed it was an objective truth, I just believe it to be likely. Breeding is used to reinforce desired traits and I see no reason to believe that ‘inherent aggressiveness’ can’t be bred.

    I’m not sure how “bred for X” is particularly relevant to your assertion that “X will Y”.

    Again, likelihood. It’s possible that humans were ineffective at achieving their goal of breeding an aggressive dog for fighting but reality gives me no reason to doubt it.

    Don’t you think you should?

    There is neither concrete evidence for or against it. Again, I came to my conclusion by applying the same logic I apply to other bred traits.

    Has it become a “systematic problem”? I’m curious as to how you’ve drawn that conclusion. Media sensationalism does not a problem make.

    Judging by the statistics, it has. Pitbulls are responsible for 65.6% of reported attacks in the US, yet only make up 6% of all dogs. Whether that’s the fault of the dog or poor training from the owner doesn’t change the fact that it is a systematic problem.



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    No need to get personal. I don’t know what anecdotes you are talking about. Are you disagreeing with my assertion that certain breeds of dogs naturally exhibit certain traits? If not, then wouldn’t it be much more of an anomaly if a breed that was bred for fighting didn’t also possess appropriate traits? I do not have any studies to back up my statements, so I have not completely ruled out the possibility that there is no genetic basis, just found it unlikely.

    Moreover, the same is true, of course, for any other dog breed that becomes a systematic problem.


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    Possible but unlikely. Shepherds do not need to be taught to herd. Pointers do not need to be taught to point. Retrievers do not need to be taught to retrieve. It just lays in their nature.

    And even if that was the case, banning a strong breed physically capable of causing lifelong disfigurement or even death could still help reducing the amount of incidents.

    I’m obviously not asking for all pitbulls to be euthanized. I’m just asking for them not being allowed to reproduce.