this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2025
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I guess the reasoning is:
Pets usually die before their owners do.
In contrast, (human) children lives on and usually if things go well, parents never have to watch their kids die, and its kinda their "legacy". Pet's don't really have much of a "legacy", I mean other than working animals which can have a huge legacy of like maybe saving lives.
(I'm not saying I agree, just explaining their views)