This is a sad story about a man who needs help and who felt like he could get it by getting back the pet he had for two years eight years ago.
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026
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This article just keeps getting better.
Mayle, who is allergic to dogs, has in the past battled the City of Chicago – unsuccessfully – for access to local parks with Chief Wiggum in tow. (The Americans with Disabilities Act limits service animals to dogs and miniature horses.) He has also lost suits against the State of Illinois to allow bigamy and adultery, and the federal government over the motto “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency. The unemployed Mayle does not receive any sort of public assistance, has no savings or cash on hand, and his sole asset, a companion filing reveals, is a 2010 Toyota Sienna with a book value of about $4,000.
This man is clearly mentally ill and it's not funny.
You might be interested to learn more about the human rights actions the org is known for, instead of spreading propaganda against a disabled person... 😅🤢🤷🏼♂️
I'm aware of all the good things the Temple does. I just thought it was humorous that series of events for one man.
Fair. Sorry about that, then. I admit, his life challenges resonate with me in many ways, so I clicked through to comment a little hot, maybe. 🤘🏻
No worries. I figured anyone that cared enough to defend the Temple and a disabled person had good intentions. I was just struck by how absurd the article was, and I will always laugh at a hog named Chief Wiggum. Apologies if I came off as insensitive. That was never my intent.
On one hand, my brain says "If you don't say something for them, who will?", but on the other, there are still people like you, too. Many of them, in fact, and that's a wonderful thing. 🤓
Most days, I have to remind myself that there is still good in this world, and genuinely decent people out there, just trying their level best to get through it all —alongside their neighbors & fellow poors.
Thank you for the kind reminder, internet stranger. 🙇🏽♂️🤘🏻❤️🔥
This was supposed to be propaganda against him? I finished that paragraph thinking he sounded like a cool person to keep fighting for those things despite his poor financial situation. People gotta be pretty messed up to think that sounded like anything other than praise.
It all just seems so sad to me. Mayle does not appear to be getting the care he needs. That is, unfortunately, not unexpected.
It sounds like he managed to do the right thing for the pig eight years ago, and he was either unable to understand what he was doing then, or he's now unable to understand what he did then.
I'm sorry mate, it's yer mum's night with the emotional support hog.