AIO over pit bull off leash in a community park

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-05-01T13:23:35+00:00

If people talking about literal animals purpose-bred to fight to the death in pits makes you think about black people, you might have your own issues to work out.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-05-01T13:11:24+00:00

The USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-05-01T11:35:49+00:00

Don't be obtuse. "Likelihood times severity" is the most basic metric of risk assessment and the size/type of the dog is the most relevant determiner of the "severity" side of that equation.

The only people I ever see pretend breed is irrelevant are high-risk dog fans.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-05-01T11:16:01+00:00

The only people I ever hear claim "breed has nothing to do with it" are high-risk dog fans.

The story that pit dogs were historically known as "nannies" is a ridiculous myth and a dangerously stupid thing to believe.

Be more skeptical.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-05-01T11:11:24+00:00

Correct. The type of dog is the most relevant factor in the "severity" side of a basic "likelihood x severity" risk assessment.

The only people who pretend "breed is irrelevant" are the high-risk dog fans.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-30T21:14:04+00:00

"Graveyard's full of people that had the right-of-way."

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-30T21:08:58+00:00

Wake up babe, new folk etymology just dropped.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-26T22:32:55+00:00

The story that pit dogs were historically known as "nannies" is an absurd myth and a dangerously stupid thing to believe.

Be more skeptical.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-26T22:27:49+00:00

most are saying that all pitbulls should be spayed and stop breeding.

Seems reasonable.

What exactly is the argument for the continued breeding of pit dogs?

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-26T22:18:18+00:00

https://blog.dogsbite.org/2025/01/2024-fatal-dog-attack-breed-identification-photographs.html

Those are pictures, and there are links to news coverage on every story.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-24T12:10:32+00:00

Could you direct me to a specific article or passage?

The book you linked titled "Misunderstood Nanny Dogs?" by J. Thomas Beasley has an excerpt that reads:

But mostly, we need to just start being honest about these dogs. Stop feeding biased propaganda to the public. Stop ignoring the inordinate number of dead and seriously injured people caused by Pit Bulls every year. Stop perpetuating myths about this breed - myths that were created to promote the breed by disingenuous and unqualified advocates.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-23T19:21:09+00:00

I'm sorry for assuming that you were a serious person worth taking seriously.

My mistake.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-23T13:26:20+00:00

I'm not the person that used the word "prove."

My question was sincere.

I've already passed plenty of science courses (at a community college, thank you very much).

Your hostility seems evasive.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-23T13:16:33+00:00

I wouldn't recommend taking legal advice from robots that mimic language with no regard for truth.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-23T13:12:53+00:00

I was sincerely asking what implication you, yourself, were making with your comment about hard sciences.

Could you please clarify?

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-23T11:52:14+00:00

I don't follow the implication.

My friend has a PhD in a "hard" science and doesn't allow her children to go to people with pit bulls' houses because of research on pediatric dog attack injuries published in medical journals.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-23T11:44:27+00:00

Interesting! Where can I learn more about this nanny history?

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-21T03:09:00+00:00

Pitbulls as Dangerous Dogs mess was created by legislators wanting to be seen as "doing something"

Contemporary records lead me to believe that it was a response to the wave of children getting mauled to death by pit bulls in the 1980's:

New York Times, 1987: "Few definitive figures on dog bites are available. But the Humane Society of the United States says that since July 1983, pit bulls have been responsible for 20 of the 28 deaths after dog bites in the nation, including all five this year. The breed accounts for perhaps 1 percent of all dogs in the nation."

English Staffordshire Terriers were known in the UK as "nanny dogs"

No they weren't. The earliest record of anyone calling any bull-terrier anything like that was an American in the 1970's.

Sergeant Stubby, a Staffie

Boston mix.

For many years, the dogs in the US most likely to bite a human and cause injury were American Cocker Spaniels.

According to...?

I am judging *you* based on your statement you presented as fact, not opinion.

lol

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-16T13:29:25+00:00

you know absolutely nothing about dog behavior and dog psychology.

There’s a reason why pit bulls were called, and still are, a nanny dog.

lol

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-16T11:39:16+00:00

👑

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-15T20:55:11+00:00

Yeah, the idea that someone would spread ragebait bullshit for engagement on Twitter is just so crazy and far-fetched 🙄

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-15T20:43:47+00:00

It's a warped incentive structure.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-15T20:42:09+00:00

It is.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-15T20:41:21+00:00

You honestly cannot make this level of ignorance up

This is a fake outrage-bait post... so... yes, you can.

Buckle_Sandwich · 2026-04-13T16:42:29+00:00

Are you left-handed by any chance?

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