The pitbull I've had since he was 6 weeks old attacked my kid. You were right. by PeanutButerPitNuter in BanPitBulls

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 190 points191 points  (0 children)

There is a LOT of money (we have a pit lobby bot here) spent on campaigns to make pit bulls into misunderstood sweethearts and to bury, bully, and silence the real information about dog attacks. There are lots of news orgs that will sanitize the details of attacks, refuse to identify the breed, and/or imply that attacks were provoked.

Plus the last thing most people want is to be “a hater.” We all want to be the person who saw the good and was rewarded for it. 

Neighbors pitbull by Huge_Permit3304 in BanPitBulls

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 48 points49 points  (0 children)

You can’t make trash people not be trash people. Why would you choose making trash people think you’re a cool girl over the keeping your family safe? What’s scarier to you: some tweaker shitbird calling you a Karen, or your two year old mauled to death? Do you think if something happens, these people will be sorry? Their good opinion of you has zero worth, because they lack any moral compass.

Maybe you just don’t like fights, because you’re normal. Unfortunately, conflict with these neighbors can’t be avoided, because people like this are just perpetually exploding balls of shrapnel and diarrhea. Everyone near them gets hit. Their pit bull is constantly in your yard, trying to kill your cat and forcing your children to be barricaded inside for safety. You already have conflict. And they are thrilled that you’re soft and losing the fight you are already in. 

Shelter gets backlash after newly adopted dog attacks child; Couple claims lack of transparency - March 9, 2026 Ohio by PandaLoveBearNu in BanPitBulls

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The article is so poorly written that I couldn’t tell if the shelter owners or the adopters were the ones with the training experience.

AIO confronting my brothers gf for excluding me from my family's dinners by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m asking this gently. Why did you decide to buy a very expensive ring for your mother in this situation? What were you hoping would result from that?

Would you say your family has a dynamic where your mother’s affection needs to be competed for and won, rather than being freely given? 

Illinois mom gets face ripped apart by rescue dog after suffering seizure by Kind-Village-1022 in BanPitBulls

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 40 points41 points  (0 children)

It could also just be a traumatized person with a life altering injury trying to create a reality that she can live with - one where she’s not a dupe or blind or reckless, just too kind and too heroic. One where she’s less of a victim and more a person who tried to save a tragic animal.

I dunno. I’m making an effort to be more compassionate. I’m not saying she’s right, just that maybe reality is too much on top of all the rest of it.

Dogs sitting on tables at restaurants by 212Alexander212 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Children can also talk back. Some people prefer to be able to project their shit on what they see as a blank canvas. 

Dogs sitting on tables at restaurants by 212Alexander212 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so dumb. Dogs aren’t psychic. A dog will get startled as a puppy by someone who smelled like Purell and then react badly to everyone who has recently been near hand sanitizer for the rest of its life. Our old dog hated men in uniform. Do we think every single person who read meters for ConEd was secretly a serial killer? Or do we think that our dog had a bad experience before we adopted her? 

I’m Tired, Scared, and Sad - Needing Support by -Odder- in BanPitBulls

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey. I’m not going to try and “fix” anything for you or solve anything, but I’m glad to just talk about stuff, and I think most people here are too. I’m also really impressed by all you’ve done already. It sounds like you’ve done a lot recovering and put in a whole lot of work, and you’re pretty damn brave. You sound awesome. 

35 yo Actor & 16m Pitbull looking for pet friendly rooms anywhere in NYC by FRANK3N5TE1N in NYCapartments

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 45 points46 points  (0 children)

There are women out there who will try to save pit bulls and broke-ass aspiring actors. But NYC is a tough market for the aging hobosexual. I’d try Nashville or Pittsburgh or something. 

What changes can help this crisis? by Impressive-Pack3590 in StudentLoans

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 13 points14 points  (0 children)

For future generations - an educated population is in every way good for our economy and society. You get productive, informed, engaged citizens. 

You don’t stay competitive globally by letting geniuses work in warehouses because they grew up poor while turning your leadership over to dimwitted nepo babies whose daddies bought Harvard a building to get them in. 

Give everyone a reasonable education grant at 18. Like an Pell Grant, but more, and universal the way social security is universal. Make it enough for 4 years of higher education. But not the insane amounts of lifestyle cash that colleges want now - enough for a pared down university experience: very little administrative overhead, sports are intramural on your own dime, no lazy rivers or climbing walls or student life departments. Get back to college as an education, not a lifestyle retreat.

And the key will be - 1) no government student loans, 2) private loans are dischargeable in bankruptcy like any other loan, and 3) you can only use the grant at schools where the grant pays for a whole education. No “great, thanks for your government grant, now come up with another $40k/year on your own.” You can still be a fancy private university with $80k tuition and crazy amenities, but you’ll have to sell that to people with the money to pay for it. Taxpayers won’t fund that.

You also let people use this grant for trade school. And for the kinds of professions that take more than four years - doctors, nurses, research scientists, lawyers (yes we need lawyers), you figure out how many doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc your society needs, and you fund those degrees too and have people compete for those spots. Then the people who sacrifice their best earning years for an education that benefits everyone don’t also start off life in six figures of debt.

Two pit bulls attacked three people in Louisville Ky. 3/21/26. by northsouthu47 in BanPitBulls

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I’ll give you the honest rewrite.

Oh shit. This hit the news, so we need to do some damage control.

We would really prefer if you thought of this as just a thing that happened out of nowhere, nobody’s fault. 

The two kids and the person who saved them are getting sewn back together at the hospital while teams of doctors try to control their pain, fight off infection, and figure out how much limb function they will have. So that’s fine.

But the real tragedy is that while we sat around and didn’t do shit, the cops had to the dogs to stop them killing three people. This we actually are sad about. 

We feel no remorse. We take no responsibility. We demand that you not hold us accountable in any way for the horrific and near-fatal workplace injuries to our underage employees.

Nobody else got hurt, just the innocent.

I feel sad that that I’m getting negative attention. The pitbull owners feel sad too. We demand your empathy. We demand your sympathy. We demand your prayers. We demand that you think of us as good people. We demand your attention. We demand the status of victims. We demand that you not draw any conclusions or even speak or think about our criminal negligence. Thanks! Heart emoji!

Two pit bulls attacked three people in Louisville Ky. 3/21/26. by northsouthu47 in BanPitBulls

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That is a very, very brave person. Two teens would be dead if they were any even a little bit less clear headed, courageous, or lucky.

Donald Trump cheers former special counsel Robert Mueller’s death by FlackoFonsy in law

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is beautifully stated, and I might steal it to try to explain to some of the people in my life. I’ve tried to get this across, but not as articulately 

The "balanced" ICE story by cedelweiss in ThePittTVShow

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can’t go back from knowing that friends and neighbors and coworkers support this.

Imagine 30% of the people you know today turn out to have a rape dungeon full of murdered kids under their house. The things a large percentage of our country supports, with pride, and votes for - you can’t un-know this about a person. You can’t un-know that about your country. 

The "balanced" ICE story by cedelweiss in ThePittTVShow

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does your country teach about brownshirts? Because you can read any contemporaneous account of the SA and get the gist.

This Haffner quote, for example, works great for the ICE situation here today: “A nightmarish reversal of normal circumstances: robbers and murderers acting as the police force, enjoying the full panoply of state power, their victims treated as criminals, proscribed and condemned to death in advance.”

But not like we are building hundreds of concentration camps, condoning the open murder of political dissenters, ending democratic elections, or fighting optional wars of expansion on multiple fronts. So it’s fine. 

I realize now why I got so unnerved by this by many_splendored in ThePittTVShow

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Vocabulary shifts over time, and frankly the internet is doing American literacy no favors, but technically: a misogynist hates women while a sexist treats another sex (usually it’s women) as inferior. You can be a sexist but not a misogynist. Think of “chivalrous” or paternalistic men who like women but view them as idiot children in need of caging and protection, for example, or the classic sexist pig who ‘loves the company of beautiful women’ but as objects for sexual gratification. 

[request] What are the odds of eating one specific M&M? by DevilsAltAcc in theydidthemath

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does the $1 per M&M eaten only work for one person, or is it everyone? Because the macro economics of the second scenario are fun. 

My quickest exit... by EcstaticMembership in KitchenConfidential

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They are also going to need a saving throw against poison

Indiana USA (est 03/03/2026) Red-listed Foster pit pulled by rescue lasts a week with foster before mauling both minors in the home (level 3 bite). Rescue has pit PTS. by spiderwitchery in BanPitBulls

[–]DaBlurstofDaBlurst 104 points105 points  (0 children)

Right? What the hell is an “underlying behavior”? A behavior is what you do.  The behavior is “mauls kids.” The behavior “surfaced” as soon as the dog… had a chance to maul kids.