Omg!! Such Stupid People One Meets!!

[Avienda]

ugggg, I have a neighbor like that with dogs! It seems like every two or three months her kids come ask if I've seen their dog/dogs. Of course I have because they run loose all over the neighbor hood and the pound comes and picks them up or they get hit or someone "steals" them. This has happened at least three times in the past year, and they keep getting new puppies! Of course none of them get spayed/neutered and no shots either. Drives me crazy! I'm nice to the kids because they don't know better and talk about how to properly care for pets every time they come show me their new puppies. grrrrr, I could just shake that mama!

 

[Avienda]

ok, just have to add, I can't imagine not being prepared to bring a new animal into my home! I've been preparing for over a year to get my chicks!

 

[mistymeadowchicks]

Kudos to the OP for her efforts. And yes, stupidity is unbelievable. Makes you want to go--you aren't really serious are you? I have an acquaintance who was planning a "barn" birthday party for her 4 year old daughter, which was a cute idea. (Her well-behaved daughter is a tomboy & adores her uncle, any animal that moves & the whole "let's get dirty playing" thing.) It was to be held in the aisle of the uncle's show horse barn complete w/ miniature pony cart rides, hay bales for chairs at the table, lots of barn games, etc. Cute until she asked what I thought about giving each guest a baby chick to take home!!! '

' I told her I thought that was a terrible idea. '

' And she actually rather innocently asked why?!!! '

' I tried to tactfully suggest that unlike a balloon--chicks needed to be fed, watered, kept warm, protected from things that will eat them, etc. And I seriously doubted if any of the guests were prepared to do so or wanted to clean up all that poop! Fortunately, I think the poop point did the trick, because then she decided that chicks were really too nasty for kids to have. sigh of relief here! The sad thing is--this lady is not an irresponsible moron. And there are certainly plenty of those out there too!

 

[heather112588]

Even though getting chicks was a spontoniuos idea for my family, we still had prepared for 1 month 1/2 before we actually got them! We read up and luckily found this site. Kudos to this site!

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

As much as I hate to say it...there are just that many stupid people right here on BYC as well. I read some of the posts and absolutely shudder. Many folks on here SHOULD NOT HAVE CHICKENS!!!

 

[ralleia]

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Well please let me know if I say anything stupid!

One of my biggest pet peeves is people who are so stupid that can't see how stupid they are. I would be mortified to find that I were in that category, and would want to correct it!

 

[Knittycat]

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Not necessarily. Believe it or not some people just don't like kids. Period. It's no offense to you, I'm sure you kids are lovely and well behaved. It's still possible for someone to not like them, just because they're kids. And as for "you used to be one", well, my mother says I was born a cranky old lady

 

[Knittycat]

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It's called the Dunning-Kruger effect. It's an honest-to-God cognitive issue! It's a cognitive bias in which unskilled people make poor decisions and reach erroneous conclusions, but their incompetence denies them the metacognitive ability to appreciate their mistakes. The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their ability as above average, much higher than it actually is, while the highly skilled underrate their own abilities, suffering from illusory inferiority.

Like so many people have said, there's just no cure for stupid.

 

[Hennyhandler]

I will admit that we decided pretty quickly to get chickens but I did a whole BUTT LOAD of research before we bought them. We didn't have the coop completly finished but they were in a brooder at that time. We were running a tad late but got them in the coop in a good amount of time. They were not to old or anything, it was right at the time recommended. I was still doing research at that time. Now, I am planning on getting some eggs for a broody I am going ot buy and I am more prepared or trying to be. I am doing research on that.

My point is that I think that it depends on the person. You can emotinally by an animal but are you going to go home and research and research and do more research? Are you going to find out the conditions that animal needs to live in and make sure you provide it? Are you going to learn the details of that animal and the small things that it needs that you would never know about on your own?

What I am getting at is do you like the animal because it is cute, fuzzy, and new and then when it gets old or the animal is requiring more attention or care than you thought you decide you can't handle it OR do you like the animal for these reasons but you still love it later for the fact that you want this animal and are in it for the long haul? I don't believe people think these things through. I think it would be fine to get your child a little chick maybe because she likes the way they look or you want her to grow up with different animals or for whatever reason but as long as you are going into this with the knowledge that while this is a present to your child this is also an animal. NOT a toy.

And this means that there will be care and time being put into it at all times. When parents don't have this outlook and they just give the animal away after a time all they are teaching their children is that it is okay to do this. ANd the cycle repeats.

I understand that I am preaching to the choir and so now I will hush.

Sometimes I just get going...and going...and going.

 

[ralleia]

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It's called the Dunning-Kruger effect. It's an honest-to-God cognitive issue! It's a cognitive bias in which unskilled people make poor decisions and reach erroneous conclusions, but their incompetence denies them the metacognitive ability to appreciate their mistakes. The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their ability as above average, much higher than it actually is, while the highly skilled underrate their own abilities, suffering from illusory inferiority.

Like so many people have said, there's just no cure for stupid.

So what you're saying is that by the Dunning-Kruger effect, it's not their fault they can't see that they are stupid.

Figures.

Means I'm stupid for having the pet peeve. Does that mean I'm no longer allowed to be mad at my husband?