By which you mean what? Because I choose not to buy an $2000 puppy from a breeder, that makes your yuppie asses better than everyone? I know plenty of people with the means to buy dogs, myself included, who won’t

GS dogs are smart, trainable and predictable. That’s why police and the military use them.

My local shelter is almost exclusively pits or pit mixes. They are almost invariably labeled as labs or lab mixes. The shelters know they aren’t safe as house pets, most people know they aren’t safe so the shelters lie.

Parents need to report that. A dog that bites every kid it meets needs to be culled.

How many stitches did you need for that vicious chihuahua attack?

My neighbor on one side has a pit and a staffordshire. The neighbor on the other side has a GSD. What’s my defense plan for my kids? Getting an Irish Wolfhound / Mastiff mix for sheer impressiveness?

What fuel company and when did you guy it, how many gallons, how much per gallon? That doesn't even sound real.

I think you have bigger issues than your heat pump. What are you doing that your electric bill is that high to start with?

No kidding, man.

I've spent a good part of my life raising awareness for pitbulls. Most people have no idea what the fuck they are talking about, but man are they quick to get on their soapbox to preach. The media koolaid is something else, and boy do they slurp it up.

I’m not calling you names, I don’t understand why you’re calling me names. I honestly don’t see why my point of view is a bad point of view.

1. I fight against any kind of cosmetic surgery for children
2. I am also against most sports, again you are assuming so many things about me.
3. Trans kids are not the most fringe, go to your nearest Umaine campus and you’ll see that trans people make up a large majority of the student body. (I say to visit a college and not a middle school, cause u don’t want to look like a creep)
4. I honestly think setting kids on the path to sterilize them, or cut off their genitals in hopes they can feel more themselves, is more harmful than saying they are already themselves and teaching them how to be confident in their own bodies. And before you say anything I’m against body mods of all kinds, piercings and tattoos included. I don’t care if adults do them but I don’t think children are able to fully understand and consent to making permanent changes to their bodies

I agree about the ReStore. Over priced for older appliances, and they have a policy and will.nit negotiate the price. Granted, the money is going to a good cause, but if you're looking for the best deal, this isn't the place.

Pitbulls are not the most likely to bite or attack. But if they do attack, they are much more likely to persist and cause serious harm.

When I have looked at shelter pups in Maine, the pitbull mixes were usually called lab mix.

I've met sweet bit bulls, but they are very strong and not an appropriate pet for me. On ice, a pit bull would too easily pull me off balance. I have a poodle, low prey drive, has learned calm leash manners.

Pit bulls are the dogs most likely to be euthanized. Of dogs I've known that had unplanned litters, it's always pitbulls. So, so many pit bulls at shelters.

Some hypermacho individuals get pitbulls to look tough and aggressive; the dogs are not properly trained, not neutered, and too often abandoned.

Neighbor next door has a pit bull pup; she's training him well, gives him lots of exercise and attention; I like him and appreciate his owner's diligence. Another neighbor has an intact Amer. Staffordshire. He's a beautiful animal whose owner takes good care of him, but if he attacked, it would be very dangerous. Both of these dogs were abandoned by their previous owners.

I used to have a small dog, and the number of parents who allow or encourage kids to behave badly with small dogs is wild. I had to be super-vigilant, because no matter what ground rules I set, parents would ignore them. The dog would be the one to suffer if he bit a misbehaving child who took his toy or crowded/ pulled/ teased him too much. Currently have a poodle; kids love her velvety fur, and she shows no aggression, but I always supervise.

My child was attacked by an unsupervised dog and was fortunately okay; the owners were absolutely irresponsible. I feel so bad for this child who has been harmed for life.

Good 'ol plausible deniability.

They're ALL rescues. They're usually the only dog you'll find in a shelter. It's the poor man's dog. "Rescue" LMAO.

Yep. Usually an overweight disabled poor person with a baggy clothes and rotten teeth.

Meanwhile next door in New Brunswick they are reducing childcare to $10 a day. The program essentially pays for itself, as people who would otherwise stay out of the workforce due to the high cost of childcare, start working again and increase the tax revenue, and GDP of the province/state. Creates a stronger economy and increases population. The only issue is that it's too popular and people start having kids and need to get their kid enrolled in childcare upon being born to ensure their spot. Luckily Canada has up to 18 months of parental leave.

So much of this depends on specifics.

What was the size and model of your boiler and of your heat pump system? Not all heat pumps are created equal and they need to be sized correctly and installed correctly for your individual space.

Personally I’ve got a split level with 3 zones for the boiler and a 5-head mitsubishi low temp heat pump system. The heat pump does use a lot of energy when it gets cold as my system is slightly undersized for the heating use-case. A lot of installers still only think of these as air conditioners and seasonal heaters so they don’t size them properly for the full winter months.

Simple google search

Pitbull attacks in recent years (not specified)

Attacks: 3,397 Deaths: 295

German Shepherd

Attacks: 113 Deaths: 15

Experience required?

How people are still breeding those is unfathomable. Poor kids got a tough recovery ahead of her.

> I am a Liberal, this has nothing to do with politics.

Call yourself whatever you want. You are trying to deny kids medical care... lol. If you think that is "liberal", you are delusional.

> the difference is gaining muscle is reversible

So you want to ban school sports? High school athletics account for over 2 MILLION INJURIES a year to children. 500,000 doctor visits. And over 30,000 HOSPITALIZATIONS.

Kids are being KILLED by doing school sports.

And yet you ignore all of that, all of those CHOICES.... and you focus on the most fringe group imaginable? Trans people??

It has NOTHING to do with protecting kids. In fact for these trans kids specifically, you want to deny them healthcare and do more harm.

Only about 3% of trans youth detransition. So you are focusing on the extreme minority in order to deny 97% of trans kids care? That's like saying we shouldn't perform heart surgeries to save people because the morality rate is about 3-4% (and, again, with trans care it isn't death we are speaking of.... typically they are hormone blockers which are largely reversible. Though ideologs like yourself will point to a very minor side effect as some sort of red line that can't be crossed lol).

> There’s been a growing group within the trans community of people that are saying it’s okay to keep your pp and still identify as a woman,

Why are you so focused on childrens dicks? What the fuck is wrong with you??? Most trans people don't have bottom surgery, and kids especially aren't running out to get that done.

In total, for all trans people, bottom surgery is about 5-13%....

Like I said, you are a complete perverted psychopath. You focus on a minor optional part of trans care and try to pretend that represents the entirety of trans care?

> It can take years to mentally recover from having a surgery that you yourself agreed to.

And where are you fighting against non-trans people getting nose jobs or other plastic surgery? Oh? No? Nothing about that?

Again, you are SOLELY focused on trans people and their medical care....while ignoring the exact same thing (hormone treatments, surgeries) in non-trans people (including children).

You are so blinded by hate for trans people you exclusively think you need to stop their medical care.... and yet you have no knowledge of the subject (or even care to learn more of the subject). The only thing you do is keep repeating how you must kill trans children by denying them care.... and you want to use the state to do it.

You are a fucking fascist. A delusional little nothing that spends your free time attacking the healthcare of people. What an absolute joke.

Facebook marketplace or Habitat Restore

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A solar farm or?

These people are morons, Dude. I don’t know I’m engaging this hate factory. None of these fuck faces would come to your house and start clutching their pearls when they saw your dog. Oh, the humanity…!