I don’t think these folks are disgusting for venting about their lost loved ones. It is hard losing a pet. I guess at that time, I wanted someone else in the world to know about her, the life she lived with us, how dearly we loved her, and how much she’s missed. It was a pretty long-winded eulogy. Conciseness was never my strong suit. Different people grieve differently.
But I do believe that you should look for the relevant subs/communities to post about losing a pet and refrain from making that kind of post on those for more general pet posting. At the same time, I think awareness is key. I’d reckon if you’re posting to r/cats or r/dogs instead of r/petloss, you’re probably not aware of it. I tend to assume grieving pet parents aren’t trying to karma farm.
The world is already shitty enough, and I don’t need to bring myself down with that kind of thinking anyway.
I used to be subscribed to r/oldmandog when I still used Reddit, and many posts were about pets that died due to old age. It was a safe space for posts like that, just celebrating the lifes of our old friends. It was one of the best subs I’ve been on.
11/10 goodest pupper. I’m very sorry she’s no longer with you.
As I mentioned in my comment/others have before me: whatever helps you grieve (obviously within reason). But posting pictures of a pet as you did, I think, is totally reasonable. It’s an honour to the memory of them.
Obituaries in the paper have been a thing for 100’s (1000’s?) of years.
There is r/petloss for that. I lost my dog Nike (image link) in 2019, and it devastated me. About a week later, I posted her with this image (ext link: imgur) to petloss.
I don’t think these folks are disgusting for venting about their lost loved ones. It is hard losing a pet. I guess at that time, I wanted someone else in the world to know about her, the life she lived with us, how dearly we loved her, and how much she’s missed. It was a pretty long-winded eulogy. Conciseness was never my strong suit. Different people grieve differently.
But I do believe that you should look for the relevant subs/communities to post about losing a pet and refrain from making that kind of post on those for more general pet posting. At the same time, I think awareness is key. I’d reckon if you’re posting to r/cats or r/dogs instead of r/petloss, you’re probably not aware of it. I tend to assume grieving pet parents aren’t trying to karma farm.
The world is already shitty enough, and I don’t need to bring myself down with that kind of thinking anyway.
I used to be subscribed to r/oldmandog when I still used Reddit, and many posts were about pets that died due to old age. It was a safe space for posts like that, just celebrating the lifes of our old friends. It was one of the best subs I’ve been on.
11/10 goodest pupper. I’m very sorry she’s no longer with you.
As I mentioned in my comment/others have before me: whatever helps you grieve (obviously within reason). But posting pictures of a pet as you did, I think, is totally reasonable. It’s an honour to the memory of them.
Obituaries in the paper have been a thing for 100’s (1000’s?) of years.