A lot of people would rather save their pet than an unspecified stranger from a sinking ship: https://today.yougov.com/topics/society/articles-reports/202...
That makes sense. But becoming a pet owner also makes you more likely to want to save an unspecified dog over a unspecified person.
Re:The pork industry’s forced cannibalism
by hairofadog on Sunday August 06, 2023 @11:11AM
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Regarding your first point, that’s not a pet owner thing but a family thing. Most people would save their own before helping a stranger.
> becoming a pet owner also makes you more likely to want to save an unspecified dog over a unspecified person
From the article:
> In the scenarios involving an unspecified dog, only around 20% of American pet owners say they would choose to save the dog over the person or people
My reading of that data is different from yours. Does a 20% chance of something sound more likely or less likely?
>Regarding your first point, that’s not a pet owner thing but a family thing.
'Family' takes many different forms though (nation, ethnicity, species, etc) I'm not saying it's right or wrong but I would include a human stranger in my 'family' over a known pet.
Re:The pork industry’s forced cannibalism
by fatfingerd on Sunday August 06, 2023 @02:52PM
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> My reading of that data is different from yours. Does a 20% chance of something sound more likely or less likely?
More likely than a non pet-owner (10%).
Hmm, I haven’t seen that correlation, but it’s worth noting that there are all sorts of people who keep pets for all sorts of different reasons, so I don’t doubt it’s true for some.