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Re:The pork industry’s forced cannibalism by kaashif on Sunday August 06, 2023 @10:56AM (#37022635)
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 (#37022813)
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?

Re:The pork industry’s forced cannibalism by benj111 on Sunday August 06, 2023 @11:53AM (#37023233)
>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 (#37025273)
> 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%).