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I subscribe to some pet subs to see cute pictures of cats and dogs to improve my mood and then every tenth post or so is "my poor dead cat". I hate it, I never knew your catdog and now im slightly sad that its dead. Now I have to unsubscribe from all these cute pet subs cause y'all can't not talk about how dead your pets are. Maybe join a support group or something.

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[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I like the pet memorial posts and I like that we're allowed to post them. Imagine the terrible feeling that to express grief, mourn, and celebrate the life of a cherished innocent with a beautiful photo being against the rules.