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x4740N@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Woman killed by her two XL bully dogs at home in east London

www.theguardian.com

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Woman killed by her two XL bully dogs at home in east London

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x4740N@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Victim, who was in her 50s, pronounced dead at scene in Hornchurch and the animals seized
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    Any dog can snap

    Dishonest statement. That’s like saying “Any ceiling fan can decapitate you”. Technically true, but so extraordinarily unlikely for most breeds that you should be more worried about car crashes if you fear for your life…

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      Animals are still animals. It isn’t dishonest to say that we should respect them and their space through understanding and recognizing their behavior. Don’t allow your love for an animal cloud the basic judgment that every animal may have its moment. Don’t be afraid, just be aware.

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        All animals, including humans.

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      Are there some horribly distempered ceiling fan brands I need to watch out for?

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        Probably

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          I have a head canon now about your username origin that you, at least once in your life, had to face a horribly distempered ceiling fan, but just don’t remember it because of the capitation.

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            That’s a nice cover story, but you know what you did to me with your head cannon.

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          https://youtu.be/fpaQpyU_QiM?si=QUf5XHkBO5njr69T

          (Yeah I know, piped exists but I’ve yet to get it to actually work)

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            Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

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              Bad bot

              Thanks for the webpage with the endlessly spinning loading bar

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        I’d be careful with such stuff bought directly via temu or alibaba.

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        “I don’t understand. I bought a ceiling fan with razor edge blades to scare off burglars, but it fell down and decapitated grandma”

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          When I asked them about the fan’s history, all they would tell me it is got shipped up here from Texas

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        Are there some horribly distempered ceiling fan brands I need to watch out for?

        ceiling fan breeds

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        This one time I was dealing with an exhaust system that split to two separate paths. The blowers were so powerful that if one was on it could move the other backwards which caused the VFD on the other one to fault. It was pretty cool.

        You should worry about ones like that.

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          Ban fully semiautomatic assault fans

          But yeah, I deal with Delta/Sanyo Denki fans from time to time and I’m not volunteering to get anywhere near them

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      deleted by creator

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        You say that like you’ve seen a calm Chihuahua.

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        A Chihuahua can be yeeted into the stratosphere by 99% of humanity. Not so for other breeds

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        My fat ass has consumed bigger meals than a mass of a Chihuahua.

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      Any breed can produce a dog that is prone to snap.

      Some breeds are much more likely to do so.

      Of those, only a few are both prone to snap and large enough to hurt you.

      Oh those, pit bills are far and away the most aggressive.

      That said, most pitbulls really are fine. For being the most dangerous breed, there are millions of pitbulls, and a few thousand incidents over a few years.

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        pit bulls were bred so that when they bite you, they don’t let go.

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          No, no they were not. This is such a stupid myth.

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            https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_bull

            https://www.britannica.com/animal/pit-bull

            https://www.aspca.org/about-us/aspca-policy-and-position-statements/position-statement-pit-bulls

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        You were on a roll until the end…

        Why do people go out of their way to defend Pitbulls? This is a breed created by us, to hunt, kill, bite and never let go. They should not be used at pets. There are literarily thousands of good gentle dogs looking for homes, we don’t need to defend Pitbulls or keep breeding them.

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      Any ceiling fan can fall unexpectedly, but only an absurdly sturdy and powerful one will decapitate someone when it comes down

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        You don’t have a Big Ass Fan in your rec room!?

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        I was about to say, you would need a LOT of force for a fan blade to cut through your neck meat all the way through. A domestic ceiling fan capable of decapitating someone would be completely excessive.

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        Yep. We’re on the same page now!

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      If a tiny dig nips at you most people laugh it off and you get a break in the skin at most. Happens all the time and no one blinks. If that happens and your dog is 90lbs you can die. Definitely not “extraordinarily unlikely”…just inconsequential for most breeds/sizes.

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      I don’t think any ceiling fan could decapitate me. They are blunt wooden blades and the motor is like 1/3 HP but usually not on full.

      So it’s like saying, “any fan might hit you in the head, don’t put a metal sharp-bladed industrial exhaust fan on your bedroom ceiling.”

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        Hmm, you make a good point.

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