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  • I judge people who tell me I'll change my mind about wanting kids. You don't know my reasons, so get off your high horse.

    I judge people who can't use turn signals. If you're too lazy to turn on a blinker, you shouldn't be on the road.

    I judge anyone who uses text speak on anything other than IMs and text messages. If you're writing mea long email, letter, or expect me to edit a school essay, it better be in actual English.

    I slightly judge my dad's GF for not encouraging her 8 year-old son to read books and learn about history. The kid is fascinated by WWII but whenever he tries to talk about it she tells him to be quiet and go play with his toys or go to bed. So I got him a WWII book for his birthday. So there.
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    [QUOTE]I judge SIL for saying she deserved a handicapped parking thing because she's pregnant. 
    Posted by kikibaby[/QUOTE]

    That's pretty judgable!  Even when I was pregnant I wouldn't park in the pregnant woman parking spots because I figured there was a more uncomfortable pregnant woman then me.  (and I was an uncomfortable pregnant girl!)
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: I Judge : I also judge my best friend's boyfriend for juding her past. They've been together for 5 years, and on the weekend he got upset with her over having a one night stand like 7 years ago. I don't remember how it came up, but it did, and he was pissy with her for the rest of the weekend.
    Posted by pumpkinpumpkin[/QUOTE]

    A few months ago, I had a good friend of mine get dumped by his crazy gf, because she found out that he kissed a girl she "didn't respect"...five years before they were even dating. 

    I told him he got off easy.
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  • I don't care where you bought the dog, but you need to spay or neuter it unless you're showing it or plan to breed it*

    for a legitimate reason such as previously discussed and through a reputable breeder.

    I judge the jerks in FMILs neighborhood who don't spay their damn cat and leave a box of kittens at the end of the road every 6 months.  Anybody want a kitten by the way?
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: I Judge : Or you want a specific breed because you've researched what breed you may want. I don't like it when people judge people who don't want to adopt a shelter dog.
    Posted by pumpkinpumpkin[/QUOTE]

    Most breeds can be found in shelters and breed specific rescues.  I'll admit that some are very rare and can't normally be found in those situations, and in that case, by all means, find a reputable breeder.

    I judge the people who go to a pet store/bad breeder for a common breed, like a beagle or a poodle or boxer or some godawful designer mixed breed of the week.  They are in shelters constantly.  If your shelter doesn't have one, wait a few weeks.  They even have puppies, if you're concerned about the dog's background.
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  • [QUOTE] I judge people who can't use turn signals. If you're too lazy to turn on a blinker, you shouldn't be on the road. Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

    I don't usually use turn signals if I'm already in the turn lane. I find it redundant.
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    [QUOTE]I judge people who tell me I'll change my mind about wanting kids. You don't know my reasons, so get off your high horse. I judge people who can't use turn signals. If you're too lazy to turn on a blinker, you shouldn't be on the road. I judge anyone who uses text speak on anything other than IMs and text messages. If you're writing mea long email, letter, or expect me to edit a school essay, it better be in actual English. I slightly judge my dad's GF for not encouraging her 8 year-old son to read books and learn about history. The kid is fascinated by WWII but whenever he tries to talk about it she tells him to be quiet and go play with his toys or go to bed. So I got him a WWII book for his birthday. So there.
    Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

    If he likes that sort of thing, the WWII museum in New Orleans sell videos that are geared towards a younger audience, but are still really interesting. I don't know if they created the, or just sell them, but you might want to look into it, if you ever need another present for him and he still wants to learn.
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    I judge the recent wedding I attended for making the GMs move 250 chairs inside in the 95 degree heat. In their tuxes. And then for taking photos outside throughout the reception in the 95 degree heat. I also judge that when FI called them to ask if I should eat beforehand or if there would be a veggie meal for me, they said I was covered, and I wasn't.

    I also judge the 9083 special sorority and fraternity-only dances and photos in the middle of dancing. The rest of us had to clear the floor each time, which continued about once every half hour until the end.

    I also judge the wedding/fashion industry that says that brides should lose a ton of weight before the wedding. The bride was probably half the size she normally was, which was plenty healthy/slim to begin with. You should see every bone in her torso, and it concerned me. I don't judge her for it, but I judge the people who reinforce that behavior by asking for her weight loss secrets.

    Wow, I'm judgy. I feel kinda bad.
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    [QUOTE]I don't usually use turn signals if I'm already in the turn lane. I find it redundant.
    Posted by georgia_bride09[/QUOTE]

    That's one thing, but I do judge the dude who was in the middle of the road waiting to turn left this morning with no signal on. After a second, I realized what he was trying to do, but put a damn signal on so I know to go around you.

    I guess I don't get why you wouldn't want a shelter dog. Many come from breeders originally. If you want a puppy, they often have puppies. They spay/neuter for you and the adoption fees are very low. Plus, it keeps them from being euthanized.
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    [QUOTE]I even kinda judge people who do dog shows.
    Posted by wadingmoose[/QUOTE]

    Showing dogs is a decent way to make sure that you're breeding in the desired qualities of a certain breed and breeding out the bad ones.

    However, anyone who spends enough time showing dogs will tell you that there are a lot of politics and BS involved.  That's not the dog owner's fault, though.
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    [QUOTE]I don't usually use turn signals if I'm already in the turn lane. I find it redundant.
    Posted by georgia_bride09[/QUOTE]

    I can see that. I was talking about the people who are just driving along then decide to suddenly turn into a driveway, shopping plaza, or whatever without a stoplight or turn lane If you're slowing down for no reason I can see, turn on your blinker.

    Mags--that's a good idea, I'll keep that in mind for Christmas. Thanks.
  • Oh, here's one.. I judge the girl who decided that RSVPing to my shower was a waste of time, therefore causing the host to worry about how many people would be there (it was at a restaurant and they needed exact numbers). She didn't come, which was fine with me. I then judge her for bringing up the wedding at lunch, and when I asked her if she knew she was going to make it, she goes, "Um, no." I told her that I understood, but that I was just checking since I hadn't heard anything from her (as in, no RSVP). She said, "Why would I bother sending that to you?"

    .......really?
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: I Judge : I think it's fine to have an affinity for a certain kind of dog, but there are thousands of doxies in shelters and breed-specific rescues across the country.  I just looked on Petfinder for doxies in my area and there are 5,500 available for adoption nationwide, 70 within 100 miles of my house.  There are good breeders out there that have dogs with titles and genetic testing and work to preserve and better the breed standard and I'm fine with that.  Problem is, 95% of "breeders" are total crap.  AKC means nothing.  People are getting hoodwinked and thousands of shelter dogs die every day as a result.
    Posted by Brie2010[/QUOTE]

    :)

    Andddd....  I judge people who feed their dog shitttty dog food knowing that it is shitt.  It is one thing to not be informed about those sorts of things, it's entirely different to know but then not switch food. 
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: I Judge : Most breeds can be found in shelters and breed specific rescues.  I'll admit that some are very rare and can't normally be found in those situations, and in that case, by all means, find a reputable breeder. I judge the people who go to a pet store/bad breeder for a common breed, like a beagle or a poodle or boxer or some godawful designer mixed breed of the week.  They are in shelters constantly.  If your shelter doesn't have one, wait a few weeks.  They even have puppies, if you're concerned about the dog's background.
    Posted by Brie2010[/QUOTE]


    I'll be honest.  Most dogs that end up in shelters have NOT been well trained.  They have bad habits.  The one I adopted?  Yeah . Turns out he was likely abused previously.  Some days he pees on the floor at the sight of my husband.  He's peed ON my husband.  ON. 

    It's great that people adopt from shelters and I'll never, ever tell someone not to, but if someone decides not to, I understand.  You're adopting someone else's problem dog.  It's sad.

    "You can take your etiquette and shove it!" ~misscarolb
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    I judge whoever took the time yesterday to remove my Obama sticker from my car while I was in Sam's Club.  Really? Get a life, people.
  • I judge girls who talk to their 'so called' friend they are going to end a friendship with instead of just dropping them & not having to give detailed explanations. A true friend wouldn't screw you over and I see it pointless to have a 'talk' with someone who does you really wrong. This isn't the Hills or Real Housewives of NJ, this is real life and I don't care to chit chat with someone on why our friendship is ending/over.....
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: I Judge : I'll be honest.  Most dogs that end up in shelters have NOT been well trained.  They have bad habits.  The one I adopted?  Yeah . Turns out he was likely abused previously.  Some days he pees on the floor at the sight of my husband.  He's peed ON my husband.  ON.  It's great that people adopt from shelters and I'll never, ever tell someone not to, but if someone decides not to, I understand.  You're adopting someone else's problem dog.  It's sad.
    Posted by wadingmoose[/QUOTE]

    Eh, I disagree.  Yeah, there are some problem dogs in shelters, but there are also tons of dogs that are surrendered or stray for no good reason.  People move and get divorced and die and get too old and have kids and give up perfectly good dogs for those reasons.  Strays can be perfect familly pets that got loose but nobody bothered to find, or dogs/cats with no issues whatsoever that were just born stray.  Puppies are born into shelter situations.

    There's also the other side of things, in that buying a dog from a breeder (especially a bad one) doesn't guarantee a good dog.  Poorly bred dogs have tons of health problems, may be bought too young and not properly socialized to learn bite inhibition, and may just be BSC because that's the way they are.

    You can get good and bad dogs from rescue. You can also get good and bad dogs from a breeder.  It's about the individual dog, not where you got it from.
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: I Judge : :) Andddd....  I judge people who feed their dog shitttty dog food knowing that it is shitt.  It is one thing to not be informed about those sorts of things, it's entirely different to know but then not switch food. 
    Posted by rak123[/QUOTE]

    OH yeah, I was saving that one for an I judge thread and forgot about it. I definitely judge people who complain that good pet food is "too expensive." Don't own a fucking animal if you're not going to take care of it. I can buy a 20 pound bag of Blue Buffalo for about $40 or less, which lasts over a month for FOUR cats. Ten dollars per cat per month? It's a hell of a lot cheaper than feeding a human. (And I get some people have large breed dogs, which eat a lot. In which case my response is - research how much large breed dogs eat before you get one.)
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  • The key word is REPUTABLE breeder.

    I'm not saying I'm an expert on shelter and rescue dogs, but in my experience, which is quite varied, you get more bad than good with adult dogs.  It breaks my heart.

    "You can take your etiquette and shove it!" ~misscarolb
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    [QUOTE]Oh, here's one.. I judge the girl who decided that RSVPing to my shower was a waste of time, therefore causing the host to worry about how many people would be there (it was at a restaurant and they needed exact numbers). She didn't come, which was fine with me. I then judge her for bringing up the wedding at lunch, and when I asked her if she knew she was going to make it, she goes, "Um, no." I told her that I understood, but that I was just checking since I hadn't heard anything from her (as in, no RSVP). She said, "Why would I bother sending that to you?" .......really?
    Posted by polichik[/QUOTE]

    Ugh, that's really obnoxious.
  • edited July 2010
    Eye to eye, Brie. I think stereotyping shelter dogs as having problems is like stereotyping foster kids as being bad seeds. A puppy is quite trainable, whether from a breeder or shelter. And our first beagle was the best behaved, best trained dog I have ever met. She was a stray who ran off while hunting. (She later had x-rays and we found buckshot in her side - plus she was gun shy and running around without a collar.)

    My grandmother, on the other hand, always bought cocker spaniels from a breeder. They were never well trained. All of them peed in the house. So I have anecdotes arguing the other side, over here.
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  • But not all dogs are in shelters because they're problem dogs.  People give up dogs for all kinds of reasons.  My dog came from a shelter and he is AMAZING.  Super smart and everyone loves him.  He has no bad habits at all.  And?  If we hadn't adopted him that day, he was going to be put down the next day because he'd been there too long and he had pneumonia :(


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    [QUOTE]I judge people who wear improper shoes and clothing to the gym. I judge the woman who looked mad that I didn't stop in the middle of the street to let her cross today. No, it was not an intersection or an implied crosswalk. And yes, jaywalking is illegal and enforced in LA. Stand on the median until there aren't any cars coming. You think cars will stop for you in any other city? You'll be roadkill.
    Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]

    in my province pedestrians always have the right of way.  i hate it as a car and as a pedestrian.  because people don't stop anyway.  but yeah, if someone was on a median or had "intent to cross"  (crosswalk or not), you have to stop.  i actually failed my driver's license because i didn't stop for someone who was not at a crosswalk.  automatic fail.  boo. 

    maybe that person wasn't from your city.  i'm glad to know this now in case i go to LA!  haha.

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  • I judge the couple in my apartment complex that compulsively chain smoke. I'm all for smokers--in fact, I indulge from time to time. But never, ever, have I seen anyone that smokes as much as they do, and they leave all the cigarette butts outside their door for all to see.

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  • cengle, it's a relationship that I'm quite content to let dissolve when we move away, but it just bothered me. If you're not coming, fine, but send in the f-ing RSVP card!
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    [QUOTE]But not all dogs are in shelters because they're problem dogs.  People give up dogs for all kinds of reasons.  My dog came from a shelter and he is AMAZING.  Super smart and everyone loves him.  He has no bad habits at all.  And?  If we hadn't adopted him that day, he was going to be put down the next day because he'd been there too long and he had pneumonia :(   Hi!  Love me!  :)
    Posted by kikibaby[/QUOTE]


    I never said ALL dogs.  Ever.

    I also never said ALL breeders.  REPUTABLE breeders and the owner still needs to be responsible.

    I also said ADULT dogs, not puppies.

    So.  Yeah.

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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: I Judge : in my province pedestrians always have the right of way.  i hate it as a car and as a pedestrian.  because people don't stop anyway.  but yeah, if someone was on a median or had "intent to cross"  (crosswalk or not), you have to stop.  i actually failed my driver's license because i didn't stop for someone who was not at a crosswalk.  automatic fail.  boo.  maybe that person wasn't from your city.  i'm glad to know this now in case i go to LA!  haha.
    Posted by mandysmear[/QUOTE]


    No.  They don't Mandy.  In Edmonton they're actively charging people for jay walking AND crossing against lights.  It is illegal and always has been.

    Usually, you'll just get a warning for doing it, but in areas where it's become a problem they are cracking down on it. 

    I have a friend who got a ticket once for jaywalking across 16th Ave in the NE. It could be because he did a handstand on his way across...

    "You can take your etiquette and shove it!" ~misscarolb
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: I Judge : in my province pedestrians always have the right of way.  i hate it as a car and as a pedestrian.  because people don't stop anyway.  but yeah, if someone was on a median or had "intent to cross"  (crosswalk or not), you have to stop.  i actually failed my driver's license because i didn't stop for someone who was not at a crosswalk.  automatic fail.  boo.  maybe that person wasn't from your city.  i'm glad to know this now in case i go to LA!  haha.
    Posted by mandysmear[/QUOTE]

    Well, if I had hit her I would have been in trouble, I admit. :-) The LAPD had a sting a few weeks ago where they ticketed like 70 people for not stopping at an implied crosswalk (basically an intersection without a traffic control device or marked cross walks) because you're supposed to give pedestrians the right-of-way there. But she was still jaywalking! :-P I double checked to make sure she wasn't at an intersection.

    I used to dodge taffic all the time in high school. Then I moved here and I was SHOCKED when I tried to jaywalk and cars actually stopped in the middle of the road for me. I was like, "no, dude, I timed it out! Keep driving! You're messing me up!"
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: I Judge : I'll be honest.  Most dogs that end up in shelters have NOT been well trained.  They have bad habits.  The one I adopted?  Yeah . Turns out he was likely abused previously.  Some days he pees on the floor at the sight of my husband.  He's peed ON my husband.  ON.  It's great that people adopt from shelters and I'll never, ever tell someone not to, but if someone decides not to, I understand.  You're adopting someone else's problem dog.  It's sad.
    Posted by wadingmoose[/QUOTE]


    I'm really torn on this one, because I love animals and hate to see any breed/personality end up in a shelter.

    I see the good work that rescues and shelters do, and I have known some awesome dogs that were adopted out of a shelter. I think people that can devote the time and patience to shelter/rescue dogs and turn them into wonderful pets that never end up back in the shelter, are what the pet world needs in tremendous amounts.

    That being said, I don't see anything wrong with someone doing research on a particular breed, or for a particular color dog, and buying from a reputable breeder.

     Its when people make rash decisions about buying an animal because it cute/small/popular that really burns me. This is why so many dogs end up in shelters in the first place, This is why so many irresponsible breeders continue to make a profit, and why unfavorable personalities traits are passed on from generation to generation in certain breeds.

    I have a breeder dog. I wanted a "blue fawn" teddy Roosevelt terrier and searched high and low until I found what I was looking for. She is a product of genetic testing and lineage tracking to make sure her "dilute" genes are sound. She is a beautiful dog, and one of the easiest animals I have ever owned.

    Then, I wanted a rescue because I wanted to save a dog. My rescue dog was a rescue for a reason, and as much as I love him,. as much as we have tried to train it out of him, he has residual issues from his early abuse. Would I rescue again, probably. But, I do know that a rescue that comes pre-wired with problems is not for everyone, and I would rather a person get a breeder dog, then turn that rescue back into the shelter when its problems become too great. There are some dogs that end up in rescue and go on to be great dogs, but some that do not.

    I think what this all boils down to is people should really think about the long term consequences of pet ownership before taking on the responsibility. I judge people who own pets just for the sake of having "a cute dog" or a "guard dog" and then don't know how to handle them, or giving up when problems arise.

    I judge hasty pet owners, no matter where the dog comes from.
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  • I judge people who are obsessed with their dogs.  I don't want to hear stories about your dog as if it is your child.  I judge my coworker who talks pretty much non-stop about his dog and even imitates his bark for us.  Seriously, get a life.

    I also judge my other coworker who always mentions how he'd love to bring his dog to work, but doesn't because of me.  The work place is not the place for a dog.  Especially when you have people who are allergic or afraid of dogs working there.  I don't care how much nicer it would be for your dog, or that your dog is lonely while you are at work all day.  People are more important than dogs.

    All the talk of dogs reminded me of this.  Sorry, I'm just not a dog person.


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