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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

To be fair, training them to fight isn't that frowned upon. It's fun watching small children trying out martial arts. It's only frowned upon when you make them fight to a KO.

[–] snf@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

I'll just leave this here.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/st-louis-day-care-accused-running-toddler-fight-club-n929456

A day care center in St. Louis encouraged toddlers to viciously brawl with each other in a "fight club," according to a lawsuit from the mother of one of the children and video of the incident that was released Wednesday.

There's a video!

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This persons never had a pet clearly.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think that "obedience" is a concept incompatible with a cat. And those don't tend to follow you around.

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

Depends on the cat. My cats follow me more than my dogs.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 4 points 3 weeks ago

Toddler used Drool!

... It's not very effective.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There are also no badges you can earn that ensure it always obeys you.

[–] Tot@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

And you probably shouldn't throw things at them.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

I say give them guns so they win the fight before it starts.