Of course, the gateway to horse ownership stems from a predictable source: Elly defining "getting along well with children" to mean "banishing them from her eyes, ears and thoughts lest fear of what they might do paralyze her mind":
The net effect of Elly being a brain dead stick in the mud is not just to demolish Liz's social life because she doesn't want to admit that she's got one half of an empty, narrow mind. We also deal with the upshot of a farm auction:
that requires everyone to play "Walk On Eggshells Around The Stupid Bitch Who Needs To Shut The Fuck Up About How Being Her Is THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD":
Liz's enthusiasm fades when it's revealed that pets require maintenance and her having to use her alleged brain for something other than a storage place for infantile grudges:
After Elly tells Liz to be as responsible as she is, Liz does exactly that:
Patterson talking to a toddler: "How would you like to own my rabbit?"
Actual human talking to a toddler: "I'm going to give you my rabbit."
The Pattersons are actually pretty typical pet owners in my opinion- people who acquire animals accidentally (by not being responsible and getting their pets fixed) or impulsively (because they are "cute") and without clue one about how to actually take care of them, or any interest in doing so.
Of course, the gateway to horse ownership stems from a predictable source: Elly defining "getting along well with children" to mean "banishing them from her eyes, ears and thoughts lest fear of what they might do paralyze her mind":
The net effect of Elly being a brain dead stick in the mud is not just to demolish Liz's social life because she doesn't want to admit that she's got one half of an empty, narrow mind. We also deal with the upshot of a farm auction:
that requires everyone to play "Walk On Eggshells Around The Stupid Bitch Who Needs To Shut The Fuck Up About How Being Her Is THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD":
Liz's enthusiasm fades when it's revealed that pets require maintenance and her having to use her alleged brain for something other than a storage place for infantile grudges:
After Elly tells Liz to be as responsible as she is, Liz does exactly that:
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Patterson talking to a toddler: "How would you like to own my rabbit?"
Actual human talking to a toddler: "I'm going to give you my rabbit."
The Pattersons are actually pretty typical pet owners in my opinion- people who acquire animals accidentally (by not being responsible and getting their pets fixed) or impulsively (because they are "cute") and without clue one about how to actually take care of them, or any interest in doing so.
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And yet, when things go sour like they always do, they look for someone to blame for their woes.
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Person 1: "You try raising three kids and having a dog and a cat to take care of."
Me: "No."
Person 1's head explodes.
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Nothing of value is lost.
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just buy the kid some headphones! and has Lynn ever even LOOKED at a real rabbit? that thing looks like some kind of weird little dog!
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Headphones are bad because they block out angry, corrosive nagging gentle suggestions.
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