[bagrow]

> I cannot distinguish between the love I have for people and the love I have for dogs.

- Kurt Vonnegut.

[zemvpferreira]

I love my dog more than most people, but no dog will slap a needle from my arm, a drink from my mouth or a ring from my finger.

[throwthatway46]

My dog is sad and distant after I take (legally prescribed) ketamine. It has definitely discouraged my use.

Dogs aren't people, but being with a dog is way better than being chronically alone. They can be training wheels to rejoining society.

[svieira]

The fact that Mr. Vonnegut did not sufficient distinguish between various aspects of love does not mean that there are not distinctions between the love proper between a son and his mother and between a man and his dog. Simply saying "I wish what is best for my mother and what is best for my dog and there is no difference in that wish" is all well and good as far as it goes, but it leaves quite a lot on the table untalked about.

[agonmon]

I fear that the same people that exhibit this kind of anxiety or trauma that led to social isolation, will inevitably talk to sycophantic chatbots, rather than get the help they desperately need. Though I certainly would not trust a model to "snitch" on a user's mental health to a psychiatric hotline...

[bloqs]

ability to differentiate != lack of differentiation

[Der_Einzige]

The people who old the kinds of opinion that the OP of this comment chain holds also tend to hold the belief that you should put Kurt Vonnegut, and other "liberal intellectuals" backs against the wall.