There is r/petloss for that. I lost my dog Nike (image link) in 2019, and it devastated me. About a week later, I posted her with this image (ext link: imgur) to petloss.
I don’t think these folks are disgusting for venting about their lost loved ones. It is hard losing a pet. I guess at that time, I wanted someone else in the world to know about her, the life she lived with us, how dearly we loved her, and how much she’s missed. It was a pretty long-winded eulogy. Conciseness was never my strong suit. Different people grieve differently.
But I do believe that you should look for the relevant subs/communities to post about losing a pet and refrain from making that kind of post on those for more general pet posting. At the same time, I think awareness is key. I’d reckon if you’re posting to r/cats or r/dogs instead of r/petloss, you’re probably not aware of it. I tend to assume grieving pet parents aren’t trying to karma farm.
The world is already shitty enough, and I don’t need to bring myself down with that kind of thinking anyway.
11/10 goodest pupper. I’m very sorry she’s no longer with you.
As I mentioned in my comment/others have before me: whatever helps you grieve (obviously within reason). But posting pictures of a pet as you did, I think, is totally reasonable. It’s an honour to the memory of them.
Obituaries in the paper have been a thing for 100’s (1000’s?) of years.
I used to be subscribed to r/oldmandog when I still used Reddit, and many posts were about pets that died due to old age. It was a safe space for posts like that, just celebrating the lifes of our old friends. It was one of the best subs I’ve been on.
Everyone deals with grief differently, it’s not appropriate to shame people for it.
Why do people see other people as simple cookie-cutter memes? That attitude used to be laughed at as the douchebaggery that it is. Now it passes for being enlightened and superior.
Oh. I thought you meant literally waving them around. I’m glad I was wrong. But as people have said, everyone grieves differently.
It’s sad to see, but if it helps the OP, I’m fine with it (I also don’t use reddit anymore and haven’t seen much of that here).
Bird Flu killing animals lots places right now. This is like all the reviews of scented candles saying that the smell is weak when Covid rates are spiking.
It’s terrible. Most of them probably aren’t even real…
