At the heart of what bothers me about that piece is this: it is joy-squashing.
She is taking something that brings others joy and which does not affect her - doting on and loving their pets - and criticizing it.
On a much smaller scale, and I'm sure I've been guilty of this, too, but if someone posts something like "I loved movie xyz!" and doesn't ask for opinions, and someone just has to jump in and go "I hated it."
I guess it's a pet peeve of mine, no pun intended. What this discussion has done is stretch my compassion muscles (I hope) and made an effort in my own blog post to focus on the positive.
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Date: 2015-06-19 08:53 pm (UTC)She is taking something that brings others joy and which does not affect her - doting on and loving their pets - and criticizing it.
On a much smaller scale, and I'm sure I've been guilty of this, too, but if someone posts something like "I loved movie xyz!" and doesn't ask for opinions, and someone just has to jump in and go "I hated it."
I guess it's a pet peeve of mine, no pun intended. What this discussion has done is stretch my compassion muscles (I hope) and made an effort in my own blog post to focus on the positive.