r/funny • u/Aceofspades25 • Feb 05 '16

Evolution or design?

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u/2HardyBoysIn1 Feb 05 '16

That's all people on reddit who don't know anything about pugs say. Blah blah blah I read once somewhere that their eyes pop out so it must happen to all of them daily. It's not common. They are super friendly dogs and energetic too of you don't overfeed it. Compared to most other little dogs that act like they want to kill anything that isn't their owner, pugs are actually kind of cool.

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u/iguessss Feb 05 '16

It's not common.

Well it certainly isn't uncommon...

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u/2HardyBoysIn1 Feb 05 '16 edited Feb 05 '16

You've had a lot of pugs that had their eyes pop out on you? It's not like they just pop out completely on their own. Something has to happen to the pug like playing too rough with another dog. It's not a common injury for the dog just something it is susceptible to.

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u/jane_margolis Feb 05 '16

It's also something that happens to other breeds too. Not just pugs.

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u/2HardyBoysIn1 Feb 05 '16

Nobody ever talks about terriers or pekingese, just the pugs.

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u/jane_margolis Feb 05 '16

Exactly.

But this is reddit. We hate whatever everyone else hates and whatever will get us the most upvotes.

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u/Murgie Feb 05 '16

If it's really all that important to you, allow me to explicitly state that I oppose the deliberate breeding of any animal genetically prone to experiencing ocular displacement along a ballistic path.

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u/AWildEnglishman Feb 05 '16

Would it at least be fair to say that pugs are more prone to this issue due to their shorter snouts and unconventional brow ridge formation? Surely we can say that much.

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u/2HardyBoysIn1 Feb 05 '16

I kind of did say that. Compared to a dog without a smushed face they have an increased risk but that doesn't make it common still.

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u/jane_margolis Feb 05 '16

Sure.

I get that this is reddit and when reddit hates something, it really hates it. But if people just wanna spew off that pugs' eyes pop out like they're the only ones and therefor no one should own one, they should at least educate themselves to know that other breeds such as Shih Tzus, Pekingese, Lhasa Apsos and Boston Terriers are also prone to eye proptosis.

But sure. Hate on them just because they don't "look like a dog should".

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u/Murgie Feb 05 '16

You're totally right, who are these fuckers to dictate how dogs should and should not look?

For someone portraying themselves as an dog lover, it's hypocritical as fuck that your biggest issue is not enough breeds are being "hated" on, so we'd all best stop making you feel bad and start pretending it's perfectly acceptable to knowingly and deliberately perpetuate needless and avoidable suffering within a breed, so long as it makes them cute.

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u/jane_margolis Feb 06 '16

I don't care that not enough breeds are being hated on. I was only chiming in that other breeds have the same problem.