Pet stores, especially in malls, are fucking weird and not in a good way. You're walking along in the mall, perhaps buying shoes, sweaters or books, and then there's this store that sells people animals just the same as books and pens are sold. This is fucked up.
Buying animals is unnecessary. Go adopt a puppy or a cat. Yeah, it costs money, but trust me, humane societies are not rolling in money vaults of profit. Yes, that was a Ducktales reference to Scrooge McDuck's money vault of gold coins and jewellry. Pet stores are there for the same purpose that other stores are; to make money. And that seems really weird to me. Don't capitalize off of adorable dogs and kittens because you can. I hope the dog you buy from a breeder bites you. But you'd probably have it put down.
But then there's fish and this is where I turn into a complete hypocrite. At least I'm willing to admit it. I am fascinated by pretty much anything that lives under water and could look at fish and sea life for hours, never getting bored of how intelligent and productive some of them are. And they're beautiful. How does one adopt fish, though? Are they something that can be adopted? They can be rescued from disaster and slaughter, but humane societies don't exactly have walls of aquariums, do they? I guess I'm not completely hypocritical; it's not like there is any sea life living in my house.
Octopusses or octopi (both are acceptable) are awesome. They are badass, really intelligent and can fuck you up. Some of them (can't remember which kind; too lazy to look it up) even show signs of grieving for other dead octopus. Or what someone interpreted as grief when observing how they will protect the dead. Yep, I'm going to say some octopi are more evolved than you.
I say "you", but it should be obvious by now that when I do that, I'm probably channeling someone or speaking really broadly. In this case it is both.
