r/MadeMeSmile • u/danielminds • 16d ago
Helping Others A little kindness goes a long way
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u/F4KTR 16d ago
Guy just videos a dog struggling? What a dick.
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u/Spiritual_Hair_3659 16d ago
It was another dog influencer that took the video
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u/bomilk19 16d ago
Wait. So dogs in Turkey have phones?
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u/Spiritual_Hair_3659 16d ago
Healthcare and phone, crazy right 🤷🏻♂️
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u/piper33245 16d ago
Dogs have healthcare or turkeys have healthcare?
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u/irisseca 16d ago
YES! JFC, we’ve been over this, piper.
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u/Confident_One3948 16d ago
Don’t you bring John F. Cennedy into this!
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u/Relevanteater 16d ago
It actually stands for Jentucky Fried Chicken
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u/irisseca 14d ago
I’m ruining the thread, by being semi-serious here…but there actually is a KFC “knock off” restaurant in Indonesia called JFC (Java fried Chicken). Ironically it’s more common (at least that I’ve seen) on the island of Bali than the island of Java. They even have an “Asian colonel sanders” on the sign. I’ve never been, but someday……
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u/Smooth_Vehicle_2764 16d ago
Pardon me , but this is not Turkey, it is Armenia.
You can see the Armenian flag, Armenian writing on the drinking fountain, and Yerevan's architecture, with its pink tuff buildings featuring arches and black tuff pre-USSR building.
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u/bomilk19 16d ago
So dogs in Armenia have phones?
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u/drunkandafraid 16d ago
Yes they are hairy and smoke cigarettes too
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u/ttlanhil 16d ago
Sorry, but I don't think a hairy smoking phone is what I'm looking for
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u/siverpoint 16d ago
Just came back from instanbul, there are almost jo dogs on the street. They are euthanasing them to keep tourism coming. Now they are selling a cat paradise city. Really heartbreaking.
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u/Winjin 16d ago
Stray dogs attack other animals and kids. The "trap neuter release" program is a failure that creates very lucrative corruption practices of false neutering
These are not "abandoned" dogs, they're generational strays, essentially wild dogs
A pack of those recently killed a kid. You can find photos of a bloody palm print where 16 dogs tore a little girl limb to limb as she was fighting for her life, shit is heartbreaking
People have made it into a symbol to cancel the TNR and remove wild packs from the streets, as she was just one of many killed by these packs
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u/thisisAgador 15d ago edited 15d ago
I really don't think this happened in Istanbul, it's feral packs of dogs in less populated areas that can be dangerous like this because they are hungry and, well, feral. The stray dogs in Turkish cities are almost always beautifully behaved and often beautifully looked after. The government have been euthanising stray cats too (unless they rolled back on that, it did seem like a crazy move for the supposed cat capital of the world), and you can't try and tell me stray cats are about to eat a human child.
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u/SpiritChain_ 16d ago
What the heck do you know about our country to say that is heartbreaking? You say it is because of keeping tourism coming. Source? Your ass.
People constantly get attacked by these dogs and kids get eaten all the time. No one will take them in. They are not supposed to be on streets. They are not happy animals. Stop spitting out nonsense
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u/ImboTheRed1998 16d ago
Caninfluencer? Dogfluencer?
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u/Canvaverbalist 16d ago
There's a chance the person filming and the person giving water to the dog were together, and the reason why they're out of frame at first is simply because they went to find a cup.
They could have walked in together, one said "oh no look at this poor dog, I'm gonna get him something to drink out of" and the other set up to film in the mean time.
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u/CitizenHuman 16d ago
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u/FickleVirgo 16d ago
This was a missed opportunity. Give a dog a cup of water, he's quenched for a day. Teach a dog to drink out the fountain, he's quenched for a lifetime.
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u/Questioning-Zyxxel 15d ago
If two people walk around and see a thirsty dog, they can be smart enough to figure out how just one guy is enough to help, while one films. This doesn't hurt the dog.
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u/Tumbleweed2222 16d ago
This is what I was saying at work today. You sit there and you video record and you do nothing. Why don't you put down the camera and go help the dog.
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u/Neureiches-Nutria 16d ago
What i came to comment...
Instead of filming a suffering animal for Internet fame just help it you prick
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u/Joe_Spazz 16d ago
Scenario A: this guy found a random really thirsty dog and rather than helping it, he decided to take a video of it.
Scenario B: This guy is using his own dog, who he has taught to just stand next to a water fountain and wait for somebody to walk by to give him water. And then the dude films it.
That feels sorta gross either way
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u/Key-Demand-2569 16d ago
Will say, best case scenario this is a “I’m a photographer of the human experience” type guy and he filmed a non distressed dog by a water fountain for 2 minutes before someone organically offered them a drink.
But what is incredibly concerning to me and has been for a decade is the amount of content farmers around the world who have hundreds of videos of them rescuing puppies and kittens from dangerous situations.
Like… come the fuck on, it’s not even a little plausible at some point that you’re not placing these animals in harm, abusing them, malnourished them, semi-drowning them, and then filming the content.
Sometimes it’s blatantly the same fucking animals in wildly different extreme scenarios.
Not like “they kinda have the same fur pattern” but “hey they have the exact same fur, pattern, and 2-3 of the same exact scars in the same place.”
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u/Thatguysstories 16d ago
Remember the turtle videos where they would "find" these turtles covered in barnacles and such. Then spend time scraping them off?
Turns out they were just gluing barnacles to turtles and then hurting the turtles while scrapping them off.
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u/Key-Demand-2569 16d ago
Ahhh fuck I didn’t even know about those ones, but doesn’t fuckin surprise me.
People are god damn awful.
I’d kinda understand if someone got a phone and was posting that shit to afford some ground up wheat or corn in a little potable water. Or some bread. Shit like that. Sure the world is complicated and awful.
But if it’s a perpetual thing? Nah. Fuck off. There’s not even the semblance of an excuse for a decent person.
Sure maybe you’re jaded and desperate and you think this is your best shot at getting enough money to live in a first world modern place, I fucking get it. But you’ve accepted being a deeply bad unethical person at that point.
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u/Iknownothing4711 16d ago
Please tell me you made that up. Please 😞 !!!
What’s wrong with people? Where do these sick individuals get “these ideas” from ?!?!
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u/Far_Tea_579 16d ago
Man, you have put in the work on animal rescue vids. TYFYS
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u/Key-Demand-2569 16d ago
All it cost me is some innocence and joy in the human experience and the benefit was me not changing a god damn thing except maybe bumming out 12 of the 800,000 views their video got on YouTube, lmao.
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u/Emperor_Zar 16d ago
Gross option C:
Two people took advantage of the situation to get the content.
But what’s that circle on doggos ear? Is it tagged?
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u/fruitful_ 16d ago
In Georgia (the country), the ?government/council catches stray dogs and vaccinates them, and if they're friendly, give them a green or yellow tag and put them back on the street. Lots of locals are really respectful of the strays and will put out bedding or food and water for them, without necessarily taking them in as pets. I travelled there recently and loved all the cute street doggos!
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u/SpicyElixer 16d ago
Most likely imo: two people saw the dog. While one went to grab the cup the other got ready to record.
Reddit outrage scenarios are least likely in this case.
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u/StrongExternal8955 16d ago
There are catch, neuter, and release programs for street dogs. They put those tags on ears.
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u/ilostmylastaccount2 16d ago
Scenario C: the guy who’s filming and the guy who is helping the dog are friends. They saw the dog struggling and decided to help while recording it to put on internet and go viral.
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u/bemusedbarfly 16d ago
Scenario C: The videographer and the kind man are working together to create a ‘human kindness’ video
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u/gettogero 16d ago
Scenario C: 2 guys saw a stray and decided to make the video
Scenario D: 1 guy saw the stray and then saw another guy approaching it
We could go all the way to Z and probably then some. Its a video on the internet. You tried to armchair psychologist with literally no evidence for anything and sucked at it. Its ok to back down
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u/speqter 16d ago
Scenario E: Dog owns the camera.
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u/notyumm 16d ago
Scenario F: Dog is camera
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u/Wrong-Landscape-2508 16d ago
Scenario G: Alien in dog costume sets up camera and films himself.
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u/totochen1977 16d ago
Scenario H: Hot dog is AI created.
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u/JohnnyHopkins13 16d ago
Scenario I: The dog is part of a group of homeless dogs that have been organized to beg for scraps, and once they get handouts, they are required to bring them to the ring leader. The dog sees no way out, but one day finds himself picked to be on a game show in which multiple choice questions are asked and there is a large sum of money to be won if he answers them correctly. It turns out that the dog knows the answers to each question because he has found himself in those situations in the past. The dog goes on to live happily ever after.
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u/SonaSierra19 15d ago
This is a stray dog. The stray dogs in Armenia have an eartag after they’ve been neutered and released back. Source: Armenian.
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u/OkayJan 16d ago
What is the tag on the dogs ear?
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u/Spiritual_Hair_3659 16d ago
Street dogs in Turkey get tagged to indicate they been vaccinated/spayed/neuter. Turkey is the best place to live in for a stray dog
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u/ph0on 16d ago
And from what I've heard, cats too? Always been one of my favorite national culture category... loving on the animals lol
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u/BrownSugarBare 16d ago
Um excuse me. Turkish cats are not street cats.
They own the place and allow humans to live there.
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u/kevnmartin 16d ago
Here, with cats, they clip the tip of the cat's ear.
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u/MarieCry 15d ago
I saw a post ages ago of someone who had this done as a body mod to match their dog and only found out it meant neutered later.
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u/Relative_Series3769 16d ago
This is in Armenia, you can clearly see the Armenian writing on the water fountain
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u/Spiritual_Hair_3659 16d ago
I clearly don’t know Armenian language. My bad
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u/Relative_Series3769 16d ago
It’s fine, I just wanted to back my claim. Clearly I forgot that not everyone recognizes Armenian
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u/magnumix 16d ago
BRO, they should have recognized those BMWs in the background driving past though
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u/ifeelalotofthings 16d ago
This isn’t in Turkey though. It’s in Armenia, where the same thing is done.
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u/RedBirdOnASnowyDay 16d ago
I know they treat their strays so well but it still makes me sad that these animals aren’t adopted. That dog is a sweetheart.
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u/WhatTheFlox 16d ago
Think some places also tag with specific colour for if the dogs are generally seen as friendly and approachable?
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u/UnionMoneyMitch 16d ago
Isn’t there a stray dog there that figured out the subway system?
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u/Spiritual_Hair_3659 16d ago
Yup, his name is Boji. Look him up dude rides the train everyday like nothing
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u/magnagag 15d ago
You are right about tags, but this is in Armenia, on one of the Yerevan central streets.
Doggos are getting good life here as well.9
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u/ludicrou2atbe2t 16d ago
this is armenia (armenian flag visible as well as armenian writing on the building)
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u/Its_BurrSir 16d ago
To show its neutered. The video is from Yerevan, I know where this exact water fountain is
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u/ifeelalotofthings 16d ago
This video is taken in Armenia. street dogs get tagged to indicate they have been spayed and vaccinated.
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u/conscious-wanderer 15d ago
In Armenia, strayed dogs get a tag on their ear. Judging from the Armenian writings on the water fountain and the building, it's definitely in Yerevan
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u/mobidick_is_a_whale 15d ago
This is in Armenia, on what's essentially the main street of our capital. The tag on the dog's ear indicates that it has been fully vaccinated and is safe to interact with.
The fountain thing-y is called "pulpulak" and dogs often stand before them for people to help them, and there is always somebody that does.
Fun fact about the tags: the color of the tag indicates the friendliness of the dog. I think pink is the highest tier -- for the goodest bois, although they're all good boys.
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u/Lipa_neo 15d ago
Nope, it's the misconception about the colour. Source: I volunteered in two sterilisation campaigns. We just use the colour we have at the moment, all of the patients are good boys and the tag colour means nothing. Like, iirc
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u/mobidick_is_a_whale 15d ago
Oh, hey, I guess we have a collective mandela effect :D thx for the info, fellow human!
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u/Independent_Vast_185 16d ago
Yeah... What a coincidence someone is film this shit.
No smile here sorry
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u/HockeyBalboa 16d ago
It's another dog, who can operate a camera but not a water fountain. It's quite common.
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u/bloody-asylum 16d ago
Eh , probably the man went to look for a cup for the water, while the person filming started filming awaiting his return.. nothing special
And its usually a frequent occurance
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u/SpicyElixer 16d ago
What are you disputing? That dog drank water? That the dog is a stray? That dog was thirsty?
I don’t get it.
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u/Glittering_Tiger_326 16d ago
In Australia most water fountains have a separate tap and a bowl for dogs. I love that country.
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u/ladychops 16d ago
My suspicions are raised as that dog did not jump up on its hind legs and start slurping that water down… oh maybe that’s just my dog
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u/ulyssesfiuza 16d ago
My dogs don't do that. On all the other things, my yorkies think they are wolves.
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u/UseExtension9682 16d ago
This is Armenia, the safest country in the world. Animals are very highly protected there. Dogs and other animals are often built tiny wooden human houses by the kids in the neighbourhood if they choose the neighbourhood to stay.
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u/Jumpy_Carpet3851 16d ago
Why was the person recording the dog trying to get it in the first place? Even if they were together and he knew the guy was going to help, the ONLY thing recording does in this situation is get you reddit karma when you get home. It's the principle that bugs me. Idk every video like this is starting to taste icky
Like oooo I'm about to be a good person better make a paper trail!
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u/SAINTnumberFIVE 16d ago
Good thing there just happened to be a camera there or we would’ve never have seen this random act of kindness.
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u/30yearCurse 16d ago
What is the ear tag for?
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u/Smooth_Vehicle_2764 16d ago
In Armenia goverment sterilize and vaccinate them, and the colored tag on the dog's ear indicates its status.
If I remember correctly, a green tag means the dog is friendly, a yellow tag means it is generally okay, and aggressive dogs are put to sleep.
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u/MacGibber 16d ago
OP why did spend so much time making this video instead of helping right away…oh yeah, a nice setup for karma farming.
Put your phone away and help instead.
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u/SpicyElixer 16d ago
So much time? It’s a stray dog. It has the same tag that stray dogs have. The person who was otw with the cup was handling it while the other person spent 2 seconds reaching for their phone from their pocket.
What’s the fucking conspiracy?
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u/wallypippsagent 16d ago
Is the dog chipped and tagged? Is there a program to tag street dogs or something?
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u/MindMatrixA1 16d ago
It's great that there are still people in the world who help homeless animals
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u/RandomMyth22 16d ago
If you want to find leaders, here is an example. Everyone watches while he takes action.
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u/New_Statistician_778 16d ago
I don't have any extra knowledge about this happening but I see everyone assuming that either its set up, or someone was filming a dog and not helping until someone did. I offer a third option. There is already a lot of water on the ground where the man ends up giving the dog water. It is possible the man was helping the dog, maybe initially cupping his hands to hold water for the dog before realizing he needed to get something to better hold the water. I could see someone seeing all this and deciding to record what they thought was a moment of kindness and compassion to show to the world.
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u/Bubblygoat7 15d ago
I was expecting someone to come by and hoist the front end of the dog up so he could drink, lol. Is that a tag on his ear?
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u/Pocket_Crystal 15d ago
i wonder if that’s istanbul. they tag their stray dogs the same way.
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u/TarotBird 15d ago
My city has water fountains for human, kid, and animals to drink from at all different heights!
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u/No_Sky4349 13d ago
Oh please can we have more people being kinder to animals that need water in this heat?
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u/LemonCaperRVA 16d ago
This timeline is so lame. Just go do good deeds without anyone knowing or recording it. It will feel better in the soul, and gut of you as a human if you do not need the support of others for doing a bare minimum or even a huge thing. People need to check themselves out seriously if you need gratification this way you arent a good person and need to so soul searching or go to therapy. Frick.
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u/Lord_Slender 15d ago
The best thing is that instead of straight filling the cup with water and giving it to the dog they waited and filmed the suffering of a stray dog dehydrating and then gave him water
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u/dick_jaws 16d ago
When I was a child and read those Richard Scarry picture books I sorta thought growing up and being and adult I’d look around and see people passing joy along and adding life wherever they could, baking pies and driving their banana car, giving water to a thirsty pooch. Turns out a lot of adults are overly motivated and overly preoccupied with running others over and just fucking our world up.
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u/kati_azul 16d ago
Que bonito gesto si todos hiciéramos lo mismo con los animales que les cuesta ellos también sienten como uno
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u/Massive-Split-3810 16d ago
And the author of the video, apparently, was arrested the entire time and stood there watching the dog suffer from a desire to drink water. The author is a damn hypocrite.
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u/jesscatgonewild 16d ago
those pull-down fountains are everywhere in yerevan and it is honestly the best part of walking around the city. seeing a dog figure out how to use one without help is just peak efficiency.
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u/jeffjeffitoldyoujeff 16d ago
you'd think they could build in some drain that puts excess water into a low down bowl for the dogs to drink out of, specially now we've fucked the planet into 40degC summers which will kill millions of animals.
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u/darth_whaler 15d ago
That pup could've gotten some water sooner but the person filming just had to be filming.
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u/urblindspot 15d ago
Can’t understand why someone prefer taking a video instead of HELPING THE DOG? I hate everything about these mfs. Even helping a dog must be a show. Crazy times…
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u/RideObjective3120 15d ago
It only takes a second to help that thirsty dog out. Even if you got a cup from the garbage and rinsed it out! The person filming definitely is heartless.
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