The exceptions for "not all bestiality is rape" would be so incredibly rare and stupid to attempt and still gross that they can be ignored, unless you want to offer to be fucked by a male dolphin or bonobo....... I don't suggest the orca option though.

So....

Most of our domesticated species actively and wilfully participated in their own domestication in one way or another, because they realized that hanging around humans was good for their survival. Especially cats. They were basically unchanged and never selectively bred past "hey my good mouser had kittens, you want one neighbor?" up until about 200 years ago.

Animals can absolutely tell you "fuck right off I do not want that right now," but they can also be trained to tolerate a lot against their own wishes (i.e. veterinary procedures) Which...... Don't use that against them just for your pleasure. That's sadistic. And gross.

Add in that most female animals do not engage in sex for pleasure, barring a select few species that should not be kept as pets, and you have your answer. Don't be gross. Keep your deviancy to yourself and your chosen, consenting, adult, human partners.

Honestly, never had a problem with mine for 7 years of abuse, significant offroad included. Daily driving city mileage, shit roads, off-road nonsense, salt air, beach driving... Thing was a blast. Went all over the country, did the national parks, overlanded in extremely remote areas.

Then the rocker arms gave out and I had a kid. So no more jeep. Edit: oh, and the dog we rescued ended up being 120 lbs. So a bit more room was kinda needed

The 4runner is almost as fun though. Almost.

I got banned for quoting Mike Tyson.

Awwoooooo

You can't honestly believe that mass surveillance will help prevent those deaths, right?

It won't. It'll be used punitively.

Sounds about right for engineering nerds. I was a deckie and y'all were basically wizards as far as I was concerned

Well, we can't say that they did nothing good for this planet.

Sea Fever by John Mansfield

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;

And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,

And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;

And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,

And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,

To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;

And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,

And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

Where is that?

Realistically paying money to places like that is a horrible idea

While agreed .....

There are some more pressing issues currently going on.

Like multiple wars, a handful of active genocides, modern slavery on a global scale that's largely out of the public eye (honestly focusing so much on slavery of the past feels kinda like a slap in the face to the slaves of today), food and clean water scarcity in various places, and the general state of places like Haiti, Eritrea, and South Sudan