Unpopular Opinion

Per rule #6, please defend your UO position with reasoning.

Cats ESPECIALLY belong inside because they decimate the local wildlife.

Kids, especially toddlers, will leave a smell all over furniture. Cleaning becomes an even worse chore due to feeding time messes and crayons on the wall. They also require potty training in order to not shit themselves and then rub it onto everything lying around the house.

Seiously, toddlers belong outside...

My cat does leave a strong smell. It has become my favorite smell.

This is an ignorant take in that it doesn't in any way address the emotional benefits of having animals in your living space, or offer any justification for why the costs that are asserted could be worth accepting, or the fact that plenty of animals adapt well to smaller spaces. Don't like cleaning fur? Get short haired animals. Kids need training too, and plenty of human adults have no idea how to properly clean up after themselves. If you don't like animals that's fine, but don't try to perscribe your needs onto others based solely on these grounds, you can just say I don't like pets and that's acceptable.

Cats are healthier and live longer when kept indoors.

Upvoted for the opinion being unpopular.

Cats don't belong outside. They will kill local wildlife and have contributed to the extinction of dozens of species.

I don't think fish care either way as long as they get the space and care they need. That is, a tiny pond outside isn't any better than a tank of the same volume indoors, all other things being equal.

Rodents definitely belong inside, if having a rodent as a pet is allowed at all in this scenario. I feel like this doesn't require further explanation.

I could see rabbits liking being outside, as long as they're adequately protected from predators. They do well inside, too. I'd call this one 50:50.

If reptiles and amphibians should be kept as pets at all, indoors is way better.

I imagine almost all invertebrate pets would have to be indoors.

Pets that are livestock species go outside, yeah. No argument here.

Some animals shouldn't be pets at all. Some belong inside. Some belong outside. Some go in and out. It's a mixed bag.

Terribly unpopular and stupid opinion. Have an upvote

Wow that is an unpopular opinion

Dumps fish tank outside

Sorry, but pets do not belong inside homes.

Upvoted because unpopular but I personally think youre a boring person. Sure, animals smell but thats why you clean them and your house. Id rather clean my house 5 times a week than not have my dogs.

Soooooo. You’re gatekeeping other people’s apartments?

Here’s your upvote.

At some point in your life, you also required training to make sure you didn't destroy the furniture or shit on the floor

Cleaning is part of the care. I guess that's just what the deal is though

Some people think animals shouldn't live indoors. It's worth reminding those people that humans are animals

I agree - I think it's mean that people keep dogs, for instance, when they're leaving them unattended for most of the day. Personally I wouldn't get a dog unless I had family, a house and a garden for it. Cats have a bit more leeway but I would still want them to have a nice neighbourhood or gardens to explore.

Your reasoning simply seems to reflect the need for additional training and effort on the part of the pet owner. That’s not “reasoning” so much as bitching. Pets do perfectly well in human dwellings, so long as care and effort are taken to make it so. It kind of sounds like you shouldn’t own an indoor pet. That’s fine for you. Stop telling other people what to do when they may well be more caring and/or less lazy than you.

Upvoted, because you’re totally incorrect.

Are you advocating for the somewhat extreme position that pets shouldn’t exist?

Your reasoning suggests that basic duties of pet ownership such as basic training and grooming are too onerous. Canids do not soil their den in the wild and so easily are trained not to soil indoors, and cats don’t need training to use a litter box.

I don't think I've ever been to a cat owners house who's furniture smells like cat, I would love to know what a cat even smells like.

Maybe if those owners don't clean their cats litter properly or often enough, that causes a smell, and yeah, lots of shitty cat parents who don't clean after them well enough.

Or maybe this is about un neutered cats that piss on stuff? That's unfortunately somehow also a thing.

Cats also don't require any training to do any of those things? Just pay attention to your cat, ensure you play with it and give it enough toys and attention and it won't do shit to your stuff.

Your statements have me more confused than anything else.

Dogs smell, they have a weird metallic smell to them and they leave that smell on surfaces, maybe you got confused?

Is this unpopular opinion or just objectively wrong opinion?

That exact same reasoning applies to humans as well, but we still let them into the house. However, though from a very weird direction, you have certainly landed on an unpopular opinion.

Upvoted because I do disagree, where else they gonna go?

cats outside are a menace, for example. Responsible thing to do is keep them inside.

Don't come over.

Why tho?

I mean many pets shouldn't live in a small apartment. Few pets are ok with it. Some pets are okay with living in bigger apartments but then it's more about giving enough enrichment and outdoor or balcony time it it fits the pet

How dare you. My cat is an angel and I'm lucky to get to clean her fur.

If by that you meant "I don't like the effect pets have on my living spaces", sure, of course, and you don't have to get one/let them inside if the weather's okay!

What if it's a really sexy one?