• michaelmrose@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Except the major source everyone cites is one psycho who composes his data exclusively by going through news reports of dog attacks and determining it was a pit bull if any news source called it a pit bull rather than any scientific methodology whatsoever

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      11 months ago

      Super reliable! You know, the same news sources that call every 1-hand bang-bang-thingy a “glock”, a wooden two-hand bang-bang-thingy an AK-47, and a black shovel an Assault-Rifle-15-mall-sweeping-military-style-bump-stock-war-machine assault weapon.

      Yeah I’m sure they’re great at differentiating dog breeds too! XD

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      11 months ago

      What reason would someone have to do that though? Probably was attacked by a pitbull in the past lol

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        11 months ago

        Yes. She tried to run past someone and their dog on a narrow walk without speaking. Turns out running up behind a strange dog and touching it or almost touching it can lead to bad things. Who would have known except literally everyone else on the planet.

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          11 months ago

          Pretty sure that might only happen with a pitbull or Rottweiler. You can’t link me an example of it happening with any other breed.