People have an interesting practice of following suit and doing what others are doing even when it doesn’t necessarily make sense. Maybe it’s in our nature to do so, but it seems like many of the practices we have as a society shouldn’t have even started in the first place. We have created a collection of the many things that have become somewhat normalized in today’s society that are actually problematic. Whether these things result from complacency or the idea that we are creatures of habit, we would like to unpack this idea in today’s world.
#1: Take Better Care of Your Pets
For some reason, people tend to have a specific hierarchy regarding their pets. It isn’t so crazy to think that dog and cat owners would take better care of their pets than the owner of a pet goldfish or pet hamster.
However, this whole understanding of which pet is more important is problematic… Who decided that goldfish, hampsters, and lizards aren’t nearly as important as bigger animals? Just because they’re smaller doesn’t mean their lives are worth any less.