Monday morning at 8am...BBC breakfast morning show. The first words I hear " A bereaved mothers long running battle... " I immediately switch channels without even waiting for the sentence to finish. Why does the BBC think I want to start my day by listening to this misery ? They love it, especially the long nosed Sally Nugent.
Out of the frying pan and into the fire though as an extremely annoying advert is on the next channel involving a man sat at a restaurant table and a dog is along side him eating a plate of food as if human. It quickly gets worse as the camera pans behind to show they both have wagging tails. Are they humanizing the dog or de-humanizing the man ?
This may sound silly but the equalizing of dogs and humans is going on in society. I see it in people walking dogs and their attitudes already. How long before the human devalues themselves to an animal status ? They already resort to an animal status howling and shrieking if they perceive their dog is under threat.
There was a third annoyance but ive forgotten what it was. However I remember turning over to YouTube. The ultimate apparent cure ?