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Tu quoque.

Perhaps Dalmatians should be allowed to go extinct.

Breeds with really severe genetic problems that make them miserable and completely unviable outside human care should be allowed to go extinct. It's not ethical.

It's an impossible battle. Too many people enjoy, for example, like that pugs have a fundamentally non-functional nose.

I don't think it's impossible, this seems like the kind of cultural change that is just an extension of the changes that have happened and are happening.

I've often wondered about examples like this.

To what extent can making yourself attractive or "cute" enough to have your existence furthered by another species be considered a successful form of adaptation?

Cats, I recall reading, "domesticated themselves" a long time ago. As a direct result, they are absurdly successful. Surely that's a valid adaptation.

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