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NPR's guide to the top 100 scifi/fantasy books (lemmy.world)

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[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Anyone who doesn't think the dragon is the ideal pet, can debate me here please? (Without regards to which book is selected from the answer given)

[–] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not as cute as cats, nuff said.

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That would mean waterbears are better pets than cats?

Also cuteness factor can be overcome with a dragons horde of gold, see Hugh Hefner.

[–] Spacebar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Discworld dragon, LOTR dragon, or Pern Dragon?

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In my head I had lotr dragon.

[–] Spacebar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well, if it's an LOTR dragon, and you're Sauron, then sure. Otherwise, good luck being charcoal.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, they are not really handy to walk

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

So are cats! Or horses, or (theoretical as to this list and discussion) unicorns. Horses and unicorns you can ride, as you could a dragon! Riding > walking 95% p value.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You'd have problems taking a very sick dragon to the vet. I mean, if it can at least walk under its own power that's one thing, but you'd need a Very Large Truck for one that's out cold. And a crane to put it on the trailer. Then you have to find a vet who's willing to look at it. Not all of them will treat reptiles, or large animals of any sort. Also, they have to have a parking lot that will take your truckload of dragon (ours doesn't).

Also, the food bill would be prohibitively large. Can you imagine how much meat you'd need to feed a dragon for a year? Now think about current grocery prices. The dragon won't pay out of its hoard (by definition—you hoard a hoard), so it's all on you.

Don't even try to think about cleaning up what comes out of the other end.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 1 year ago

Very realistic points. It's like you had an option to adopt either a cat or a dragon, so made a pros and cons list.