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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Tiger. There's no other acceptable answer.

However, it would have to be a very chill tiger, because I can't have it eating my chickens

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Personally, after seeing all the pictures of pet tigers in the US, I've been put off anyone having a pet tiger.

Cool idea but it doesn't seem right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I agree in the real world.

But this is fun and games, so I get to pretend that the tiger would be happy, enjoy being a pet (those two aren't inherently the same), and safe completely.

None of the big cats should ever be a pet, even cheetahs that have sometimes been kept and bred as hunting animals. Hell, no wild animal should be a pet at this point. Domestication is a massive undertaking when done intentionally. And we've got plenty of domesticated animals as it is, plenty of captive bred species that should more than satisfy the folks that just have to have something not domesticated (and likely can't be) and exotic that's a realistic "pet". So taking a wild animal that's in no way realistic is just stupid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

Yeah I understand. I even have trouble enjoying the idea in the land of fun and games because the land of real life ruined it for me 🙁

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Get an elderly one