Comment on YSK that if you live alone and have a pet, you should carry a card in your wallet to notify the appropriate people of your pet's existence.

hth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• fosiacat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  in fairness, my family lives 6 states away, and my friends would still take a few days before anyone noticed something was up.

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• Norgur@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  exactly what I thought. If you get incapacitated in one way or another... someone has to notice that there's a pet. Just... someone

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  • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is the point of an emergency contact, is it not? Hopefully you choose one who knows enough about you to know whether or not you have pets.

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    • Norgur@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      exactly.

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• alphacyberranger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Thanks, I’m okay.

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