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TeMPOraLlast Thursday at 11:30 AM1 replyview on HN

That's straight from the TV trope book, this is how movies/shows portray Evil Organization training ruthless spy assassins (except usually it's a dog, and they have to kill it themselves).


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swiftcoderlast Thursday at 12:53 PM

Most tropes have some basis in reality. I've met a few farm-owning parents who view any kind of sentimentality towards animals as counterproductive.

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