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Not as expected (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Same thing happened with the 101 Dalmatians 20 years ago:

Animal shelters around the country have reported sharp increases in the number of unwanted Dalmatian dogs this year, many of them given to children as gifts last Christmas after the release of Disney's remake of the movie ''101 Dalmatians.'' Although nationwide figures are not available, some shelters say they have seen the number of abandoned dogs more than double and that they fear the problem will only grow worse with the new ''101 Dalmatians'' television program on ABC

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/14/us/after-movies-unwanted-dalmatians.html

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Harry Potter and owls.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I put up an owl house in my backyard, and those ungrateful bastards let the squirrels have it. They were supposed to get rid of the squirrels not give them a house.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why would you want to get rid of squirrels?

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

Thry keep grabbing his nuts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Apples, but yeah

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

They were supposed to get rid of the squirrels not give them a house.

It were you that done gave em the house now wunnit?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I hate people who get pets just because of popular media without doing proper research and actually understanding the resposibilities.