not gonna lie, reading that post makes me want to take my pet goldfish for a walk. i just need to get a pet goldfish.
people probably don't care much about goldfish because those things cost way more to feed than they do to buy. i mean shit, you can just let them swim around in a bowl for a while and then die, and then flush them down the toilet and go buy 10 more from walmart for a couple bucks, or you could buy a container of fish flakes for like 12 bucks. whats the easier option here? if the fish cost 4 times more than the food it might not be as much of a concern, and you might value the fish a little more than the food.
i don't think this is really the case, but i'm just putting that out there. you don't have to pay much money to obtain a purebred goldfish and you won't have any vaccinations to keep up with or vet bills with a goldfish either, and if you decide to murder your goldfish and then stick it in a microwave or flush it down the toilet because it didn't obey your commands, you're probably not going to have people come knocking at your door with a warrant or have alot of people upset at you, so one might not be as inclined to maintain a goldfish as humanely as they would a dog.