Spoilsport. No more puppy pictures for you. 
I actually don't know exactly why the general internet 'memes' chose meme, but always assumed it was meme=viral (a la Dawkins). After all, internet memes are exactly that, silly 'themes' and images that go viral across the net, only to be abused by the unimaginative such as myself!
I comfort myself with the fact that it has never actually come up in academic conversation. It's kinda more a pop psyche book. One that I should read, but that I can dodge for now. Far more likely that you will discuss relevant papers or the latest Buss publication/money spinner (can you tell I was a little bitter at paying £35 for a B&W, printed on toilet paper, 'comparative pysche for dummies across the pond' text? 
) I also listen to Dawkins. Don't always agree, but I listen. And should really at least read one of his texts all the way through 
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As it happens despite sleeping through most of the aforementioned lectures I actually have a pretty good grasp of genetics and was more than happy to take one of Puppy's awful crossbreeds off her hands
Pretty much everyone can think of terrible examples of both purebred dogs and crossbreeds, as long as a dog is happy and healthy what does it matter how it was bred?
Is the genetics stuff aimed at me? I'm sorry! My humblest apologies to the geneticists in the room
It probably made absolutely no sense. I've thought about it for a couple of minutes, and decided that I'm OK with not making sense.
I don't think I aimed it at anyone especially. And fwiw I am only a molecular biologist and haven't done genetics since uni apart from to dabble in thinfs I find interesting. It just seemed to me people had a funny idea of how pedigree dogs were made in the first place so I thoUght I'd ask. Even pedigree dogs can give you a bit of a throw back after all, in the same way people occasionally throw a ginger kid even though no living relatives on either side are ginger!
Given that you quite obviously know that it can't have been aimed at you in fact
and yet still we are in crisis with regard to discarded dogs or dogs being passed from pillar to post, things change, circumstance change, PUPPIES change, and don't look so cute anymore and start becoming a problem (well really just a normal dog), they are then discarded of. You would not believe the family disputes we deal with when rescue are handed in and im sure this all began with great intention too. I see the whole picture not just the pretty/cute one.
Yep I agree some/inc me where a bit harsh, I usually ignore the back street breeding/un necessary breeding posts, I guess I saw redder than usual with the other BSB post re the west x j.r.t and like I mentioned the 2 where not the same, but still IMO un necessary bredding like the post in SB re the spaniels, which was also rather commical when the truth was told about how the litter came about, they are pedigree and still un necessary/ill thought out and irrisponsible.
Still Im not getting the whole "if they know the people and they have good homes" well Im sure the majority of folk breeding this way and dishing them out also said the same thing and im sure some went to family and friends
I also agree it's very responsible to offer back up, but this does not always pan out either, circumstance changes (something we deal with alot in rescue) we have contacted many a breeder who said they would offer back up, yet plainly refused to take the dog we had of theirs, be it circumstance changed or believe it or not, they had another litter in the home and could not possibly house another dog.
I also agree with you that "it's people/ignorance" to blame for the discarding of dogs, but please don't say it's nothing to do with those putting them on this earth in the 1st place to be put in the position, and lest not forget the amount of puppies that will come from these puppies, and the list goes on.
Most puppies have/get homes, a huge amount never remain there.
I get that I have a strong opinion, I have rescue dogs I have X breeds, my life is revolved around rejected dog/cats and puppies, even rabbits
I agree once more some comments where harsh and un necessary like the breeding it's self.
. I do still wonder that with all the purebred dogs in rescue as well whether any breeder should be breeding at the moment though.
I interpret what she said that as "realistic" but it still makes me sad I feel this way sometimes but that is me
) .... I tried to diplomatically drop into conversation the fact that our local dogs home has a seperate 20 kennel block purely for unwanted staffys but unfortunately said BYB was to thick to even understand it was a hint/dig at her