I've been watching a dog adoption show and like every time there is a straight cis family looking for a dog the husband will inevitably pipe up and loudly declare that he wants a large, male dog. They don't want a small dog, because small dogs are "yappy, and more of an accessory than a 'real' dog"
Fuck these guys, all dogs are good. Even ones that look like this :scared: :egg-dog:
But also please adopt your pets from a rescue. All dogs derserve love and just because someone gave their tiny dog a sweater doesn't mean they think they're an item. Some dogs love dressing up. :comrade-doggo:
Spoken like a person naive to the latest developments in dog phrenology
Eh, I find it strange that many people who I'd consider progressive get pure bred dogs with breathing problems from a breeder.
yeah, not all small dogs but I heavily judge anyone who pays money for pure-bred pug or similar breeds that are basically bred to be 'adorable' instead of having functional airways
Yeah I don't think those breeds are ethical to be bred but at the same time there are a ton of them in shelters that need to be adopted and loved.
I think cats are great because it's impossible to be weird like this about cats. They're basically all the same.
The people who are weird about cats are the ones who are like "No, cat's are mean and can't be your friend"
Usually the same people who hate small dogs.
That whole meme about how thinking cats are mean and attacky is a good measure of someone's lack of understanding of consent
Weirdly my cats are the inverse: they're extremely tolerant of being picked up and squeezed, but understand the clear boundaries of their space and where they're not supposed to go, and will simply walk out if told to (although they do have to be told, and will attempt to sneak in otherwise).
At 7:30 this morning my roommate’s cat spring boarded off her chest waking her up
Sounds like a person who have never been friends with a cat.
(My guess is trying to hug friends family cats when they were kids and getting scratched when the cat tries to get away or something. idk)
Yeah as someone that grew up with cats I never understood peoples perception of them. Thankfully the internet has kind of helped people realise they're lovable goobers :party-cat:
My family was solidly a dog family growing up. I got a cat at university and now the whole family has cats (and the occasional dog).
Actually, we had no pets until I was about 15, and neither did any of my friends at school. Very petless existence, except for this one alcoholic old lady down the road who let us play with her silky terrier.
I like tortoiseshell ones because they are often very talkative.
I mean, cats aren't at all the same in terms of behaviour or personality. I just mean that they're generally around the same size and shape, so it's harder to do weird toxic masculinity brainworm shit about cats
naw, people with toxic masculinity brainworms will just complain about cats being feminine somehow (despite cats being absolutely relentless murder machines, a trait these dudes would traditionally consider masculine)
i'd honestly pity them if they didn't make life so fucking miserable for the rest of us
Remember when I was like 8 years old being a kid that grew up with cats that were super cuddly and sweet, and a little boy at school asking me if I liked cats or dogs. I said cats, and he said that cats were like girls and dogs were like boys and that dogs were fun and friendly and cats were mean and didn't like to play. I just stared at him blankly because it was so opposite to what I had experienced with cats lol
exceptionally common insane sexist brainworms L
you just hate to see it take hold in the kids
Being a relentles murder machine is a femenine trait at least in most large mamals. The male displays of agression are usually ritualistic and have no intent to seriously harm or kill. Trump is the best example of a human alfa male for that reason he is big, loud, brigthly colored, but cowardly and adverse to confrontation.
While a female figths for food or to defend her young. Wich are serious situations were there is solid intent to do harm.
#girlboss
you know and i know that, but to reactionaries violence is a huge part of how they conceptualize of masculinity
that's a big part of why most non-leftist men aren't really that enjoyable to be around tbh, at least in my experience
Just using this as an excuse to say how much I love my cat, she’s so floofy and sassy.
She only weighs 8lbs, but had to be separated from all the other cats as she’d bully them. She will sit down in front of me at the computer during meetings and hit me if I try to use the keyboard or mouse, or talk. And yet, she’s the cuddliest little thing when I’m not having my surplus value expropriated :cat-com:
Wait 'til you hear about bengals, ocicats, and savannah cats. And their associated price tags.
they can be good but they tend to get no training because people assume that them being small and "harmless" means it's unnecessary
I fantasize about how far I could drop-kick them. I'd never, but there's just something about rat dogs that makes me think these things.
All dogs are beautiful babies ofc
there's a specific size/shape of object/creature that simply invites a good swift kick, even if you'd never
it's just one of those funny human urges i guess, like wanting to drive into oncoming traffic or jump from high places :shrug-outta-hecks:
Right?? Like "yeah I reckon I could punt you over the fence"
Or the urge to crush/eat little babies.
you'd never, but still the urge remainsMy nephew is just the cutest baby. OK, yes, I'm biased, but seriously he's adorable. My sister in law was like "He's so cute, I'm worried I'm going to bite him." I have to agree. I want to just eat him up or squeeze him as hard as I can.
Oh thanks, I didn't know there was a term for that. It's interesting that the article says
Playful aggression is a type of "dimorphous" display, in which a positive experience elicits expressions usually associated with negative emotions.[2] This behaviour occurs more commonly in individuals who experience dimorphous emotions across a range of situations, and may help to regulate emotions by balancing an overwhelmingly positive emotion with a negative response.
and then
This is commonly witnessed in situations in which a person is so overwhelmed by happiness that they begin to tear up or even cry.
Because I definitely do that. I'll cry if I'm really happy. My family also has the tendency to deal with grief by telling funny stories about the deceased and laughing hysterically at the grave site (very undignified). It appears that I come from a long line of people who experience dimorphous emotions.
oh man i didn't even bother to fully go through it, the term just popped into my head and i wanted to share.
that is actually really interesting! i'm pretty much the same way so i guess the pattern holds. also your family sounds p dope, at least in that regard - i like the idea of honoring the deceased in a way that celebrates their life but is still lighthearted :)
We've been fortunate in that in my lifetime, all the family deaths have been of the elderly, so it's easier to celebrate life when it hasn't been cut too short. But yeah, family funerals are usually fun. Now I want to do an informal poll of people I know to see if they also tend to follow the pattern.
yeah, a nice long life definitely helps blunt the tragedy of passing a bit. and you definitely should! i'd be curious to know as well
:egg-dog: :xi-gun: <-you
:kitty-cri-screm: <- me, feeling utterly betrayed
Cute aggression. It's also what makes people want to push cute things into their chests
big dogs are great!
small dogs are also great!
i like dogs!
:doggo-matapacos:My old dog had the strongest opinions about what dogs were ok. In her view, the only acceptable dogs were brown or multicolored and medium to large with short hair. Small dogs, solid white or black dogs, and long-furred dogs were horrible abominations. Deer, despite being large, brown, and short-furred were also not acceptable dogs, with their weird spindly legs and demonic noises. Horses, on the other hand, were perfectly acceptable dogs.
Orange cats were also acceptable dogs, despite their unfortunate size.
old dog has respectable opinions, deers are terrible dogs
I'm a cis fella and lemme tell you, ladies love it when I take my 9lb Chihuahua in her pink jacket around the park
My experience with chihuahuas is that they're incredibly smart, lightning fast and in constant danger of freezing. otoh they're a breed that's already adapted to climate change, which just makes me pitty all those incredibly huggable floof breeds like samoyeds or eurasier
My girlfriend's parents dog looks like :scared: and he's such a sweet boy I love him to death
Anyone that hates small dogs on principal is fucked, but i dont want to own another small dog personally.
I've had a few, but the one thay sticks out the most was a chihuahua that occasionally blinked by winking twice, and when running at full speed had to pull a leg up, because 4 was too many to coordinate at once. Chill as could be, loved kids and pets, but he would also just go place his head against a wall and stare at the paint for an hour. Loved him, but he had some brain problems. Miss you Dougie.
Small dogs Good, as all dogs, but past a certain point you lose something when you squeeze 'em that small. Also I feel like small dogs it get bad start, because so many breeds get inbred in shitty mills that most of them are doomed to short lives. :sadness:
:scared: is the face of a dog trying to get you to chase them cmv
also dogs as status symbol is some bullshit and some people ought to be kept in cages until they learn
I want the largest, fluffest dog breed as its the closest i will get to owning a bear.
:frothingfash: This is MY hole! It was made for ME! :ukkk:
