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People who hate cats and call them assholes as more than a joke, usually struggle with boundaries in general. Cats aren't assholes or manipulative, and they can absolutely be cuddly, they just have boundaries and enforce them.
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They're harder to anthromorphize mentally and SO many people are adamant about animals meeting them on a human level. This is easy for dogs cause they have no self respect or boundaries at all, it's part of what kinda puts me off about em. I have boundaries too and dogs do not give a fuck about that, which I don't blame em for, I blame us breeding them into submissive toddlers.
You all are fucking nuts for moralizing liking one type of pet and not the other. I hope this is a joke lol
Come on man lmao
Its not about just preference. It's when someone specifically dislikes em. I think i made that very clear
But you also said can understand people disliking dogs so I concluded this was more about preferences and that you’re pathologizing people based on what animals they like as pets
I explained rational reasons why dogs can be off putting. They do tend to be care less about personal space and boundaries. As I said, if you visit a dog owners that dog will be all over you whwre if you visit a cat owner the cat will most likely never even be seen. I can understand people having an issue with dogs where I cant understand people having an issue with cats. Most cats arent all up in your business and none bark, they also arent as potentially dangerous. It's a discomfort i can rationalize. For cats there arent really any rational reasons.
There is nothing rational about the statement "I think disliking cats means that you're evil"
Meanwhile female cats in heat:
tagline levels of slander lmao
dogs do have boundaries and do have self control, they usually have to be taught this by a person or another dog. Its actually quite fascinating to witness dog on dog correction unfold. Basically a dog can have perfect manners and recognize when another dog is acting inappropriately and correct them.
The old man dog who lives in my neighborhood was raised to have some boundaries (basically to avoid strangers,) also they let him roam around off leash. He's chill, although now they got a puppy and some kids running around, he's rather protective of them. He doesnt quite have the "correct" social etiquette, he'll bark at us / other people now to keep us away from them, and also pretends to bite us. He's an interesting little guy.
anyway I digress, dogs have personal boundaries too but usually people just ignore them. They have signs that they are uncomfortable, want personal space, etc. Some dogs were abused and have trouble adapting to people or other dogs, they're much like people in that sense.