• @[email protected]
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      Dogs tolerate a lot. Cats set clear boundries. Men just naturally don’t care about other people’s boundries. /s

  • @[email protected]
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    510 months ago

    i’m pretty sure that amazing robotic pets are right around the corner, but i’ve always assumed that they would be doggy style. this post made me realize that in fact they should be alpaca.

  • THCDenton
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    Straight man here. I love cats. But I hate litter boxes, and cats fuck shit up.

    • @[email protected]
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      Same. Having a dog is too much like having a kid with how much attention they require. A cat even when it’s being “demanding” just wants to sit on you. You don’t have to take it for walks or go out and play in the yard. I love other people’s dogs but I don’t have time to have one of my own.

  • @[email protected]
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    Dogs are children who require constant attention.
    Cats are adults who just want to crash on your couch.

  • Destide
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    510 months ago

    We’re through the looking glass here people

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    1310 months ago

    Fucking being only a dog or cat person. I love most animals. The only issues are whether or not I can give them what they need.

    The amount of people buying birds and neglecting them is depressing. Same for dogs, but less so.

  • Tar_Alcaran
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    Plenty of straight men prefer cats too.

    Obviously cats are better

      • Tar_Alcaran
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        1910 months ago

        True, but that doesn’t help me espouse on the superiority of cats. How else will I gain Mittens’ approval?

    • @[email protected]
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      Cats are conflicting for me. They can be cute, but I hate when they try to walk on me. Because I know if I try to move them they’ll probably scratch me. And that’s no bueno to me, just makes me anxious as fuck when they walk my way while i’m sitting on a couch trying to relax.

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        my cats walk over me like i’m a carpet. sometimes i wake up in the middle of the night with a paw in my mouth or a cats ass on my face. but they never scratch me on purpose.

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          It’s more when I’ve tried to pick them up, they try to dig in because they don’t want to be picked up. It’s a catch 22 situation.

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              The problem is I tend to shift around a lot, and cats hate that. So i try to “nip it in the bud” to make sure to avoid the situation altogether, but sometimes they sneak up on me while watching a movie or something.

      • @[email protected]
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        1410 months ago

        Dogs are too energetic and overstimulating for me to be around. I’m fairly allergic to them as well, so I have a decent excuse for the people who insist their dog will be perfectly well-behaved and calm (they weren’t).

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          There are some really lazy breeds out there. Like great danes. They are giant couch potatoes. You will have to give up your couch though.

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          That’s good to know! Unfortunately all the cats I see are other people’s, and so it would be awkward to be like “hey before we sit down, can we trim your cat’s claws a bit?”

  • @[email protected]
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    Honest (and depressing) answer: dogs are larger and more expensive, so anyone who isn’t living on dual-income will prefer a cat. Being a woman is expensive, transitioning is expensive, being a guy who “just needs a bed and 4 walls” is cheaper, so dogs are back on the table.

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    The correct answer is lizard. No musk, no fur, no allergens. Just needs an appropriate vivarium and a light bulb. If you design it right, you only need to spot clean once a week for what the woodlice don’t take care of. Feed him once or twice a week, you can leave him alone for literal days at a time. Costs less than £20 a month in food and electricity. Landlords love them, no chance of the tank bursting and water going everywhere. Literally safer than a fish.

    Best pet for the modern poor and disenfranchised citizen

  • Buglefingers
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    Dogs require a lot more attention and general effort than cats typically. So it would make sense that the pet of choice is predominantly the one that can more or less be self sufficient if you provide it with the basics.