Doghead's Cosmic Bar
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Where's the bartender?!?! A round of whiskey on me in memory of our cats!!
Anybody wanna make a toast?
Anybody wanna make a toast?
Maybe we care more about our pets than our ancestors (when we're young, anyhow) because we're supposed to take care of our pets. They have a relation to us (in our heads) like the one our own children would have.
Does that make sense? I'm having a hard time articulating my ideas.
Dogh'd, if you could pour me something with ginseng and gingko ...
Does that make sense? I'm having a hard time articulating my ideas.
Dogh'd, if you could pour me something with ginseng and gingko ...
Self-image and feminism-of-convieniance?
Anyway, we often make a deeper connection to a pet than to even a close relative- in some cases even a parent- because we bond with the pet on a pure kinship level, whereas we may not with the human because the 'familial' nature of it says that the bond already exists.
OR: we bond with animals like family, but in a more solid manner because there is no predisposition that the relationship already exists or even obligation that it 'should' exist. They become like siblings or like Simulo said, children.
Anyway, we often make a deeper connection to a pet than to even a close relative- in some cases even a parent- because we bond with the pet on a pure kinship level, whereas we may not with the human because the 'familial' nature of it says that the bond already exists.
OR: we bond with animals like family, but in a more solid manner because there is no predisposition that the relationship already exists or even obligation that it 'should' exist. They become like siblings or like Simulo said, children.
There's also the fact that rarely do we get as pissed at our pets as we do at our family members. We may not like it, but there's times when we don't love our family like we think we should, because of stuff that happened in the past. With pets, no matter how much you get pissed at the time, you tend to forgive them easily because they're so cute & we expect less of animals than humans anyway.
You're absolutely right. I usually get insanely pissed off at my cat every morning. He starts begging for food in very loud ways (crying, wrecking walls and furniture). But the moment he stops..or even looks at me, he's forgiven.
With people it takes a lot more to forget the bad stuff.
With people it takes a lot more to forget the bad stuff.
*tink *tink *tink *tink *tink *tink *tink *tink *tink *tink *tink *tink *tink *tink *tink *tink [drinks]
I know a dog that has a good relation w/ its owner will look at the owner as alpha and therefore is *genuinely* sorry whenever the alpha gets offended because its a violation of the pack dynamic. hard to be angry at genuine regret
I know a dog that has a good relation w/ its owner will look at the owner as alpha and therefore is *genuinely* sorry whenever the alpha gets offended because its a violation of the pack dynamic. hard to be angry at genuine regret
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