Had me in the first half, not gonna lie
How long has this guy been putting off doing the dishes?
Long enough for "stainless" to not mean anything lol
They're Halloween decorations!
Now we need this but with a cat and the last panel reading “where the fuck have you been and where’s my damn food”
Do people who perpetuate this stereotype have cats? Because it seems like they don’t. My cat is psyched and affectionate as hell when I come home. All of my cats have been the same way.
I think a lot of people just don't know how to read cats as well as dogs. Cats can be very aloof but still very loving and most people just know how to read body language from dogs more than cats. Knowing that when a cat gives you that narrow eyed glare and slow blinking is actually a sign of affection is a good indicator that cats are just weird little things.
I have two. One of them is like this, the other one is more affectionate.
Especially if we've been away longer our cat will just go nuts for us for days. Even just coming home from work she'll come say hello and maybe give us a couple roll-arounds to greet us. I get that it's not quite as obvious as dogs though and previous cats I've had were not so affective.
When my wife comes home from work, I tell her that the dogs are glad she is back from being gone forever again because she's gone forever and is never coming back every day.
The dogs know she's been gone forever because they counted. My pupper does the same 😭
"master"
I think they see us as family members more than masters
Yeah, “master/subject” is a bummer of a way to think about your relationship with your pet
I think they see us as gods. That's why they get so upset when we can't do what they expect us to do something magical.
Aww I think that's what you get when your object permanence is kind of tenuous.
Nothing quite as heartwarming as a dog who's SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU AAAA after you've been gone for 30min – "aww I missed you too you goober"
When you forget your wallet and come back after being gone 2 minutes.
I was freaking about to cry at first haha. Well done. 💗
Right?! I was like "OH no. I haven't even finished my coffee yet. I am NOT ready to start my day this way!" 🤣
The burden of the obsequious.
Indeed…shallow, and pedantic.
Cat version by the one and only the Kiffness: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lwLLFbC1H0c0
"The dog got in the food drawer again... and do the dishes!"
I just adopted a dog that was breeding stock in a puppy mill. She bonded to me right away but has major separation anxiety. Even if I'm gone for 5 minutes, she goes nuts when I get back and acts like I've been gone for months.
That made me think of That Garfield comic
That the Futurama episode.
I read somewhere that on average 1 day of our life equates to 1 week for our beloved pups. I think of this everytime I'm feeling too lazy to engage with mine.
That's as far as life expectancy goes, not in perception of time.
Fair point and I understand it. I simply meant that it is another data point that moves my emotions when I think about dogs general experience, like this comic highlights. Maybe too esoteric of a share lol.
Dogs sleep 16 hours per day. Imagine…
I try to remember that every day and cherish and spend time with her so that when it's finally time for her to move on, I have no regrets that I could have done more.
Replace "master", which is creepy and subservient, with "friend".
I agree that it is creepy and subservient... but it is also entirely accurate. The dog is a pet. It is entirely reliant on the owner, and it is only allowed to do what the owner lets it do. It eats when the owner tells it to. It goes outside only when the owner says so. It probably even had its genitals removed at the request of the owner.
So yeah, 'master' is an appropriate word here.
I find it a bit uncomfortable too, which is why I don't have a pet. But from what I can tell, dogs are generally fine with this arrangement. Most dogs seem to like it this way.
Will do, master.
Call me weird, but I will never understand the compulsion to imbue these barely sentient creatures with human-like sapience.
It is okay to love and appreciate your pet, but it is fucking weird to project human characteristics on them.
Your dog isn't thinking thoughts like this. Your dog can't think thoughts like this.
This is masturbatory, purely self-serving self-worship ascribed to an animal.
You're weird
It's... It's a comic?
I've met dogs that I'm sure are more emotionally intelligent than you are. Just because they can't talk and don't have thumbs doesn't mean they don't have thoughts or feelings.
Also: chill the fuck out it's just a comic.
I see the comic as an attempt to translate the existential stress a dog "feels" to the human experience, especially it's intensity. Because even with no language, no consciousness as humans have it, dogs do experience intensity you could measure in cortisol levels, heartbeat, eye movement etc.
The comic is useful for those who are interested in translating that to human experience. A communicative form that works well is narrative framing. It gives your empathy a correspondant in your conscious thinking.
What's with your dog/dog-parent hate? Just a vocal cat person, or...
I like dogs. I dislike anthropomorphizing pets and unduly imbuing them with humanity. I take issue with modern dog culture that does just that, teaching people that dogs are "family" rather than encouraging normal and healthy human-pet relationships. You can and should love your dog, but like a dog, not like it was your human child.
