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[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 162 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Had me in the first half, not gonna lie

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I was getting the tissues.

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago
[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago
[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I’ll bring the lotion

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For real I was getting futurama dog episode vibes… glad it wasn’t the case

[–] Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But canonically, the Futurama dog waited like 10 minutes! Some time travel shenanigans overwrote the reality where he spends his life waiting. In the final timeline he got to live a few more happy years with his master 🥲

[–] polysics@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just in case you weren't aware, that Futurama episode was loosely based on a real life dog that waited for his master at the train station every day for years after the humans death

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D?wprov=sfla1

They are too good for us and we don't deserve them, but I'm glad we have them in our lives.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

Didn't even need to look at the link to know it was Hachiko!

I've been to Shibuya station and seen (and pet) Hachiko (the statue) a few times, always a weirdly melancholic experience

[–] GR_Pete@midwest.social 75 points 3 months ago (3 children)

How long has this guy been putting off doing the dishes?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 61 points 3 months ago (4 children)

One day, spiders get it done.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago (4 children)

We have a species of spider around here that rebuilds its web 3 times a day, for catching the different bugs awake at each period.

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

A balanced diet is important.

[–] sandbox@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Most spiders actually rebuild their web at least daily. They eat it and put it back up. Otherwise it gets dusty and not effective.

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[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago

They're the Amish of bugs

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[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Long enough for "stainless" to not mean anything lol

[–] Muscar@discuss.online 8 points 3 months ago

They're Halloween decorations!

[–] brrt@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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”

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 39 points 3 months ago (7 children)

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.

[–] marmotworks@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Fully agree. Mine runs out to meet me, does the same arm stretch greeting, and isn't hassling me for treats or anything.

[–] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Mine also. He waits in the windowsill looking for me, and when he sees me coming he gets super pumped up and races to the front door

Once I set up a motion detecting webcam inside once when I had to go away for a day (32 hours to be precise lol). Looking at the footage later, I saw him pacing back and forward between windows, clearly pining for me. I’m sorry buddy!

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[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

A lot of people also just treat cats as they would dogs and are surprised they don't get the same responses.

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 4 points 3 months ago

I have two. One of them is like this, the other one is more affectionate.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 months ago
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 3 months ago

The dogs know she's been gone forever because they counted. My pupper does the same 😭

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"master"

I think they see us as family members more than masters

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, “master/subject” is a bummer of a way to think about your relationship with your pet

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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"

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

When you forget your wallet and come back after being gone 2 minutes.

[–] Intrama@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was freaking about to cry at first haha. Well done. 💗

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Right?! I was like "OH no. I haven't even finished my coffee yet. I am NOT ready to start my day this way!" 🤣

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Cat version by the one and only the Kiffness: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lwLLFbC1H0c0

[–] XOXOX@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The burden of the obsequious.

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[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"The dog got in the food drawer again... and do the dishes!"

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] guiguinofake@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That made me think of That Garfield comic

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

That the Futurama episode.

[–] Kaliax@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's as far as life expectancy goes, not in perception of time.

[–] Kaliax@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago

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.

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