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[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 161 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Had me in the first half, not gonna lie

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I was getting the tissues.

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

I’ll bring the lotion

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

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

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

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

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 61 points 1 month ago (4 children)

One day, spiders get it done.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (3 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 1 month ago

A balanced diet is important.

[–] sandbox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month 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.

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Please tell me more, I want to learn about this

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[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

They're the Amish of bugs

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[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Long enough for "stainless" to not mean anything lol

[–] Muscar@discuss.online 8 points 1 month ago

They're Halloween decorations!

[–] brrt@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month 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.

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[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago

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

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 month ago
[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"master"

I think they see us as family members more than masters

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month 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 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] Intrama@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

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

The burden of the obsequious.

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[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

That made me think of That Garfield comic

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That the Futurama episode.

[–] Kaliax@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Kaliax@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month 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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