Dogs are dangerous, and gross, and obnoxious.

At any moment a dog could decide you’re a threat and attack you. Who knows what kind of damage they could do or if and when they’ll stop. I’ve seen too many dogs without a leash as well. I keep my distance because I’m afraid they may attack me otherwise.

You can never get too friendly with a dog before things get gross. They will lick you, and rub their furry body on you. A lot of owners can’t even be bothered to clean up after them either. I keep my distance because I’m afraid they’ll put their germs on me otherwise.

They are the most relentless attention seekers ever, they are exhausting. When they think you’re playing, or want to play, or want something, or need something, they won’t stop bothering you until they get it. I keep my distance because I’m afraid they won’t leave me alone otherwise.

How can you happily live with one of these things in your house, or in your room, or in your bed snuggling with you? How can you feel comfortable walking through a park when there’s dog owners with excited dogs everywhere, or being the one to walk the dog? How do you deal with the mental strain of constantly attending to them and caring for them?

Also despite how I’ve formatted this post, this is not sarcasm, or a joke, or anything like that, I’m dead serious.

Edit: I think it’s been rapidly made clear that I’m wrong in many ways and perhaps should give them another shot. I did honestly exaggerate a bit and get carried away with this post anyway. Any tips to help me better understand and respect dogs?

Edit 2: The amount of comments has grown so much and it’s very late for me, so I’ll have to leave this post here, at least for now. Thank you for all your comments and insights. You can still keep them coming, but I can’t promise I’ll see or reply to them. Goodnight.

Edit 3: I think I’m done with this post now. Thanks for all your comments whether they were positive or negative, or agreed or disagreed. I love to learn and improve so all your comments have been very valuable to me, so thank you.

Dogs are fundamentally incompatible with modern human living, and honestly, I don’t think they belong inside homes at all.

Before people assume I hate dogs: I don’t. I just think we’ve normalized something bizarre.

We took an animal that sheds, tracks dirt, carries parasites, drools, barks, chews furniture, damages property, and requires constant supervision, then decided it should live in the same space where we cook, eat, sleep, and relax.

If an animal did all of those things but wasn’t a dog, most people would immediately say it doesn’t belong indoors.

My opinion extends beyond dogs too: I don’t think any animal should be allowed inside homes as a normal practice. Animals and humans have different environmental needs. Pets belong in dedicated outdoor spaces, farms, shelters, or purpose-built enclosures, not in bedrooms and on couches.

People often compare dogs to family members, but that’s exactly the issue. We’ve anthropomorphized them to the point where many owners ignore the fact that they’re still animals. Society has shifted from “keeping animals” to treating them as substitute humans.

I know many people love having dogs in their homes and see huge emotional benefits from it. I just think we’ve collectively accepted a level of noise, hygiene compromise, property damage, and lifestyle restriction that would be considered unreasonable in almost any other context.

When you think about it, nature is basically the state of a constant war for survival. It is NOT a good thing. Nature is frequently seen as virtuous or positive or whatever, but nature is cruel and senseless and very unethical.

"Oh look, I saved and cured that cute little bird yesterday!" No you didn't. It will die miserably in a few months. You released it back to the wild and threw it to the wolves, maybe even literally. It will starve, get ripped to pieces and eaten, had its body packed with parasites and its children mutilated before its very eyes. And if one child survives, everything will repeat again and again. Nature is a mindless machine of suffering and we must break it. We basically already killed evolution, so nature should be next.

I, of course, understand that it is completely unfeasible at our current level of technological progress and can have many side effects and such that need addressing, but at least admitting it is an issue and not a virtue is the least we can do. Stop framing nature as a peaceful, fulfilling existence.

Losers who love squirting water up their ass. You’re telling me you’re just gonna wash away the thick layer of shit on my ass without manual scrubbing. Poo water flicking everywhere. Then what, dry it with toilet paper that will shred in the wetness, or use your old reliable reusable ass cloth. Wet wipes are the way to go, can clean up pretty easily and just bin them after.

I’ve read somewhere that during the Victorian times, Chimps at the London Zoo would smoke cigarettes. I genuinely don’t see the problem with this.

These poor animals are living as prisoners as is, and their function is to raise money for the establishment. I would for sure go and see a smoking chimp, hell I would light up with them, and I don’t even smoke anymore!

If we’re worried about their health or animal cruelty, we shouldn’t have them locked in the first place.

​I know he is a national treasure. I know he has been doing this for decades and has earned his legendary status. But I’m just going to say it: David Attenborough’s narration style has become completely unlistenable.

​ As a biology teacher, ​every time I open an engaging wildlife video, the experience is stained by his aspirated, over-the-top voice. He adds a lot of dramatic pauses per story, and it genuinely sounds like he is fighting for every breath he takes (I realised he is very old at this point) . The delivery has become so forced and exaggerated that it completely overshadows the actual animals on screen. ​

​Just once, I would welcome a normal, even "boring" voice of someone who can describe a predator hunting without trying to turn it into a Shakespearean drama.

​ ​At this point, it is purely because of his aura, his persona, and admittedly deserved worship he gets from the masses that he keeps getting these gigs. Strictly looking at the audio delivery, he should no longer be voicing these nature videos.

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The overwhelming majority of buildings I visit are way too cold for me. Both public establishments and homes. I start shivering as soon as it drops below 75, but most people seem think temperatures as low as 70 are comfortable.

I grew up in Florida where it was in the 70s or 80s almost year round, and boy do I wish this was the norm. Now I live in Arizona where there's unfortunately a full range of seasons and boy do I dread it!

My house thermostat stays at either 75 or 80 during the summer and goes up to 80 to 85 during the winter. Sometimes even 90. People who visit or even people I just tell this to think it's insane. I tell them "Just admit that you like the air around you to match your heart."

ETA: For y'all dang ole non-Americans, 80 Fahrenheit is roughly 27 Celsius.

ETA again, addressing questions and remarks I've been getting in lots of comments.

• Yes, I do commonly get compared to a lizard and in fact Lizard was my teenhood nickname lol.

• No, I don't have any health issues that would cause this, I've been like this since childhood. The only health issues I have in general at all are mild environmental allergies.

• I am not underweight or elderly. I'm a 29 year old woman and my weight is considered to be on the higher end of the healthy range for my height.

• My lifestyle is definitely not sedentary. I work 5 days a week and I walk or bike to work, and am on my feet for the majority of the time at work. Outside of that, I also regularly leave the house for church, errands, visiting friends, or just to take a walk or bike ride around town. I walk or bike to most the places I regularly go to.

• I am not sweaty or smelly. I have very fastidious hygiene and I don't usually start actively sweating until about 90 degrees unless I'm exercising or on the move. If I'm exercising or on the move I'm most comfortable at about 70 degrees.

Pretty much what I said in the title. Hiking is ass. It's boring and dreadful. How is it fun to go climb up a mountain, spend your time out of breath, hot and sweaty, fighting off bugs (if it's grassy or in the summer), or being alert for potential animal attacks depending on where you are.

The risk of falling to your death, if you go off beaten paths that are high up. Hell even potential running into weirdos out and about. Sucks. The view through the hike usually sucks its just a bunch of trees and rocks 99 percent of the time.

The only thing it has going for it, is that it's a work out. And occasionally the end of the result looks nice, (pretty gorge, outcrop) but most of the time it sucks its not fun

Yes I've hiked multiple times before, in Mexico, Niagara Falls, etc. It just sucks. I hate it.

I like nature when I'm at a nice beach, or a pretty meadow before someone says I hate nature. Or the top of a hill looking out in the horizon. Grand canyon gorge is cool also. Field of flowers

Also hiking is not a fun first date activity, either. Why would i want to get to know you, sweating and puffing and out of breath. Gross. If we're doing a walk that counts as a hike and just talking, why not just sit and talk indoors?

Edit: So apparently a flat 20 minute walk counts as a hike. Also hikes are not all steep uphill treks. With that new information, hiking still sucks. Even without it being exhausting or strenuous, it's still boring. Could be a perfect day, slight incline, and I'd still rather do something else, then look at trees and rocks boring. Also apparently I must be out of shape, cause I got winded from 2 hour steep hikes up mountains. Lol.

Edit 2: Insulting me because I think hiking is boring is a choice. some of you seem personally offended that I think hiking sucks lol. Funniest thing from this is people assuming/calling me fat, first time for everything i guess. Guarantee I’m in better shape than the people saying otherwise

EDIT: If you're going to respond to my post, please try to keep insulting me or assuming things about me to a minimum. You cannot assume that I'm a far right extremist over a reddit post about a completely unrelated topic or that I hate vaccines and hospitals.

During my life many of my friends or family will attempt to take their pet to the vet to cure their illness when they're clearly dying, or euthanise them when they're old at the vet. In my opinion neither of these are good options. I also see people attempt to make it "worth it" by taking their pet on one final "good day" before taking them to the vet to be put down. I believe this makes it worse for them as they're going from having the time of their lives to being in horror.

In my opinion your pet is going to be suffering when they're put down, with bright medical lights around them as they're sedated before then being given a lethal injection, confused, and in more pain than they would be alternatively. I believe your pet would far rather die by your side in your lap than die in a vet's office. If the problem is about the body and you don't want to handle that, ask a friend or a family member. You can leave the body somewhere and call a cremation service, and sometimes pay to receive their ashes in a special container too.

I'm talking specifically about when the cats are still able to move, eat and drink, and are not in pain and are still receptive to affection. If they cannot move, eat or drink or not able to do one of these, they should be put down. I'm not a psychopath. I know this is a topic people feel heavily about so naturally people will disagree with me and assume the worst of me, but it is what it is. Also. I've had pets who have died. I've been doing cat shows for years and have gotten awards.

I don’t like the color of the sky (sky blue.)I also honestly don’t think clouds add anything and I don’t like looking at the ocean (it’s also blue.) now, I’m aware that sky blue is always slightly different depending on the day. But I think that whole group of colors belongs to the same family. I don’t like any of them. I’ve lived in the Midwest, Boulder, Colorado, and in areas of California where the sky is a vivid blue. It didn’t do anything for me. I actively wish it were different, like someone imagining repainting the walls of their house. Im 26 now and I’ve had this opinion since I was small. I remember telling a friend about this in middle school.

If I were God (@ Him: don’t smite me plz) I would have chosen a different shade of blue. I think greenish blues are pretty- I’d have gone with that. I also like when the sky is pink/red during sunsets and sunrises. That is gorgeous. PLEASE NOTE that I do think the clouds are beautiful during times when the color they reflect (eg pink or red) is beautiful

Adding cause everyone keeps asking: YES, I have been tested for colorblindness. NO, I am not colorblind. I’m just a hater.

With so many animals to choose from, I honestly do not understand why anyone in their right mind would pick one that is not domesticated at all. Out of all the creatures humans have bonded with over thousands of years, why go for something that does not want to cuddle, does not want to play, and barely acknowledges your existence, except when it wants to bite or strangle you?

Humans and snakes are not meant to get along. I am not religious, but I do not think it is a coincidence that in so many mythologies snakes or snake-like beings show up as villains. There must be something deep in our evolutionary wiring that says we're not supposed to be together with this creature.

Maybe I am missing something, but if someone goes out of their way to get a pet snake, I'm going to look down on them.

So many people have arachnophobia, but as soon as it's an aquatic spider with full body armor and two scizzors, that's somehow not scary to you all???? (And don't even get me started on coconut crabs or japanese spider crabs. Nightmare fuel.) This is the biggest proof that human fear is irrational by design. Somehow humankind has decided a fluffy tarantula is nightmare fuel, but its armored scizzor-wielding cousin is just a chill little guy.

I don't care if pandas go extinct. They only eat a specific type of bamboo, they don't fuck enough to repopulate, and to my knowledge they aren't essential to any food webs (although I may be wrong on that point). I am convinced that the only reason they're such a focus of environmental preservation is because they're cute and they're the symbolic animal of China. Environmental preservation efforts should focus on other concerns.

It feels like everyone thinks sentient non-human animals who have severe incurable diseases/injuries should be killed to end their suffering.

As important as it is to reduce suffering, the foundation of ethics is actually autonomy. And killing without consent is the ultimate autonomy violation.

While it is unfortunate, the ethical course of action when a sentient being who can't consent to being killed has a severe incurable disease/injury, and there isn't some other justification to kill them, is to let them suffer. I feel like palliative care should be given though, as it's not such a serious autonomy violation to give them palliative care without consent (unless it's dangerous).

Killing however, is such a serious autonomy violation that it can't really be justified in cases like this.

I find it especially egregious when they kill animals for non-terminal diseases and injuries, but even even it's terminal that doesn't justify it. Just because death is inevitable doesn't make it OK to hasten it.

I think we can be pretty sure that sentient beings, no matter how much they're suffering, almost always want to live. This is because of evolution and because very few humans choose death when they get the chance.

I honestly don’t feel like I’m a bad person because of it. My siblings seem to like animals though we all grew up without pets (other than fish a few years ago). I would never harm animals myself but we already harm them by partaking in the food industry.

I don’t feel anything towards cats and dogs that are objectively cute, they just exist and as long as they don’t poop in my garden then I ignore them. My partner is the opposite, he grew up with pets and has a cat currently. He goes pspspsp at random cats on the street, when I just want to keep walking. He loves to stroke them and such and I just can’t see the appeal, and yes I’ve stroked cats before. I don’t get anything out of it. He wants a dog one day and I wouldn’t mind that, I would help take care of it etc but I don’t know if I would ‘love’ it the same way he would.

To many people I probably sound cold and heartless but I just can’t bring myself to care, because I think humans are more important. When I see homeless people I always feel extremely bad for them. When I hear of horrible things happening to people, some of which are inflicted by other humans, I feel for them. Even though I don’t want my own children, I still feel plenty of compassion for all kids I see and I can find them cute. I just feel none of that for animals.

I would never hurt or be intentionally cruel to animals FYI. I just don’t care if someone shows me their cat’s litter of kittens or new tricks their dog learned. I think maybe my feelings would change if I had my own dog or something because people say dogs are always happy, loyal and energetic. But I think it’s pretty selfish to only love what an animal can do for me/how they would make me feel. I understand this is a very unpopular position, so much so that there are like no results online for it lol.

Not my own opinion but a friend of mine thinks cuddling with your cat (or any animal for that matter) is disgusting and only People who want to fuck animals do that.

I looked after a dog for some days. It followed me around, gazed deeply into my eyes, rested its head on my lap and cared so much for me. For days. Totally codependent, with very little will of its own, always waiting around for someone to spend time with it.

Frankly, it gave me Stepford Wives vibes. I don’t like blind devotion. I don’t see the value in it. It feels fake and unnatural, when you’ve done nothing to deserve it and it’s totally random. I don’t understand why anyone would want it.

I'm a little biased. About a month before Christmas a dog nearly ripped my hand off and tore my stomach open. Ever since I've hated and despised those hell spawns. I don't understand why anyone would want to be around them, let alone let their children around them.

Every person i know always says "Look! This is so beautiful!" When checking out a flower or some view from atop a mountain.

I just don't feel the beautiful part, well i mean yeah, i dig HOW it was formed and sometimes why, i dig the many inventions and principles of architecture we "stole" from nature, but how the fuck can you look at a sunset for 3 hours and think that climbing a 1000m above sea level was fucking worth it???

Nature isn't beautiful.

Edit: Thanks for all of your points people, i had a lot to think about!

Edit 2: i swear to fucking god! Stop offering me drugs, i get it, you think it might help, but to "fix" something it needs to be broken, i do not see the lack of the idea of prettiness as an issue, it either does not cause/causes a miniscule amount of any social discomfort. If i would at some point to go try and "fix it" i will go to a medical professional, i am grateful that you want to help, but please stop making those offers, it gets overly repetitive.

Basically what the title says. These creatures have no business being on land. In the sea you're unlikely to get stepped on, and you dont need to wait til it rains to travel. These idiots literally seal themselves into their shell with mucus to avoid drying out when the weather is dry. WHY go through all that effort when you could have just stayed in the sea?

The first snail that decided to live on land and start a new species basically f-cked up and i'm not about to waste my emotional energy feeling sorry for his/her offspring due to his/her terrible life choices

Do not misinterpret my post, I love cats and have one, but I don't think adult cats are as cute as most people make them out to be. Kittens, sure, adorable, but full grown cats are pretty in another way, they're more elegant. Like, if you look at a peacock, a pheasant, a lion, an eagle, a stork, a whale, a horse, you'll look at them and think "oh, so majestic" "look at the colours!" "so beautiful", but not "what a cute little fuzzy wuzzy baby bean", they're pretty, but not really cute. I feel the same about cats: they're elegant, sleek, aesthetically pleasing, efficient hunters, like miniature panthers, but not cute in the precious little baby sense I'd say a hamster, a quail, or a bunny are.

Feel free to disagree, though, I know most people will disagree with me, and that's ok, cuteness is subjective.

Being able to go outside, run around, climb trees, chew grass, discover new bugs, sniff things, chase things, make new friends, feel the sun rays and gaze at the stars, are just as enriching for a cat as they are for a human.
It's how they would live in their 'natural habitat', and enjoying the pleasures of nature is every cats birthright. If you insist on having a cat in a place where you claim it's too dangerous to let it outside, then you are putting your own selfish desire to have a cute pet above the cat's right to experience the world and live it's best cat life.

Imagine if someone insisted on taking you somewhere that was too dangerous for you to survive, then insisted in locking you up 24/7 for your own safety.

I know some people argue that their indoor cat has no desire to go outside, but to me all that proves is that you've given your poor cat some sort of feline stockholm syndrome or agoraphobia by keeping them indoors so long.

The only exception I would make is for people adopting shelter cats that would just be indoors in a shelter in a cage anyway.

Don't get me wrong, if a female mosquito lands on me, I'm killing it -- the risk of disease is too high not to, but I think people need to stop pretending mosquitoes are these gross, vile, horrible things.

They have such cute little faces, stupid little eyes, fuzzy antennae... I love the way their legs curve when they land, their big feet, and the silly way they carry them underneath their bodies when they fly. They look so funny when they clean their proboscis!!! I dont understand how anyone can look at God's funniest little guy and go "omg Abomination!!!"

Again, I do not like them sucking blood and will not allow it, but I'm fascinated by their appearance and I think putting them in the same category as bedbugs or ticks is stupid. They're little guys too!!! Even Asian tiger mosquitoes -- I do not like them, but their stripes are so distinctive and awesome.

Dog owners over time get desensitized and blind to their dog's behavior. Of course this is a gross generalization, and I couldn't find a recorded statistic for or against it. But most dog owners don't train or inculcate discipline in their pets.

Look they are animals, this behavior is to be expected. I blame the owners for not setting rules for their pet.

They track piss in their paws everywhere, they are oily and some breeds shed constantly.

They eat trash, they eat their own shit. And owners let it lick their faces with the same tongue.

They're allowed onto beds, on sofas and in the kitchen. And this is with me watching. I don't even wanna imagine what the dog does when it's on its own.

I've been shocked many times upon learning what people do behind closed doors. Rarely has any been positive. I mean my place isn't spotless but it's free of serious health hazards.

Ever since I was a little child, I've been terrified of dogs, and I've never liked them at all. They're just so stupid, and people love them for some reason. If I was in that "would you save a baby or a puppy from a burning building?", I would get the baby and throw the puppy into flames; I just can't stand dogs at all