Post 9oFs5cb0U8OKDozqls by genericperson@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #9oFrZnuyr12w4QARU0 by tek@freeradical.zone
2019-10-24T15:38:08Z
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Sorry for the tangent. I know that whether dogs can be happy isn’t exactly the biggest issue in the world. 😀 It is one of my pet peeves, though.
(DIR) Post #9oFs5cb0U8OKDozqls by genericperson@mastodon.social
2019-10-24T15:43:48Z
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@tek PET PEEVES. Intentional or not, well played!*dies laughing*
(DIR) Post #9oFtTnr2NSvo2mab3I by tek@freeradical.zone
2019-10-24T15:59:03Z
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@genericperson 😉
(DIR) Post #9oFxgmrBnUWIX06hH6 by wolfteeth@mellified.men
2019-10-24T16:46:33Z
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@tek i don't think anyone argues dogs can't be happy, it's just that most of those viral pictures of "smiling" dogs don't look like happy animals. the mouth imitates a human smile in a lot of canine anxiety/fear expressions, too. idk, with the puppos we can't only look at the face
(DIR) Post #9oG6PSM3fZntbrMAls by wolfteeth@mellified.men
2019-10-24T16:51:11Z
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@tek i'm on the other side of it where someone posts a pic like "lol my dog is smiling at my kid" and i'm like "my dude your child is about to get bit"
(DIR) Post #9oG6PSgcR8Fadcyaoq by tek@freeradical.zone
2019-10-24T18:24:20Z
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@wolfteeth I do agree that context is very important and that a picture often doesn't give enough to judge. But if I say my doggo's name, she's start smiling and wagging her tail as she runs over to see me.And to the contrary, there *are* people saying that dogs can't be happy because that's attributing a human emotion to an animal, blah blah etc.
(DIR) Post #9oGGXbYiKdMg0vngv2 by wolfteeth@mellified.men
2019-10-24T20:17:45Z
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@tek imo those people have never had a mammal or bird as a pet