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I realize some people here are both dog and cat people (I love both, but only have a cat due to lifestyle logistics and preferences), but thought this was fun and not all that surprising.
Don't know how scientific this study was, but seems that people were polled and cat people are:
11% more likely to be introverts
17% more likely to have a graduate degree
25% to prefer George Harrison as their favorite Beatle (dog people like Paul)
21% more likely to prefer ironic humor and puns (dog people like slapstick)
So---we should pat ourselves on the back for being classy, deep, introspective types!
all those surveys that go on about seemingly irrelevant stuff? have also noticed that when buying spaghetti sauce (of those who buy vs make their own) cat people tend to buy Prego sauce and dog people tend to buy Ragu. I fit that!
I realize some people here are both dog and cat people (I love both, but only have a cat due to lifestyle logistics and preferences), but thought this was fun and not all that surprising.
Don't know how scientific this study was, but seems that people were polled and cat people are:
11% more likely to be introverts
17% more likely to have a graduate degree
25% to prefer George Harrison as their favorite Beatle (dog people like Paul)
21% more likely to prefer ironic humor and puns (dog people like slapstick)
So---we should pat ourselves on the back for being classy, deep, introspective types!
My question is...why do pet owners have a pet in general? Jasper is pretty much a fur lump, that eats, and poops. He really serves no purpose...he won't take care of me in my old age, like a child, (maybe), but really, why do I even have this lumpy fur creature in my home?
I am not sure, but there must be a reason. Why do we like cats?
I think "pet owners" are generally put into two categories.
Category 1 is people like jasper12 who have pets that are like furniture - they are furry little creatures that exist in their homes that require a bit of attention now and again and generate vet bills and mandate you feed them and clean up after them.
Category 2 is people like me who have pets that are a four legged furry sub-version of a human. I think of them and refer to them as "people". I call them "the kids" I treat them better than some people that I know and frankly I like them better than some people that I know. This category of pet owners, I find, to be very conscientious of their "pets" well being and comfort beyond the basics and really does not even think of them as pets but truly as family.
Amber is pretty much like Jasper. But I think you are reading FAR too much into that post in order to suggest that jasper12 (or I) are owners as you describe Category 1 who see their cats as "furniture". That post is not in any way in opposition to Category 2 treating pets as family, so I can't understand at all why it would provoke that response.
It's a perfectly good question. I totally get where jasper12 is coming from. The question posed is "Why take a pet into your home?" not "Why treat a pet as family?" Why do we take pets into our homes when for practical purposes what they do is cost us time and money and heartache? It's an interesting question, ruined by that response.
Oh my gracious, SuperSparkle, have some chocolate!
Not bad advice!
SuperSparkle, didn't mean to irritate anyone, including you. Just thought it was fun and wanted a release and to post something upbeat after all the posts about euthanizing my cat. Didn't think was a deep scientific study---just that 20,000 people were polled on a website and this is what they came up with. I truly do respect "real" science and deep topics---but sometimes it's fun just to be a little inane (like with the chocolate advice---no one NEEDS chocolate, but it can be a fun addition to a healthy diet, right?
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I realize some people here are both dog and cat people (I love both, but only have a cat due to lifestyle logistics and preferences), but thought this was fun and not all that surprising.
Don't know how scientific this study was, but seems that people were polled and cat people are:
11% more likely to be introverts
17% more likely to have a graduate degree
25% to prefer George Harrison as their favorite Beatle (dog people like Paul)
21% more likely to prefer ironic humor and puns (dog people like slapstick)
So---we should pat ourselves on the back for being classy, deep, introspective types!
Hang on now! No pats on the back for preferring "I got my mind set on you" to "Love take me down". Seriously.
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