Having a cat as a roommate, I understand. My arms/hands/ankles are especially unsafe around him… At least the 3-4am blood-curdling screams have stopped. He learned that screaming me into sudden half-awakeness doesn’t usually get him food, so I guess there’s less reason to do it. 🥲
You have a phobia about animals. They’re not all scary.
Pets are literally proven to be beneficial for your health.
The unconditional love from a pet melts my fucking heart.
It teaches responsibility, especially for younger children.
It teaches you to be gentle
Not saying people have to adopt rescue animals but knowing that that animal would have likely been put to death is a sad/joyous feeling, after you realize that you literally saved their life and gave them a good and loving home.
You’re less likely to be burglarized if the criminal sees a big ass barking dog in the window screaming at them.
Having or liking pets. Pictures of then I can see the appeal of, but the living beings are annoying at best or downright scary.
Never grew up with them, was always silently judged for being afraid of my classmates’ pets if I came over
Having a cat as a roommate, I understand. My arms/hands/ankles are especially unsafe around him… At least the 3-4am blood-curdling screams have stopped. He learned that screaming me into sudden half-awakeness doesn’t usually get him food, so I guess there’s less reason to do it. 🥲
So many things wrong with this:
You have a phobia about animals. They’re not all scary.
Pets are literally proven to be beneficial for your health.
The unconditional love from a pet melts my fucking heart.
It teaches responsibility, especially for younger children.
It teaches you to be gentle
Not saying people have to adopt rescue animals but knowing that that animal would have likely been put to death is a sad/joyous feeling, after you realize that you literally saved their life and gave them a good and loving home.
You’re less likely to be burglarized if the criminal sees a big ass barking dog in the window screaming at them.
Other reasons I’m too lazy to think of.