I should never watch movies about dogs

[Duik]

And you dumb bitches now got me goin off.
I love me a guitar video. Dave groll was performing *somewhere* and a kid is brought to the stage about 8 -10ys old is offered a guitar and says to groll do you know any metallica songs I know lots and preceeds to play enter sandman.
Now I know it was set the fuck up but when that kid busts out the riff and groll smashes the lyrics it fucking ripped me a new one. Just remembering it tears me up.
So fuck off, there is dust.
Five stars indeed magnet.

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by Ciderpress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I completely understand, I get irrationally attached to pets too. Just remember it's irrational- they are just animals and more specifically carnivores. My cute poocho or cat buddy would gladly eat my dead body if I died in my sleep and they didn't get their kibble in the morning. Always remember this cold reality when anthropomorphizing cute animals.

But yes, I get it. Homeward bound wrecked me and that has a happy ending. Don't even get me started on the fox and the hound, which is a f*ckin cartoon no less, but it's way sadder a story than any stupid human tragedy ever I don't even care fight me.

[One Tin Soldier]

As I predicted I started feeling foolish about an hour after posting that. Oh well.

To respond to some of the stuff in this thread:

I don't believe people like dogs just because of the way they look. Yes, that is part of it. Personally, I believe that it wasn't just people selecting dogs for traits we liked. I believe that our relationship with dogs also had an evolutionary effect on us.

Think how long dogs have been with us. Native Americans had dogs before Europeans arrived which means they brought them to the Americas. Conservatively that happened at least 12,000 years ago.

Having dogs around gave humans some major advantages. Which means that groups of humans who liked dogs and were good with dogs did better than groups of humans who didn't like them. Which means the selective pressures went both ways. We shaped dogs but they also shaped us. At least to some degree.

As a side note I don't like the fact that people deliberately breed defects into dogs. I feel it's wrong. It also bothers me some that most dogs now are not selected for positive traits but rather are selected purely for some arbitrary standard of morphology and coloration. For the way they look and nothing else.

[Ciderpress]

You shouldn't feel foolish at all. To be clear I was trying to offer some kind of cold rational exit ramp for this kind of grief, cause I fully relate to how hard it can be. I have a cat, and he's awesome and I know he's gonna die eventually, and when he does I'll be inconsolable for... probably a year? Maybe two. It sucks.

[Evia]

i saw a trailer for a mark wahlberg movie where he's like some kind of marathon runner and finds a dog and even the trailer had me teary eyed.

so yeah op i get it.

[Duik]

Nice one cider.
Never feel foolish for showing your humanity.

[Elizondo]

Man's best friend

There is no shame

[Toxigen]

I didn't watch the movie, but the book is fantastic.

The Art of Racing in the Rain

[Duik]

So if he wins does that make him the raining champion?

[magnetaress]

Don't feel foolish for making a halfway decent thread.