All reasons why I'm a cat person.

This is just further proof that dogs are just like people.

Dogs have been our best friends for more than 10,000 years. They're the 4-legged version of us. They're smart, compassionate, and have better senses.

Cates hate us.

Dogs think that we're gods. Cat's think that we think they're gods.

/likes cats, too.

ecmoRandomNumbers: Dogs vs. cats

You overestimate dogs. They are, at heart, pack animals and as long as humans assert themselves as the Alpha among domestic dogs, they will behave like any other pack dog. Over those millenia, some have been bred to be smarter than others (Border Collie vs. Golden Retriever, for instance), but they're still domestic dogs.

Domestic cats, on the other hand, haven't given up much of their feral roots. For the most part, they are not pack animals and therefore don't have a need for an Alpha. They are mostly aloof & solitary, but you will find many individuals who have adapted to having humans as company. Pet cats are kept in virtual adolescence by human interference--we are their primary source of food and shelter. Some have been bred to be companions--Abyssinians, arguably the oldest breed, come to mind. They're like dogs in their devotion.

Cats adapt more readily to the wild than dogs because they've retained much of their instincts.

/Likes both cats & dogs
//Okay, I have a bias towards cats, but I'm not disillusioned. If they had opposable thumbs, they'd be able to contact their mother ship & ensure our destruction.

Eating grass. Yeah, about that. If my dog got me up at around two at night with a specific little bark, that meant he was feeling crappy and wanted to eat grass. Nothing else, just he needed some salad. The benefit for me was that I didn't need to walk all around the apartment complex with him, I just needed to find a nice green patch.

ArturoBandini: Booda litter box:

Lousy litter box, if you happen to have large or multiple cats. Large cats feel uncomfortable, and multiple cats fill it up too quickly

I would have a dog, but the cats won't let me.

/Cats are toilet trained so a cat poop eating dog would be out of luck in my house.
//Went on early morning (pre-dawn) bicycle ride this morning. Cats both gave that "Stoopid hooman" look for disturbing their sleep. Consolation was the Abyssinian joining me in the shower afterwards.

Die Kunst Der Fuge: shadowself: doglover: This is just further proof that dogs are just like people.

Dogs are just like severely retarded people.

This!

I grew up in a household with cats & dogs and I don't understand the human desire have pets. I had a great dog growing up though he was very high maintenance he was worth it via his intelligence and personality. He was a wolf hybrid/akita and would have been a nightmare if I hadn't taken him on very long walks several times a week and been very involved as an owner. Being a teenager I had the time to spare but as an adult... I hardly see how I could possibly care for an animal in a responsible manner. I know most breeds of dogs and practically all cats require much less attention... but what's the point? Just to have an animal around to make fun of and pretend that the animal cares about you?

I think in most situations people that have pets are mentally delusional and kind of weird.

Since pets are in the majority of homes in the country, it rather depends on your definition of "weird" doesn't it?

To be precise, if majoritarianism applies, then the inability to understand why we have pets makes you the "weird." (As probably would your apparent inability to connect with the emotional states most people enjoy, which implies a certain sociopathy.)