My sister's car is incredibly skittish, which makes sense considering it lives with two toddlers and a giant excitable dog. So I consider it a personal triumph that whenever I visit he eventually let's me pet him, after lots of standing still with my palm down, despite fleeing and hiding from pretty much everyone else.
I have the Complete Far Side, and some noteworthy strips get commentary. Let me share some:
Tethercat is noteworthy for getting any kind of reader response at all. In a comic known for a good deal of worse violence, this one got a load of hate mail. Is it specifically violence against cats, humanity’s near-universal soft spot? No, Larson has done mean things to cats before and worse, like a cat with two peg forelegs next to a fish bowl with a piranha in it.
Larson’s hypothesis was that there’s no conclusion or finality to the violence. It’s been 30 years since that strip, and those dogs are still playing tethercat. Other comics may suggest impeding violence, or the aftermath of violence. But this one is during violence, and when you make the victim a cat it really bothers people.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Yeah seeing humans as caregivers, because humans give care, =/= thinking humans are cats
Close interspecies socialization is the exception, not the norm. So in a cat's mindscape, we're part of the 'in' group and thus must be cats, because we are part of their 'us' group.
I mean, people can keep saying this like it's an objective truth, but I'm gonna go ahead believing that we don't actually know what a cat is thinking
after I learned about dog laughing I sometimes do it if we have a doggo around who is looking anxious or stressed. It definitely does seem to chill them out a bit.
I realize it's a big ask, but I can't quite make concrete what the article means about breathing “hhuh-hhah-hhuh-hhah” sounds. Do you have an an example, or (this is the big ask part) want to put up a recording or something of it?
after I learned about dog laughing I sometimes do it if we have a doggo around who is looking anxious or stressed. It definitely does seem to chill them out a bit.
Oh dang, I wasn't aware of this but when I play with dogs I do exactly this, and they lose their minds and get so excited and happy.
Somebody once called me "the dog whisperer" and to this day it's been the best compliment I've ever recieved.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Oh yeah I always used to make that noise when playing with the base dog in SA. I just did it because she did it when she was excited, so it seemed appropriate.
My sister's car is incredibly skittish, which makes sense considering it lives with two toddlers and a giant excitable dog. So I consider it a personal triumph that whenever I visit he eventually let's me pet him, after lots of standing still with my palm down, despite fleeing and hiding from pretty much everyone else.
Lemme guess, a little Nissan?
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
My sister's car is incredibly skittish, which makes sense considering it lives with two toddlers and a giant excitable dog. So I consider it a personal triumph that whenever I visit he eventually let's me pet him, after lots of standing still with my palm down, despite fleeing and hiding from pretty much everyone else.
Lemme guess, a little Nissan?
A lot of people think they like it when you pet them on the hatchback, but that's actually a really sensitive area that they don't like touched.
I just spent a good 7 minutes googling "Nissan cat" and "Nissan cat breed" because I thought I was missing something, thanks auto-correct.
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Garlic Breadi'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm aRegistered User, Disagreeableregular
I am the dog whisperer, because any time someone says "my dog is afraid of strangers", within 5 minutes I'll have that dog sitting right next to me getting pets
One time a friend was like "I've known that dog for 4 years and it still doesn't let me let it!". The dog was sitting on my lap, and it's owner came down the steps and said "what the fuck?"
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after I learned about dog laughing I sometimes do it if we have a doggo around who is looking anxious or stressed. It definitely does seem to chill them out a bit.
I realize it's a big ask, but I can't quite make concrete what the article means about breathing “hhuh-hhah-hhuh-hhah” sounds. Do you have an an example, or (this is the big ask part) want to put up a recording or something of it?
I think its similar to panting, but with less vocalization.
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DepressperadoI just wanted to see you laughingin the pizza rainRegistered Userregular
I think I make more of a "buh buh abuh buh buh" sound, but it gets the job done.
after I learned about dog laughing I sometimes do it if we have a doggo around who is looking anxious or stressed. It definitely does seem to chill them out a bit.
I realize it's a big ask, but I can't quite make concrete what the article means about breathing “hhuh-hhah-hhuh-hhah” sounds. Do you have an an example, or (this is the big ask part) want to put up a recording or something of it?
I think its similar to panting, but with less vocalization.
Yeah. Kind of panting, but you don't hang your tongue out, just kind of audibly huff at them fairly fast. If you ever see a dog looking really relaxed and happy and doing a fast smiling pant, that's the sound you're trying to imitate.
I was trying to find an example on youtube but it's mostly just people laughing at dogs.
I have the Complete Far Side, and some noteworthy strips get commentary. Let me share some:
Tethercat is noteworthy for getting any kind of reader response at all. In a comic known for a good deal of worse violence, this one got a load of hate mail. Is it specifically violence against cats, humanity’s near-universal soft spot? No, Larson has done mean things to cats before and worse, like a cat with two peg forelegs next to a fish bowl with a piranha in it.
Larson’s hypothesis was that there’s no conclusion or finality to the violence. It’s been 30 years since that strip, and those dogs are still playing tethercat. Other comics may suggest impeding violence, or the aftermath of violence. But this one is during violence, and when you make the victim a cat it really bothers people.
I actually have a theory on this one - I bet people are subconsciously (or maybe just consciously) disturbed because the rope is around the cat's neck. I think it would be less off putting to most it if was around the cat's feet or body proper.
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I’m disturbed because the physics are all wrong. If the rope is around the cat’s neck there’s no way the cat’s body should be in the position it is. If anything the feet and tail should be closest to the dogs.
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Yeah seeing humans as caregivers, because humans give care, =/= thinking humans are cats
Close interspecies socialization is the exception, not the norm. So in a cat's mindscape, we're part of the 'in' group and thus must be cats, because we are part of their 'us' group.
I mean, people can keep saying this like it's an objective truth, but I'm gonna go ahead believing that we don't actually know what a cat is thinking
For someone who spent as much time around animals as you did, your lack of understanding of behavioral science is a little weird.
Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
I think the ongoing assertion that cats view people as other cats is bogus for the simple reason that I've never in my life met a cat that reacts the same way to meeting a new person as they do meeting a new cat
Yeah seeing humans as caregivers, because humans give care, =/= thinking humans are cats
Close interspecies socialization is the exception, not the norm. So in a cat's mindscape, we're part of the 'in' group and thus must be cats, because we are part of their 'us' group.
I mean, people can keep saying this like it's an objective truth, but I'm gonna go ahead believing that we don't actually know what a cat is thinking
For someone who spent as much time around animals as you did, your lack of understanding of behavioral science is a little weird.
... the fuck is this comment?
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
Yeah seeing humans as caregivers, because humans give care, =/= thinking humans are cats
Close interspecies socialization is the exception, not the norm. So in a cat's mindscape, we're part of the 'in' group and thus must be cats, because we are part of their 'us' group.
I mean, people can keep saying this like it's an objective truth, but I'm gonna go ahead believing that we don't actually know what a cat is thinking
For someone who spent as much time around animals as you did, your lack of understanding of behavioral science is a little weird.
It's completely unnecessary and pretty shitty to make a post like this.
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
Also, smof is 100% correct, we don't actually know what a cat is thinking, we're just trying to infer it based on stimulus/response and behavioral observation, but who knows how well that correlates to the animal's actual thought processes.
Yeah seeing humans as caregivers, because humans give care, =/= thinking humans are cats
Close interspecies socialization is the exception, not the norm. So in a cat's mindscape, we're part of the 'in' group and thus must be cats, because we are part of their 'us' group.
I mean, people can keep saying this like it's an objective truth, but I'm gonna go ahead believing that we don't actually know what a cat is thinking
For someone who spent as much time around animals as you did, your lack of understanding of behavioral science is a little weird.
after I learned about dog laughing I sometimes do it if we have a doggo around who is looking anxious or stressed. It definitely does seem to chill them out a bit.
I realize it's a big ask, but I can't quite make concrete what the article means about breathing “hhuh-hhah-hhuh-hhah” sounds. Do you have an an example, or (this is the big ask part) want to put up a recording or something of it?
I think its similar to panting, but with less vocalization.
Yeah. Kind of panting, but you don't hang your tongue out, just kind of audibly huff at them fairly fast. If you ever see a dog looking really relaxed and happy and doing a fast smiling pant, that's the sound you're trying to imitate.
I was trying to find an example on youtube but it's mostly just people laughing at dogs.
I think I get it now; it was the differentiating between "hhuh" and "hhah" that really threw me
It amuses me to think that right now somewhere around the world formers and lurkers are practicing dog laughter in the mirror. C'mon now, do it with me: hhuh-hhah-hhuh-hhah
"Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Gonna crack a dog the fuck up next time I see one.
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I think they just claimed their own website is a copyright violation :P
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Tethercat is noteworthy for getting any kind of reader response at all. In a comic known for a good deal of worse violence, this one got a load of hate mail. Is it specifically violence against cats, humanity’s near-universal soft spot? No, Larson has done mean things to cats before and worse, like a cat with two peg forelegs next to a fish bowl with a piranha in it.
Larson’s hypothesis was that there’s no conclusion or finality to the violence. It’s been 30 years since that strip, and those dogs are still playing tethercat. Other comics may suggest impeding violence, or the aftermath of violence. But this one is during violence, and when you make the victim a cat it really bothers people.
I mean, people can keep saying this like it's an objective truth, but I'm gonna go ahead believing that we don't actually know what a cat is thinking
I realize it's a big ask, but I can't quite make concrete what the article means about breathing “hhuh-hhah-hhuh-hhah” sounds. Do you have an an example, or (this is the big ask part) want to put up a recording or something of it?
Oh dang, I wasn't aware of this but when I play with dogs I do exactly this, and they lose their minds and get so excited and happy.
Somebody once called me "the dog whisperer" and to this day it's been the best compliment I've ever recieved.
Lemme guess, a little Nissan?
A lot of people think they like it when you pet them on the hatchback, but that's actually a really sensitive area that they don't like touched.
One time a friend was like "I've known that dog for 4 years and it still doesn't let me let it!". The dog was sitting on my lap, and it's owner came down the steps and said "what the fuck?"
Yeah. Kind of panting, but you don't hang your tongue out, just kind of audibly huff at them fairly fast. If you ever see a dog looking really relaxed and happy and doing a fast smiling pant, that's the sound you're trying to imitate.
I was trying to find an example on youtube but it's mostly just people laughing at dogs.
I actually have a theory on this one - I bet people are subconsciously (or maybe just consciously) disturbed because the rope is around the cat's neck. I think it would be less off putting to most it if was around the cat's feet or body proper.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
For someone who spent as much time around animals as you did, your lack of understanding of behavioral science is a little weird.
... the fuck is this comment?
It's completely unnecessary and pretty shitty to make a post like this.
Totally uncalled for
I think I get it now; it was the differentiating between "hhuh" and "hhah" that really threw me
Its a ruff business!
There's one thing I could think of to improve this comic and it's that one of those guys should be holding his hat in his hand
Looks like they have a daily thingy with multiple comics and collections of stuff and sketchbooks and what not.
Looks like scans of the originals.
EDIT: I guess there are three of them?
Origin ID: Discgolfer27
Untappd ID: Discgolfer1981
But the comics, I liked!
I think they just claimed their own website is a copyright violation :P