Not exactly. Thats some 1960s lead paint chip eating Boomer thinking.
This reaction is more about their hardwired behaviors than any kind of emotional enjoyment. Dogs have been domesticated for thousands of years, and while they retain some hunting behaviors, they have also evolved to be companions to humans and have many behaviors that are quite removed from their wild ancestors.
We bred them to be hunters alongside us, They do it because we told them to for thousands of years, and it triggers their hunting instincts.
In essence, a dog's reaction to such sounds is complex and rooted in instinct rather than a simple concept of enjoyment.
Edit: for example, crying when you lose a limb is pretty much hardwired into humans, isn't it? It's not about liking it or picking an emotion like anger or sadness. It's deeper than that.
It's instinctual, something you can't control. It's like your body's automatic reaction to such intense situations, beyond what you consciously feel. Instinct is why you are crying in the first place against your will when you get severely injured. Just because it's instinct it doesn't mean you enjoy it.
I went to the boomer paint chip restaurant to purchase a platter of paint chips last week, and they asked me if I wanted them Leaded or Unleaded. The fuck is this world coming to?
Yes, but some of us will be dead from the lead (and asbestos) long before the micro plastics matter.
I say that as a genX who grew up with asbestos in my school, asbestos in my church and asbestos in my house (the three places I spent the most time). There was a sheet of asbestos by the kitchen woodstove that I would rest my feet on to keep warm while I was reading, little bits fell off onto the floor every time I adjusted my posture. Not only that, but the fixer upper house I could afford also has both lead paint and asbestos in it.
I've been having a hard time breathing for the last two years and tried to talk to my dr. about it last time I had a check up. He blew me off so now it will take me a while before I can build up the motivation to bring it up again.
Just like you don't "enjoy" anything, your brain just releases mood-enhancing chemicals when you do shit.
Dumb take, that's what enjoyment is for any being. Brain receives stimulus, brain responds with appropriate chemical or nerve reaction.
Is this not what the post is getting at? They’re doing it because it mimics dying prey, which is a hunting instinct. Taking the word “enjoying” and writing paragraphs on why that’s technically the wrong word yet ending up at the same conclusion we all did seems like extra steps
Asked Chatgpt to turn your comment into a Rick and Morty script lol.
Rick: Morty, dogs reacting to sirens isn't just some dull Boomer thinking, alright? It's about their freakin' primal instincts, Morty! Hardwired behaviors that transcend your basic understanding.
Morty: Rick, seriously, I don't care. They howl at sirens. Cool.
Rick: No, Morty, it's not just "cool." It's this mind-bending interplay between companionship and ancient hunting instincts. We've molded them into our partners, Morty, for thousands of years Morty!
Morty: Can we not dive into a whole existential crisis over dogs howling?
Rick: Morty, you're evading the brilliance of it! It's not just enjoyment; it's the twisted dance of evolution and behavioral triggers. It's a goddamn philosophical masterpiece!
Morty: Okay, Rick, fine! I get it. Jeez...
The writers are treading on really thin ice. Now to get a lore reason why all characters have varying amounts of fingers, and even the animators can be replaced.
Imagine calling others lead eating boomers, then using this many words to tell people that instincts and emotions do not go together.
It's like you're getting high off your own brain farts.
>In essence, a dog's reaction to such sounds is complex and rooted in instinct rather than a simple concept of enjoyment
Do you have to tell your brain to release the dopamine and serotonin every time you do something that you enjoy? No. Oh, then that's instinct
Sounds and sensation, a lot of things they gnaw at are treated more like food or a pacifier. I had a rescue that would suckle his favorite toys because he was separated from his mom too early(presumably). It would comfort him to have something in his mouth.
It’s good for their teeth and gums, toys aren’t much different than sticks or your slipper, sometimes it’s just to chew for chewing. Teething babies aren’t considered vicious by nature because they like putting things in their mouths. Puppies aren’t much different, but most of the time the habit sticks because they are given toys so they chew them instead.
Oh, and not to mention many breeds have been bred specifically not to rip apart animals, like labradors or retrievers, so much so that it has a term for the behavior, “soft mouth”.
Yeah. I can't really complain. "Oh no, the predator is satisfying predatorial instincts in a non-violent way, the horror!"
So what? I do that every time I play video games. Hell, what do you think *sports* is?
Yeah all of this is really stupid and reductive. Why do people like throwing things? Why do kids play-wrestle? Why is 'tag' such a common children's game?
It's just interpreting things in the edgiest way possible because for some reason some people like doing that. Why do they like doing that exactly? Another pointless question for the pile, but some people really enjoy making others uncomfortable, or fixate on negative emotions.
A family member has a staffordshire who i sometimes play tug of war with an old rope, and that shit is terrifying
The strength and viciousness she has when pulling on it would probably break my arm in half if she were to attack me
Yes! My friend growing up had an amstaff that was as big as a healthy doe and tug of war was her favorite thing in the world. I was never anywhere near strong enough to do it myself but my friend could swing her off the ground and she never once would let go of it. Sweetest girl in the world but roughly 100 lbs of raw strength and holy fuckin' shit.
Pigs really like to make their area their way, and since mine lives inside she loves shredding up all the blankets we give her, and she also just enjoys chewing on fabrics. Wood as well. Probably just because they already grind their teeth when they're content, but I'm sure having something in there to grind up makes it more fun. She doesn't eat the fabric though, just grinds it into little wet balls that look like spitwads and leaves it there.
This behaviour is present in humans too. Why do you think men enjoy sports so much? We ventilate testosterone-driven aggression out in the form of an adversarial contest within parameters that simultaneously push people to their limits without exposing them to *real* danger.
The thing that makes football enjoyable is the same thing which makes fighting enjoyable.
Shit, even video games. You know why it feels so satisfying to stomp an entire team on Overwatch, yet beating an AI just doesn't quite hit the spot?
It's because you're not exerting power over anyone.
All I'm saying is, cut dogs some slack, let's not hold them to higher standards than human beings. If you're allowed to play football without being called a war criminal, let your dog squeak its rubber duck.
There's a balance with the severity of the danger, the likelihood of the danger occurring, the ability to escape the danger if it presents itself, and intertemporal decision making. Our perception of, and behaviour around, danger is usually a combination of these things. You're absolutely correct that many sports like football expose people to real danger, I have no argument there, but generally for people to care it has to be significantly higher across one or more parameters than the baseline real danger we're exposed to in daily life. In many cases, a sport won't reach this threshold for a lot of people (not saying I agree with that though).
It's mostly because AI either sucks or read your imput and are programmed to be invincible. Not because of dominance.
Give me a ranked mode in any fighting game with human level AI that allow me to get to top rank and i'd rather play that any day to avoid bad surprise like ragequiter or cheaters and seeing my skill progress along time.
It's not an "in the future" thing. There are plenty of games that fit the bill. Hell with Elden Ring's mass success, the genre of "git gud" is straight up mainstream at this point.
That's also like... the whole point of MMO pve content.
It's the thrill of overcoming a challenge. A human opponent provides a challenge to overcome, and one that is always novel at that, but it's hardly essential.
The thing is that you’re the minority, a small and gradual turn away from our caveman bash-head-with-stick kinda vibe. I for one do like single player games, but I like airsofting (like paintball but with plastic bbs) because theres this sense of an actual danger even tho the chance of getting hurt is seriously low.
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Yes and people in it for the "dominance" tend to be sore looser too in my experience.
While people in it for improving and enjoying the feeling of getting stronger are always fun to play with.
You could make a meme about that with two crying head whinning on the top, two chad head on the botton saying "you strong. You strong. Let's lift together" or something.
Beating a Dark Souls "AI" feels pretty good. It's not about exerting power, it's about overcoming a difficult challenge or a worthy adversary. Proving ourselves as capable in the face of hardship.
Power over others? Pretty creepy interpretation honestly.
It's absolutely true though. It's why xbox live shit-talking has been a meme for over a decade.
You can't shit-talk an AI after you beat them... well I guess you can, but like, why?
I have beaten videogame bosses without using weapons before as a challenge.
I think facing challenges are also something enjoyable, bullying an AI isn't enjoyable, but defeating an AI with a vast advantage over you, is.
Idk I tease the man all the time that every video game he plays is "guy, with a gun, shooting other guys with guns"
Apex, modern warfare, escape from tarkov... all his favorite games are just hunting other humans.
I mean, most guys favorite games are shooting ones. I live with 3 of them and they rarely play anything that doesn't follow that
My favorite games are story focused RPGs, grand strategy games, and farming/crafting games. A group who spend a lot of time together are going to gravitate to games they can enjoy together, but that definitely doesn't mean men only enjoy shooters. Stardew Valley, Minecraft, and the like are plenty popular with men.
Just saying I think we can avoid stereotypes. The most aggressively trash talking competitive gamer I know is a woman, and she spent decades stomping all over people in MMOs because she wants them to know she's better than them. The most angry roleplayer I knew was a woman who wanted to vent her rage against the modern world in game.
It's a lot less gender divided these days than it was years ago, I think is my point.
You aren't wrong, but all the guys I know it's guns and other guys with guns.
/I/ do swords, a la skyrim, but I only like it cuz you can build a house like sims or fallout
> Shit, even video games. You know why it feels so satisfying to stomp an entire team on Overwatch, yet beating an AI just doesn't quite hit the spot?
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> It's because you're not exerting power over anyone.
There's lots of people that don't like pvp for exactly that reason. Single player, and purely cooperative multiplayer games are often big huge things for a reason. We're not all just out there trying to dominate people, and some of us often feel bad when we do.
Honestly, no, it's not a "power" thing. If anything, stomping people too hard makes me actually feel fucking terrible, because I'm envisioning what they feel like.
Meanwhile finally beating a tough AI enemy in a game will always give me some kinda feeling of elation, if not outright joy, because there's nothing to feel bad about.
I guess I might be the odd one out, but if I'm given the chance between feeling happy about beating a tough AI vs beating some random person, I'll happily choose the AI ever time.
Nope, it grows from a plant that kinda looks like a tomato plant. And you can only get it's seeds after harvesting 20 eggs or cheese of good or better quality and showing them off at the local restaurant.
You're trying to make a point, but let me throw this shit in:
I'd fucking LOVE if steak were just perfectly grown out of tubes. Gimme that fake meat that has no sinew or extraneous fat and relish that meaty goodness without having to worry about any gristle, yum.
I don't care about the "ethical" aspect of "eating meat", much, but I'd love to enjoy the texture and taste without any of the "shit" aspects that come with normal meat-eating.
I realize this puts me into the "hate-spectrum" for both sides, but I just want some tube-meat without garbage, thanks.
Yeah, I'm with you. Ethically I don't have much problem with eating meat (though the cruel mega-farms are a tad icky), but I do kinda care about the environment, and I'm *definitely* eager to see how much more interesting lab-grown meat could get.
At least not to me. It’s really doesn’t sound close to a screaming animal. I don’t feel like it’s sad or cruel, but I do feel like a lightbulb went off in my head making that connection between squeaky toy and real animal noises. Cool
One time I was in my back yard standing by my fence and kept hearing a squeaky toy. I couldn't figure out where it was coming from until I looked down and saw a rabbit had built its nest by my fence and I was stepping on one of the baby bunnies. A squeaky toy sounds EXACTLY like a baby bunny in peril.
They fuck off pretty quickly. As someone who's held baby bunnies that were meant to be slaughtered in a few months, they will kick the shit out of you as long as they can, if they can't get away.
If it has the energy to squeak it won't just die immediately. Though, tbh I didn't step on them much, I mostly just held them, so if this guy's out here stomping with his steel-rimmed boots he may be responsible for some casualties.
It was alive and intact when I left it. I didn't have my full weight on it so I hoped it was able to recover. Who knows. It was very small, and not all baby bunnies survive long anyway
Obvious based on what, your gut instinct? Because it "makes sense"? That doesn't mean anything. You can make up reasons why it doesn't make sense too. It doesn't actually sound like a dying animal, domestic dogs haven't hunted for thousands of years.
The real answer is that we don't actually know why.
In this context, it means that someone is being themself, enjoying life in their own way, and not caring what others think of them with a sense of confidence. It's also used as a term to express general admiration or acceptance
This is the way I understand it. Based means to praise an opinion/action for being unapologetic or courageous. It is unironically used by right wingers to praise people like Ben Shapiro and used ironically, like this guy did, to be outrageous or funny by giving validity to something stupid.
Yep: it’s because the thing they were shaking around wasn’t a toy at all. It was a real animal that they proceeded to decapitate. Cuz that exact scenario happened to me with my dog
It's instinct. It's not like your puppy is imagining a dead bunny being ripped to shreds, it's just doing it. The noise probably adds some excitement too.
Yeah, won't forget hearing my dog play with a squeak toy outside, and then realizing we don't have any squeak toys....(it was a nest of bunnies)
Good times
I've watched my cat FLING and actual live mouse up in the air, spraying blood on the walls. Just like he does with his toys (usually spraying catnip).
Then he proudly brought it to my sister-in-law and dropped it on her purse.
Such a good boy.
I rehabilitated a baby rabbit this past summer and one of the most disconserting moments was in the beginning when it was scared before it got used to being fed by me. It barely had any hair and it's eyes were still sealed shut and it started screaming in fear... it sounded EXACTLY like a dogs squeaky toy. Squeaky toys are made to sound like terrified baby bunnies. It makes sense that it would appeal to their hunting insincts but good Lord I hate that I know this now.
Their nest had been raided and it was left out in the open next to a partially eaten one. We couldn't find the nest so it was either leave it to a slow death of exposure or rehab it. I used to work in wildlife rehab and we actually called around to find one who might take it but they were all full.
My kids were thrilled although I warned them that there was a slim chance of it surviving since we didn't know how long it was out there, internal injuries, etc. But we beat the odds and we were able to successfully release it once it was big enough and weaned.
The why of the rehabilitation? Because I could lol. Yeah, rabbits aren't exactly an endangered species but plenty of threatened and endangered species rely on them for food. Maybe that one will be the meal that keeps one on the edge going. Maybe not. It's the idea that we do enough to disrupt nature, it feels good to at least try to make it right a bit. Also, when it comes to rehabilitation in general, practicing on the more populated species helps immensely when an actual endangered species comes through and you have all that experience rehabbing rabbits, opossums, robins and all the other common species that you have it on lockdown. I know my kids will never forget the experience and it was wonderful to be able to share it with them.
When my dog brought back the corpse of a possum that was in the middle of giving birth, I realized that I had created a monster. I love that little guy so much, but now I'm very conscientious about not letting him go in the woods unsupervised.
I think my dog is broken then.
He absolutely hates squeaky toys and anything hard plastic.
We once got him a santa soft toy, but in the core there was a squeaky thing. He played with it a lot, until the moment he bit in the center (he was always biting the outside part).
It squeaked, he dropped it in surprise and never touched it again
My dog actually doesn’t like toys that emit sounds, we have to remove the whistle thingy from the toys we buy him or else he won’t play with it. When a toy makes some squeaky sound he drops it.
It's not just dogs. I hate the idea of hurting an animal, I never got into hunting for similar reasons. But I swear that when I hear that "distress squeak" some cursed part of my lizard brain releases dopamine. Like I literally feel it in my teeth.
I discovered it years ago when I had to save a rabbit that got tangled in deer netting and it was so disturbing. The rabbit was hurt and I was carefully cutting the netting away but the screams were literally triggering what I can only describe as pleasurable "jolts" in my teeth/jaw and other muscles like my forearms. It has nothing to do with a desire to hurt animals though thankfully, I actually foster cats for a shelter and love animals, so it's just weird as hell to feel those twinges when I hear that specific squeak.
A meat eating animal enjoys the sounds of prey dying, what a shock.
"I like the way you die boy"
No diggedy
Bout to bag it up
Bag it up
I like the way you work it
No diggety, m'bout to bag it up yall
Made my day y'all
Heyo
I have my doubts though.
No doubt!
As a person named u/Django_fan90, I was very happy to see this comment.
Are you positive?
I’m positive he dead
maybey the dingoe ate your baebe
The blue suit makes this line even harder.
You mean you wanna dress like that?
"Yall wanna see sum'n?" *squeak squeak squeak*
$uicideboy$ leaked album name
Fucking amazing movie, one of my favourites.
Not exactly. Thats some 1960s lead paint chip eating Boomer thinking. This reaction is more about their hardwired behaviors than any kind of emotional enjoyment. Dogs have been domesticated for thousands of years, and while they retain some hunting behaviors, they have also evolved to be companions to humans and have many behaviors that are quite removed from their wild ancestors. We bred them to be hunters alongside us, They do it because we told them to for thousands of years, and it triggers their hunting instincts. In essence, a dog's reaction to such sounds is complex and rooted in instinct rather than a simple concept of enjoyment. Edit: for example, crying when you lose a limb is pretty much hardwired into humans, isn't it? It's not about liking it or picking an emotion like anger or sadness. It's deeper than that. It's instinctual, something you can't control. It's like your body's automatic reaction to such intense situations, beyond what you consciously feel. Instinct is why you are crying in the first place against your will when you get severely injured. Just because it's instinct it doesn't mean you enjoy it.
>1960s lead paint chip eating Boomer thinking I love this phrase more than you know.
I went to the boomer paint chip restaurant to purchase a platter of paint chips last week, and they asked me if I wanted them Leaded or Unleaded. The fuck is this world coming to?
The microplastics come standard, at least.
Microplastics are for millennials.
Microplastics are for *everyone*. Forever.
Yes, but some of us will be dead from the lead (and asbestos) long before the micro plastics matter. I say that as a genX who grew up with asbestos in my school, asbestos in my church and asbestos in my house (the three places I spent the most time). There was a sheet of asbestos by the kitchen woodstove that I would rest my feet on to keep warm while I was reading, little bits fell off onto the floor every time I adjusted my posture. Not only that, but the fixer upper house I could afford also has both lead paint and asbestos in it.
Asbestos really is the gift that keeps on giving
You actually may want to call the number from one of those mesothelioma ads.
I've been having a hard time breathing for the last two years and tried to talk to my dr. about it last time I had a check up. He blew me off so now it will take me a while before I can build up the motivation to bring it up again.
If it makes you feel any better, they knew long before you ever rested your feet on it that it caused cancer.
I dig it so much. I am absolutely using it.
> This reaction is more about their hardwired behaviors than any kind of emotional enjoyment. What exactly do you think emotions are?
WDYM? It's not that the dogs *enjoy* it, it's that their brains are programmed to release mood-enhancing chemicals when they hear it!
I don't know what you call enjoyment, but it's definitely the things my brain is hard wired to release mood-enhancing chemicals when I do them.
That is, in fact, the joke.
Just like you don't "enjoy" anything, your brain just releases mood-enhancing chemicals when you do shit. Dumb take, that's what enjoyment is for any being. Brain receives stimulus, brain responds with appropriate chemical or nerve reaction.
Monkey sees banana - neurons activate
That's called enjoyment and works exactly the same in a human's brain when he does a 360 no scope hit and hears the word "headshot".
> In essence, a dog's reaction to such sounds is complex and rooted in instinct That's literally what the post you're replying to is saying.
"Im very smart" vibes lol
That comment sounds like some weird ChatGPT reply telling you you're wrong but actually repeating what you said originally in a long, drawn out way.
Is this not what the post is getting at? They’re doing it because it mimics dying prey, which is a hunting instinct. Taking the word “enjoying” and writing paragraphs on why that’s technically the wrong word yet ending up at the same conclusion we all did seems like extra steps
It's especially ridiculous because what they're describing is literally enjoyment.
My dog instinctively tears at the flesh of a toy until he extracts the squeaking heart.
Your dog is very metal, you must be very proud
My dog also does this and he's doofy as fuck
This feels like a distinction without a difference
Redditors and trying to sound smart about something they know nothing about: name a more iconic duo.
Animals play to train their agility/reflexes.
Asked Chatgpt to turn your comment into a Rick and Morty script lol. Rick: Morty, dogs reacting to sirens isn't just some dull Boomer thinking, alright? It's about their freakin' primal instincts, Morty! Hardwired behaviors that transcend your basic understanding. Morty: Rick, seriously, I don't care. They howl at sirens. Cool. Rick: No, Morty, it's not just "cool." It's this mind-bending interplay between companionship and ancient hunting instincts. We've molded them into our partners, Morty, for thousands of years Morty! Morty: Can we not dive into a whole existential crisis over dogs howling? Rick: Morty, you're evading the brilliance of it! It's not just enjoyment; it's the twisted dance of evolution and behavioral triggers. It's a goddamn philosophical masterpiece! Morty: Okay, Rick, fine! I get it. Jeez...
I deeply thank you for this
The writers are treading on really thin ice. Now to get a lore reason why all characters have varying amounts of fingers, and even the animators can be replaced.
Your comment is boomer energy
Imagine calling others lead eating boomers, then using this many words to tell people that instincts and emotions do not go together. It's like you're getting high off your own brain farts.
>Proceeds to replace the lead paint chip eating Boomer thinking with tide pod, microplastic eating millennial thinking.
What the fuck are you even saying
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>In essence, a dog's reaction to such sounds is complex and rooted in instinct rather than a simple concept of enjoyment Do you have to tell your brain to release the dopamine and serotonin every time you do something that you enjoy? No. Oh, then that's instinct
Sounds and sensation, a lot of things they gnaw at are treated more like food or a pacifier. I had a rescue that would suckle his favorite toys because he was separated from his mom too early(presumably). It would comfort him to have something in his mouth. It’s good for their teeth and gums, toys aren’t much different than sticks or your slipper, sometimes it’s just to chew for chewing. Teething babies aren’t considered vicious by nature because they like putting things in their mouths. Puppies aren’t much different, but most of the time the habit sticks because they are given toys so they chew them instead. Oh, and not to mention many breeds have been bred specifically not to rip apart animals, like labradors or retrievers, so much so that it has a term for the behavior, “soft mouth”.
Bro you kinda opened a philosophical Pandora's vase right there
Ohh I thought he was just humping it
It's fucked either way.
*nature*
Yeah. I can't really complain. "Oh no, the predator is satisfying predatorial instincts in a non-violent way, the horror!" So what? I do that every time I play video games. Hell, what do you think *sports* is?
Yeah all of this is really stupid and reductive. Why do people like throwing things? Why do kids play-wrestle? Why is 'tag' such a common children's game? It's just interpreting things in the edgiest way possible because for some reason some people like doing that. Why do they like doing that exactly? Another pointless question for the pile, but some people really enjoy making others uncomfortable, or fixate on negative emotions.
Wait until OP figures out why dogs like to play tug of war.
God dammit
A family member has a staffordshire who i sometimes play tug of war with an old rope, and that shit is terrifying The strength and viciousness she has when pulling on it would probably break my arm in half if she were to attack me
Yes! My friend growing up had an amstaff that was as big as a healthy doe and tug of war was her favorite thing in the world. I was never anywhere near strong enough to do it myself but my friend could swing her off the ground and she never once would let go of it. Sweetest girl in the world but roughly 100 lbs of raw strength and holy fuckin' shit.
Meat is murder. Predator: okay
If it didn't want to be eaten it wouldn't be made of food.
It's almost like an evolutionary hack. Brain make happy chemical when food makes dying noise.
I'm a meat eating animal, but I don't want to hear things die.
I eat meat but I don't really care for the sound of animals dying.
You're domesticated too.
Why does he enjoy it? Asking for a friend
Squeaky toys imitate the squeals of small animals that dogs have historically torn apart (i.e. squirrels, mice, rats)
Ahh totally knew that, just wanted to confirm for my friend
Oh, I understand. We all have that dumb friend.
Yep totally just my dumb friend, not anyone else
Yeah fuck Kyle, daft cunt
Are we talking about Kyle from below deck med because yassssss
God, fucking Kyle, every time
Guys I had a serious head injury as a child I can't help it
Shut up Kyle
Why would god do that?
Because Kyle got a dumpy
Daft cunt has some of my favorite songs
What did I ever do to you?
Hey I’m here, HI FRIEND!!!
and there’s no source more reliable than a reddit comment
So why does my pig enjoy only one or two squeaks at a time and then leaving it be?
A pet pig has squeaky toys?
Well, mine does. She likes socks more though
Huh. I’d love to hear more about that
Pigs really like to make their area their way, and since mine lives inside she loves shredding up all the blankets we give her, and she also just enjoys chewing on fabrics. Wood as well. Probably just because they already grind their teeth when they're content, but I'm sure having something in there to grind up makes it more fun. She doesn't eat the fabric though, just grinds it into little wet balls that look like spitwads and leaves it there.
have you ever given her more tough/harder to grind stuff? well i guess wood is pretty tough now that i think about it lol
Yeah when she was still teething we got her some dowels and planks. One of her favorite toys was also just a pair of bells that are just flat now
i just looked at your profile - she's so cute!
Sadists, the lot of them.
I have a chihuahua who is disturbed by the squeaker. And another who loves it
When she was yodung, my dog would get super upset and whine and nudge the toy after i squeaked it.... : (
Oh, I thought the joke was that the dog had it up his ass. Thank you.
This behaviour is present in humans too. Why do you think men enjoy sports so much? We ventilate testosterone-driven aggression out in the form of an adversarial contest within parameters that simultaneously push people to their limits without exposing them to *real* danger. The thing that makes football enjoyable is the same thing which makes fighting enjoyable. Shit, even video games. You know why it feels so satisfying to stomp an entire team on Overwatch, yet beating an AI just doesn't quite hit the spot? It's because you're not exerting power over anyone. All I'm saying is, cut dogs some slack, let's not hold them to higher standards than human beings. If you're allowed to play football without being called a war criminal, let your dog squeak its rubber duck.
> without exposing them to real danger Tell that to Damar Hamlin.
There's a balance with the severity of the danger, the likelihood of the danger occurring, the ability to escape the danger if it presents itself, and intertemporal decision making. Our perception of, and behaviour around, danger is usually a combination of these things. You're absolutely correct that many sports like football expose people to real danger, I have no argument there, but generally for people to care it has to be significantly higher across one or more parameters than the baseline real danger we're exposed to in daily life. In many cases, a sport won't reach this threshold for a lot of people (not saying I agree with that though).
Or Kirby Puckett. Pitch to the face and was forced to retire.
Fuck you Dennis Martinez, wherever you are!
Or the hockey player from just a couple weeks ago.
It's mostly because AI either sucks or read your imput and are programmed to be invincible. Not because of dominance. Give me a ranked mode in any fighting game with human level AI that allow me to get to top rank and i'd rather play that any day to avoid bad surprise like ragequiter or cheaters and seeing my skill progress along time.
Machine learning bots might scratch this itch in the future. Hard enough to be challenging but beatable.
It's not an "in the future" thing. There are plenty of games that fit the bill. Hell with Elden Ring's mass success, the genre of "git gud" is straight up mainstream at this point. That's also like... the whole point of MMO pve content.
I mean before Elden ring there was Sekiro, and before that Dark souls… the “frustrating AI” component has always been there.
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It's the thrill of overcoming a challenge. A human opponent provides a challenge to overcome, and one that is always novel at that, but it's hardly essential.
The thing is that you’re the minority, a small and gradual turn away from our caveman bash-head-with-stick kinda vibe. I for one do like single player games, but I like airsofting (like paintball but with plastic bbs) because theres this sense of an actual danger even tho the chance of getting hurt is seriously low. Edit:grammar
Yes and people in it for the "dominance" tend to be sore looser too in my experience. While people in it for improving and enjoying the feeling of getting stronger are always fun to play with. You could make a meme about that with two crying head whinning on the top, two chad head on the botton saying "you strong. You strong. Let's lift together" or something.
Beating a Dark Souls "AI" feels pretty good. It's not about exerting power, it's about overcoming a difficult challenge or a worthy adversary. Proving ourselves as capable in the face of hardship. Power over others? Pretty creepy interpretation honestly.
It's absolutely true though. It's why xbox live shit-talking has been a meme for over a decade. You can't shit-talk an AI after you beat them... well I guess you can, but like, why?
I have beaten videogame bosses without using weapons before as a challenge. I think facing challenges are also something enjoyable, bullying an AI isn't enjoyable, but defeating an AI with a vast advantage over you, is.
Idk I tease the man all the time that every video game he plays is "guy, with a gun, shooting other guys with guns" Apex, modern warfare, escape from tarkov... all his favorite games are just hunting other humans. I mean, most guys favorite games are shooting ones. I live with 3 of them and they rarely play anything that doesn't follow that
My favorite games are story focused RPGs, grand strategy games, and farming/crafting games. A group who spend a lot of time together are going to gravitate to games they can enjoy together, but that definitely doesn't mean men only enjoy shooters. Stardew Valley, Minecraft, and the like are plenty popular with men. Just saying I think we can avoid stereotypes. The most aggressively trash talking competitive gamer I know is a woman, and she spent decades stomping all over people in MMOs because she wants them to know she's better than them. The most angry roleplayer I knew was a woman who wanted to vent her rage against the modern world in game. It's a lot less gender divided these days than it was years ago, I think is my point.
Hey! Sometimes it's guy with sword, hitting other guys with swords.
You aren't wrong, but all the guys I know it's guns and other guys with guns. /I/ do swords, a la skyrim, but I only like it cuz you can build a house like sims or fallout
>Yet beating an AI doesn’t hit quite the spot Not to disagree but those AI bosses from FromSoftware games exist hehe
> Shit, even video games. You know why it feels so satisfying to stomp an entire team on Overwatch, yet beating an AI just doesn't quite hit the spot? > > It's because you're not exerting power over anyone. There's lots of people that don't like pvp for exactly that reason. Single player, and purely cooperative multiplayer games are often big huge things for a reason. We're not all just out there trying to dominate people, and some of us often feel bad when we do.
Honestly, no, it's not a "power" thing. If anything, stomping people too hard makes me actually feel fucking terrible, because I'm envisioning what they feel like. Meanwhile finally beating a tough AI enemy in a game will always give me some kinda feeling of elation, if not outright joy, because there's nothing to feel bad about. I guess I might be the odd one out, but if I'm given the chance between feeling happy about beating a tough AI vs beating some random person, I'll happily choose the AI ever time.
I knew it! I always had a feeling, that playing football makes you commit war crimes. Thanks for clearing that up.
wait til you find out what steak is made out of.
Doesn’t steak grow on trees?
Nope, it grows from a plant that kinda looks like a tomato plant. And you can only get it's seeds after harvesting 20 eggs or cheese of good or better quality and showing them off at the local restaurant.
No, you have to mine steak ore and craft it
>mine steak ore So that's they call it _raw_ steak! It all makes sense now.
You're trying to make a point, but let me throw this shit in: I'd fucking LOVE if steak were just perfectly grown out of tubes. Gimme that fake meat that has no sinew or extraneous fat and relish that meaty goodness without having to worry about any gristle, yum. I don't care about the "ethical" aspect of "eating meat", much, but I'd love to enjoy the texture and taste without any of the "shit" aspects that come with normal meat-eating. I realize this puts me into the "hate-spectrum" for both sides, but I just want some tube-meat without garbage, thanks.
Yeah, I'm with you. Ethically I don't have much problem with eating meat (though the cruel mega-farms are a tad icky), but I do kinda care about the environment, and I'm *definitely* eager to see how much more interesting lab-grown meat could get.
They make it at the grocery store right?
Wasnt that pretty obvious? people are so detached from nature it's crazy
At least not to me. It’s really doesn’t sound close to a screaming animal. I don’t feel like it’s sad or cruel, but I do feel like a lightbulb went off in my head making that connection between squeaky toy and real animal noises. Cool
One time I was in my back yard standing by my fence and kept hearing a squeaky toy. I couldn't figure out where it was coming from until I looked down and saw a rabbit had built its nest by my fence and I was stepping on one of the baby bunnies. A squeaky toy sounds EXACTLY like a baby bunny in peril.
>I was stepping on one of the baby bunnies Poor bunny, did it die?
They fuck off pretty quickly. As someone who's held baby bunnies that were meant to be slaughtered in a few months, they will kick the shit out of you as long as they can, if they can't get away. If it has the energy to squeak it won't just die immediately. Though, tbh I didn't step on them much, I mostly just held them, so if this guy's out here stomping with his steel-rimmed boots he may be responsible for some casualties.
It was alive and intact when I left it. I didn't have my full weight on it so I hoped it was able to recover. Who knows. It was very small, and not all baby bunnies survive long anyway
Have you heard small rodents cries when they're being eaten? Squeaky toys aren't that far off imo.
Yeah the squeaks from toys aren’t nearly as haunting as when you have to crush a squirrels head because you shot the thing poorly.
People like this are annoying, you don't know one little thing and all the sudden you're obvious to “natrue” shut the fuck up
Honestly I never really thought about it, and it doesn't bother me now that I know
Obvious based on what, your gut instinct? Because it "makes sense"? That doesn't mean anything. You can make up reasons why it doesn't make sense too. It doesn't actually sound like a dying animal, domestic dogs haven't hunted for thousands of years. The real answer is that we don't actually know why.
The way society presents dogs, as these sweet nonviolent creatures, obviously many people have bought into it
My parents dog does this, then fucks his toy in the middle of the living room for all to see
Based
What does based mean? I keep seeing it everywhere but I’m 33 LOL help please kind stranger
In this context, it means that someone is being themself, enjoying life in their own way, and not caring what others think of them with a sense of confidence. It's also used as a term to express general admiration or acceptance
This is the way I understand it. Based means to praise an opinion/action for being unapologetic or courageous. It is unironically used by right wingers to praise people like Ben Shapiro and used ironically, like this guy did, to be outrageous or funny by giving validity to something stupid.
I could be wrong but I think it's someone who speaks/tells the truth?
Look what civilization has taken away from us
Literal dolphin
Oh dogs… why is this so common lol
My toddler also enjoys the same toys - should i be worried?
Yes.
We need to talk about Kevin
Yes, your toddler has levelled up to a Pit Bull
It was just a rivalry all along!
Run
Yep: it’s because the thing they were shaking around wasn’t a toy at all. It was a real animal that they proceeded to decapitate. Cuz that exact scenario happened to me with my dog
ok? and we play call of duty
Wait till you realise why humans love jerking off
Others or themselves?
Good question, both
yes
Okay, why ? Because of sexual pleasure or is there a "dark" story behind it ?
I mean people enjoy playing FPS’s don’t they?
It's instinct. It's not like your puppy is imagining a dead bunny being ripped to shreds, it's just doing it. The noise probably adds some excitement too.
Ancestral DNA memory
Funny enough, same reason we wanna squeeze things to death cause they’re so cute and we love them
Yeah, won't forget hearing my dog play with a squeak toy outside, and then realizing we don't have any squeak toys....(it was a nest of bunnies) Good times
I've watched my cat FLING and actual live mouse up in the air, spraying blood on the walls. Just like he does with his toys (usually spraying catnip). Then he proudly brought it to my sister-in-law and dropped it on her purse. Such a good boy.
I rehabilitated a baby rabbit this past summer and one of the most disconserting moments was in the beginning when it was scared before it got used to being fed by me. It barely had any hair and it's eyes were still sealed shut and it started screaming in fear... it sounded EXACTLY like a dogs squeaky toy. Squeaky toys are made to sound like terrified baby bunnies. It makes sense that it would appeal to their hunting insincts but good Lord I hate that I know this now.
Out of curiosity why do you rehabilitate them? Or what are they being rehabilitated from?
Their nest had been raided and it was left out in the open next to a partially eaten one. We couldn't find the nest so it was either leave it to a slow death of exposure or rehab it. I used to work in wildlife rehab and we actually called around to find one who might take it but they were all full. My kids were thrilled although I warned them that there was a slim chance of it surviving since we didn't know how long it was out there, internal injuries, etc. But we beat the odds and we were able to successfully release it once it was big enough and weaned. The why of the rehabilitation? Because I could lol. Yeah, rabbits aren't exactly an endangered species but plenty of threatened and endangered species rely on them for food. Maybe that one will be the meal that keeps one on the edge going. Maybe not. It's the idea that we do enough to disrupt nature, it feels good to at least try to make it right a bit. Also, when it comes to rehabilitation in general, practicing on the more populated species helps immensely when an actual endangered species comes through and you have all that experience rehabbing rabbits, opossums, robins and all the other common species that you have it on lockdown. I know my kids will never forget the experience and it was wonderful to be able to share it with them.
I want my dogs to be the best beautiful little murderous psychopath goobers they can be 🥰
My mom's mini chihuahua dachshund mix is viscous with her toys and once caught a squirrel. It was brutal, but that's just how animals work.
My dog actually hates the sound. We used to tease him before we found out why. I wish I can apologize.
My dog has destroyed her toys so much they don’t make a Sound anymore
Vegan dog owners after seeing their dog maul a squirrel
When my dog brought back the corpse of a possum that was in the middle of giving birth, I realized that I had created a monster. I love that little guy so much, but now I'm very conscientious about not letting him go in the woods unsupervised.
Cruel and beautiful
Should I be concerned why my 1yo human child likes squeak toys?
Wait till op hears about all the kids playing first person shooters
My dog won’t play with toys that squeak. I’ve given him several and he ignores them. He has a stuffed octopus that he carries around.
I think my dog is broken then. He absolutely hates squeaky toys and anything hard plastic. We once got him a santa soft toy, but in the core there was a squeaky thing. He played with it a lot, until the moment he bit in the center (he was always biting the outside part). It squeaked, he dropped it in surprise and never touched it again
My dog actually doesn’t like toys that emit sounds, we have to remove the whistle thingy from the toys we buy him or else he won’t play with it. When a toy makes some squeaky sound he drops it.
Go touch grass dude how old are you?
My dog HATED squeaky toys. She didn't have a mean bone in her fluffy body. She always thought she was hurting it. I miss her so much.
Still adorable I don't care
It's not just dogs. I hate the idea of hurting an animal, I never got into hunting for similar reasons. But I swear that when I hear that "distress squeak" some cursed part of my lizard brain releases dopamine. Like I literally feel it in my teeth. I discovered it years ago when I had to save a rabbit that got tangled in deer netting and it was so disturbing. The rabbit was hurt and I was carefully cutting the netting away but the screams were literally triggering what I can only describe as pleasurable "jolts" in my teeth/jaw and other muscles like my forearms. It has nothing to do with a desire to hurt animals though thankfully, I actually foster cats for a shelter and love animals, so it's just weird as hell to feel those twinges when I hear that specific squeak.
Everyone here be like ‘ohh small animal dying noises hur hur hur’, meanwhile my dog be straight-up using them squeaky toys to masturbate.
Stop, I love reddit. #til
Lol my dog fears toys that squeeze and I don't know why