Normalize NOT being obsessed with dogs
Summary
A straphanger wants to normalize not being obsessed with dogs, and Kareem couldn't agree more. The rider explains the awkward ritual of watching friends stop for five minutes to fawn over every dog they pass, feeling forced to pretend she cares too or risk seeming like a serial killer. She's particularly annoyed by Chihuahuas. The conversation spirals into comparing small dogs to rats (both die, but only one requires vet bills) and agreeing that dogs pooping on the streets is disgusting enough to maybe be illegal. When Kareem tries to show off his cat Kremlin, she stays committed to her stance. Pets just aren't her thing.
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So, what's your take? Normalize not being obsessed with dogs.
100% agree. Thank you. This is just a four-legged furry freak. Yeah. And every time I'm with friends or people in general and we just see dogs, everyone just stops for like five minutes or more and just like, "Oh my god, he's so cute. What's his name?" And I'm just watching them and I'm like, okay. And sometimes also when I'm with people that I don't know, I feel like I have to pretend, because in your mind you're like, I don't care. And if you don't pretend, it seems like people think you're like crazy or serial killer or something that you have no heart, you know, because you don't like dogs.
No, no, it's not that I don't like dogs. I mean, I don't hate them. I don't like them. I'm just like, you know, which kind of dog really bothers you? Chihuahua. You know, very small, cute, but super loud, you know.
Yeah. Just get a mouse. Yeah. Or a rat.
Yeah. True. Think about it. Feeding a Chihuahua, you got to take it to the veterinarian. If it gets cancer, you have to fix it. If you have a rat, it just dies and it's fine. True. And also, they poo on the streets. That's disgusting.
That's disgusting. It should be illegal. Yeah, true. Dogs should be illegal in Paris and New York.
Not illegal. I think illegal. No, I will not say that. The point is just let's just normalize that we're not obsessed with them, you know. So when you see a dog on the street, you want to be able to say, "I don't care," and your friends go, you know what? Me neither. I want that.
If I showed you a picture of my cat, though. Cat is the same for me.
Oh, I don't agree with that. Really? Yes.
Want to see my cat? No.
Yes. No. Let me show you a picture of my cat.
Now I feel like I have to pretend. Oh my god. What's his name?
Kremlin. Oh, okay. Still not cute for me.
I want to see more pictures. No.