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[-] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 77 points 4 days ago

To add to this, an outside observer would say humans think their pets are little humans, throwing birthday parties, dressing them in clothing, talking to them.

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 24 points 4 days ago

You can pry Mr. Scruffles' humanity from my cold, dead hands!

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 9 points 4 days ago
[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 days ago

No, Mr Scruffles commits tax evasion

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Well, some do seem to think that.

this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2025
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