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I Want A New Pet... But Why?

I consider myself an avid people watcher and love to watch our kind interact. I like to think I'm quasi observant and not a complete ignoramus. Human beings fascinate me. I plan on having an ongoing entry on the funny things human beings do that make absolutely no logical sense or are just completely asinine but I'll save that first entry for another rainy night. Tonight, I just want to focus on the weird obsession we have with pets. We, as a species, are so much more complex than anything else on this planet. Yet sometimes I HAVE to wonder if animals ever watch us and think in their own respective animal brains... "what the hell is wrong with these people?" You can't tell me domesticated cats and dogs don't secretly laugh to themselves when we're absent. They've suckered us big time. We think we domesticated these animals, but really, aren't they having the last laugh? Having a pet is like having a child. You care for it. You try to teach and educ