I think the entire philosophy of a dog is summed up by the warg (a dog creature) Greyview in Order of the Stick episode #1037: “Only certainty in life: When icy jaws of death come, you will not have had enough treats. Nod. Get treat.”
As a male university student in the 1980s, I lost count of all the young women I met who were attending college for the sole purpose of finding a husband. They had no interest in getting an education. I thought this was sad. And it was probably a result of girls being discouraged from doing anything else.
I remember when I would sit in a rocking chair with my infant son (before he could sit up let alone understand speech) and tell him in a calm, soothing voice my naughty version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, for my amusement, much to the chagrin of my wife (although she joked with her friends about me doing this). I stopped telling that story after he said his first word. Now he’s a teenager but he still has no clue about that version of the story, and would likely be freaked out if I told it to him.
I’ve been there. Drop whatever I’m doing to remove a bug from a room, requested by someone incapable of doing it themselves for reasons I fail to understand.
I think the entire philosophy of a dog is summed up by the warg (a dog creature) Greyview in Order of the Stick episode #1037: “Only certainty in life: When icy jaws of death come, you will not have had enough treats. Nod. Get treat.”