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Why does people having different opinion upset you? People claim dogs are also unfavourable. I personally do not like cats but the personality effect is more pronounced among cats because they do not express themselves as much as dogs.

In general I do not like pets or children. If you think they are amazing, great! but know others may not share your opinions.

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Not the person you're replying to, but I don't think I'd characterize myself as being "upset", just... disappointed? Annoyed? Most people's opinions of cats as pets are informed by inaccurate, negative stereotypes, while most people's opinions of dogs (even if they don't have one or rarely interact with one) are positively influenced by the "Man's Best Friend" stereotype.

Opinions are fine, if they're informed by actual experience, or at least secondhand experience by trusted parties. But I think most opinions about cats are not that, and it's unfortunate. They do the entire species a disservice.

Well, it's not because they have different opinions. It's because to me it feels like one of the greatest things life can offer. Just like most people would consider intimacy with a partner, having children, finding a satisfying career/hobby as great things life offers to us humans, I tend to think having a bond with an animal (cat or dog I suppose, but they're very different kind of bonds) is another thing life has to offer to us. Of course, I don't mean to imply a human is less valid without the love of an animal (or less valid without the love of a partner, child, job etc) but I still do think that some people are missing out on this. This is part that makes me sad. If you truly gave cats a shot and you dislike them, I don't give a shit how you feel about them.

It's cool if you don't like cats but I think the op was pointing out that some people think cats are just vengeful little maniacs. Which some of them are but they have a very wide range of personalities and classifying them all as such is a bit unfair.

Also, cats express themselves just as much as dogs if not more. They just do it much differently. I can tell what my cat wants just by the way she meows.

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