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Post by horseguy on May 4, 2017 17:18:57 GMT
The latest anthropomorphization of animals trend is buying your animal a wall phone that dispenses treats. No kidding.
You can phone your animal, see each other, "talk" and give a treat.
I have posted many times on how the human animal relationship has evolved to be a very confusing circumstance for animals. These kinds of narcissistic means to impose humanness on animals are destructive. They redefine every aspect of the authentic nature of an animal into a single self centered "caring" experience for the human for just under $400.
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Post by rideanotherday on May 5, 2017 10:57:08 GMT
I fully admit my dogs are spoiled. I would love to see what they do during the day while I'm gone (webcam). They probably sleep. The younger dog is crated during the day. He's still learning what is appropriate behavior inside and how to be civilized.
I think that giving them treats and talking to them would be too exciting. Dogs will sleep about 17 hrs per day if you let them and if you are interrupting them for talk and treats that disrupts their normal.
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Post by horseguy on May 5, 2017 14:05:56 GMT
I have a vision of putting one of these "phones" outside in a paddock with several horses. and a bucket under it to catch the dropping treat. When the "phone" rang they'd all come to the camera and the owner could drop a treat in the bucket and watch the skirmish. Sick fun with horses. This is one of many bizarre applications I can imagine for this device.
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Post by rideanotherday on May 5, 2017 17:59:44 GMT
The more I think about it, I don't think this is really anthropomorphization of animals. I think that we humans have gotten so habituated to constant access and contact that we even have to have that same level of access and contact with our pets.
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Post by horseguy on May 5, 2017 18:43:49 GMT
The more I think about it, I don't think this is really anthropomorphization of animals. I think that we humans have gotten so habituated to constant access and contact that we even have to have that same level of access and contact with our pets. Don't you think that this expectation by its nature is an anthropomorphization of the animal that the human is purchasing the phone for? An animal would never buy a phone for themselves because they are not anthropomorphic.   ? |
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Post by rideanotherday on May 8, 2017 10:38:06 GMT
The more I think about it, I don't think this is really anthropomorphization of animals. I think that we humans have gotten so habituated to constant access and contact that we even have to have that same level of access and contact with our pets. Don't you think that this expectation by its nature is an anthropomorphization of the animal that the human is purchasing the phone for? An animal would never buy a phone for themselves because they are not anthropomorphic. ? This is the struggle I have. I do not see my pets as "human" at all. Despite that, I have them in "unnatural" settings. Does that mean I have anthropomorphized them? I don't think so. Putting up a webcam so that I can talk at them and artificially give them treats doesn't mean that I think they are suddenly not dogs and now are more human. Maybe other people are feeling that by doing this their dogs are more "furbabies" (that's a term I loathe). It's an expensive way of trying to make up time and companionship that a person feels they aren't giving to their dog because of work etc. |
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