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Straight man (cis) here. I prefer cats because having a dog is like having a stupid, stubborn kid that shits everywhere and screams constantly. Doesn't even come with the benefit of being able to witness their beautiful, growing mind. They're just dumb and annoying forever.
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So you prefer cats because you're wrong on your assessment of dogs...?
I've never had a dog that shit everywhere or barked constantly. I have a 3-month-old puppy now and while we're still working on it, he only poops inside once in awhile. Cats are WAY more stubborn than dogs which usually aim to please. And they're definitely not less intelligent than cats...but like all animals, it varies. Some of my favorite cats are complete idiots.
The biggest difference between the two is how much more work dogs require. No judgement if you don't want to commit to that but you're just wrong about most of what you said, of course you're gonna get downvoted lol
I have a 4-year-old Corgi that my girlfriend brought into our house so I think I have some means to judge here.
Dogs shit everywhere... outside. Not everyone cleans it all the way up, nor get it all out of the patches of grass where I happen to step. I have a dedicated shit brush specifically for this issue. They're just nasty as fuck for that honestly, the dogs and the owners. They don't shit in the house if you're a competent owner.
They bark at noise disturbances which scares the shit out of me every time. Some people also just leave their mutts outside to harass neighbors walking by as they bark at about 500 decibels. Again, owner and animal issue both.
Cats are way more stubborn but you don't rely on them to follow commands. Dogs will violently try to pull you over if they want to go do something while on a walk, and training that out of them is unbelievably difficult and won't always stick. They are also implicitly aggressive animals, and need that to be trained out of them as well. Basically, we as humans are trying to cover up the violent nature of a stupid animal by telling it "good boy" when it doesn't maul Timmy's face off. Again, that doesn't always stick either.
Dogs require WAY more work and are not rewarding at all to me. I hate the things that fundamentally make them dogs.
You're not wrong, and I prefer cats as well...but cats are violent, homicidal monsters and if they were big enough they would absolutely murder the fuck out of you (as soon as they were done toying with you).
Yes, luckily they are not big enough and their aggression is mostly just funny. I wouldn't want a cat around my kid unsupervised though. Same with dogs.