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What does being an "animal lover" actually mean?

posted 2 years ago by aliensalmon (5190)
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I apologize for the stupid question, but I guess I'm really naive and maybe getting the wrong idea when people say that they are.

For example, do I qualify or not?

-I'm not a pet person overall (although I have kept turtles and fish as pets before)
-I do not donate to animal charities.
-I have several animal phobias (for example: barking dogs).
-I don't really enjoy directly interacting with animals.
-I eat meat and other products of animal origin.

-However, I do sometimes feed birds and other wildlife that live in the city leftover bread.
-I occasionally like to study animals and their characteristics such as their behavior.
-Overall, I occasionally like to observe animals from afar.
-I like animated animals and similar creatures such as the ones in video games and cartoons.

I'm just wondering what you guys think about this.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20588) 2 years ago

If all you’ve had as pets were turtles and fish, then I’m thinking your not a traditional animal lover as most think of them.

[–] aliensalmon (5190) 2 years ago

Perhaps you're right.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 2 years ago

Animal lover is a person that love animals. Now, it's a subjective matter, but most importantly...

What is love?

[–] MonStar (11789) 2 years ago

What is love?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEXWRTEbj1I

Many animal lovers hate children. They use animals as a substitute for children.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 2 years ago

But children are animals.

[–] NitroHangover (1115) 2 years ago

-I'm not a pet person overall

-I don't really enjoy directly interacting with animals.

Naahhh, I would not consider you an animal lover.

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (10692) 2 years ago

I interpret "animal lover" as one who performs bestiality.

[–] Kowalski (60803) 2 years ago

YEAH...WE ALREADY KNEW THAT ABOUT YOU.🙄

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (10692) 2 years ago

What, that I never let my dog sleep in my bed? Lol. I like animals fine but I think that's filthy.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 2 years ago

You can't spell bestiality without best.

[–] Mustang (5257) 2 years ago

A love of eating animals is not bad.

[–] robocat893 (13806) 2 years ago

If God didn't want us to eat animals He wouldn't have made them so delicious.

[–] moviechatterer (13584) 2 years ago

I only name my chickens after I kill them :
"Lunch" and "Dinner"

(joke from a film i watched last night,
probly the high point of it.)

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

You're already interact with animals, they exist as bacteria like organisms, so there's no escaping them. Man evolved from Ape.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 2 years ago

Man did not evolve from Ape. Humans are apes.

[–] CraigC (7017) 2 years ago

Who knows. I love animals. I was always fascinated by them as a child and that has never gone away. I also love to hunt them, shoot them, eat them. I also use their skins and other body parts for leatherwork. Antlers, leg bones and jawbones make great knife handles. Is that weird?

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (10692) 2 years ago

Too many on this thread misuse the term "love", hence my bestiality joke.

One can love their car as well. But love of a car and love of a pet are not really "love" and it's narcissistic to call it that.

[–] CraigC (7017) 2 years ago

Lighten up, Francis.

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (10692) 2 years ago

I'm already light in my loafers, thank you very much.