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Hail-NekoYasha — Please Explain This Anomaly
Published: 2007-05-28 06:53:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 158116; Favourites: 3234; Downloads: 970
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Is...is this a job for human rights activists or for PETA?Okay, this is something that has bothered me for years, and in all sorts of medium.
So I'm furnishing my little Animal Crossing cottage, right? But I don't know if I'm comfortable with keeping a caged canary (which is a furniture item) in the window when my next-door neighbor is a talking, four-foot-tall robin.
It's the same thing in what was one of my favorite childrens's show, Arthur , too. He's got a little pet dog, but one of his best friends is also a dog. And it happens again with Goofy and Pluto of the Disney universe; both are dogs, but they live in different castes of domestic hierarchy. What is this?
And when you encounter this sort of thing at such a young age, it's...I don't know, it's just crippling.
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yeah.. that is fu**ing creepy
oh and then.. hello kitty
she has a kitty named charmy kitty
it's like.. duuhh.... <.<
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I've always wondered that to. I guess the only explanation is that the writers or whoever were on crack :/
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BLOODY HELL! i'm 16 and i've never noticed that at all until i've seen this
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I always assumed the writers were crazy. I'm constantly asking how a cartoon dog can own a cartoon dog...
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Figaro the Cat and Minnie Mouse.. wrap your mind around that!
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OMG, I know what you mean with the AC thing, but I did it just to see if my neighbor WOULD get mad! 
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It's true that this kind of animal universe is sometimes disturbing...when I watched Arthur or other shows like this, I just said myself that pets were unevolved comparde to the other people.
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in the world of pkmn would you eat tauros steak? and drink miltank milk? maybe some rare palkia fin stew?
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Now that I think about it... that IS interesting. I SUPPOSE if you made a time machine, told your neighbors about it, went back and got the pet from a time before they would could walk on two legs and they were ok with it... and, of course, that you didn't screw up the future of all talking animals because you took an ancestor of theirs... I geuss that would work.
Problem solved through the power of time travel!
...Unless I'm mistaken...
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Haha, the world needs more people with a sense of humor like yours.
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it's simple. it's about creating a normal world in abnormal environment. part of a normal world is pets(normal pets, like dogs and birds...). the problem only occurs when the abnormal(cartoon) world is inhabited by anthropomorphic characters. then you have the issue you've brought up. i wouldn't bother about it. just do whatever you want. not like your pixelated neighbor has feelings.
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Yeah, that's always bothered me. Especially the Goofy/Pluto one...maybe if Pluto had gloves...
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Nice pic
Goldie
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omg, that sounds like me and my thoughts of time travel... it was the question of, if you went back, then that time came forward from the time you went from, would you still be going back in time? like, is there more than one past? i was kinda screwed up as a kid...
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YES! This has always bothered me! LOL
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Wow, that's really freaking interesting. I never thought of that!
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Wow. A whole page was taken up of talking about the singing moose from Arthur. xDD
FUNNEH.
Yea, I always wondered...:/
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That comes up alot in the world of Anthrophiles. There are other similar questions, like, if the Rescue Rangers wear clothes (as do many others), how come nobody notices? Chip and Dale also interact with both humans and Anthros (Donald Duck especially, as well as (more canonically) Darkwing Duck). So where is Duckburg on the Eartharian map, hmm?
Do anthros have human pets? Do they make them wear (shudder) sweaters? If an anthro beats a human pet, do you contact the humane society or PETA? Or do you just draw pictures of it and sell them at shifty auction sites.
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There this one character called Jay(who is, of course, a blue jay) and he has caged canary in his house.
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Easy. Arthur and his friends are mutants.
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wow, never thought about it that way..... you should let your bird free
( or at least let your neighbor have it. )
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dude! we have that game and my brother was playing, and we went into Robin's house (guess what animal she is) and she HAS little caged birds all around her house! we were like bwah?!
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THANK YOU!!! I've been waiting for SOMEONE ELSE to notice this!
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hahahahaha i love it! when i was a child i always wondered about that discrimination i tell ya!!great job though i love your work
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yer this is true. However, I suppose some people just view it as ok as they aren't human. If you tried to do a human as the pet, people would go mental trying to prevent it.
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easy ... its all about who can find fitted clothing 
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I always thought that was weird... Good to know I'm not the only one who looks at 'em that way.
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Dude, I know exactly what your talking about. I don't see the world the same way since I seen so many cartoons with animal hierarchy.
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-Has that item in my house and totally forgot about the bird next door- ... D: My lord, you're right.
xDDDD
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I remembered thinkin' about that before. I've decided the ones on the leashes are the dim masochists and the ones holding the leashes are the slightly less dim sadists...
It's sad the things you uncover in children's shows
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in Gregory McGuires book, 'Wicked', there are 'animals' and 'Animals' (note the capital letter). animals are the tiny ones we keep as pets, and Animals are the ones that can walk and talk like us. apparently they're pronounced differently, but who knows?
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Aah, it's all coming back to me now... all the confusion and the nonstop: 'mommy, why does mickey mouse have a dog?' questions-- suddenly I feel all nostalgic.
Aheheh... I am totally faving this piece; it poked one of the mysteries of life XDD
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Haha ^-^. Very good point. O.o a little disturbing when you really think about it.
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That is strange how Anthro characters can have pets! It honestly doesn't make sense though.
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Ohh Ohh!! My freind just said this like a few days ago too XD About the whole Animal Crossing game and how theres some kind of pet in her house, but the same animal is walking around and waiting to talk to you outside at it's house. Haha, nice one once again
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It's animal rascism. The ones rejected by society are forced into being a pet (aka an animal slave). Agree with me or not I still wouldn't call peta they're scary.
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OMGosh, this is hilarious! I've fallen in love with your humor and parody skills. Lotsa 
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nice pic
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I like how you question the logic of video games. It's your motto or something! I heard someone say that Pluto was sold into slavery by Goofy so he could talk and walk. I also wonder what would happen if the cow character or pig character caught you eating a burger or bacon. "MOM!" Or something horrible like that. That would ruin your little friendship I imagine.
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haha, you're so right. I've never made all of these connections with Arthur and whatnot, except for the Pluto and Goofy one. I realized that at one point and was so confused. Mickey's pet and best friend were both dogs, how could he stand treating them in such different ways? lol.
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