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Hail-NekoYasha — Please Explain This Anomaly
Published: 2007-05-28 06:53:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 158131; 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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You know? You raise a really good point! WTF IS going on with these "dual caste" situations?
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One day they will prove their superiority by rising up and killing everyone. What they do now is just a cover-up. >.>
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The more you think about things like that the less happy you are... I'm so jealous of stupid people sometimes. >_>; I guess as long as it's not in a cage (except for it's own protection, you never know when that cat might be wandering around your house on auction day) and it's happy then who's to complain?
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Well said.
I have wondered that about Goofy and Pluto and the Animal Crossing thing, myself.
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ive wondered about that for a long time but then i saw this ep of diseny cartoon called darkwing duck and the main character whent back in time and the dinosers could talk and crud..and they said at some point Good thing we killed off all those little monkey things b4 they spread and covered the plaent 8D! ..so im guessing in the cartoon world of weirdness mice and dogs and crap became the domant life forms...while there are still some kinds of dog and stuff that they keep as pets....!?!?!?
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Thats very confusing too. I always wondered why was there Arther and Pal.When their both animals and how does it makes sense...Animals owning animals that are their OWN..Weird...
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xDDD thats so true ive always wondered about that
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It's evolution, baby.
Goofy's race evolved from a race like Pluto's and joined the duck/mouse society.
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That had always bugged me about Mickey, Goofy and Pluto. How can a mouse own a dog and had a 'normal' dog friend simultaneously had me scratching my head.
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It is the result of spending too much time on Second life. You start hallucinating fuzzies in everyday experiences. The it is similar to the effect reached when one watches too much pornography.
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i would also like to point out Rocko's modern life..
we've got a big ol steer walkin and talkin...yet he eats burgers...WTF
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OMFG I say this all the time to people but they never listen to me!!!
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Haha, yeah! Great point. I wondered thatwhen I was a kid too....
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*gasp!!*
I would go into a rant about humanism, but then you'd kill me.
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i just realized... i never really thought of that, after watching all of these cartoons involving anthros and also playing Animal Crossing...
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wouldn't it make more sense for goofy to own a little human? like a midget or something?
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lol it just makes this most hilarious image in my head...goofy leading a little short guy on a leash, maybe with a muzzle. btw where does that batman quote come from??
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...somehow that is just plain wrong and yet it just kicks so much ass at the same time...hahaha.
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It was while watching Rocko's Modern Life that I first noticed this this mind-boggling issue.
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SORT OF LIKE A SHOW ~Infusions AND I ARE MAKING CALLED ZIAK. :D
This whole concept reminds me of Meowth from Pokemon. Meowth is more humanlike than a normal Meowth in that he walks on two legs and talks in words, but they're both the same general species....
ALTHOUGH
I see what you mean about being four feet tall and wearing clothes and whatnot. I'll bring a Cats and Dogs theory onto the table as well: maybe all animals think on this level and just play dumb, and the anthropomorphic-looking ones just happen to fit a more human-like physical appearance.... I dunno. But when all else fails....
BLAME THE WRITERS. :'C
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DOODE. this is what goes on in my head ALL THE TIME. crazy o_o *favorites*
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You make a very good point, it's actually a very clever conspiracy devised by Walt Dis...!
Oh crap, almost let it slip...
Uh, actually, there is no reason, and I'm not hiding some secret I came across, and now the police now and they threatened to kill me if i told anybody else because they are in on it too...
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Oh my gosh yes O_o I used to think about that as a kid too! I started to see it so much that I stopped thinking about it. I haven't seen disney shows in like forever, but I totally see what you mean. None of it makes any sense ><
I guess it has something to do with bringing reality into a cartoon universe, but who knows D: Ah well, its funny anyway
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I love the expressions. And I never felt comfortable about that bird next door...
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O.o OMG FUNNY! I totally know where you're comming form on that.. I'd wondered what Goofy was for ages when I was a child cus I knew pluto was a dog >.<
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It's like a human keeping a monkey as a pet, so it's all good in da hood
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Hypocrisy is a crazy thing.
What's really fun is when you find an animal that has that caged canary in their house, as well as a gerbil (Which never stops running), and a gold fish, and the animal keeps asking for fish and bugs.
I guess some animals like to flaunt their superiority over others by keeping pets.
You forgot Minnie's stupid cat, who I can't remember the name to, and Pete. :3
Disney, you so crazy.
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o.o This is pretty common in comics...
Had a comic tutorial book thing that explained about that, but now I forget what it said.
x_x;;
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I wonder about that too. It's very strange...
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lol thats funny... i especially like ur description.
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I always wanted to know why Goofy got pants and Pluto didn't...
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O.o that's a very good point. I never even realized.
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I think the whole thing is quite humorous and should be poked fun at more often then it is...
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I have those about those shows a time or two XD
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I thought that if there were always two different types of dog...biped and quad, that thir culture would recognise that difference and see the two as seperate beings. If there were hairless monkeys, we wouldn't exactly see them as being animalistic humans...we'd see them as other creatures.
That was always my take on it anyways...
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That's great XD I love their expressions, especially the little puppy! I always did wonder why Pluto was different than Goofy...
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...I think it may be too in depth to and more philosophy...that's one of the things that is sooo great about cartoons...THEY are CARTOONS 
sure you can ponder, but when you realize it's just a cartoon, you'll feel stupid later...
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I've always wondered that about Pluto and Goofy, and on the Arthur show.. weird.
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LOL I know how you feel.
Or how about, Tigger, who's a tiger, and the entire Winnie The Pooh cast is afraid of "jagulars" *jaguars*? I know, random, but it does have stuff to do w/it...I think....XD
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This bothers me very much as well...
I mean, my thoughts on the matter eventually started to question how bestiality would work there...
But then I stopped thinking about it.
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Sometimes, your descriptions are almost as good as the comic/picture, so props!
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I always thought about the goofy pluto thing too... hmm
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