३ मार्च, २०१९

"It’s easy to laugh at a grown man in a rubber dog suit chewing on a squeaky toy. Maybe too easy, in fact, because to laugh is to..."

"... dismiss it, denigrate it – ignore the fact that many of us have found comfort and joy in pretending to be animals at some point in our lives.... For David, a writer who works in academia, puppy play is an escape from the analytical world. 'It’s so totally non-verbal,' he tells me. 'It’s pre-rational, pre-conscious. It’s an instinctive, emotional space. But within every puppy is a person. This is part of my identity, but it’s only part. I’m also a vegetarian, play the piano; I have a parrot. I was planting tomatoes on my allotment this morning. I can go months without going into pup space.'"

That's from a 2016 article in The Guardian, "The men who live as dogs: 'We're just the same as any person on the high street,'" which I googled my way into after reading "Top 60 Best Dog Room Ideas – Canine Space Designs," which included this interesting built-in:

४४ टिप्पण्या:

alanc709 म्हणाले...

Hmm.... Harry Potter as a puppy in the doghouse under the stairs.

Laslo Spatula म्हणाले...

My first thought went back to Althouse's recent post that had the article about the gay pup mentors.

Not sure they would fit in there.

I am Laslo.

Lucid-Ideas म्हणाले...

I thought this was a place I could escape weird crap like this doggone it.

This blog is going to hell in a handbasket!

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent म्हणाले...

No, not “too easy”. Essential. Live and let live, but there’s not a reason on Earth to celebrate this corrosive shit. And some very good reasons to laugh at, indeed to shame, it.

Pianoman म्हणाले...

Life imitates Monty Python: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mouse_Problem

Next time you're accosted by someone who insists that you observe their "trans pronouns", ask them if they do the same for furries.

"Of course not! THOSE people are sick!"

Good Times (TM).

Ken B म्हणाले...

Easy. Appropriate, correct, justified, sensible, and easy.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

many of us have found comfort and joy in pretending to be animals at some point in our lives

Yup. I used to find lots of comfort and joy pretending to be T. Rex.

tcrosse म्हणाले...

You can watch My Life as a Dog (1985) on Amazon Video.

Lewis Wetzel म्हणाले...


Are we sure that this is a real story and not made up "fake news"?

iowan2 म्हणाले...

Defining deviancy down.

There was a time society would help people with mental illness.

Bob Boyd म्हणाले...

Real men wear Zebra Suits

elkh1 म्हणाले...

The man has gone bonkers.

iowan2: now we live in their asylum.

gspencer म्हणाले...

Angle of the roof should run parallel to the angle of the staircase; more eye-pleasing.

Bob Boyd म्हणाले...

We're just the same as any person taking a dump on the sidewalk and knocking over your trash cans.

Gahrie म्हणाले...

Are we sure that this is a real story and not made up "fake news"?

There's worse. Take a glance at bronies and furries.

Fernandinande म्हणाले...

I’m also a vegetarian,

What a nutter.

gspencer म्हणाले...

"We're just the same as any person taking a dump on the sidewalk and knocking over your trash cans."

Pull-quote from any San Fran resident.

Fernandinande म्हणाले...

You can watch My Life as a Dog (1985) on Amazon Video.

Unlike Laika, the kid wasn't actually a dog, he was just Norwegian or whatever.

stevew म्हणाले...

When I say "dog people" I am using a short hand phrase to refer to those people that have dogs as pets and treat them like humans, or children. I'm going to have to find a new phrase.

To each his own. No different than men who dress as women or Cosplay folks I guess. My only objection is to the idea that I have to notice and affirm their choice of, of, whatever it's called.

And I can't help that seeing them makes me laugh.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
traditionalguy म्हणाले...

Insanity is being normalized. The remaining White Males are being tempted to be Trans-formed into small beaten pets. An Enemy has done this. You won't find a woman or a non-white man or woman lured into this self destructive mental illness.

Jeff म्हणाले...

Sometimes it's great to just let go and be silly. I often did that with my children and now with my grandchildren. Pillow fights, tickles, even occasional food fights and whipped cream pies in the face. The kids love it and so do I.

I bet these guys pretending to be dogs are childless.

campy म्हणाले...

"Angle of the roof should run parallel to the angle of the staircase; more eye-pleasing."

Came here to say this.

Bill Peschel म्हणाले...

The photo at the top of Guardian article was one of the most quietly unsettling pictures I've ever seen.

His ex-fiance looks like she's a hostage.

"It’s easy to laugh at a grown man in a rubber dog suit chewing on a squeaky toy."

Not when he's dressed in a form-fitting, custom-made dog suit.

George Grady म्हणाले...

That built-in must be really fun to clean and deodorize.

FullMoon म्हणाले...

After reading the article, I cannot resist..

Redd Foxx(I think)

Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard

To get her poor doggie a bone

But when she bent over,
Rover took over

For,he had a bone of his own

Meade म्हणाले...

“Angle of the roof should run parallel to the angle of the staircase; more eye-pleasing.”

At first I agreed but on further consideration, disagree.

Quaestor म्हणाले...

It’s pre-rational, pre-conscious...

It is sooooo easy to roll the Guardian (or hundreds of other uberlinker outlets) by using highfalutin words.

Saint Croix म्हणाले...

We have a place in my city (Charlotte) called Lucky Dog. It's a sports bar/dog park. I go there, drink beer, flirt with girls. But mostly I go there for the dogs. 20 dogs, 40 dogs, sometimes 100 dogs. And dogs love me. I sit down on one of the dog runways and the dogs want to lick me all over. That's my therapy. Hang out with dogs.

Wince म्हणाले...

I remember as a small child in the 1960s flopping around on the living room rug trying to make a noise like Flipper.

Okay, it was last week, but the point still holds.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM म्हणाले...

hmmm. makes you wonder if playing "Seize My Pug" is a thing

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM म्हणाले...

oh, and "Human turds"

Quaestor म्हणाले...

Prostitution has a wealth of euphemisms. One of them is French (or rather was, now its the default GF experience). In 1917 the doughboys were oo-la-la-ing over the prospect of spending a year or two in the land of the blowjob, something their own wives and sweethearts wouldn't give them without signing their liquor-loving souls over to the axe-wielding devil. But, I digress... Another is English for all too obvious reasons.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM म्हणाले...

oh, and naming the dog "Homo"

FullMoon म्हणाले...

Bill Peschel said...

The photo at the top of Guardian article was one of the most quietly unsettling pictures I've ever seen.


Agree. Should have cropped ears. Floppy looks un-serious.

Quaestor म्हणाले...

I remember as a small child in the 1960s flopping around on the living room rug trying to make a noise like Flipper.

Eat a few raw capelin. That will create a Flipper-like noise, I'll wager.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM म्हणाले...


At first I agreed but on further consideration, disagree"

I was for the angle before I was against it

toxdoc म्हणाले...

Our recently deceased dog, Buddy had a safe place way under the stairs. It's where he went during storms and fireworks. He would craw way back behind the window seat bench. I should have glitzed it up.

Earnest Prole म्हणाले...

Under my thumb
Is a squirmin' dog
Who's just had her day
Under my thumb
A girl who has
Just changed her ways
It's down to me
The way she does
Just what she's told
Down to me
The change has come
She's under my thumb

Chas S. Clifton म्हणाले...

A "writer who works in academia." So not teaching. I had a job once as a public relations writer at a well-known liberal arts college. Maybe it's something like that.

Char Char Binks, Esq. म्हणाले...

Big Mike, don't lose your dinosaur.

Hey Skipper म्हणाले...

"The men who live as dogs: 'We're just the same as any person on the high street,'..."

Ummm. Sorry, no. You are not.

Biotrekker म्हणाले...

Is there ANYTHING left that is so loopy, moronic, idiotic or gross that we CAN dismiss and denigrate it?

RobinGoodfellow म्हणाले...

It's easy to grin
When your ship comes in
And you've got the stock market beat.

But the man worthwhile,
Is the man who can smile,
When his shorts are too tight in the seat.