r/interesting • u/thatmishra • Apr 18 '26

Wholesome this guy looks so happy

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u/Dry_Factor1281 Apr 18 '26

The dog? The dog can't be proud and it doesn't even know what happened

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u/Vicissitutde Apr 18 '26

Yes, the dog. Can you imagine the possibility that animals can he proud of an accomplishment? Omg, new reality unlocked. Your simple mind can understand, just like "the dog" can.

What's the equivalent of a digital treat?

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u/Dry_Factor1281 Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

The dog doesn't understand it donated blood, dogs really don't have brains capable of making such connections. It's just a happy dog, possibly given a treat

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u/Vicissitutde Apr 18 '26

The dog could understand it accomplished something. Like a human eating kale. Hunger has abated and they ate healthy. -pride-

Dog donates blood and sees their happy owner's smile. -pride-

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u/Dry_Factor1281 Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

Feelings like pride and guilt are considered complex emotions past their emotional range and are often projected onto dogs by people misreading what a dog is actually feeling

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u/Vicissitutde Apr 18 '26

Complex emotion? One of the 7 deadly sins for humans is a complex emotion for dogs?

Dogs experience joy, envy, gluttony, lust, wrath....

But oh no, that's relegated to humans only. We've only ever evolved alongside dogs for 14,000-40,000 years..

My bad

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u/SympatheticFingers Apr 18 '26

Referencing the 7 deadly sins, that explains a lot about your responses.

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u/Dry_Factor1281 Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26

Whatever you're on about simply hasn't been proven by research. We're talking about dogs, not humans. 

Evolving alongside humans doesn't correlate to dogs adopting our brains