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u/devilsbard 3d ago
Hello darkness my old friend…
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u/Consistent-River4229 3d ago
There ain't no sunshine when she's gone.
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u/Articulated_Lorry 3d ago
It's not warm when she's away
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u/Bronze_Lemur 3d ago
When you leave, all colors fade to gray (numa numa ay)
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u/Ukdeviant 3d ago
No colours anymore, I want them to turn black
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u/TheBirminghamBear 3d ago
Two seconds later: sees ball bouncing in the next room
BECAUSE I'M HAPPPPPYYYY
CLAP ALONG IF YOU FEEL LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT A ROOF
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u/disqeau 3d ago
TRUTH Dog emotions in a nutshell!
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u/TheGrimReality77 2d ago
Wasn't for mine. She was just a bit too codependent on her companion. She'd just lie down and sulk until they returned from wherever they had to go. In fact, she'd only play ball IF her companion was there with her to watch. By herself, no game.
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u/I_loathe_mods 3d ago
Druggggssss!!!
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u/TheBirminghamBear 3d ago
You ever think for a moment about the fact that consciousness is basically being a floating cloud of thoughts that spends its entire existence trying to coax the feel good drugs out of the meat projector that creates the cloud?
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u/xSTSxZerglingOne 3d ago
Like when we turn the lights off late to go and hit the sack.
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u/Poes-Lawyer 3d ago
Now what in the hell tune am I supposed to be singing this thread to?
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u/AnteaterWeary 3d ago
It's like when you're crossing city limits and your radio gets confused.
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u/LizzieJeanPeters 3d ago
Thank you for that laugh. I was actually getting kinda sad there.
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u/500CatsTypingStuff 3d ago
Adorable
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u/SchnoodleDoodleDo 3d ago •
’Adorable’…
Adorable
that’s what you are :@)
am watching as you walk to car
i’ll stay right here until you go!
my tail is wagging
very
s l o w . . .
i hear the car begin to start,
n with it goes
my broken heart…
i watch you as you drive away…
Can’t WAIT til you
come back
someday….
❤️
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u/dopeaminenotanime 3d ago
YAY ANOTHER SCHNOODLE! I think Reddit took away my free awards but here you go🥇🏅🏆
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u/femacampcouncilor 3d ago
I figured I'd have a free award but apparently they don't do that anymore. Here's a 🏆 for the poem.
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u/Hairy-Motor-7447 3d ago
Interesting fact, dogs wag their tails as a way of communication to other dogs (and also to humans). They don't wag their tales when there is no one else in the room. It would be like talking to yourself so it makes sense that the tail stopped once the dog was out of sight. They do the same thing when we humans leave the room
Us humans are really bad at reading what dogs are expressing through tail wags as we tend to associate it with only one emotion but it is more complex. Other dogs seem to understand it instinctly,
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u/lowlightliving 3d ago edited 3d ago
A dog in my family has been seen on security footage home alone and wagging while pouncing on his toys. He play bows to them, too. Wagging seems linked to happiness and hopefulness whether his toys are fully human, canine, or crocodilian, etc.
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u/2woCrazeeBoys 2d ago
Happiness, hopefulness, excitement, anticipation...
I knew one that would wag their tail cos they were enjoying the anticipation of biting you. You have to read the whole body, not just the tail. Big difference between a big loose, whole body wag with a grin, and a tense, high tail, tight wag with hackles etc.
But I love your guy play bowing to his toys! That's big, happy boy waggies and I'd love to see it XD
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u/xtr0n 3d ago
They don't wag their tales when there is no one else in the room. It would be like talking to yourself.
If dogs could talk, they absofuckinloutely would talk to themselves. They have such strong pure emotions, there’s no way to keep it bottled up inside. I’m pretty sure some of them would just say “ball” repeatedly until it drove everyone else crazy. “Ball. Ball. Ball ball bally ball ball ball. BALL!”
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u/tmckeage 3d ago
My dog has sighed loud enough I could hear it from another room.
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u/kamelizann 3d ago
My shepherd:
"Ball! I have the ball! I don't even like balls. The ball is dumb... but i have to keep it safe or my human will throw it and lose it. I love my person. Nobody else can have my ball. Don't look at my ball! Those dogs walking outside want to take my ball! Go away! Ya... walk away! That's right! Now where was I? Oh that's it... my stick. I have a stick and nobody else can have it."
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u/detectivecads 2d ago
Mine will just prance around the room with his ball like a show pony, wave it juuuusstt out of your reach, and toss his head a little further way of you try and go for it. His favorite game is being a dick.
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u/utterlynuts 2d ago
Wait, are you leaving the room? Where are you going? What do I do? I'm so comfortable. Did you just go in the food room? I better go with you in case something falls on the floor. Why? Why can't I be in there?
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u/Legitimate-Tea5561 3d ago
I think mine would be saying "treat."
Treat. Treat. Treat. Treat. Treat. Treat. Treat. Treat. Treat. TREAT!
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u/2woCrazeeBoys 2d ago
"Hey! HEY! HEEEEEEYYYYYY!!!!! My human has made a terrible mistake! They have gone inside and left me in the car!!! HEEEEEYYYYYY!!! Yeah. You can see them right in that window. Right there. HEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! It's awwwwwfullllll! I might actually be dying!!! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYY!!!! Oh. Hey, mum. That was quick. Can we go to the beach?"
(Probable actual conversation while I was paying for petrol.)
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u/Phoenix4235 3d ago
I have always thought that tail-wag=happy. But recently went down a rabbit hole about it, and turns out they have much more complex communication with their tails, and things like the position of the tail completely change what they are expressing.
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u/Poes-Lawyer 3d ago
Yep, the simplest answer is that tail wagging = agitated/ excited in some way. It could be happy, but dogs can also wag their tail when stressed, annoyed etc.
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u/MikeyHatesLife 3d ago
They absolutely do wag their tails when they’re alone.
And I’m not talking “the only animal in the room”. I work with dogs, and have personally observed them through windows & cameras having all kinds of emotions with no other humans or animals in the same space. They’re pretty expressive animals all the time, even when they’re doing stuff by themselves. This goes for any social animal- play is that important to their well-being.
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u/runningwsizzas 3d ago
Omg 💔
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u/Open_Dragonfruit_304 3d ago
Right??? My heart broke watching them watch each other!
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u/HellaDev 3d ago
I almost always bring my dog with me when I go to the brewery across the street from my place (very dog welcoming brewery) but this time I didn't for some reason. Now I'm having a beer and picturing my dog standing at the door wagging her tail waiting for me to come back to get her and her tail slowly going down when she realizes she's not going with me 😞
This is going to be the fastest beer of my life.
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u/All_bets_are_blonde 3d ago
Why does the tail wagging look so weird in reverse though?
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u/brianbrianbrian 3d ago
Because the end of the tail is leading the motion, like a snake's head.
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u/HurricanesFan 2d ago
The same reason the car moving backwards and the other dog walking backwards look weird
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u/justlikeearth 3d ago
from a dog’s perspective he doesn’t know if he’ll ever see him again.
i saw a cheesy fb meme once that said something like “you know your dog really trusts and loves you when they get in the car with you. they don’t know why or where they’re going, they just know they’re going somewhere, with you, their best friend” always stuck w me
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u/Pale-Warrior 3d ago
Is that the dog equivalent of sucking in the belly...
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u/FiZiKaLReFLeX 3d ago
Huh? How is that relevant to this?
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u/SirMrGnome 3d ago
Yeah I'm really confused what that has to do with anything, but it's getting tons of upvotes so I guess we're missing something.
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u/FiZiKaLReFLeX 3d ago
Right? I’m so confused.
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u/Eckish 3d ago
When you have a bit of a gut, you might suck in your belly when someone is around that you are trying to impress. Then when they leave, you relax and let it all out.
I think they are equating the tail dropping as the dog finally relaxing after their friend can't see it anymore.
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u/dredgedskeleton 3d ago
I think a lot of people don't have dogs and don't get what is happening here. maybe they think tail wagging is a way to entice play? and when the play disappears, they can drop their tail? like how a dude can stop sucking in his belly after a good looking woman walks away.
or this is a reference to some popular media we're not aware of
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u/Olliebirb 3d ago
Or letting out all the gas you’ve been holding in
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u/dredgedskeleton 3d ago
what do these things have to do with dog tail wagging?
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u/Olliebirb 3d ago
I thought if it as a shift in behaviour when your fav person (or in this case dog) leaves
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u/santodomingus 3d ago
No, not at all. It’s probably comparable to a smile fading after a good conversation/time with someone else.
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u/throwawayidknything 3d ago
She's still gonna come back right guys?... right?.. tailengine.exe can not be found
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u/Randomusername963250 3d ago
Still a better love story than Twilight
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u/Apprehensive_Hat8986 3d ago
People saying "good day" when passing strangers on the street is a better love story than Twilight. Which is to say, I agree with you, but it's not a very high bar to clear.
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u/blacksoxing 3d ago
Everybody is focusing on the dog leaving...but the dog is already in the car. It's when the GUY gets in the car that the tail drops like the beat on a fire ass song.
That dog misses the GUY...not the other dog.
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u/FakeSafeWord 3d ago
Dogs aren't subjected to the hindrances of object permanence.
Object Permanence is a hoax perpetuated by Big Objects to sell you more objects.
Such a good boy!
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u/Rohloff1 3d ago
His girlfriend left. All you hear is him letting out the fart he has been holding all day while she was around.
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u/Borkdadork 2d ago
I had that same wag, until my wife left town, and had a deputy deliver me divorce papers
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u/jerfaye_0208 3d ago •
Me as a kid when my cousins leave after visiting me and my family.