Cats

Cats are dangerous creatures yet the creative minds (or idiots people who like to showcase themselves on the internet) seem to have lots of those. I say cats are dangerous because...science, but it is in the very nature of 'the creative person' to show it to the big man and live life like she pleases. Whatever public health hazards it may create. Perhaps then, cats have played a significant role in our recent literary traditions, for what is a writer if not for her eccentricities and those habits ( seriously people, you don't need to wash your hands for ten minutes after you pee) that set them apart from the common man.

In that, perhaps cats have become a status symbol, not necessarily of cuteness, as one might quickly presume, but rather of the finesse of one's tastes, one's interests in the subtle arts that are (one assumes... or hopes) beyond the reach of science, and the cultivation of practices to lead a more ...bohemic, shall we say, lifestyle.

Dogs have been our friends for tens of thousands of years. They have proven their loyalty, safety, and their usefulness. However, a dog is too much of a cliche for the creative mind, an overused trope that no longer demands merits. Dogs are not known to cause subtle disease of the psyche, so perhaps they have never played a role in the creative development of the human society. Cats have been, if you discount Cleopatra and the buds, around for less than the twentieth of the time dogs have been us. But cats are fat. Cats are hip. Cats are social network, cats are synergy, cats are leverage, cats are anti-establishment, cats are sassy, cats are a sex symbol, cats are slutty and rightfully so you ignorant judgmental moron for you have no right to comment on other people's lifestyles, cat are power symbols, cats are...puffs of allergenic hair.