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Re: Cat People vs. Dog People

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Post by nol13 » Mon, Aug 08, 2016, 10:45 PM UTC

schwap wrote: post #8

overcast wrote: post #3

The book and movie comparisons throw me off. It looks like the majority of dog owners in this research are women, while the majority of cat owners are men. I'd have expected those to be reversed.

The TV tendencies are even more confusing, where "dog people" watch both super-masculine (entourage, duck dynasty) and feminine (The Voice) shows (and cat people are apparently the stereotypical geek).

Simple really, just not a masculine/feminine thing. Dog people shows are terrible while cat people shows are interesting. (ok except maybe entourage, guilty pleasure)

Re: Cat People vs. Dog People

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 08, 2016, 10:47 PM UTC

cryptica wrote: post #10

I used to love dogs when I was a kid, now I'm definitely a cat person. I find dogs superficial and too simple-minded. If you feed them often enough, they will like you (guaranteed) - I find this kind of relationship unsatisfying - You are the master and so the dog has no choice but to like you. Kind of like how people are inclined to laugh when their boss makes a not-so-funny joke - That's the kind of dynamic you get…

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Re: Cat People vs. Dog People

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Post by steve19 » Mon, Aug 08, 2016, 10:50 PM UTC

dominotw wrote: post #6

overcast wrote: post #3

The book and movie comparisons throw me off. It looks like the majority of dog owners in this research are women, while the majority of cat owners are men. I'd have expected those to be reversed.

>I'd have expected those to be reversed. Despite the 'crazy cat lady' stereotype. Cats are preferred pet for men in the past couple of years.

I don't think that is true universally (that men prefer cats). I think it's a cultural thing.

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/republicans-dog-people-dem...

Where I live, it's definitely not true... or men at least don't admit to preferring cats.

If you did an a survey of men in Dearborn, Michigan you would probably find the opposite, with significantly more men preferring cats (due to religious or cultural reasons)

Re: Cat People vs. Dog People

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Post by thatswrong0 » Mon, Aug 08, 2016, 10:52 PM UTC

cryptica wrote: post #10

I used to love dogs when I was a kid, now I'm definitely a cat person. I find dogs superficial and too simple-minded. If you feed them often enough, they will like you (guaranteed) - I find this kind of relationship unsatisfying - You are the master and so the dog has no choice but to like you. Kind of like how people are inclined to laugh when their boss makes a not-so-funny joke - That's the kind of dynamic you get…

From what I can tell, cats are just as simple-minded as dogs, but the main difference is that they are barely domesticated. So yeah, I'll take the creature that appears to love me over the creature that couldn't care less about me. I especially appreciate how present dogs are.. they don't seem to care about anything that's going on other than what's happening right now, and that's something I need more of in my life. And man, I love watching the videos of dogs being reunited with their owners after not seeing them for months.

Plus there are smart breeds of dogs if you're into that sort of thing.

Re: Cat People vs. Dog People

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Post by rconti » Mon, Aug 08, 2016, 10:53 PM UTC

steve19 wrote: post #13

dominotw wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I'd have expected those to be reversed. Despite the 'crazy cat lady' stereotype. Cats are preferred pet for men in the past couple of years.

I don't think that is true universally (that men prefer cats). I think it's a cultural thing. http://www.businessinsider.com.au/republicans-dog-people-dem... Where I live, it's definitely not true... or men at least don't admit to preferring cats. If you did an a survey of men in Dearborn, Michigan you would probably find the opposite, with significantly more men preferring cats (due to religious or cultural reasons)

Unless I missed it, they failed to say which genders and ages and so on are more likely to own cats vs dogs. They only covered single people in those breakdowns.

Re: Cat People vs. Dog People

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Post by honkhonkpants » Mon, Aug 08, 2016, 10:54 PM UTC

This seems like quite an intrusion into people's private data. If certain other large companies decided to crawl all over your data for shits and giggles, I'm fairly sure HN would have its pitchforks out.

Re: Cat People vs. Dog People

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Post by TheAceOfHearts » Mon, Aug 08, 2016, 10:56 PM UTC

This is a really nice blog post; I hope we keep seeing more posts like this coming from Facebook.

I wonder why we haven't seen something similar from Google. Surely they have access to as much or more data? Perhaps Google does publish similar blog posts, and I'm just not aware of where to look for them?

In any case, the results presented definitely didn't match my expectations. Although upon giving it a bit of thought, I can see how introverted cat people are more likely to have classic "nerdy" interests like scifi, fantasy, anime, etc.

Re: Cat People vs. Dog People

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 08, 2016, 10:57 PM UTC

nol13 wrote: post #11

schwap wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The TV tendencies are even more confusing, where "dog people" watch both super-masculine (entourage, duck dynasty) and feminine (The Voice) shows (and cat people are apparently the stereotypical geek).

Simple really, just not a masculine/feminine thing. Dog people shows are terrible while cat people shows are interesting. (ok except maybe entourage, guilty pleasure)

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Re: Cat People vs. Dog People

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Post by auganov » Mon, Aug 08, 2016, 10:59 PM UTC

cryptica wrote: post #10

I used to love dogs when I was a kid, now I'm definitely a cat person. I find dogs superficial and too simple-minded. If you feed them often enough, they will like you (guaranteed) - I find this kind of relationship unsatisfying - You are the master and so the dog has no choice but to like you. Kind of like how people are inclined to laugh when their boss makes a not-so-funny joke - That's the kind of dynamic you get…

Most [all?] cultures agree. "Dog" is an insult across many languages, which indicates it's lower status. Never heard of "cat" being a standalone insult.

Re: Cat People vs. Dog People

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 08, 2016, 11:00 PM UTC

TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #17

This is a really nice blog post; I hope we keep seeing more posts like this coming from Facebook. I wonder why we haven't seen something similar from Google. Surely they have access to as much or more data? Perhaps Google does publish similar blog posts, and I'm just not aware of where to look for them? In any case, the results presented definitely didn't match my expectations. Although upon giving it a bit of though…

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