# Cats vs. Dogs: How do you want to live? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671 "2008-04-09T21:38:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Paladud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Paladud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paladud)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/21 "2008-04-10T02:46:55Z")
False dichotomy. If there is indeed a great deal of personal freedom with limited interference, one would be able to voluntarily devote resources towards ensuring at least moderate personal security. IOW, I’d be a cat with guard dogs. Or ninja swords. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/22 "2008-04-10T03:02:54Z")
I’ll be a cat if I can change my name to Felix. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/23 "2008-04-10T03:04:25Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] I’ll be a cat if I can change my name to Felix. [/QUOTE] Hi Felix, I’m Fritz. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/24 "2008-04-10T04:00:19Z")
This is a question for the ages, to be sure, but I’m not really feeling it as a Great Debate. I’m taking it to my personal kennel in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Maui\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/25 "2008-04-10T04:27:56Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] A cat. A big, mother-fucking cat. One that makes a lion look look like a tabby. ROAR! [/QUOTE] It’s on now. \>:3 And everyone gets three guesses to what I pick. First two don’t count. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/26 "2008-04-10T04:42:49Z")
I’m a cat person and also a dog person and also a bird person. I don’t see any dichotomy here. But if I have to pick one, I’m a fat lazy cat dude. ---
**Author:** ![LadyMack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@LadyMack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadyMack)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/27 "2008-04-10T04:49:55Z")
We have 8 cats. I know people who want to come back in their next life as one of our cats. Thus, I want to be a cat, with a me to take care of me. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/28 "2008-04-10T07:45:49Z")
[QUOTE=Dumbguy] Anything but a candiru. [/QUOTE] Rather the candiru than the dick, says I… Anyway, to answer the GD part of the OP - I’d rather be a dog. Man’s naturally a pack animal anyway, and I can’t think of a good reason to fight nature in this instance. Personal freedom is not as high on my list of priorities as security - I have experience of having neither at one point, and I know which bit I enjoy more now - steady meals and not being killed counts for more than picking what movie to watch or paying more taxes. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/29 "2008-04-10T14:36:16Z")
[QUOTE=mswas] Though I don’t understand the lack of security for the cats thing. Seems like they have freedom AND security. [/QUOTE] I agree. And I’d rather be a cat. Although at the moment, I seem to be living more like a dog–a working-breed dog, no less. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/30 "2008-04-10T14:37:30Z")
[QUOTE=LadyMack] We have 8 cats. I know people who want to come back in their next life as one of our cats. Thus, I want to be a cat, with a me to take care of me. [/QUOTE] I’d be one of your cats. You’re good to your cats. I don’t know which would be better–being YOUR special cat, or being one of Gus’s special cats. 😃 Both would be pretty nice. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/31 "2008-04-10T14:40:46Z")
Motherfrakking _lionness_, baby! ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/32 "2008-04-10T20:14:45Z")
I just realized the OP’s name is [Eben](http://www.twolumps.net/d/20080328.html). VERY good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/33 "2008-04-11T00:34:37Z")
Can I be _my_ cat? ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/34 "2008-04-11T01:44:00Z")
Oops ---
**Author:** ![JustThinkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@JustThinkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustThinkin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/35 "2008-04-11T01:46:16Z")
Pampered house cat, thank you. And the sweet lesbians I live with have very soft breasts to lounge on. 😃 (OMG. I think I just channeled our cat Phoebe, who is currently curled up on my chest.) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/36 "2008-04-11T03:20:30Z")
[QUOTE=Kat] Can I be _my_ cat? [/QUOTE] That means, of course, that your cat would be you. How smart and/or focused is your cat? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671/37 "2008-04-11T04:02:25Z")
I’d rather be a Tiger. Cats get spayed/neutered. Screw that crap, man! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs-how-do-you-want-to-live/444671.md?page=1)