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Charles Corbit's avatar

Good morning! I chuckled quite a bit reading this post. I grew up with dogs and they definitely all have the different personalities. Some dogs are smarter than others and Gaia sounds so endearingly goofy and I would imagine would supply nonstop happiness to those around her even if you are on suicide watch.

It’s been many years since I had a dog, we currently have a number of cats. Our travel schedule is not conducive to having a dog, but I think about it often, and it will definitely be part of my retirement when our schedules are a bit more consistent.

Again, have a great morning, thank you for the smiles.

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

Beautiful, funny, and another great piece in finding the nuance on an entertaining topic like dog philosophy.

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Klaus Hubbertz's avatar

🐕🚶‍♂️ !!! 🔥🔥🔥 👍👍👍

Animals, instinct-driven live in the present only, enjoy it 100%, have no past, future or concept about death ...

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Robot Bender's avatar

Gaia is adorable and sounds like such a goof. ❤️

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Angela Meyer's avatar

Cats. They don’t put up with being dragged. They will jump up on the cart and go for a ride! If it takes them somewhere nice, they stay. If not, they bolt. Hedonistic little beasts that have taught me to love unconditionally.

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Andrew Perlot's avatar

Ha! Yes, cats would ride on the cart of destiny as long as there were some good views.

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Michael Woudenberg's avatar

Each dog is so different. We currently have a Beagle and everyone tells us she's an amazing Beagle. But our last dog was a Lab and a very good lab at that... So this pup might be a great Beagle but she's a terrible Lab! Each dog, though, has such a different personality and view of life. I'm learning a lot from both of them.

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Hailey McNally's avatar

loved the way you read Socrates quotes, when I do it I never add inflections or any personality which I never realised makes the reading dull sometimes (don't judge me, still a student). But hearing the way you read his quote has made me re-think how to read philosophy in the future, I'll try and give the philosophers some personality in my head in the future. Great read overall.

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Andrew Perlot's avatar

Thanks! I'm glad to hear I'm narrating well. I started recording my voiceovers a couple of months ago and wondered if people were appreciating them. Substack doesn't do a great job letting you know through stats if people are playing the voiceover, so I have no clue.

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