People Who Prefer Animals Over People Have These 15 Traits

[Jonn]

1. Your Nonsense Detector Is Finely Tuned.

You’ve spent so much time with creatures who can’t lie that human deception feels like a slap in the face. While others might dance around with fake smiles and empty promises, you’ve grown accustomed to the refreshing honesty of an animal’s immediate reactions. They either like you or they don’t—no passive-aggressive texts or complicated social media mind games required.

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[Neonatal RRT]

I generally find human behavior confusing. As much as I miss a LOT of communication nuances and can, at times, be the fool of deceptive behaviors, I would agree that, on another level, my "nonsense detector" and "intelligence detector" is finely tuned. I appreciate the honesty of small children and animals.

 

[TBRS1]

Almost all lies that people tell are obvious. They only work because the one who believes them wants to believe them, for some reason (such as "I am afraid of the alternative, so I'll believe that what you say is true.")

But I am pretty sure that the statement that " people who have a highly developed b.s. detector" is confusing correlation with causation.

 

[FilterFreq]

I generally find human behavior confusing. As much as I miss a LOT of communication nuances and can, at times, be the fool of deceptive behaviors, I would agree that, on another level, my "nonsense detector" and "intelligence detector" is finely tuned. I appreciate the honesty of small children and animals.

Another cool thing is that their capacity for deception is considerably low, too. With most humans (especially those we don't trust 100%) there's always a "what if?", or a reason to be a little guarded based on past experiences. But both of those groups will pretty much tell you to your face whether they like you or not, which means you don't always have to be looking for "hidden social cues". Plus, it's hard to be offended by someone with such a small world view. And likewise, it's extremely easy to forgive them.

Sometimes I wonder if humans are evolving to become even more subtle in their social expressions, or maybe even more deceptive in that way, possibly as a means of 'blending in' or 'masking' them in a socially-appropriate fashion. I might've made this up, but I feel like subtle aggression and passive hatred are just becoming the norm.

 

[Neonatal RRT]

Almost all lies that people tell are obvious. They only work because the one who believes them wants to believe them, for some reason (such as "I am afraid of the alternative, so I'll believe that what you say is true.")

But I am pretty sure that the statement that " people who have a highly developed b.s. detector" is confusing correlation with causation.

Obviously, there is some nuance to these statements. Personally, I interpreted "nonsense" detector to mean something that, given the context and perspective, is false. In other words, I have enough life experience, knowledge, and wisdom at my age to sense when someone is trying to "blow smoke up my rear end" with misleading information. What I do not do well is understand human behavior when it comes to emotional and psychological reactions, as personally, I lean more on logic for decision-making. When someone asks me why I made a particular decision, it's almost always based on a list of objective facts. As Elon Musk might say, "first principles". So, when I run across someone who is an emotional thinker, it is chaos. It creates a bit of confusion and anxiety.

 

[Mary Terry]

Hmmmm. My pets lie all the time. They falsely claim that they are starving. You should hear the donkeys on a cold winter morning, braying that they will die unless I immediately give them apple treats and a new bale of hay.

 

[DrBadStrings]

I generally find human behavior confusing. As much as I miss a LOT of communication nuances and can, at times, be the fool of deceptive behaviors, I would agree that, on another level, my "nonsense detector" and "intelligence detector" is finely tuned. I appreciate the honesty of small children and animals.

Humans are the worst. I prefer the company of animals for sure. Though I laugh and have to agree with Mary Terry on pets lie all the time for food. My too cat's you'd think were starving and the buggers know they can play one human off of the other at my house. Pretty sure at this point they eat more cat treats than actual cat food.

 

[Tom]

Hmmmm. My pets lie all the time. They falsely claim that they are starving. You should hear the donkeys on a cold winter morning, braying that they will die unless I immediately give them apple treats and a new bale of hay.

I can attest to that. Dogs do not have morals in the human sense. My Chihuahua Molly loves me dearly in her dog way but will steal the pork chop off my plate in a heartbeat if I wasn't looking. Momo on the other hand constantly tries to play me faking some action that gets her a treat. Like when I was rewarding her every time she went out and did her business. So she started going down the stairs and coming back up looking at me like she had earned a reward. It progressed to just going down two steps and back expecting a treat. And do not try to take any food from any of them. They don't care if you dropped it by mistake. At that moment you are no different then a rotten Hyena trying to steal their ability to survive (just forget about the big bowl of kibble thats always available). I think all my Chihuahuas have bitten me at least a few times. Not strangers. Just me.

 

[Mary Terry]

I can attest to that. Dogs do not have morals in the human sense. My Chihuahua Molly loves me dearly in her dog way but will steal the pork chop off my plate in a heartbeat if I wasn't looking. Momo on the other hand constantly tries to play me faking some action that gets her a treat. Like when I was rewarding her every time she went out and did her business. So she started going down the stairs and coming back up looking at me like she had earned a reward. It progressed to just going down two steps and back expecting a treat. And do not try to take any food from any of them. They don't care if you dropped it by mistake. At that moment you are no different then a rotten Hyena trying to steal their ability to survive (just forget about the big bowl of kibble thats always available). I think all my Chihuahuas have bitten me at least a few times. Not strangers. Just me.

My dogs did the same things!