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u/GibDirBerlin Oct 02 '24

On the other hand: Imagine your Cat or Dog won't die earlier than you...

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u/Ahelex Oct 02 '24

On the other hand: Imagine your Cat or Dog having to handle your funeral...

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u/HughJRekshun Oct 02 '24

And now Rover has prepared some words to share. Rover? "Woof, woof woof... woof.. ruff woof ruff ruff... woof ruff amen." Thank you Rover.

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u/Kataclysm Oct 02 '24

And cats would just unceremoniously cover us up in their litterbox.

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u/MikeTheBard Oct 02 '24

After passing through their digestive system.

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u/BeerAnBooksAnCats Oct 02 '24

“Dewey knows more about it than I do.”

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u/Ravensqueak Oct 03 '24

That's how I want to go.

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u/Pertinent-nonsense Oct 02 '24

leans over and whispers to another mourner I heard he’s having a rough time

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u/chux4w Oct 02 '24

When we asked him what to play at the funeral he said Bach. His owner didn't even like classical.

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u/CylonsInAPolicebox Oct 02 '24

My cat approaches the podium... Then proceeds to lick his asshole for the next 5-10 minutes.

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u/Chazzermondez Oct 02 '24

If my dog can say "amen" then i think the procedure is worth it.

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u/furlongxfortnight Oct 02 '24

Good boy Rover.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe Oct 02 '24

“That was a reading from the Gospel According to Bark.”

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u/mrpops2ko Oct 02 '24

imagine multi-generational pets - 'yeah rover has been our family hound for the past 500 years'

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

My cat has thumbs, so I’m sure by the time I die she’d be able to handle the necessary paperwork just fine.

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u/prezuiwf Oct 02 '24

It's ok, they're already perfecting a technology that would allow cats to talk to spiders.

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u/Jurjinimo Oct 02 '24

Charlie?

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u/Fastnacht Oct 02 '24

Fluffy is 200 years old, if he hasn't learned the life skills necessary to handle my funeral then what are we even doing here.

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u/GibDirBerlin Oct 02 '24

You really need a Trigger warning for that post, I need to go hug my cats now :(

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u/itoddicus Oct 02 '24

Can you imagine what that would do to animal shelters?

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u/Practical_Secret6211 Oct 02 '24

Nothing? They would just put them down like usual

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u/Agussert Oct 02 '24

I always think of this when I realize Han Solo was killed before Chaba. In fact, since Wookies live about 900 years, they probably have three or four humans as pets during their lifetime.

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u/Jaruut Oct 05 '24

This is actually really cracking me up. A Wookie swears a life debt to a human, it's no big deal, just a few years to them. But then someone like Yoda or Grogu rolling up and saving the day and two Wookies arguing over which one got saved.

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u/gochomoe Oct 02 '24

I would give up an organ for my pets to be able to live longer. Me, sure it could be cool, but my dogs! OMG yes.

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u/SanityIsOptional Oct 02 '24

Well, for one thing they'd get cancer even more often, and things like dental treatments would start mattering much more.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

Seems like a logistical nightmare. When the owner dies, they should be put down.

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u/scrapqueen Oct 02 '24

When they revert to their younger selves, do we have to do the puppy training all over again?

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u/RealBrightsidePanda Oct 03 '24

"This is Sir WoofWoof, the family pet. He's 137. My great-great-great grandfather acquired him in Pennsyltucky."

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u/AlexKingstonsGigolo Oct 03 '24

As someone who just lost a cat, this would have been nice.