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Great response to my comment.
First off, I am prone to moments of hyperbole when I see something stupid or irritating to me and I tend to go overboard in the opposite direction to try to counter the stupidity.
I agree that animals make great companions. Well at least the ones that don't constantly try to slice, dice and turn you into julienne fries with natural ketchup.
I think there's something great and noble that shows the unique characteristics of humans that we will stop what we're doing and slow down to help out the animals around us. Like you said, there's pretty much nothing else on the surface of the planet that will do that.
You won't see a hawk swoop down and carry a turtle out of an approaching wave of flames in a forest fire. But you will find humans scouring that forest to try to help anyone and any animal that survives and that's what makes humanity something to really appreciate in aggregate.
That's one of the things that I love about conservative ideals. Conservatism doesn't pander to the lowest common denominator of humanity. Instead it sets goals and then says "Hey, why don't you get off of your ass and help us achieve these goals and we'll help you out along the way... and in helping us, you'll be helping yourself too."
It's too easy to be pessimistic over our own nature when we compare the purity of chonks to the harshness of the concrete jungle, especially when not exposed to the harshness of an actual jungle. That being said, I still find cats endearing, if a little... Well... Prickish. You know it. I know it. Every cat owners knows it.