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showerthoughtsยทShowerthoughtsbyToday

I'm glad we don't snuggle people as a greeting the way we snuggle animals.

Edit to clarify that by 'snuggle' i meant all pets, scritches, belly rube, squeezes, ass pats, questions about who's the goodest, nicknaming, etc.

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neidu2reply
feddit.nl

Hey, wanna go frolicking later? I found this meadow I haven't tried yet.

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lemmy.world

Oh hello! Hellooo! Whose the best one of all the ones??? Whose the best one?? IT'S YOU!!!! YOU ARE!!!

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This part would be cool, tell everyone they're a good person and some of them might actually improve. But I draw the line at letting them drool on me.

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intensely_humanreply
lemm.ee

This is basically how we greet each other at my menโ€™s group

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lemmy.world

Listen, I understand why youโ€™d feel that way as a modern human, but why are you glad we, as a potently social species, donโ€™t engage in such simple bonding rituals?

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You don't?

I don't snuggle strange animals, or even my friend's pets, unless they ask for it. I treat humans the same way. My cats get snuggles; so does my wife. I give my family about the same amount of hugs as I do their pets. My sister's dog asks for head skritches; if my sister asked for them, I'd probably give them to her.

But, no: I don't go around molesting other people's pets unsolicited. Nor people.

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I would if I had someone. But for now I just give my cat the big squeeze and smooch her head.

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Num10ck
lemmy.world

this entire thread made me question my understanding of the word snuggle, so i looked it up. nope it agreed with me. snuggling is like cuddling.

maybe the definition has evolved recently?
snuggling has nothing to do scritches and positive words etc.

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Todayreply

Sorry...i meant general expressions of affection and reactions to cuteness. Will edit.

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