• edge [he/him]
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      4 months ago

      All they hear is tone, the meaning doesn’t matter.

      (Which probably isn’t actually true of dogs, but it’s an easy shorthand.)

        • RedDawn [he/him]
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          4 months ago

          You can tell a golden retriever “I hate you so much you’re such a dumb piece of shit” but in like a friendly, sing-songy tone and it’s the same to them as if you are saying “good boy, I love you”.

          The joke is that libs are like that, as a politician your policy can be “fuck you stupid assholes, we don’t care about you” but if the tone is right lib voters will eat it up.

        • CyberSyndicalist [none/use name]
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          4 months ago

          They can learn a small number of words and will be confused by even those if you say them in an different tone than the usual context the commands are given.

          • gay_king_prince_charles [she/her, he/him]
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            4 months ago

            I mean yeah, because they go by sounds moreso than words. For humans tone can also change the meaning of words as well. I feel as confused as that dog looks.