Look, I get why the official scientific jury is still out on “do animals, like, reaaally have thoughts and feelings and stuff, or is it all just mimicry and operant conditioning, maaan?” Science is all about repeatability and rigor and proof beyond unreasonable doubt and it takes a lot of work and studies and evidence to elevate a hypothesis to the level of Theory, let alone Consensus.
BUT.
There are tons of people who don’t give a crap about scientific rigor, as well as scientists just voicing personal opinion, who are still on the fence even after seeing sh*t like this:
I mean, come on! You’re telling me you’ve seen all this stuff about cats swearing and bonobos making up new words and dogs saying “oops” and talking about their dreams and you’re still going “but is that, like, reaaaaly thoughts and emotions and a complex inner life”??
What in the name of Love are you waiting for? A dissertation written by a squid???
In Search of Secrets 
Why Am I Like This, pt. XI
Me: “I’m not going to leave a comment, I’ll just end up obsessing over other people’s replies and how to respond to them all day. I’ll just drop a ‘like’ and move on.”
Also me: *spends the rest of the day obsessing over hypothetical replies to the comment I didn’t leave and how I would have responded to them*
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