This is about our pets, and their influence on us. I'll get to the battery part.
Animals as pets weren't always a feature among humans. Before the middle ages, dogs were used for hunting or guarding. they were utilitarian, like pigs or cows. The phenomanon of pets that people love is a fairly recent one. I would suggest thst pets serve a useful purpose to their owners. I remember reading of an experiment with prisoners being allowed to have pets. It reduced some of them from hardened to almost childlike. People undergoing dental work felt reduced pain if they were allowed to pet a pet. Course, that's not very hygeinic.
Some of us may think that our pets actually love us. That that could be true, but there is more to it. When we give them love, they store it up and reflect it back to us. That's the battery part i was referring to in the title. They seem to absorb some of out negativity and anger as well. With these characteristics, they are a moderating influence on their owners, a type of therapy, an improvement on civilization. Do you agree, or partly agree?
It's interesting that witches were portayed as have cat pets, a familiar. Witches were just a bit ahead of the curve.
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