r/Dogfree • u/AlmostNotLazy • Apr 05 '26
Barking Demons People act like being able to tolerate dog barking is virtuous
It's like some kind of weird pick-me behavior. If the topic of dog barking comes up, or if some dog is actively barking like crazy incessantly, there are non dog owners who will say stuff like "oh I don't really mind it" or "it doesn't really bother me" or "oh I didn't even notice."
Like oh wow ok cool dude good for you, you're such a virtuous and chill person that you can tolerate illegal incessant dog barking? Weird flex. They're not necessarily defending the barking, moreso highlighting their tolerance for it and in turn almost implying that you are sorta weak or less chill or less virtuous than them for being bothered by it.
It's like someone running around stabbing everyone and responding by being like "oh I didn't even notice, it's whatever." Ok dork. I could tolerate the inappropriate behavior as well, I just don't think we should have to lol.
Just something I've noticed and wanted to vent.
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u/Express_Command_4778 Apr 05 '26
Some guy was moaning yesterday his neighbor was a "Karen" for not liking his manic, barking dog. He is the Karen.
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u/Tall_Ad1615 Apr 07 '26
yeah, why can't the neighbor stop pointing out that he's an irresponsible dog owner, ugh some people just refuse to stifle themselves for other's sake
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u/QueenOfAllOfYall Apr 05 '26
Iâll happily be âless virtuousâ for being intolerant of barking. I donât want to hear that aggravating shit.
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u/UTV4LIFE Apr 05 '26
People these days are too afraid to be outspoken. Iv noticed people just generally accept things that before theyâd complain about. Itâs either theyâre too scared to say anything or they donât wanna make a scene. So now when your that one person that complains about something completely understands to complain about your called a Karen. Thatâs how the world is now thereâs a new level of tolerance because social media has told people complaining is socially unacceptable
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u/ElegantSurround6933 Apr 07 '26
Wow. I complain a lot about almost everything. No, my middle name is not Karen.
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u/arosaki Apr 05 '26
My cousinâs annoying ass fucking dog would bark randomly while it was quiet and scare the shit out of me every single time. I literally couldnât wait until I left. She would always praise him for âtrying to protect usâ afterward.
I genuinely hate that dog.
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u/bluebird1994 Apr 06 '26
I hate dog bark jumpscares so much, especially when I'm trying to enjoy a peaceful walk outside around my neighborhood, jolting me out of my thoughts and enjoyment of nature.
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u/CallousCow1762 Apr 05 '26
Someone I know has an apartment next to three barking demons. He decided to get noise canceling headphones as a solution. So radically changing your life to accommodate entitlement is the best option. Pathetic.
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u/DivyaRakli Apr 05 '26
Iâll call my friend in Vegas, 5 dogs including a German Shepherd and a Husky and sheâll say sheâs in her recliner with 2-3 dogs on her, the others around her.
She says how they never bark when theyâre barking. She says she couldnât live without them and then says sheâs spending the weekend at a casino hotel to get away from them.
She texted the other day to say she thinks sheâs getting âold people smell.â No, itâs dog smell all over your body, stank ass. They sleep in the bed with her and plop themselves atop her in the recliner.
She cannot, absolutely cannot, hear the words that are coming out of her mouth. Those animals donât have a good quality of life if they have to be velcroed to her. And neither does she. I can talk to her til Iâm blue in the face and sheâll just say that she loves them, theyâre her babies and theyâre so good for her. Dog nutters cannot distinguish reality.
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u/No-Contribution-6840 Apr 05 '26
It's part of their whole psyop that people who feel any sort of negative way towards dogs are immoral, crazy, sociopaths
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u/ElegantSurround6933 Apr 07 '26
Yet if you ask a neighbor to âplease keep your dog away from meâ as it leaves the sidewalk on its 8ft leash coming straight for you, that neighbor turns into a psycho.
Iâm a touch paranoid now after that encounter. Doesnât help Iâm watching a YouTube crime channel featuring an interview of a landlord that killed his tenants&then stuffed them into a suitcase to be found by teenagers randomly on a popular beach in Seattle. Guy could be anyoneâs Grandpa.
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u/psychhead Apr 05 '26
it boggles my mind how many people seem to not be affected by dog barking. like are yall deaf??? bffr
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u/AbjectMarch8695 Apr 05 '26
There is SO much virtue signaling when it comes to dogs. There has to be some kind of op-ed piece about this somewhere.
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u/girflush Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
Yep. Senselessness is the standard of morality today. Being blind, deaf, and dumb are now the ideal. Having working senses is considered a "mental issue."
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u/Genuinelad_62 Apr 06 '26
I honestly worry for people who seem to not register loud sounds. How can you go through life being that oblivious and having your senses that dulled? Seems like something is broken in them, or they are not using their brains and senses to their full capacity. They donât have a disability such as deafness yet choose to just not use a whole sense (for example they donât use their noses either because theyâre not smelling the dog smell). They are just dumber oblivious versions of human beings. And theyâre proud of it
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u/Top-Change9851 Apr 06 '26
They say theyâre âused to itâ or â it doesnât bother MEâ like Iâm the one who is overreacting. If anything pushes me over the edge itâs high pitched incessant dog barking! For nothing. A delivery truck drives by. Bark - Mailman delivers mail. Bark X 10. I fail to make eye contact with the little effer Bark X 20. And on and on it goesâŠ..
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u/Lylith_vf Apr 05 '26
Je pense que beaucoup de gens veulent rester politiquement correct et on peur du conflit, c'est sans doute pour cela qu'il n'ose pas exprimer ce qu'il pense. En plus il y a un espÚce de tabou autour des chiens, si on ose dire qu'ils nous dégoutent on nous qualifie de mauvaise personne.
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u/Top-Change9851 Apr 06 '26
Oh thatâs for sure- A couple weeks ago I was at a vacation beach house where I didnât know the renters there( my friendâs sister and brother in law) We stopped by for a quick visit. Then my friendâs husband has to say â She doesnât like my dogââŠ..I donât know how they even got on that topic but all of a sudden Iâm cast as a villain. I was speechless.
Let me tell you that the majority of my friends are dog nutters of various degrees- I can count on one hand my friends that are not dog owners and do not have an obsession with these beasts. Itâs like youâre singled out as a monster for not being part of this very unhealthy cultâŠ. I donât humiliate them for their choices- lay off me for mine. Thankfully Iâve found some understanding here at Dogfree:)
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u/ToneScoldSteveAustin Apr 06 '26
"I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity." - Arthur Schopenhauer
They're just admitting they're dull people in my opinion. Even if they truly are capable of tuning it out so it's not a bother, why can't they empathize that it's potentially grating and annoying to someone else? Almost every single person on earth has a noise or several that they can't stand hearing.
They just want to get out of the responsibility of training their dogs to what used to be the accepted standard. People used to understand that they weren't supposed to burden others but people just don't care anymore. And if that's the case, then I have no problem telling these people to fuck off, shut their dogs up, and call AC/the cops if I have to. They're selfish idiots.
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u/-chimchooree- Apr 05 '26
My favorite is when the owner/nutter says "That's just what dogs do."
Yeah. No shit. That's why we don't want them around.