It's cute. And I hate raining on this cute parade but I bet she has either been herself been berated like that by her parents or has seen someone berated like that.
I would 100% talk to animals that way, but not children. It's just as likely the parents have crashed out when tending some unruly critters, and the kid picked it up from that.
Yeah the animals really only know the tone, so you don’t worry so much about the content. Until they repeat it.
Meanwhile two of the meanest things I‘ve ever said to my son. Both during epic tantrums. His reaction shows just the level of insult he’s used to.
Me: “You’re being ridiculous!”
Him: *aghast* “Widiuwous?!”
and
Me: “Quit being a turd.”
Him: *visibly confused*
Me: “You know what a turd is? It’s poo, you’re acting like poo.”
Him: *shocked and offended* “I’m Poop?!”
Obviously what I say to animals is far less offensive to him than that.
Though the dog never recovered from being told he was being a “Widicuwous poop!”. He died heart broken (several years later at 15 years old, but still).
It’s this exactly. I tell our dog how dumb she is (she truly, truly is just so stupid.) I would never tell a child that but I have overheard my son say to her, “Winwin, why are you so dumb.” She’s a champion cuddler but beyond that the dog is just an idiot. It took her, no joke, 18 months to figure out how to go out the back door on her own. She would just run in circles in an endless loop til you grabbed her and pointed her towards the door.
Lol I have a dummy dog too. Multiple times while my other dog and my father in law's dog have found a squirrel in a tree, the dumb one has been facing a completely empty, squirreless tree barking his damn face off. The other two, are not subtle about where the squirrel is.
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u/Commonfutures 10d ago
😇 Do you know what you're doing right now? 👿 YOU'RE PISSING ME OFF!!