Cat, in my opinion are just useless. At least a dog is a loyal companion. But I'm allergic to cats and some dogs, so in general I just tend to stay away. I've always had a dog my whole life until I was divorced and now that I don't have any animals, you realize how freeing it is.
I don't like big dogs, mostly because a lot of them I've come across are untrained by their owners and I really don't like a big animal trying to jump on me.
That's not totally true. Some people want a guard dog or a seeing eye dog or a dog to sniff out drugs and explosives.
From Wiki; Dogs can serve people in many ways. For example, there are guard dogs, hunting dogs, herding dogs, guide dogs for blind people, and police dogs. There are also dogs that are trained to smell for diseases in the human body or to find bombs or illegal drugs. These dogs sometimes help police in airports or other areas.
I didn’t say animals couldn’t serve a use. I said you shouldn’t expect them to, and therefore the implication made by colorlesscliche - that the enjoyment you derive from an animal such as a cat can or should only come to it being in some way “useful” - is absurd
Because they are cute and (usually) soft and fun to have around? I wouldn’t really consider “companionship” a use as you seemed to imply, especially compared to all the other functional uses you quoted from Wikipedia, but is that not why most people get any pet? For a buddy? Why is that not good enough?
Yeah you should. If you're blind or live in a rough neigborhood or if you're a cop or a farmer or work in airport security, etc.
Hahah most of the time, if you're getting a pet you're just getting them for companionship. I get that. But you can also buy them for specific uses as well and there isn't anything wrong with that either.