Would you be willing to be an alien's pet?

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Imagine that some super-intelligent aliens came to Earth and made you their pet. They're good pet owners and mean well, but they misunderstand you sometimes, since they are not from Earth. They treat you as stupid, because, well, compared to them you are, but they tease you affectionately. You are expected to behave and listen to their orders. Seeing family and friends is not an issue; their alien friends own them as their own pets and you frequently would get to see them. Would you be willing to become their pet?

I would agree that I was less intelligent, but a pet?

No, thank you. I love my independence and fight fiercely to protect it.

No way.

I must disagree with you three; I would accept because of the many learning opportunities. Imagine that kind of technology! Plus, I like having my belly scratched.

When I hear the word "pet" I immediately think:

1. Cage
2. Fed at the master's discretion
3. Plaything for the master
4. Potential for abuse by the master
5. Can be neutered and spayed at will by the master
6. Master will only allow you to have sex only when they see fit
7. Can only exercise when the master allows it
8. You have to wear a stupid collar around your neck
9. If you don't bow and jump when your master calls, you're in trouble
10. Master can force you to do any kind of work he sees fit, and punish you if you don't do it to his satisfaction.

Some of my reasonings:
1. I like small spaces, for some reason.
2. I hardly eat anyway, it would probably make little difference how much they fed me.
3. My dogs always seem to have fun when I'm playing with them; I'm easily entertained.
4. As I said before, these theoretical aliens are good pet owners for the sake of the scenario.
5. Yeah, okay, no argument for that, it would generally suck.
6. I'm 14. I also have a sneaking suspicion that I'm asexual.
7. I'm lazy Not to mention it's a lot easier for humans to exercise without disrupting those around them than it is for dogs and cats. I could do push-ups or the like if I wanted to.
8. I wear a bowtie 24/7 and probably wouldn't notice the difference.
9. I have parents that do this anyway.
10. Again, parents.

I'll be the scary looking guard human for the alien drug dealers.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWTmc3-_2ZA[/youtube]

What if this is already true?

When people see "UFOs" they're really chasing after the equivalent of Alien Laser Pointers like cats.

Alot of what you write discribes our current reality.

It doesn't sound that much different than my life has been. I've been treated as stupid by lots of my peers & expected to behave & follow orders & the only people who ever really understood me were/are my girlfriends/girlfriend.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSOHO3GwEPg[/youtube]

http://luckylosing.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/the-silence.png?w=730

Last edited by monkyingaround on 25 Oct 2013, 8:25 am, edited 1 time in total.

Well, that depends on the species. There are more pets that just cats and dogs.

No way. I wouldn't want it under any circumstances. I'll remain free and on Earth.

11. Your master will give you a name you might not want.
12. But you'd better respond to it if you want to eat.
13. Your master can cut your hair when you don't want him to.
14. Master can give you baths against your wishes at his discretion.
15. Master will always admonish you for talking when he doesn't want you to.
16. Master can just walk in, turn off the TV show you were watching, and make you go to bed.
17. Master gets final say in who you bring home.
18. Master isn't always around when you have to "go outside."
19. Master might be asleep when you're scratching on the door in the rain to come in.
20. Master doesn't care that you like a variety of foods every day. He'll conveniently give you the same thing everyday whether you like it or not.

11. I don't really have name preferences/attachment to my own name, it wouldn't bug me that much.
12. Parents
13. Parents
14. Parents (Ok, they don't give me baths, that's a bit creepy, but they can punish me for not taking one.)
15. Parents
16. Parents
17. Parents
18. I do have opposable thumbs, it's not like I'm changing species
19. Again, parents, when I get home from school and the doors are locked
20. 90% of all I eat is cereal. Same brand, same flavor.

Dear god, I am my parent's pet.