As humans worked from home, their living rooms became recording studios. The —suddenly upgraded from a floor rag to a memory foam throne—sat in the background of every Zoom call and TikTok video.
Dr. Emily Vanderlip, a veterinary media consultant, told The Dodo : "Dogs don't understand human sexual innuendo, so the content itself is neutral. However, the energy of the room changes. If the owner is laughing hysterically at their phone while the bass drops, the dog feels that anxiety. It's the human's media consumption, not the dog's."
In the sprawling ecosystem of internet micro-genres, few phrases feel as simultaneously absurd and oddly precise as
As humans worked from home, their living rooms became recording studios. The —suddenly upgraded from a floor rag to a memory foam throne—sat in the background of every Zoom call and TikTok video.
Dr. Emily Vanderlip, a veterinary media consultant, told The Dodo : "Dogs don't understand human sexual innuendo, so the content itself is neutral. However, the energy of the room changes. If the owner is laughing hysterically at their phone while the bass drops, the dog feels that anxiety. It's the human's media consumption, not the dog's."
In the sprawling ecosystem of internet micro-genres, few phrases feel as simultaneously absurd and oddly precise as
