Maybe subserient isn ' t the right word , but the more you rely on someone or something external to yourself , the less free you are . Sometimes sacrificing a certain amount of freedom makes for an easier life , I think people and dogs are really similiar in the amount of freedom we ' re willing to give up to make life easier for ourselves . I simply admire cats for being less willing to give up their independence and I don ' t think it makes them stupid . In U . S . history slavery was defended as a mutually beneficial institution too . <| sep |> I much prefer that to the original . much more my sense of humor . I know the original was just meant to be a joke , but it ' s that kind of thing that gets us all labelled as baby eating monsters . That said , I heard about another that made me smile recently . Someone had written under Baby Changing the words babies for kittens .