Here at Mashable we sometimes get a brain itch that can only be scratched by watching copious amounts of hilarious animal GIFs. If you suffer from the same ailment, let us point you in the direction of Animals Being Dicks, a place on the Internet where it's okay to laugh at our furry friends.
The premise is simple: Animals are perfectly capable of cretinous behavior, and celebrating their wretchedness is a truly funny pastime.
We asked creator and curator John Williams why he thought his Tumblr blog hit the nail on the humor head. "People like to imagine human traits in animals, and I think this idea that animals have the capacity to be petty assholes on purpose is hilarious," he says. "That's why most of the animals have people names like Rick or Janice. Also, my dad used to name all his pets distinctly human names. We had a dog named Dan."
We asked Williams to curate his top 12 Animals Being Dicks GIFs. You can see his selections — along with his commentary — in the gallery below. Let us know in the comments below your go-to place online for animal-themed chortles.
"It's the toes on this one that do it for me."
"I love how the dog starts immediately eating the spilled food."
"The timing is just so perfect. And it seemed so deliberate."
"The little red dog fails so enthusiastically."
"This dog had just the right leverage."
"This was a reader submission. The look on the little guy's face when the big dog flies at him is priceless."
"This dog reminds me of a young Robert De Niro."
"I've never seen a cat move like this! It's incredible."
"I like the suspense that this one creates. It's real subtle, then hits you at the end."
"'Schadenfreude Thursdays' was a recurring theme I did where people were deliberately being jerks to animals and getting hurt. This was the first one."
"This is another one of those that looks so on purpose. I never knew turtles and birds hated each other."
"It's the toes on this one that do it for me."
"I love how the dog starts immediately eating the spilled food."
"The timing is just so perfect. And it seemed so deliberate."
"The little red dog fails so enthusiastically."
"This dog had just the right leverage."
"This was a reader submission. The look on the little guy's face when the big dog flies at him is priceless."
"This dog reminds me of a young Robert De Niro."
"I've never seen a cat move like this! It's incredible."
"I like the suspense that this one creates. It's real subtle, then hits you at the end."
"'Schadenfreude Thursdays' was a recurring theme I did where people were deliberately being jerks to animals and getting hurt. This was the first one."
"This is another one of those that looks so on purpose. I never knew turtles and birds hated each other."
Thumbnail image courtesy of Flickr, Ryan M.
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