The drugs don't work, you know. They just make you worse. Keeping pets must be one of the nation's most popular hobbies. In a very real sense. Because I eat them .
Some people go for dogs.
They think of them as loyal, reliable and full of personality. Maybe I'd feel differently if I was a dog food manufacturer with an enormous profit margin. Although I expect I'd get a bit bored with crushing old horses into those tiny tin cans all the time. Fish are very easy to maintain, and it's possible to develop a very close relationship with them. Sometimes too close.