[elysian_eunoia]

The argument against this article reminds me of the notoriously tear-jerking Futurama episode in which Fry tells his dog to wait outside the building for a moment. Fry accidentally cryogenically freezes himself while in the building and wakes up in the future, but his dog had waited there for his owner for the rest of his life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XECQApj9IJs

[deerpig]

That is likely based on the Japanese story of the dog Hachiko, (sort of the Japanese version of Lassie) the dog who waited for his master at the train station every day. And when the master, a university professor, died while at school, the dog continued to go to the station every day until his death. There is a statue outside the train station where he waited. There were two movies made about the story, the Japanese original reduces everyone to tears. The American one with Richard Gere, not so much.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D

[goda90]

Here's the actual clip for the end of that episode. So sad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK3PWHxoT_E

[cableshaft]

Yeah, I teared up like crazy during that episode. So sad yet so loyal. Kind of like the legendary dog Hachiko in Japan that waited every day for his dead owner to return, for many years.