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by smolder 698 days ago
Yeah. A related/sub-trend is pet owners buying those buttons for pets to press which play sounds, allowing them to "speak" by proxy. Some people who buy them act like their cat pushing "food" "food" "mad" "walk" "happy" is commuicating something absurdly complex, e.g. an appeal for more time walking outside with a harness to get relief from their indigestion.