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soda-jerk t1_ivp0nto wrote

Not at all baseless.

Cats and dogs have other sensor hairs and whiskers, beside the ones on their muzzles. They use them to gauge the space around them, particularly their heads. That mesh screen dragging across all those hairs probably doesn't feel good. Though we obviously can't ask the cat, we can try to imagine what it's like, by thinking of what a similar fabric would feel like, rubbing against a highly sensitive part of our bodies.

The dog is a dog, and might be enjoying the sensation, or is a little slower putting the two things together.

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dratsablive t1_ivoluhd wrote

I worked with a guy who was a real religious/gun nut. He lived on a "Farm/Commune" and had a small radio station in North Central Pa. But during the 70s, he was a Bass Player in a band called "The Tots" and performed with Lou Reed. I guess he got tired of all the drugs and other stuff surrounding the band at the time. He was always nice to me, but had anger issues which cost him a good paying job.

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tandpastatester t1_ivobbal wrote

It’s basically a universal way to transport additional user info or data between different environments/platforms without storing it somewhere in cookies.

It’s most commonly used for marketing purposes. These parameters/tags can be recognized by analytics software to collect relevant data about their page visits. E.g. it will allow them to analyze how the visitors arrived on their website, which search engine or advertisement did they come from, by which keywords, etc.

Another common way they’re used is for usability aspects by the website itself. When a page loads it will read the tags for user preferences like search order, filter options, interface settings, etc.

It’s basically harmless, the data isn’t as personal as cookie info. There’s no harm removing it from the url to make it prettier, but leaving it there doesn’t hurt either.

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