Am I Right or am I Right or am I Right?

Look at this.

Get a room!

Isn't that awesome? I mean, come on, if a cheetah and a dog can get along, why can't a serial killer and a lonely jogger share a nice glass of non-roofied beer at the local pub?

Because this is an anomaly. It's purely anecdotal.

Look, I get it. I really do. This is meant to be inspiring. To make someone say, "Aww," and feel like the world is a better place.

I want the world to be better, too. But, face it, cheetahs and dogs don't hang out in the back of a truck bed each day. By nature, cheetahs and any domesticated animal usually avoid head nudging.

It's not like people just walk up to lions and rough house with them.

Again, anecdotal.

Sure, these amazing things happen. No matter where you go, nor how long you live, it doesn't make them any less spectacular.

It doesn't make them central pieces of evidence for greater things, neither.

The picture that started this blog, the dog and the cheetah, came from my Facebook home feed. The same user who posted it posted two images just 11 and 13 minutes before it.

Over a billion people discriminated against. Or something like 5-10%.

Hey, chickens have to stand up for one another.

Now, it could be said - and will be said - that a person can not like gay marriage and still get along with gay people.

If that's the case, so have dogs and cheetahs, and people and lions.

And Republican Senators and gay-prostitute sting operators. (Although, if it stings when you operate it, seek care from a medical professional.)

To be fair, he self-titled himself as a quickie job creator.

Now, some might argue that using ol' Larry boy is unjust. After all, there have been corrupt and misleading politicians on both sides of the fence. Picking one is unfair, misleading.

Anecdotal.

[Credit: Leonel Reyes]

Others might say I failed in setting up a logically-sound argument.

In which case, yes.

See, people are just naturally geared to use what makes them right. It's this little thing called confirmation bias.We look for any little thing that supports our arguments and then we latch onto it.

It's the same reason why men think a woman's into him if she even makes eye contact for 18 nanoseconds. He'll say that she's timid. Conversely, if she douses his face with pepper spray and has him arrested, she's playing hard to get.

We were both on the same continent for five minutes and now he thinks I'm interested. [Credit: Jessica]

It's this drive to be right that allows us to post an image about separation, and 13 minutes later post one about love.

Just like the cheetah and the dog, and the man and the lions, if you grow up learning mutual respect and love for someone, then you usually maintain the bond.

It almost feels that if we taught everyone that to be right is to find the truth of an issue, and that to be right is to find a compromise, then being right wouldn't be all that bad. All of us could be right and get along.

Wait! I just want to reach a mutual agreement whereby compromise is achieved. [Source]

However, we're naturally drawn to being right, and selfishly, because it's what keeps us safe. And despite all those enjoying the beauty of that man's companionship with the lions, at least one person is cheering for carnage so he can wave animal rights posters and yell, "I told you so!"

Go for the jugular, Mufasa! [Credit: Bidna Capoeira]

Really, all we want is a reason to hate others. It's the those who oppose us are against us mentality. And, we're pretty sure everyone's against us. It starts early, too.

Sure, some issues are fairly cut and dry. Most people agree that a random flying suplex to a person with multiple sclerosis is a bad idea. Still, most also agree that bettering the human race is a good thing.

But even bettering the human race has its gray areas.

That's why sometimes it's just better to understand that some of us will never get along. There are just some people that love to hate.

Pictured here: The only evidence the founders of the U.S. had for removing the first amendment.

However, while most of us understand that we don't have to be like everyone else because we're individuals (mainly because we think we're better anyway), some of us have a problem understanding that not everyone has to be like us.

What makes a dog and a cheetah enjoying some cuddling is that it just shouldn't happen. Dogs and cheetahs don't naturally get along, which is the point.

If it were two dogs cuddling, or two cheetahs nudging, then we just say, "Aww," and wait for our next chance to attack someone who used the wrong "you're/your" combination.

After all, we just want someone to agree with us, right?

[Credit: Adam Cohn]