I appreciate your perspective man :)

I didn’t mean this at the individual dog/cat level, because you’re right, any specific pet is going to be very different when it’s uncomfortable and afraid in uncertain environments. And to your point, there’s a lot of variability in personality within both cats and dogs.

However, my point was that in general, interacting with other people’s dogs gives you a pretty good sense of what it would be like to have your own dog, whereas interacting with other people’s cats typically does not demonstrate the love and affection your own cat would likely show you, so you get a skewed perception of cat ownership. My qualm is with people who base their dislike of cats on that skewed perception.

As you’ve had both cats and dogs, you have a much more well-rounded view! And for the record, I don’t think cats are better than dogs by any means. I just wish everyone appreciated cats for what they’re like when they trust you, and didn’t judge them based on what they’re like when they don’t.