Funnily enough, I’m not 100% joking. While many animals have paw pads, the particular kind of soft, squishy beans found on housecats are an adaptation for stealth. Squishy beans mean you’re looking at an ambush predator.
I love old-school sci fi that tries to examine deep questions like What It Means To Be Human™ entirely through the lens of sexual ethics. Just banging out three hundred thousand words on Is It Okay To Fuck the Robot. I’m not sure I’d agree that the bulk of it actually succeeds at reconciling being insightful with being horny, but I appreciate the effort!
I don’t mean to sound rude but farmers literally have to learn to love poop smell, cow poop smell, they learn to love it, they wake up and take a deep breath of their pasture and say “yeap, this here is fresh country air”