alt Hacker News> Any emotion you may have, animals also have
Ah yes, I can tell that my cat is also struggling with whether to lease a Mercedes or keep fixing this stupid Chevy, which I deeply love because of all the fun places I've driven it (like work, and the gas station). Perhaps that's why she keeps biting me. Good kitty!
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Animals might not have the emotions for the same reasons, but they do exhibit the whole range we do. Anyone who's ever had an animal that can come and go roughly as they please, will know that they struggle with indecisiveness in all the same ways. Let me out, oh wait, actually never mind, let me in. Or out. Or let me in a little, I will keep one half of me outside and the other half inside, blocking the door.
The emotion part of your comment is just the love and the discomfort in the struggle, not the struggle itself nor any of the particular details.
Of course your car cares about your car related decisions...
Wanting new toys is not an exclusively human trait. Cats like playing with toys too. Rats have been taught to drive tiny cars. Orangutans have learned to drive golf carts. So why are your emotions more real then? Because a Mercedes can go faster than a golf cart?