Either of the two depending on which aspect of my personality they are thinking of at the time.

Sometimes I can be something of a loose cannon,you know...sudden outbursts...followed later by apologies. I have been told lots of times that I'm always too serious. I'm known by lots of people close to me to be an unsmiling, almost rigid person.

Or a horse. I've been commended by some for being industrious and hard-working. Working at goals, doing meaningful stuff.

I wouldn't choose the first animal for myself, as I want to disassociate myself from everything anger, though, sometimes if you don't show you're angry at something bad at home, it just goes on.

I would rather have an incompetent government than on good at lying, because the incompetence of the former serves quicker to stir up dissent from the people being ruled. Good liers can keep themselves in power as long as their lies are convincing enough.

Opossum

My wife calls me an Opossum :)

If I were to pick an animal for myself it would be a bear :)

In terms of the current administration this is what happens when you elect a president who is incompetent and he picks his cabinet based on nothing else but the loyalty criteria...

Considering how things are right now, I would prefer a government that is skilled at deception rather than one that makes mistakes so obviously.

The game works because it shifts the focus from how we see ourselves to how we’re reflected back, which is usually far more revealing (and sometimes humbling).
The gap between “who I think I am” and “who others experience” can be surprisingly wide and that gap is where growth, humor, and self-awareness live

Political equivalent of my dog ate my homework, but with much higher stakes for the national discourse.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tWYki6dMU9g

My mother sometimes says that my tooth are white as a rabbit's. I think that she is wrong.

Would you rather your government be incompetent, or good liars?

Mine are both, sadly.

But since there is no consequence, they don't care.

And

For people who lie so much, you'd think they'd be better at it by now.

Very sad for my kids.

What animal?

People have said a Lioness :)

And I trust one person, who said that, immensely.

And I don't trust another person, who said that, at all.

SO it must be true *nods

Sloth. My wife just said that it was me.

I read your other post before I read this one. Sorry. The gaslighting on this one is absolutely next level. It's epically mind blowing. I'd probably be a cranky bear if I had to guess. A big fat cranky bear. :)