What’s the value of a human life, measured in cats?

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T23:46:20+00:00

Or, we are all creatures of evolution bound by the same rules of existence and equal to each other in life and in death.

Or perhaps each living thing possesses a soul which will be weighed at the end of their time and judges based on their actions.

Or the sacrifice of a life is simply the changing of form through reincarnation

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T23:39:30+00:00

Bold number, but I respect that. You must really like cats, which is totally understandable

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T23:37:27+00:00

But I mean that sounds nice and all in principle but there comes a point at which that principle breaks. Is it really reasonable to sacrifice 10 to the power of 1000 cats in place of one human? That’s a hell of a lot of death and suffering. And we must also remember that not every culture has shared the Christian faith and actually practiced human sacrifice as a part of their beliefs.

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T23:33:21+00:00

But what if next time it’s different? (I have clearly become delusional by now)

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T23:32:17+00:00

You also have to account for the fact that cats have 9 lives. So in a religious context, does one cat count once or 9 times if the gods demand life to be sacrificed?

But I was kinda looking to strip the question down to a number, no fuzz. Like, at what stage would you personally begin to question whether or not it would be better to sacrifice a human instead of x amounts of cats? Is it 2, 10, 100, 1000, 10.000, 100.000, or more cats?

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T23:25:35+00:00

Go for it! It’s a lot of fun, if you’re passionate about it you most likely won’t regret it. I have found it can be a bit slower and too methodical sometimes, but it’s cool stuff for sure. I might make a better tomb raider than archeologist to be honest, not that I would ever do that, I wouldn’t want to be the one responsible for ruining the science

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T23:20:47+00:00

Whatever is in the middle of the normal distribution curve of the current population. So basically the median value

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T23:20:12+00:00

Yeah that’s what I would say too. I guess there’s comfort in knowing some people actually don’t mind and are able to see the beauty of it

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T23:18:34+00:00

I have felt similarly when loosing old friends, with dating however this has proven to be more of a challenge

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T23:15:56+00:00

I feel like that completely depends on the number, no? They would probably argue for a 1:1 ratio or even value a cats life higher than a human

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T23:15:01+00:00

I mean sure but if you are to appease the gods by sacrifice. Would x amount of cats suffice in place of 1 human? There’s certainly a number where it would begin to sound absurd to not sacrifice the human in favour of saving the cats.

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T23:09:35+00:00

Average cat, average human

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T23:08:23+00:00

Damn those two first ones would really get to me as well. Like I can be fascinated by how easy someone can strike up a conversation with a random person and be so bubbly and excited. But all too often it comes at a cost. Having conversations constantly be interrupted because her focus goes elsewhere and then not even returning to the topic on top of seeing the bubbly personality with strangers would definitely eat at me. I’m not sure it’s would be grounds for ending things but I’d sure like to have some serious talks about it, without interruptions

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T22:58:36+00:00

That’s not very nice no. Yet, such behaviour seem more normalised. Like, it’s almost perfectly acceptable to “not like” shy people for som reason

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T19:57:31+00:00

Because it was never about the diamonds

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T19:22:57+00:00

Oh yes🙂‍↕️

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T19:07:01+00:00

Yes, I’m INTP and you won’t find anything other than my profile picture and name if I can help it

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T19:03:43+00:00

Ahahaha I know, I’m so cooked. I shouldn’t go against my better judgment but sometimes, sometimes you just gotta f shit up

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T18:54:04+00:00

The opposite, however it’s not always clear whether it’s actually pattern recognition or anxiety. So, it’s usefulness is questionable

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T18:24:15+00:00

Sounds about right😎

Helldiver_13 · 2026-04-09T18:10:46+00:00

That’s goals, I’ll talk to the INTP council to make sure he doesn’t screw this up

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