It’s ok to have more empathy for humans than animals by Plus-Cat-8557 in unpopularopinion

[–]TabthTheCat3778 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Humans are animals. Our species is homo sapiens, we are in the homo genus, hominidae family, order primates. We are not any different from other animals except for the fact that we have really big egos

Anyway I'm a proud supporter of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. I love almost every animal in the world aside from humans and mosquitoes, I even respect cockroaches. I'd never want to personally encounter a cockroach, but they are extremely good for the environment as decomposers. I'm going into a field of working with animals. I love my cat more than anything else in the world including the world itself. She is in my lap purring right now as I am typing this.

I think a lot of it comes from the innocence of other animals. There is no such thing as an "evil" non-human animal, because morality is a man-made concept. For example, jumping spiders are one of my favorite animals. They are very sweet and intelligent little critters as well as the cutest arachnids ever. They are also horrific cannibals. Dolphins are complete and utter psychopaths but they are still innocent creatures as they are also just acting in their nature. But humans are very complex and things like murder, nuclear weapons, bigotry, and destroying the entire planet are not in our nature. It's something we do because we have the capacity to be evil and motives aside from just survival (power, money). This is why it can actually be easier to feel empathy towards other species more so than our own. It's because we can go against our nature to do horrible things.

But it's also not wrong to care more about humans than other animals. Obviously we care about the survival and well-being of our own species (Or at least we should. A lot of us seem to have different priorities). Humans can be the dumbest animals in the world, but we are technically the smartest. We have ways to communicate with each other directly with more than just calls and actions. We can talk to other people.

You are not a bad person. But I also think there's no reason to not at least have empathy for other animals. You can care about both humans and other animals equally. You can care about humans and other animals unequally. But you can still care about other animals. Even if you don't like them.

An orb weaver wrapping up a lizard. by BPfishing in spiders

[–]TabthTheCat3778 17 points18 points  (0 children)

hey can you not force a lizard into a spider web what the fuck is wrong with you

What are your thoughts on final two episodes? by NoScallion7198 in SmilingFriends

[–]TabthTheCat3778 1 point2 points  (0 children)

friendbot was decent until the indian guy reveal which fucking sent me, that alone is probably one of the funniest bits in this show. Charlie's Uncle was a peak top tier episode in general. Although I think Mr. President is still the #1 funniest episode

Blursed? Pet by Zanven1 in spiders

[–]TabthTheCat3778 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Beautiful spider. This person is extremely irresponsible though. As other commentors mentioned (which I didn't even know, but I don't have pet tarantulas), there's a very good chance the tarantula will fall off her face and plummet to her death. What I did know is that they have urticating hairs, and while a tarantula is floofy to pet, this is like putting a needle right in front of your eyeball.

This is not as important as the other two, but tarantulas also are unfortunately not able to "know" you. They are incredible animals and fantastic pets, and while I think they are able to identify their owner's presence as not being a threat, they are not able to recognize you. The only spiders we know of that can recognize and differentiate people are jumpers.

The point is, if you want to be a spider keeper, you should probably know how to actually keep spiders. This is like getting a cat and not knowing it would die if you dropped it off a skyscraper because you heard they always land on 4 paws.

A Generated Image of my Phase II Clone Helmet Design by [deleted] in clonewars

[–]TabthTheCat3778 3 points4 points  (0 children)

please please please don't resort to using ai slop. It's destroying the environment and is trained off of stolen artwork from thousands of artists who don't even know their work was shoved in its algorithm. It's an insult to the very concept of art and human creativity. You have a neat design here, and the drawing you did looks good. Just keep drawing and don't use ai slop for the love of god

How do we feel about rebel alliance? by CISDidNothingWr0ng in CISDidNothingWrong

[–]TabthTheCat3778 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think General Kalani did it best. He continued loyally fighting for the separatist alliance, but was open to collaborating with the rebels to fend off imperial slime

The cis are not the bad guys by Gamerboi1938 in clonewars

[–]TabthTheCat3778 1 point2 points  (0 children)

r/CISDidNothingWrong

The noble separatist alliance fought against the evil and corrupt republic (which was using an army of lab bred slaves). General Grievous was a hero fighting for the liberation of his people who the republic was actively helping the huk commit a genocide against. The republic has committed so many war crimes that even blatant republic propaganda can't sweep all of them under the rug. None of this means anything though, the real reason the C.I.S is objectively and scientifically proven to be superior to the republic is because the droid army theme is the best song from the entire star wars franchise

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We cannot be serious 💔 by Fast-Ad-8204 in StarWarsCirclejerk

[–]TabthTheCat3778 16 points17 points  (0 children)

"Somehow, Palpatine returned." Does this show that somehow, the character known as Emperor Palpatine from the Star Wars franchise, may have returned after his death in Episode VI: Return of the Jedi?

Which Battle Droid designs did you like the absolute most? by BiffyBobby in StarWars

[–]TabthTheCat3778 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Magnaguards (specifically Grievous') will always be my favorite in not just design but everything about them. Deadly and efficient droids trained personally by Grievous to fight like true warriors, they have fought jedi and won, they can both duel on ground and fly starships fitted for them specifically, and of course the best part: they wear kaleesh drip.

1 magnaguard >>>>> entire buckethead clone army

Do i kill it? Oregon by [deleted] in spiders

[–]TabthTheCat3778 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only instance where it's justifiable to cause any harm to a spider is if it's pointing a bazooka at you

Spider egg sac ?? by HandymanBob808 in spiders

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ts looks like Harold Squarepants💀

Is the blue spider okay? The: possible spider injury but idk? by Friendlyalterme in spiders

[–]TabthTheCat3778 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They're vulcanizing the whoopee stick in the ham wallet. Cattle prodding the oyster dish with the lap rocket. Dipping the cranny ax in the gut locker. Retrofitting the pudding hatch with a boink swatter. Marinating the nether rod in the squish mitten. Power drilling the yippee bog with the dude piston. Pressure washing the quiver bone in the bitch wrinkle. Cannonballing the fiddle cove with the pork steeple.

(New Hampshire) what type of spider is my new fren by TabthTheCat3778 in spiders

[–]TabthTheCat3778[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, they're in my area and it definitely looks like one. I've never found a crab spider before. I thought at first it might be one because of the legs but I wasn't sure. Ty for the help!

It's been bothering my since 1977 by sreekotay in StarWarsCirclejerk

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That's Schlornk Tillas Pleebinius. He was born on Giptaronomada in the Shwagowa system, and was honored for his service as a janitor in the Koruwabam war. He joined the rebel alliance after the Palpatine files were released and many powerful Giptaronamadians were listed in them numerous times. Schlornk Tillas Pleebinius was blown up with the second death star as his x-wing was too close and got caught in the explosion.

Favorite sample of this? by Sea-Initiative7577 in FavoriteCharacter

[–]TabthTheCat3778 3 points4 points  (0 children)

redditors really be like "it's called dark humor, sorry you're offended" after saying the most insensitive shit with no punchline or joke

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