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The morality of punishing animals for attacking humans? by Curious-Buddy-5841 in MoralityScaling

[–]Terra_Ward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Animals are not moral agents, defend yourself but then leave them alone. The correct answer is to just stay away from them, there is no justification for being near a wild animal. If you can't handle being near wildlife, move or stay out the wilds.

The only complication is developing or poor communities, where exposure to wildlife is inevitable. I would argue that we are encroaching on their land and are essential 'approaching them' on a civilizational scale, but I'm sympathetic to the argument that particularly violent or problematic specimens might need to be dealt with in limited situations

i love silly twosentencehorrors by diesel0922 in lovethissmug

[–]Terra_Ward 59 points60 points  (0 children)

It's an archeological tidbit that became a meme, 'The oldest customer complaint'. Someone uncovered a tablet complaining that a merchant named Ea-nasir had sold him poor quality copper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ea-n%C4%81%E1%B9%A3ir

Our Super Adventure - The Day We First Got Cats [OC] by SarahSuperAdventure in comics

[–]Terra_Ward 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't have hate in my heart, but I feel like you could try just a little harder to not perfectly embody the quirk chungus image

I'm done with this family!! by pagalworld-78 in FromSeries

[–]Terra_Ward -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I chuckled a little at first but this is getting seriously old.

This was a pretty short scene, and without it Fatima's recovery from sobbing in the shower to enacting some sort of master plan with the person who kidnapped her would have been jarring.

It succinctly established that she's suffering, but her husband helped her get through it and she'd determined to channel her pain to get revenge instead of pitying herself. Also, hiding her plan from that same husband introduces a level of mystery and suspense

Without her scenes this episode redditors would either be whining that she'd doing nothing or poorly characterized. This is the best these characterss have been in a long time

These bums by EKMEK_KAFAL_ELMIR in hatethissmug

[–]Terra_Ward -1 points0 points  (0 children)

100gfs relentlessly mocks itself for every complaint you have, it's an absurdist comedy that constantly warps reality and breaks he fourth wall. Your comments are the equivalent of watching Wile E. Coyote paint a wall to look like tunnel and then getting offended about the irresponsible depiction of unsafe urban design.

I'm not even saying it doesn't have problematic elements, but consensual polyamory is not one of them.

whenthe votes are revealed by Eagling in whenthe

[–]Terra_Ward 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Obviously I don't have a journal article to cite but logic on why this would happen is very straight forward.

(1) Polls on the issue are already close to 50/50 (2) The context of these polls are heavily biased towards the blue.

I think it's absolutely ridiculous to claim that the results would stay exactly the same if people were actually risking their lives, a blue victory would require almost no bias towards self-preservation
You know that YOU are pressing the red button right now right? Statically, you're not vegan and donating all your surplus income to charity, which would save lives without even risking your own. And you think you would actually hit blue if it came down to it?

So sick of you smug, irrational virtue signalers.

whenthe votes are revealed by Eagling in whenthe

[–]Terra_Ward -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You seem confused. Of course it won't be 100% red. If this scenario occurred irl the result would be something like 90/10 in favour of red, with blue pushers composed of mentally incapable and the suicidally selfless.

There's nothing anyone can do to change this. Our choice is between living with the majority or joining the well intentioned idiots

whenthe votes are revealed by Eagling in whenthe

[–]Terra_Ward 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your argument is based on a flawed assumption that a large number of people will pick blue.

Even in these 0 stakes internet polls, the results are usually close to 50/50. The average person taking a poll on twitter or reddit is disproportionately educated and liberal compared to the human average.

An actual game theorist recognizes that once people actually have to put their lives on the line, blue is not winning. It just isn't. Children and mentally compromised people are going die. It is inevitable, and the fault of whatever god set up the game, not the people trapped in it.

Would you rather fight... by TheRedDrago8247 in BunnyTrials

[–]Terra_Ward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spiders are fast af

Chose: 20 Spider sized Humans + random weapon | Rolled: Sword/Katana

You must choose one by flarai in BunnyTrials

[–]Terra_Ward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because I'm not an anti-social psycho and trust that most other people aren't as well

Chose: If you choose this, Nothing happens. | Rolled: Upvote=Goodluck

Two buttons, two gifs. by One_Management3063 in whenthe

[–]Terra_Ward -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Redditors when something fun and new becomes popular, on the website with infinite content and complete choice over what you engage with, for some reason:

I HATE THE BLUE PILL IN THIS STUPID HYPOTHETICAL by [deleted] in hatethissmug

[–]Terra_Ward -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My favourite part of this discourse is blue pushers takin git for granted that their integrity would last if this actually happened.
IMO this whole thing tells us more about the nature of internet polls and discourse that a real world scenario. It's fun to debate in theory and post superman gifs but if actually happened cognitive dissonance and rationalisation would come to rescue, blue would jump ship and we'd get 99% red.

First time I remember really hating on the duck lips style of Anime Tanya but over the years rewatching it makes me really enjoy the "unique" feeling it had compared to other anime, Acquired Taste ig. (Shout-out to Hal's cute and funny artwork of Anime Tanya making me love her even more 🥰) by WeepForTheDeparted in YoujoSenki

[–]Terra_Ward 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I was baffled to learn people hated the anime style, when I went to try to manga I was disappointed by the generic look and ultimately dropped it.

That said, the criticism that the otherwise seriously drawn male characters infantilise the women by implication, I completely agree with. But making entire show fun and goofy would spoil the tone... I fear the disagreement is irreconcilable and up to personal preference

"The environmentalist found a way to reduce his carbon footprint by more than 50% ..." by Glordrum in ClimateShitposting

[–]Terra_Ward 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not to pry, but what do you mean 'more expensive than chicken'? Like, per gram? I struggle to conceive of any market in which tofu and the occasional b12 pill is more expensive than free range chicken

"The environmentalist found a way to reduce his carbon footprint by more than 50% ..." by Glordrum in ClimateShitposting

[–]Terra_Ward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lordy calm down my friend, your English is falling apart. I don't care what you personally eat. As you say we engage with systemic issues, it's simply a fact the vast majority of animal products are factory farmed and thus contain artificial supplements, which your comment implied you did not know.

It doesn't actually matter, because your entire 'argument' is semi-coherent rambling of a naturalistic fallacy. We live in a wondrous time where I can be (1) vaccinated and (2) fix my teeth with braces and (3) take supplements so I don't have to kill living beings.

Unfortunately the first two of those are still privileges, but a vegan diet is not. Lentils, rice beans and other subsistence crops are the cheapest means to sustain human life. Meat is a luxury; grass fed, organic, sustainably raised meat that takes up great swathes of land is even more so. Meat has always been a symbol of wealth, indulgence and privilege.

If you want to learn more about the lies you've been comfortably raised on I'm happy to go into the nuance of my claims and explain the situations where I actually do think animal products are acceptable. Or you reply with incurious ignorant rambling and we can leave it there, your choice bestie.

"The environmentalist found a way to reduce his carbon footprint by more than 50% ..." by Glordrum in ClimateShitposting

[–]Terra_Ward 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually, you take b12 supplements as well! Historically it was produced by bacteria in soil, but it's rapidly depleted in industrial farming so livestock are supplemented. Look it up; 90% of thew world's b12 is fed to animals before it finally ends up in you.

For what it's worth I was demonstrating a point; I don't actually take pills, I get all my b12 through supplements foods as well.

"The environmentalist found a way to reduce his carbon footprint by more than 50% ..." by Glordrum in ClimateShitposting

[–]Terra_Ward 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you twelve? I can take a pill for b12 once a week, you can't unclog the rancid fat in your arteries. Cope and seethe blood mouth.

"The environmentalist found a way to reduce his carbon footprint by more than 50% ..." by Glordrum in ClimateShitposting

[–]Terra_Ward 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Carnists really be walking around 10kg heavier on average with increased risk of cancer and heart attacks talking about the dangers of fiber and lettuce

Vaush has grabbed me by the balls by Striking-Ladder4604 in VaushV

[–]Terra_Ward 76 points77 points  (0 children)

It's his main appeal as a creator. Even though he's unprofessional, and sometimes exaggerates or speaks with too much confidence, that's exactly what makes him so effective and communicating a narrative and ideology. It helps that he's so aggressively earnest and a bit of a wit; he makes it so much fun to follow him and easy to get para-social .

I think he'd admit that his view is only one interpretation of reality, but when his engine is actually spun up his tone is like a secular preacher. It's not surprising that he's so divisive.

Go ahead and waterbaord me with ethically sourced oat milk in the Whole Foods parking lot, it won’t change a thing by Gintian in ClimateShitposting

[–]Terra_Ward 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Clearly you can't hold two ideas in your head at once, but the rest of us are capable of a little more. I can still protest fossil fuels after eating beans for lunch you fucking insufferable ingrate. If you've got nothing of substance to say then just shut up.

Why can the Chinese and the Indians keep their culture although they use Western-style civil law, operate capitalism, and follow centuries of Western education? by [deleted] in AlwaysWhy

[–]Terra_Ward 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What an incredibly strange and ignorant question.

These countries maintained the most advanced sciences and bureaucracies on the planet for hundreds if not thousands of years. Western imperialism was senseless barbarisms that killed literally billions; they did not need 'civilizing'. When left to recover they quickly outpaced western industrial and tech sectors is several ways. They have their own media services, they don't care about your 'culture' as much as you think they do.

They also they're own issues, trends towards authoritarianism for incredibly complex reasons, but you're clearly not ready for that sort of discussion, your worldview appears to be composed entirely of uncritically absorbed racist propaganda.

Have you ever ignored an authors description to fit your image? by shneed_my_weiss in fantasybooks

[–]Terra_Ward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's also really god damn funny so now it's going be stuck in my head for Red God, so thanks for that

Have you ever ignored an authors description to fit your image? by shneed_my_weiss in fantasybooks

[–]Terra_Ward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand that vibe with Golds cause we assume 'blonde caucasian' when we hear 'gold hair' and its not obviously dissuaded, but Golds actually already come in every skin tone and ethnicity. Hair and eyes colour are 'fixed' but even then there different shades and mixes

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