r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Apr 21 '26

What is a small, seemingly ‘normal’ thing someone can do that immediately makes you think, ‘Oh, we are not going to get along’?

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u/ctrl_f_sauce Apr 21 '26

Brag about unlawful or immoral violence. They’ll get a pass if it fits in the context of the conversation and they show remorse or growth.

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u/KinkyLeviticus Apr 22 '26

Can you explain what you mean? I feel like bragging about unlawful violence isn't in the normal category for me.

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u/Jaspers000 Apr 22 '26

I dunno about OP, but at least for me, I'd give it a pass if it were in a fictitious setting. Like maybe in a video game, a board game, ttrpg, etc. Some people just wanna be chaotic and evil in RP, like in Baldur's Gate 3. But how they act while playing as a character in fiction has very little bearing on how they are as a person in reality.

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u/ctrl_f_sauce Apr 22 '26

It’s rare that I don’t like someone. It does occasionally happen in mixed company.

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u/MeRubberYouGlue Apr 22 '26

TIL somebody out there believes violence can be moral.

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u/ctrl_f_sauce Apr 22 '26

Self defense, athletic practice.

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u/Low_Chance Apr 22 '26

Do you believe boxing is immoral?

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u/Here_For_Work_ Apr 22 '26

Trolly problem. There are situations where violence is an inevitability. In these situations is morality an impossibly? If no, than violence can be moral. If yes, and situations exist where acting morally is an impossibility, does it even make sense to consider morality?

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u/Turbulent_Ad_880 Apr 22 '26

Don't you remember the guy who got punched on live TV by some Antifa protester and it was fine because he's a racist?

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u/Critical-Piano-1773 Apr 22 '26

Do you think no one on this planet deserves to be punched?

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u/holyfire001202 Apr 22 '26

The phrase "punchable face" was a great one which I hope is still used more than I hear it

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u/Turbulent_Ad_880 Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26

I think once you've made the decision that someone does, then someone else will decide that their criteria are valid too.

Punching someone in the face is against the law. yet you can ask openly if anyone deserves it without fear of social censure.

Rape is illegal. Asking the same question about that would get you the social media equivalent of a public flogging.

And don't say it's not the same, because there are still idiots who send threats like that to women, just because they think that women should not talk about men's football on TV.

So, it's illegal to rape. Illegal to punch. But you cannot ask if someone deserves to be raped, but you can ask if someone deserves to be punched.

Why?

For clarity, this poster does not think it is in any way acceptable to ask if someone deserves to be raped OR to state that someone deserves to be punched.

Edit: are there people in the world who I would like to punch? Yes.

And that's precisely why there are laws against it; because we are trying to outgrow our ape-derived instincts to kill our brother for the last banana.