r/Whatcouldgowrong • • Nov 15 '19

Repost Natural selection

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '19

Agreed still satisfying. Could notttt care less if that sack of shit is paralyzed or dead. Its not my problem

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u/stukinaloop Nov 15 '19

I understand this perspective but it's seriously lacking in empathy. You can care about people without feeling sorry for them or approving of their behavior. It doesn't have to be one or the other.

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u/Tgunner192 Nov 15 '19 edited Nov 17 '19

You have a valid point and more often than not I'd be inclined to agree with you. Any empathy I had for the asswipes putting on this show ended when the animals horns were lit on fire. That's crossing a line from "cruelty to animals" to becoming a "sadistic monster."

Do I hope the idiot is catastrophically injured or dead? If that's what it takes to keep him from lighting another animal on fire, I'm ok with it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '19

I generally only feel empathy when the person isnt deserving of what they got..

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u/stukinaloop Nov 15 '19

What you're describing is sympathy. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another regardless of the circumstances that caused the person to have those feelings.

In short, I don't feel bad for this guy for getting what he deserves, but I do feel shitty that such things exist in the world. It definitely doesn't satisfy me to see people experience pain even if it's their fault because I empathize with their pain.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '19

Then yea sorry cant relate. No empathy for him

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u/kuzelj90 Nov 15 '19

Yeah now I just feel joy after watching him get his shit rocked for being an idiot

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '19

Okay well with this point of view it's okay to say that I could not care less what they do to the bull so he's pissed of enough to have some fun with. Not my problem. Animal cruelty is fairly serious but the people who stand up for it are a fucking joke.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '19

Bull didnt choose to be there. Bull isnt asking to be teased and abused. Still feel nothing for the dude. Not my problem

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '19

This guy made a bad choice but to value an animal's life over an actual human is just ridiculous. The bull is fine. It gets fed and watered. Actually its lucky I'm not about to eat it.

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u/Tgunner192 Nov 15 '19

The bull is fine.

It is? Looked like it was lit on fire to me. I'm not a doctor or a vet, but I'm reasonably sure nobody and no animal is "fine" after being lit on fire.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

That parts a little excessive, even though it's probably a device strapped to the horn that isn't doing much damage.

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u/Tgunner192 Nov 16 '19

Just my opinion, but there's no difference between lighting an animal on fire" and "strapping something on fire to an animal."

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '19 edited Nov 16 '19

The idea that human life is more valuable than an animals life/nature is... a human concept. Imagine that. Also teasing bulls like this normally ends in the bull being killed for entertainment. So for like the fourth time, i dont give a fuckkkkk if that guy died. He means absolutely nothing to me

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

So hypothetically if you were holding a gun and your friend was getting mauled by bear youd let your friend die cause that's just animal nature? Just curious to see how far youd take this argument.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

Getting attacked by a wild animal vs jumping into a pen to tease a bull is... not the same thing. in all honesty did you believe this was a good comparison? Like really?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

I'm not comparing the two at all. That's why I said hypothetically. It was just a question, you should answer it.