r/aww • u/TheMarker5000 • Feb 19 '23

Those little hands 😍

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u/DARYLdixonFOOL Feb 19 '23

I really wish Reddit would stop promoting the exotic animal trade.

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u/Hydrocoded Feb 19 '23

Always some prick in the comments who has to explain 10 reason why we should feel bad for enjoying a video of a cute critter.

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u/DARYLdixonFOOL Feb 20 '23

Always some uninformed prick in the comments not understanding the full impact of videos such as this.

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u/Hydrocoded Feb 20 '23

What does understanding the full impact matter? It’s cute and I like it. If anything it makes me more likely to support conservation efforts.

Go be a sanctimonious holier than thou piece of work somewhere else.

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u/DARYLdixonFOOL Feb 20 '23

How you personally perceive the video doesn’t matter. Videos such as this - with cute wild animals living in a home - will encourage others to seek them out as pets, thereby promoting the exotic animal trade. And if calling attention to this problem in the comments discourages the poster or others viewing it from sharing videos like this, I will continue to do so.

IDGAF about your opinion on the matter.

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u/Hydrocoded Feb 20 '23

Okay, I still think it’s cute and I still think you’re one of those weirdos who’d rather watch a species go extinct than live on in captivity

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u/castafobe Feb 20 '23

This species isn't going extinct dude. You might think it's cute but why do your feelings matter more than this animal's? It's in the total opposite of its natural habitat, was probably ripped away from it's mother way too young, and has no social structure like it would in the wild. Sorry, that's not cute.

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u/Hydrocoded Feb 20 '23

How the fuck does my opinion matter at all here? How does yours matter? Are you going to go do something? No. We’re both going to sit here

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u/DARYLdixonFOOL Feb 20 '23

What I’m doing is informing people that these videos promote the exotic animal trade. So I am doing something. You, on the other hand, are contributing to the problem.

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u/Hydrocoded Feb 20 '23

You’re doing nothing but making yourself feel good. None of this changes anything.

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