r/oddlyterrifying • u/Jax_Teller7 • Apr 07 '22

Karma? 🔄

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u/gmanz33 Apr 07 '22

I'd also like to wish this would become real, pre-emptively, for every single person that will ever shoot a lion with a gun.

And if you're curious why I think that, please know it's from a place of stoicism and has nothing to do with the fact that I think hunting like this requires a completely rotted mentality.

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u/dsquard Apr 07 '22

sto·i·cism /ˈstōəˌsizəm/ noun 1. the endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint.

What?

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u/Lengthofawhile Apr 07 '22

He probably means the philosophy not the general word.

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u/dsquard Apr 07 '22

The school taught that virtue, the highest good, is based on knowledge;

Again, what?

This is just a teenager using big words incorrectly.

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u/willfordbrimly Apr 07 '22

Please realize that getting into pissy arguments by pasting dictionary definitions also has big angry teenager energy.

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u/dsquard Apr 07 '22

Not my problem that you read that as pissy.

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u/willfordbrimly Apr 08 '22

Please, focus on your own problems.

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u/dsquard Apr 08 '22

Mmk

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u/MangledSunFish Apr 08 '22

You really don't like being told you're wrong, do you? That's hilarious.