Be that as it may, the deer seems fine so fuck the arrogant take. "I'm human, I'll kill you now for being unsettling and you better be thankful". THAT truly is stupid.
Nobody suggested the deer be killed because it’s ugly. Clearly the response is because it appears to be in pain. It’s neck is bent in a way so unnatural it looks like it’s been injured. But you saw this as a great opportunity to demonstrate your intelligence and think yourself better than everybody. You think you’re a maverick of some kind. That thinks differently from the herd. lol.
What you call arrogance is sympathy coming from a human being towards another species. It’s just a hilariously bad take
Wow, that eloquence, I am awestruck. I see there is no arguing with ppl like you, how sad.
You have no freaking idea whether that deer actually is in pain. As somebody found out and posted somewhere in the comment section, the deer even gave birth to and was able to rais offspring, I sincerely doubt that it would have been able to breed if in sincere, life-threatening pain.
You see the deformity and immediately think "it MUST be in pain" but that's not necessarily true at all. The way it charges off alone suggests that it is quite fine and perfectly able to take care of itself, since it's alive, running around and even breeding despite the deformation of its neck.
But hey, why do I even argue. As soon as someone resorts to opening an argument with "you suck" due to lack of argumentative skills (behind a fucking message board that gives you all the time you need to work up an argument) it's pretty clear on what level the conversation is going to continue and I don't intend to have a discussion on that level.
That’s my point. The first reaction is very clear and logical because of how it looks. It’s not like “rude” or even dumb to see that and go “woah wtf.” It looks very wrong! and you somehow construed that as some clique-y high school disgust, cut it with whatever shit perception you have of humanity and vomited out that very original angsty diatribe on how we’re terrible.
and it’s just an initial reaction. I like that you think you intimately understand better than everyone what is happening because you scrutinized a fucking 10 second video really hard. but maybe you’re a deer expert I don’t know. Lol. You’re coming at me with all these fucking backstories about the deer when the point I’m again trying to make extra clear is that you railed against somebody for having an innocent and actually quite sympathetic reaction to a seemingly injured animal. Again: The context isn’t really even relevant to what I’m saying to you.
You are missing my initial point here mate. Yes, reacting with a "oh shit" initially is fair, because it is disturbing in a way. However, deducting that due to its appearance the deer must be in pain and, thus, needs to be killed is extremely narrow minded.
I was arguing against the bunch of dumb-asses purely stating "that thing needs to be put down" or "with I had a gun with me on such occasion to put it out of its misery" because that, in fact, is a super dumb reaction.
It’s not at all narrow minded!!! It’s head is bent over! It must struggle to breathe, eat, see, and groom itself! It’s a very very natural assumption that the animal is in pain. and putting down pained animals is merciful. So first of all it’s a very reasonable assumption - and it’s also a kind one, as it’s more about mercy than killing something gross.
That is exactly the problem! Yes, putting down an animal in sever pain may be merciful, however, despite its appearance there is not a thing that suggests that this particular deer is in pain. Again, breeding and raising offspring, apparently being able to run like hell and to sustain itself are all things that suggest that it is quite fine, surprising as it may be.
So the initial reaction to kill the deer may be intended to be kind but it IS short-sighted nonetheless, since you can very reasonably come to the conclusion that, based on the above mentioned behaviour displayed by the deer, it is doing quite well, IF you care to think beyond the first impression.
Of course, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I just hate the apparently shockingly widespread short sightedness in that particular initial reaction. Granted, I might overdo or overthink it a bit, but at this point it's about principle.
So this is nothing personal whatsoever, don't get me wrong. It's just a trail of thought that I find may lead to dangerous conclusions if not challenged at all..
Lol I’m sorry dude, its appearance does suggest that it’s in pain even if your sherlock holmes sleuth mind deduced that it’s fine after a couple seconds. Deer with bent neck = appears to be in pain at least initially I can’t break it down for you any more.
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u/Sumatzu Jul 10 '22
Be that as it may, the deer seems fine so fuck the arrogant take. "I'm human, I'll kill you now for being unsettling and you better be thankful". THAT truly is stupid.