• @[email protected]
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      436 months ago

      Neither do cows but I’ve seen one too many slurp a Snake like spaghetti and eat baby birds as if they were KitKats

        • @[email protected]
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          276 months ago

          Aren’t we also “just” animals as well though?

          (Not defending either side, I just really dislike it when statements suggest we aren’t also literally animals that somehow figured out to think slightly more than others…)

          • @[email protected]
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            16 months ago

            We are animals in a very literal sense, but justifying an immoral act because it’s natural for animals to do it opens the door to justifying other immoral acts because animals do them. Humans are animals, but we’re uniquely the only animals capable of choosing to act ethically.

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          106 months ago

          Just because an animal does it doesn’t mean it’s okay for humans to do it

          Then comparing human teeth to animal teeth is irrelevant no? Because what the animals do is irrelevant.

        • @[email protected]
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          106 months ago

          Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy boi. If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!

    • @LaoArchAngel
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      That depends on which humans and where. There are still plenty of tribes that live in areas where vegetation simply does not support their population. Luckily, humans evolved to be feed on more things than most things on the planet. We can eat plants, fungi, bugs, fish, etc.

      So you’re right. Humans don’t need to kill animals. We can survive by killing just about any living thing on this planet. We can even eat things that would otherwise be super toxic to us by learning how to cook it, peel it, or skin it.

      • Iceblade
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        Pufferfish

        develops one of the most lethal toxins in the animal kingdom

        Humans

        Oooh yummy!

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          36 months ago

          Peppers

          Develops a chemical that makes them taste like pain for mammals to make it more likely that birds will eat their fruit and spread it farther

          Humans

          Oooh, spicy! Let’s grow lots of these and breed some to maximize that spice!

          Peppers

          Wait no–oh nm, I guess it’s a surprise win.

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      It’s true. I usually eat animals that were killed for me. Thanks, grocery stores!