The real protagonist was the dog

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Falkoro@reddit

I hope everyone in the comments eats plant based :) https://youtu.be/tnykmsDetNo?is=6jUTmfFXtqFi3Z8M

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thatweirdguyted@reddit

Humans are the fucking problem in just about every situation.

Dogs are just always such empathetic and kind hearted souls. We don't deserve their love but the give it anyway. That's why.

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Your dog would kill and eat you with no remorse if it thought it would improve its situation. They have evolved expressions and behavior that humans find emotive and deferential because it has gotten them fed for thousands of years.

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SoundJazzlike6601@reddit

Improve? They would only do that if they were starving, dumbass. Dogs do feel connection, too. It's easily googable

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Res_Novae17@reddit

You literally don't even know for certain that other humans feel anything at all. They probably do, but you can never be certain anything in the universe is conscious except yourself. Don't come over here insulting me and throwing around hubris about what it's like to be a dog.

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AdrunIsSad@reddit

symbiotic relationships can be a difficult concept when you have nothing to offer.

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Ok_Savings9611@reddit

OMG the animals that just poop fuck murder and bark are SOOO HECKIN WHOLESOME!!!

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AdrunIsSad@reddit

you described humans 🤡

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DeluxeMonke@reddit

You're selling us short, we also invented sonic x shadow yaoi

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fookreddit22@reddit

I have a hypothetical scenario that makes people hate me. I love cats, if I was asked to sacrifice the cat I loved the most to save one random human being I do not know I would sacrifice the cat every time.

If you can't treat another person better than an animal you're a shit human being.

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_Pin_6938@reddit

Thats like would you rather kill a family member to spare a random persons life

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fookreddit22@reddit

It's absolutely fucking not unless the family member is human.

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_Pin_6938@reddit

Why not? They hold the same value to me as a human family member

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fookreddit22@reddit

So what if it's a choice between an animal family member and a human family member. Is it a very fucking obvious choice? Of course it is. Or are you gonna look your nan in the eye and say sorry love but you've had a good run and rover is just too fucking important.

I love animals and I absolutely viewed all of my pets as family but I would never value any animals life above a humans regardless of how much I love the animal (my initial comment repackaged because you didn't get it the first time)

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_Pin_6938@reddit

Of course it is, i would sacrifice a loved pet for a loved one but not for a random one.

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fookreddit22@reddit

You do realize that a random human being also has roughly a 1/4 chance of being a child right? Might even be a baby. Enjoy your pet scumbag.

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cle4rr@reddit

there’s roughly a 1 in 8.3 billion chance that random human being is you, and boy i’m feeling lucky

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fookreddit22@reddit

Corny af and I don't think you got the minerals to kill your pet so fuck off.

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_Pin_6938@reddit

Theres also a 1/4 chance that human being is a narcissist POS. Insulting people on reddit wont do you any better. Atleast my pet had an impact on my life.

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fookreddit22@reddit

Eww hyperbole. Whatever helps you sleep at night.

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BurnMeTonight@reddit

Why? A life is a life.

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fookreddit22@reddit

Agreed. However as a human I put other human life above different animals life, in the exact same way that animals put their species above other species.

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BurnMeTonight@reddit

Thing is, animals don't all do that. Dogs for instance, put their humans above other dogs. Which is why I'd save my dog over any other human. Another human is another human. To my dogs I'm their entire world. It's only fair that I see them the same.

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fookreddit22@reddit

Dogs that are conditioned by humans act in the humans defence. Dogs that are part of a pack do not. Your dogs will likely eat you if you die and they are unable to feed themselves, more so than cat.

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BirbsAreSoCute@reddit

Your dogs will likely eat you if you die and they are unable to feed themselves

What the fuck are they supposed to do?

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fookreddit22@reddit

Fucking die.

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BirbsAreSoCute@reddit

Lmao?

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Xardnas69@reddit

Is it a very fucking obvious choice? Of course it is.

True! I pick the animal. My family members are at best strangers I've never met and at worst assholes i unfortunately have met. Pet i love unconditionally or human i either don't care about or actively hate. Pretty easy choice no?

Or are you gonna look your nan in the eye and say sorry love but you've had a good run

I doubt she'd recognize me given that she has dementia, but sure i would if necessary. I'd sacrifice anything if it meant i could extend my pet's life by even one second.

I would never value any animals life above a humans regardless of how much I love the animal

Why not? What makes human life inherently worth more than animal life? What makes us better than them? Our ability to think? If you look at what we've used it for, I'd say it makes us worse. We have a grasp of complex concepts such as morals only to continuously act against them. We hurt and kill other creatures, including other humans since you care so much, for the dumbest reasons. Animals can inherently do no wrong because they are animals. They're too stupid to understand the concept of right and wrong, they just act based on instinct. We however, do have a concept of right and wrong and yet we so often consciously choose to do the wrong thing. Kinda sounds like we're the ones whose lives should be worth less.

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fookreddit22@reddit

Sound like you're only focusing on the negativity of humanity and not the beauty. A common trait in scumbags who would put an animal above a human.

Animals kill for sport and can be just as cruel as any human. Just because they dont have a moral compass doesn't mean it hurts any less when someones pet xxl pitbull rips apart someone else's pet cat.

Idgaf what your decision is tbh but don't try and take moral fucking high ground because you'd rather the possibility of a child being killed to have a few more years with your pet. It's fucking selfish.

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smellybassist@reddit

Not saying you’re wrong and I’m right. From my perspective, an animal will never be a part of the family. They’re essentially property. And they don’t love you, they’re dependent and you’re the food dispenser. Plus losing a pet imo is nowhere near the same level as losing a loved one. I lost my sister very young, so it always pisses me off when people compare a dog or whatever dying to that. I’ve lost pets as well, it’s not even close

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BirbsAreSoCute@reddit

And they don’t love you, they’re dependent and you’re the food dispenser.

This is scientifically proven to be false in both cats and dogs.

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/can-our-dogs-really-love-us/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24607363/

https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/cats-children-and-dogs-develop-attachments-their-caregivers-study-shows

I implore you to read those

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SirTremain@reddit

Honestly I think I'd do the same with my cat, but just playing devil's advocate:

Couldn't you already make that trade right now? Any effort, time, and money you invest in your cat could be used to instead help humans in need right now.

And why stop at just your cat? I'm sure there are other aspects of your life you could forgoe and put the money towards helping other people. Maybe eat less takeout, buy cheaper clothing, don't go on holiday etc.

In case it isn't obvious I don't actually think anyone should do those things. But I don't think it's so easy to just say you should just give up some important aspect of your life in order to save another human life. If you (or I) genuinely believed that, we'd be out there helping other people as much as we can, and we could always do just a little bit more.

In summary, sometimes the moral choice (in this case great personal sacrifice) isn't the right one.

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PalpitationFine@reddit

If you want to follow caring about other humans to the extreme, you would give every dollar you make, volunteer all your free time and when the cost benefit analysis suggests you are not as productive as you can be, you would die in a manner that your organs would be intact for donation.

Or you can care about two conflicting things at the same time though

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Quolley@reddit

No one's saying that, but the price of pet food/kitty litter adds up. That's money that could be sent to orphanages or something!

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fookreddit22@reddit

People should absolutely be more helpful toward each other.

This hypothetical illustrates that people are generally selfish. The reality of it is that the human being you do not know is out there having a human experience. People will likely mourn that person far greater than I could ever mourn my favorite cat. I don't want to hear shit about how we should all be more compassionate towards other people when I'm still out here trying to get people to understand why picking the human is important.

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GruntBlender@reddit

So, get rid of the cat and use the total lifetime spending you'd do for the cat to instead fund a new well for an African village that will absolutely save human lives. Or donate it to some medical charity that vaccinates people in developing countries. Or a charity that provides food aid in places with famines or food insecurity.

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fookreddit22@reddit

You're adding unnecessary stuff to a hypothetical question to ease your guilt.

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GruntBlender@reddit

Nah, it's a practicality extension to the original hypothetical. Here's a practical way of fulfilling the hypothetical, most people won't do it, so their answer to the hypothetical was BS in the first place.

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fookreddit22@reddit

It's called moving the goalposts. I'm not entertaining you to make you feel better. Your hypothetical is a Different one to mine.

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GruntBlender@reddit

No, it's the same. Would you sacrifice the cat to save a human. Apparently only if it was easy like pressing a button or something. When you can actually do it, but there's no immediate feedback, you're not so keen.

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fookreddit22@reddit

No I would kill the cat myself in whatever way the hypothetical required. Cats are my favorite animals, it was literally my first word. I'm still doin it.

Think of it more a trolley problem. You have a lever, one side your cat the other side random person. You can't build fucking wells in Africa to solve the fucking problem no matter how humanitarian it is.

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GruntBlender@reddit

What's the difference between stopping the trolley and vaccinating a whole village against a deadly disease?

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fookreddit22@reddit

Cba

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Iriss@reddit

No one likes to acknowledge damage done by omission, they just want to take the moral high ground in their made-up scenario.

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Xardnas69@reddit

Weak. I know with absolute certainty i would never sacrifice my cat for any human. Or all humans. I'd rather sacrifice humanity to save my cat.

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hikarinokaze@reddit

You'd make a better villain than those in most modern films and games.

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Xardnas69@reddit

Thank you, but unfortunately that's not a high bar to clear lmao

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fookreddit22@reddit

Ok. You're a terrible human being. Carry on.

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ur_moms_boy-toy@reddit

If I'm ever in this situation, I'll just have to hope the person my cat died for isn't an insufferable moralist like you.

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GruntBlender@reddit

Then do it. Get rid of the pet and use the money you save to fund charities that save human lives.

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ur_moms_boy-toy@reddit

I don't have any pets.

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fookreddit22@reddit

Ironically I use this argument specifically to piss off virtue signallers. I absolutely dgaf what people's personal moral choices are, I call them scumbags for my own amusement. I , in no way, pass any sincere judgement on anyone who's replied to my comment.

Good job on killing your cat though fucking psycho.

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BirbsAreSoCute@reddit

No you wouldn't lmao don't even pretend

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fookreddit22@reddit

Ok

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clubdon@reddit

The number of people I would choose over my cat is about five.

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fookreddit22@reddit

Ironically people that choose their pet are the reason why people choose their pet. People choose animals because people suck, people like you, who put an animal above a human, suck.

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IamWatchingAoT@reddit

Shut the fuck up bro. There's a million variables in this shitty scenario you've so geniously envisioned and yet you are judging people for making an imaginary choice in which they have no context. Of course they're going to choose what is most dear to them. Dumbass.

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clubdon@reddit

If people didn’t suck I wouldn’t choose my cat. It goes full circle.

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fookreddit22@reddit

It does.

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nucleophilicattack@reddit

Naw, I’m not sacrificing my cat for any stranger.

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MillionGuy@reddit

Based

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Intelligent_Shoe_520@reddit

Based

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_-_--_--_-_@reddit

Misanthropy is 3edgy5me

> “Humans are so le horrible
> Praying mantis doing 100 player infanticide battleroyal for each eggsack
> “omg nature is so serene and whole”

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ISoldMyPeanitsFarm@reddit

Humans have developed the cognition to reasonably be expected to care for each other and the organisms around us, if not for the sake of altruism, then through the understanding of how doing so benefits self survival and the survival of our species. No other animal carries that burden.

Humans consistently fail to live up to that standard.

Dogs are just cute lil guys.

Hope this helps.

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toadmanfrogmanbaba@reddit

jesus you are gods perfect redditor arent you

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ISoldMyPeanitsFarm@reddit

> can't engage with the substance of the comment

> "you use the same platform I do"

Fucking braindead.

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toadmanfrogmanbaba@reddit

hey... redditors dont swear!!! one hecking downvote point for you buddy. This hurts me more than it hurts you. >:(

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PeikaFizzy@reddit

Also ant is having their Horus heresy yearly

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Absolutemehguy@reddit

The Emperor protects.

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SilliusS0ddus@reddit

She's doing it on purpose.

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Old-Post-3639@reddit

Who wouldn't?

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SilliusS0ddus@reddit

Any warp entity not from her hood

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Babki123@reddit

Nah horus heresy is civil war

The ant are just cleaning the neighborhood

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Guardiancomplex@reddit

"Let the small mound of soil burn."

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TheOldGenesys@reddit

are dogs horrible?

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ugandaWarrior134@reddit

Chihuahuas, and bulldogs named cupcake are a bit horrible, yes

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man-teiv@reddit

humans: eating meat is perfectly natural

things in nature that are perfectly natural: rape, infanticide, cannibalism

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Lower_Preparation_83@reddit

Nature fuckers butthurted good

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BirbsAreSoCute@reddit

Me when I equate two completely and extremely different things to make a point:

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man-teiv@reddit

not comparing the two, it's just that the "nature" argument is kinda bs because nature is horrible and doesn't justify anything really

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_-_--_--_-_@reddit

The good old Appeal to Nature

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No-Section-4385@reddit

Mean it's also the same people who walk up too random dogs thinking am dogs are friendly.

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Res_Novae17@reddit

I legitimately hate this with a passion. I would make every reasonable effort not to hurt a dog, but make no mistake, I would kill ten dogs if it saved the life of an actual human being, and anyone who wouldn't is a fucking clinical sociopath.

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ThatOneGuyIn1939@reddit

on a fundamental, existential level, there's nothing that makes a human life more valuable than a dog's btw

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UristMcMagma@reddit

No... normal people would absolutely not kill a bunch of animals in cold blood to save human lives. Normal people would find it very difficult to pull the trigger in that situation. Something about empathy, I think.

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TraditionalRow3978@reddit

if your group of people were starving most people would definitely kill an animal, that's basically how we have lived since ever.

and majority of people still eat meat

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Italian_Devil@reddit

Ummm akschuallyy

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GruntBlender@reddit

You must really hate John Wick

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Tonberry_Cheesecake@reddit

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wordjedi@reddit

Boomer!!

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69ubermensch69@reddit

This occurs due to normal empathy I think, when a human gets hurt we can empathise and understand they in some way understand why it is happening even if it's a horrible reason. A dog cannot understand why it's happening and to see a creature that only wants to love you and be friends experiencing terrifying confusion is heartbreaking. It's seeing innocence get crushed, it's why we react violently and angrily to dog abusers. IMO ofc.

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Yabba-Dabba-Gabagool@reddit

Got a dog in December 2025 and never had one before.. I love my lil princess

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Yabba-Dabba-Gabagool@reddit

Got a dog December 2025.. never had one before. I love my lil princess shes the best.

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Honeysenpaiharuchan@reddit

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Exciting_Ad_9174@reddit

Always made no sense to me, I will always value a normal human (who isn't a heinous criminal ofc) over a dog or any animal

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GruntBlender@reddit

What if the dog is a heinous criminal?

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Seyelent@reddit

Borkin boofer is what you call a furry junkie

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AlfredKnows@reddit

Same with planes.

> A plane crashes in India
> Tragedy
> Indian PM personally takes care of lone survivor
> all world is shocked

at the same time

> 500 people die each day in traffic in India
> crickets

How dying in (or surviving) a plane crash is a bigger deal that a car accident?

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StormOfFatRichards@reddit

A plane crash is an anomaly. Car crashes are a systemic feature.

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Dark_Knight2000@reddit

Also people perceive some degree of control on car crashes. Plane crashes as a passenger are equivalent to a natural disaster, you’re just there for the ride.

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assasin1598@reddit

Also the scale. A single car crash kills 1-2 people on average.

A plane crash can kill 200 people at the same time.

Theres also that to crash a plane is more difficult due to more safety features often being escalation of several problems at once, rather than some drunk idiot speeding in to a tree.

Unless youre flying with Aeroflot, thats a gamble.

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basilisk_boi2@reddit

Probably because trains and vehicles are indias apex predator

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Res_Novae17@reddit

We do the same thing with guns. When we talk about gun violence, we imagine mass shootings, but the overwhelming majority of firearm homicides are one person shooting one other person with a handgun. This is an actual problem because it causes politicians to focus policy discussion in directions that will have very little statistical impact (i.e. the obsession with banning this one model of firearm that is used in less than 0.2% of gun homicides.)

We're just wired to pay attention to spectacular events.

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AmaterasuWolf21@reddit

This just proves that planes crashing is so rare that it needs a headline

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AlfredKnows@reddit

I agree with that. However the sentiment is about catastrophe, tragedy, loss of life. It is a spectacular death. I say it is not fair, because in a sense of a tragedy, daily life in traffic is much more tragic.

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betterthaneukaryotes@reddit

That one American Psycho scene comes to mind

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HastoBeAThrowaway0@reddit

Open shock video, dog enters frame, immediately close video

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AlphaMassDeBeta@reddit

I keep watching to make sure the dog is ok.

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univrsll@reddit

They never expect a dog with a gun smh

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UselessINFPScum@reddit

Doesn't work with muslims tho

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Hugo_Spaps@reddit

I mean, yeah. Dogs are better people than most people.

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TheDiddlerOfBob@reddit

my heckin awesome dog just choked to death on its 700th pup cup 😔

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Xardnas69@reddit

What the fuck does this mean

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UristMcMagma@reddit

A pup cup is something you order from trashy coffee shops, it's a cup filled with whipped cream.

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TheMoistiestNapkin@reddit

Fat dog

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HamBlamBlam@reddit

I wish you’d posted earlier, I could have prescribed some preventive snoot boops to protect your biggo doggo.

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DarkGamer@reddit

Something is wrong with those who care more about dogs than people.

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THEzwerver@reddit

this unironically

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Sierra-117-@reddit

Fr.

I think it’s because we intrinsically see dogs as pure and good. While humans are capable of terrible things. It’s the same reason we get sad when young kids die on screen. Or baby animals of any type.

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SpicaGenovese@reddit

Ding ding ding!!!

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univrsll@reddit

We did it Reddit!

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JustChillin3456@reddit

Hitler moment

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ikkju@reddit

I think it's because a human can at least comprehend the reason why they were killed, whereas the dog has no idea why it got killed, as he doesn't understand the situation.

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AlAboardTheHypeTrain@reddit

Imagine if Will Smith wouldve just died in I Am Legend and rest of The movie couldve been about doggie Running around with deers n shit.

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MillionGuy@reddit

Man I hate those quirky, infantile names of affection. “A pic of me and my furbabies!”

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softmetal@reddit

I watched a video once of an old skinny white man in his kitchen. He was naked. He put a plate on the floor. He put a piece of bread on the plate. He shit on the bread. He covered it with another slice of bread. He made a shit sandwich and ate the whole thing. Air Bud was another good movie.

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saketho@reddit

r/doggohate

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AiMwithoutBoT@reddit

Well humans fucking suck. Animals don’t.

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surferos505@reddit

Animals also freaking suck

What naive nonsense is this?

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Lone-organism@reddit

Haven't seen a leech have you

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Lemak0@reddit

Look whos talking lol

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Hot_Guys_In_My_DMS@reddit

Dogs are innocent, humans… are not.

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Lemak0@reddit

So deep bro 🗿

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Hot_Guys_In_My_DMS@reddit

Not really

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Lemak0@reddit

You're putting humans under general suspicion based on your own limited scope of experience whilst acting like all dogs or animals are innocent and pure goodness.

Not caring about human tragedies, but caring about animals getting hurt is cringe, dumb and sad.

While its true that most humans arent 100% innocent, it shouldn't take away from the gravity of witnessing their suffering, as they're usually innocent enough to deserve our sympathy.

You're just a jaded individual mistaking indifference for just judgement.

Why not care about both?

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