I can't for the life of me figure out where I got this old ass image from, but I find it intensely funny as a philosophical amoralist. Hell, it's funny from a vegan perspective, or even from a "this reads like satire" perspective.

"It's a trespasser so I killed it", "the rodent was a thief so I gave it the death penalty", "You are a psychopath for questing the arbitrariness of conventional moral standards".

Best part is, according to the metadata of this screenshot, I took this screenshot on some post titled the biggest flaw of my hero academia, which raises more questions than it answers.

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[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

The trespasser/thief argument is so convoluted as disease control/structural integrity is the practical reason. But hey, it’s reddit-logo , everything has to be discussed in the most abstract, idealistic terms possible.

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Millions of insects, slugs and small rodents are killed every year to protect crops, animal feed and food production no matter one's diet (eating is necessary for survival as far as I'm aware, humans haven't figured out photosynthesis yet), so it just gets even more ridiculous as a moral or ethical conundrum. Both parties here have no idea what they're talking about. Talking about livestock animals would've been a better argument, as one can survive without killing them.

Though I agree with the idea that you should not kill things for fun, of course.

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 18 points 3 days ago

That roach doesn't respect the non aggression principle or property lines.

[–] DengistDonnieDarko@hexbear.net 16 points 3 days ago

calling an insect a "trespasser" and a mouse a "thief" is so funny to me. killing animals is okay when they don't respect property rights :) sorry little critter, maybe you should've abided by the NAP?

[–] FishLake@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 days ago

My in-laws watch my kids most weekdays. It’s really great how every couple of days I have to re-teach my young children to not squish bugs whenever they see one. Thanks grandma and grandpa. Maybe you should actually use your screen door.

[–] tane6@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago

Those vote counts are the most Reddit shit ever lol

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

My survival depended on killing that mouse instead of using one of those little flippy door traps

[–] MoreLikeHazBeen@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

"killing animals for food" like the commenter is hunting for sustenance and not just picking packaged meat out of the isle

[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

That cockroach violated the NEP (No Entrance Pests)

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

the biggest flaw of my hero academia

Based on what I've seen about reddit's opinions of that anime, they would think that the "biggest flaw" is that the female characters get too much screentime and don't stand around posing sexily enough. I swear the character Mineta was a prediction of what the show's fans would behave like.

[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

The only way to salvage that grape colored character would have been to reveal that he is actually asexual and overcompensating for it because of societal expectations, or something like that.

Alas, that would require a level of skill with social comentary/creativity above "using violence to overthrow a vigilantee police state is bad and all these traumatised individuals lashing out are actually psychopathic mass murderers".