Many people underestimate how unpredictable, uncaring and even dangerous some animals can be. They prefer animals because pets can be dominated, domesticated, don't talk back and are dependent on you for survival, so you have more of a sense of control over them. You don't have any obligation to be empathetic to them.
:Shrugs: I've stopped the car to remove snakes from the road, and one time a snapping turtle that didn't like me one one bit, and would have loved to take a piece of me home for dinner. Pretty much the only animal I don't like is dogs, but I won't go out of my way to cause them harm.
The difference between me and you is not only would I squash whatever was unlucky enough to be on the road at the time, I'd probably laugh at the guy flying over my windshield who was trying to remove said critter :awe:
I think the real answer is I just dislike humans. One of the only questions I immediately felt strongly about was "I prefer animals to people". A majority of the rest fall under 'shit I don't care about'.
These low scores are a bit disturbing. I'm wondering about how you guys are answering these questions. For instance "does it bother you to see an animal in pain?" That should be strongly agree. If not I think you might be a psychopath. "As a child would you ever cut up worms to see what would happen?" Strongly disagree guys. I used worms for fishing and I'd cut them in half to make the bait last longer. Never to see the worm suffer. Seriously wtf are you guys answering?
It's as if most people have native hardware support for that stuff, while a few of us have to run it all in a software emulation mode that we also have to write ourselves.
These low scores are a bit disturbing. I'm wondering about how you guys are answering these questions. For instance "does it bother you to see an animal in pain?" That should be strongly agree. If not I think you might be a psychopath. "As a child would you ever cut up worms to see what would happen?" Strongly disagree guys. I used worms for fishing and I'd cut them in half to make the bait last longer. Never to see the worm suffer. Seriously wtf are you guys answering?
What I've seen is that a lot of behaviors in high school and college persist into the real world. The stakes just get higher...Once people mature though that clique behavior seems to disappear.
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You're taking a stroll through the woods one day at your secluded log cabin. On your walk you hear the faint whimpering sounds of what sounds like a small dog coming from a nearby bush. You remove a large branch covering the sounds and discover a young boy who appears to be about 10 years old. He has clearly fallen from a high branch and has been there for several hours. He is shaking violently, in shock and with minor hypothermia. He has broken both legs and has arterial bleeding in one, staved off by the weight of the branch. Clear fluid is leaking from his ears indicating his brain has swollen and he is in an out of consciousness. Blood is mixed with tears around his mouth indicating intestinal bleeding. You know it will take over two hours for emergency personnel to arrive at your location, and the boys odds of survival are slim. You carry a revolver in your pocket.
What do you do?
What do you do?
If he has already been suffering for a long time and is barely conscious, it would be a total waste to put him out of his misery at that point.
So you'd let him suffer another few minutes?
It also takes its toll. So many tiny unwritten rules to try to figure out on the fly and passably emulate. It's often easier to stay quiet and out of the way.Goddamn binning. Perhaps being able to emulate that stuff is a good indicator of intellect.
Looking at human history, people have constantly been horrible to each other, such that this is the most peaceful era in modern history. That means each incident's impact seems more severe.Now, when the boston bombing was shown on the news, my parents were nearly up in arms. I merely stated my surprise the death toll was so low, and got some rather strange looks in return. Meh, oh well. Haters gonna hate.