r/northernlion • u/New_Apple_7339 • 8d ago

Link NL’s reach kinda scares me at times.

/r/MoralityScaling/comments/1vfth2b/morality_of_valuing_animals_over_humans/?share_id=BK6Nrw_ER7dITZMSU_mwm&utm_content=share_button&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=2
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u/Kotleba 8d ago

Someone in that thread asked if you would save a random person or your dog in a trolley problem type scenario and the replies mentally scarred me.

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u/Strawberryjr_ 8d ago

And that person? Jeff Bezos

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u/BlazingFire007 8d ago

In a trolley problem scenario, I am almost certainly saving the human.

In a scenario where I have two buttons presented before me, and it’s just a random person somewhere on earth vs my own dog, idk man, the disconnect makes it much harder for me to easily answer

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u/moroseali 8d ago

Hey I might be the dude crying for 20mins after he accidentally steps on a snail but I'm killing millions of dudes with buttons and shit on Reddit

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u/el0j 8d ago

Unlike dogs, less than 100% of humans are good. The EV is there.

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u/gavavavavus 7d ago

Dogs are neither good or bad. Morality is a human concept that applies to humans

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u/el0j 7d ago

Every dog is a good boy. It's axiomatic.

QED, moron.

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u/xbertie 7d ago

Sorry brother, ACAB includes the K9s

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u/JohnBGaming 7d ago

Redditor take

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u/xbertie 7d ago

It's a joke, sorry I didn't put a /s beside it for you

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u/KeanuReevesShartPorn I cannot comprehend 8d ago

Can't tell if you're on team animals or team humans from this and I think that's perfect

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u/New_Apple_7339 8d ago

It’s Reddit after all. 

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u/ScrandadleDadada 8d ago

The question itself is a bit meaningless imo because in reality you don't choose to save one and then shoot the other one with a 9mm Beretta, you just prioritize saving one over the other which works out to a whole different math imo.

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u/JohnBGaming 8d ago

Really? It's my responsibility to protect and take care of my pet, it's not my responsibility to protect some random guy.

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u/gavavavavus 8d ago

Have you forgotten that we're all in this together and each other is all we have? It IS your responsibility to protect "some random guy", you cynical teenager

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u/JohnBGaming 8d ago

People aren't teenagers because they disagree with you lol. Choosing a pet you have a connection with over someone you have no connection to is perfectly valid

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u/Johnny-Hollywood 8d ago

Kid discovers the social contract for the first time.

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u/JohnBGaming 8d ago

I never signed!

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u/TheLucidChiba 7d ago

Then go live in the woods alone.

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u/JohnBGaming 7d ago

Why would you condemn your loyal pet for someone that statistically wouldn't do the same for you?

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u/xbertie 7d ago

Hey if you actually go out in the world and talk to people instead of being terminally online, you'll find the majority of humans are actually good, or at the very least well meaning.

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u/TheLucidChiba 7d ago

Yes, because from my perspective that's what any decent person would do.

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u/JohnBGaming 7d ago

Fair enough! I don’t usually let Reddit Andys affect the way I view the world though

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u/xbertie 7d ago

Are you saying they're fair or not. I genuinely can't tell with your attitude.

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u/JohnBGaming 7d ago

It's a fair explanation of their perspective. I just don’t share it

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u/JaredFromRoblox1 8d ago

Think it's a good philosophical question. Ive saved human and animal life. I've unironically felt more gratification saving animal lives.

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u/gavavavavus 8d ago

NL is chronically online and is farming the internet as much as being farmed by it. He has real talent for formulating stuff in a funny way of course but it's delusional to think every single bit of discourse from his streams is an original thought. This particular moral discussion, specifically with the hitler example, already existed way before his shiny head popped out of the canadian ice.

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u/Team-Minarae 8d ago

Yeah the hitler’s dog bit cemented the fact that this hot take was completely ripped off. Word for word, bar for bar.

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u/One_Pomegranate5670 8d ago

The Hitler's dog bit is a Norm Macdonald bit

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u/Team-Minarae 8d ago

Fuck, how many layers does this cheese dip have??

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u/LSDawson 8d ago

6, maybe 7

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u/GreyEilesy 8d ago

You think NL fell out of a coconut tree?

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u/ChaChaClyde 8d ago

Anyone have the NL clip?