I’ve been discussing with my sister (a big fan of her cats) about what lives we would save in an emergency. I think a human live is worth more than an animal’s no question asked but she thinks otherwhise. So to end this discussion I’m writing here.

  1. Who would you save between your cat and your worst enemy?
  2. What if it was between your cat and a stranger?
  3. Why?
  • angrystego@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    So, you mean something like, would I save my cat or Putin? The answer is - my cat. When it comes to strangers, I feel it’s more difficult and depends on many factors.

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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    6 months ago

    Theres a pretty short list of people I would like to see dead… trump, putin,un,mcconnell for examples… my dog definitely deserves life over those pathetic excuses for human beings

    • classic@fedia.io
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      6 months ago

      When we really consider who our worst enemies actually the question becomes simpler. Mitch McConnell is the first example that came to mind for me.

      • livus@kbin.social
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        6 months ago

        Yeah, my worst enemies are all people I consider threats to humanity and/or the planet so a scenario where I passively allowed one of them to die as a side effect of saving my cat is a dream scenario.

        Even better would be if saving my cat caused multiple enemies to die.

  • oo1@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    I’d pick any random manatee over a human.
    Why? Manatees seem nicer than humans, as far as I can tell.

    I don’t know that much about manatees though, given a sniff of power maybe they’d turn into arseholes too; but I think I’d rather someone else had a turn than yet more humans.

  • Digital Mark@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    There’s about 8 billion Humans, and about half of them suck more than any friendly domestic animal. The worst? I’d create an emergency.

  • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Gonna change your question to “dog”, as that’s what I have

    1. I would choose basically any other life over my worst enemy’s. In a choice between them and no one, I’d save no one. I feel you don’t understand how emnity works.
    2. Better question, dog,
    3. because he’s a member of my family that I’m responsible for. As annoying as his theivery is and as bad as his farts are, he’s my friend. Would you choose a stranger over one of your friends?
    • ForgetPrimacy@lemmygrad.ml
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      6 months ago

      In a choice between “saving them” and “saving no one but also losing a leg” I’d be hard pressed to make a choice!

  • Yor [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I would save my cat over pretty much anyone because taking him in meant being there for him and protecting him. I would move mountains for that guy

  • Melkath@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    1. my dog.

    2. my dog.

    3. people suck. They don’t deserve dogs. Consider me John Wick. I would choose to wipe out 10,000 strangers to protect my dog.

  • donuts@kbin.social
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    6 months ago
    1. My cat
    2. Tough one, but probably my cat.
    3. Not only do I love my cats, taking care of your pets if your responsibility as a pet owner. I have no love or relationship to a stranger, they don’t care about me and I don’t care about them, and It’s also not my responsibility to protect other people. An animal that I raised from near-birth, and who has always shown me basically unconditional love and affection seriously means as much to me as a child. My pets are there for me when I have a bad day, and they’re with me when I’m having a great day too. They bring so much joy and comfort into my life and they are so innocent and kind. Even after a lifetime of interactions I never have a single bad or negative moment with my pets. I don’t hate people and I wouldn’t like to have to decide in a fucked up scenario like you’re describing here. But to be honest, I’m probably saving my pet. Sorry.
  • boletus@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Society has deemed that a human life is more valuable than another animal, but that doesn’t mean that this applies to everyone. I’d save my dogs over a stranger sure, but I’d sure make an effort to save both. The value of a life on a personal basis is primarily driven by how connected you are with them.

  • morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 months ago

    I would save my cat every time. I don’t value human life above her life. She’s been there for me for the past 15 years and helped me through the darkest times.

      • morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de
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        6 months ago

        She’s a Siamese chocolate point. In Siamese cats, there is a mutation for the genes of an enzyme (Tyrosinase) that inhibits the production of melanin above a certain temperature. Where the body temperature is lower (extremities, airways), that enzyme is deactivated and melanin is produced, allowing the fur to darken.

        Siamese kitten are born completely white, as their temperature is kept high everywhere in the womb, and rapidly start to color after birth.

        • ForgetPrimacy@lemmygrad.ml
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          6 months ago

          I have two Siamese Balinese cats and I never actually knew the practicalities of their coloring… I knew it was something about temperature but I wasn’t sure if that was a metaphorical “temperature” or actually talking about millimeters of mercury

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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      6 months ago

      Yeah, my kitties got me through the pan. I lived alone and wasn’t in a relationship and had no car at the time. The isolation was extreme.