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    Name one horrible thing that was done to people that isn't done to animals every year.

    That's just it though. People nowadays are fine treating animals like crap. 25 years ago, it was fine for straight people to treat homosexuals like crap. 45 years ago, it was fine for men to treat women like crap. 60 years ago, it was fine for white people to treat black people like crap. 100...
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    Name one horrible thing that was done to people that isn't done to animals every year.

    Cloning [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep)] I'm not sure about souls, but pigs can definitely be possessed according to the gospel of Matthew. that counts for something right?
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    Name one horrible thing that was done to people that isn't done to animals every year.

    I understand that, I am questioning why does dehumanization have to be a bad thing that leads to persecution. They have feelings and emotions like anyone else. They don't have sapience, but no one treats a mentally disabled person like they treat an animal. beating a dog or horse every time...
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    Name one horrible thing that was done to people that isn't done to animals every year.

    My point wasn't to justify human suffering, you illustrated my intention yourself. Why must the phrase "treating other people like animals" have a negative connotation. What are we doing or saying to them that makes it so despicable that we put it up there with rape and genocide. I will...
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    Name one horrible thing that was done to people that isn't done to animals every year.

    Animals can certainly be aware something bad is going to happen to them. Gorillas already know sign language and retail is a job even a "trained monkey" can do. If it hasn't happened already, it is going to happen very soon...
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    Name one horrible thing that was done to people that isn't done to animals every year.

    You can't have a conversation with a dog, but you can still do a sadistic version of the pavlov experiment with one.
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    Name one horrible thing that was done to people that isn't done to animals every year.

    I wouldn't call taxes an atrocity, but they're definitely a necessary evil(unless you're an anarchist or a nomad). https://www.shepped.com/german-shepherd-worth-400-million/ Any animal that has a job is also tracked by the government. Those aren't strictly horrible, but very annoying...
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    Name one horrible thing that was done to people that isn't done to animals every year.

    There is a meme about the oppression Olympics and about which group of people had it worse, but I thought about it and was reminded of the book Eternal Treblinka. The more I thought about it, as bad as humans have treated other humans, they have always treated other people better than animals.
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    Old Games you remember playing but can't remember the name of.

    It was an xbox live arcade 2d rpg where you play this amnnesiac girl who woke up in a dungeon and proceeds to clear it out. After you clear it out, you go to this town and speak in portrait style similar to disagaea. Later in the game you could unlock different outfits for the girl to wear.
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    Poll: Female role models

    I was preparing for college applications and one of the questions and one of the questions were who were your role models. I filled them out and realized they were all men. I shouldn't be too surprised since I am a man, but when I thought about it, I couldn't think of any women, real or...
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    Would you live in a traditional, tribal, society if you could?

    The backstory is my economics teacher was talking about economic system and the first one he mentioned was traditional economies. These are tiny communities that only produce and use what they need, basically tribes and villages. He then mentioned this old film called The Gods must be crazy. In...
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    Songs that are also stories

    While listening to the song Big Iron from Fallout:New Vegas, I realized what made it somewhat unique was that the song also doubled as a short story. The only other songs I can think of that are a short story are: Children's Story by Slick Rick, Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie, and arguably...
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    Poll: For RPGs what voice acting system do you prefer

    I was reading on how Fallout 4 might be voiced and was wondering what dialogue system would be best. For RPGs, dialogue comes in three types. There is the Elder Scrolls method where you can look and be anyone with plenty of dialogue, but your character never vocally says anything outside of...
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    Nastiest Song

    The song I recently listened too is actually more offensive than nasty, but despite the subject matter, it actually made me feel almost queasy.
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    Poll: Would you be comfortable killing your country's military in a game?

    I realized today that the only game that I think you can kill American soldiers in(outside of multiplayer) is Prototype, Grand Theft Auto V, and Saints Row the Third. I personally didn't feel bad and only fully realized what I did until later. At this point, the only people you can't kill is...