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[–] SigmarStern@discuss.tchncs.de 114 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I drowned some ants when I was a little kid in our backyard because I was scared of them and also curious. My neighbor told me to think about what I did. I was mortified. I'm a vegan now.

Kids need to learn that kind of empathy. Although I don't think I would have ever thought about about ripping limbs from frogs.

[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 78 points 8 months ago (3 children)

When I was six, I was fishing with my father and uncle in a boat. We got a fish, and my uncle swiftly killed the fish immediately. I asked why he did it, it would've died anyway.

He said something along the lines of "All life should be respected enough not to let it suffer" and nothing else. A useful lesson that changed my view on suffering of animals. The man was later listed as one of the 10 most sought after criminals in my country, but I take the good and leave the bad.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 28 points 8 months ago

This has the same energy as the jumper cables guy

[–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

We can have solace that he applied the same philosophy to all his victims

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Tell me it wasn't violent crimes.

[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 10 points 8 months ago

Nah, white collar crime. I think he ended up on the list mostly because it's relatively unusual for people to both be convicted and manage to avoid getting caught.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was horrible to animals as a kid. I teased the neighbourhood cats so much. I once put salt on a snail just for fun, without knowing it would die a gruesome death with just one grain of coarse salt. I'm vegan today...

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't very nice to plants as a kid. I would often pluck wood sorrel off the ground and eat it right there. I once burned a hole in a leaf using my glasses. I'm a meat eater today.

[–] The_Lopen@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Dunno why you're being downvoted, that's hella funny

[–] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I wish I could upvote and downvote you at the same time.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

I once ate 10 live ants as a kid and I'm vegan now too, just thought that was interestingly similarish

[–] brb@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

I used to burn ants with magnifying glass with my friend. We also melted the limbs of those tiny green plastic soldiers and made 10-limbed monstrosities. Good times.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Ants are bastards though, frogs don't hurt you :(

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ants are nature's cleaning robots they're amazing

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

They also crawled all over and bit me when I was a child, so I had very little qualms with shoving a stick in their pile and pouring glue down it when I was like... 10

They are pretty cool though

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Little bastards gave me warts. And gonorrhea.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Shouldn't have fucked the frog then.

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What is the point of life, then?

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You only need to kiss the frog to figure out if it's a prince though.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

I just uhhh wanted to make sure...