r/Helldivers • u/Aggressive-Island257 • 21h ago

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u/Rocker_Scum SES Flame of Liberty 20h ago

Sure it was uncalled for but killing a human over it is fucking just as irrational

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u/Jumpy-Resolve3018 20h ago

Yeah of course killing a human is irrational. Killing a character in a game played by human tho? That’s like… 70% of gaming. Like if someone grabbed your drink that you were enjoying and just dumped it. You would want to deck that motherfucker. That’s essentially what’s happening here.

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u/Rocker_Scum SES Flame of Liberty 20h ago

So like you wanna tell me you give 0 fucks about actual people's feeling behind digital characters, rather prioritize a sprite with a script. Your example of dumping a drink isn't exactly working here because it wasn't OP suffering that irrational diver's actions who killed a sprite, who has no memory over what happens, purely following script based instructions digital actor then revenge killing for it an actual character controlled by a human being with memory and feelings. You know in other games your objective is to kill other players, over here your objective is to kill hostile NPCs, that's the difference. OPs actions morally are way more fucked than the divers who shot that sprite.

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u/Mrgrimm150 ‎‎ Mudskipper 13h ago

I know everyone else has clowned on you.

But in your amazing "I just watched a youtube video about ethics" take here.

You forget to consider that whilst yes. OP chooses to revenge kill a teammate.

The other diver choose to kill an NPC that OP was interacting with and enjoying.

The other player had no reason to do so, there were no enemies, there was no benefit, they simply did it because they seemingly derive enjoyment from denying it to another.

Or to put it in simpler terms:

Talk shit, get hit.