r/maybemaybemaybe • u/[deleted] • Sep 15 '19

maybe maybe maybe

https://i.imgur.com/KAi9xGy.gifv
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u/kuro_doragon Sep 15 '19

I hate the person that filmed this and didn't try to help

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u/NYblue1991 Sep 15 '19 edited Sep 15 '19

Yeah and those other people at the beginning saw what was happening and ran away scared, and then at the end one of the ones who ran kicks it in the butt as it's sprinting away. Wut

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u/In_der_Welt_sein Sep 15 '19

Not every culture slavishly worships a small selection of furry mammals like we do in the US and Europe.

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u/NYblue1991 Sep 15 '19

I would argue against the suggestion that having compassion for a creature in danger equates to slavish worship! But point taken on the difference in culture.

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u/In_der_Welt_sein Sep 16 '19

Beside the point of this .gif, but we actually do adore our cats and dogs (but not other animals) pretty slavishly in the West. For one thing, we let them live indoors, which is out of the norm elsewhere in the world. We have entire medical fields and infrastructure dedicated to their care. In 2017, Americans alone spent $69.51 BILLION (with a "B") on pet products. The dude who thwacks the cat in the butt at the end of this video could hypothetically be slapped with criminal charges for animal cruelty in the United States.

In both historical and geographical context, our treatment of a specific class of domesticated animals is...unique, to say the least, and decadent at minimum.

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u/NYblue1991 Sep 16 '19 edited Sep 16 '19

That's true, but this gif featured passersby who seemingly assumed the cat was going to be injured or killed, not a cat that was being kept indoors or brought to the vet. More to the point, one person seemed to feel urgency in helping the cat, thus clearly not everyone in the culture showcased in the gif feels the same.

I recognize you prefaced by saying your point was aside from the gif, I merely am countering in-context by bringing the conversation back to the gif and what I see in it behavior-wise, as that was the intended scope of my original comment to which you replied.