.... but....... but all the young padawans are dead, sir......

Ah, I thought most of them were the same, my bad.

The lady that got the worms started showing symptoms after touching some grass while she was outside

I hear you.

Counterpoint: animals may very well have thoughts on this, but we will likely never know because there is not a common ground for exchanging thoughts between [an overwhelming majority] of species.

I can't quantify the number of times I've seen animals hunt others out of what amounts to an observed potential of either instinct or boredom: it may seem contrite, but domesticated cats hunting mice. They will play with mice, toy with them when the mice are clearly half-dead, and stop playing with them out of boredom when the mice can no longer move. Almost for sport. This is an observed behaviour that may be a byproduct of their domestication, but it gives credence to the fact that its not all for survival.

I'm not justifying the hunting of animals for profit; I am in the camp of thought that its a horrible practice. The same goes for hunting endangered animals. However, to hunt animals for food is not an unjust practice. That's how we homo sapiens get a good amount of protein (though I do concede that there are also plenty of other ways to do so). It is historically encoded into human existence.

Snake? SNAKE?! SSNNNNAAAAAAAAKKKKKEEEEE!!!!!

Sounds about right. I reposted an old meme about a KFC family bucket and ended up with an inbox full of screeees about animal abuse.

At the same time, it's a joke you posted and a bunch of people got butthurt about it. They're within their own rights to express themselves about something they don't agree with, but you are also within your own right to post what you want, within reason (I believe hate speech is out of bounds on Lemmy, but I'm not sure what else is).

If the timing didn't work out, don't regret it. Adapt. Post when hopefully the same people that you jive with will get the joke. Then it might blow over later. If you post it in the memes community, it shouldn't turn into a big deal. We do this for laughs and for fun.

RE-RE-RE-REEEEEMMMIIIXXX

Well, this escalated rather quickly....

His name was Robert Paulson.

Love it. Use their own weapons against them

Powerful

Obviously stinging nettle and itchweed