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[ SECRET POST #3077 ]

⌈ Secret Post #3077 ⌋

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(Gorillaz)

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(Tripping over you)

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[Stitchers]

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[Dragon Age]

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[LOVE LIVE!]

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Recalling a former wank.

Those with pets:

Would you rather rescue your pet(s) or a stranger's infant from a fire? Assuming the other will die, no one else is around to help, and no one will see you do whatever it is you decide.

My pet

Stranger's infant. No debate. I love my pets but a dog is not a person. And a dog lives (on average) like 60 years less than a human.

This.

And giant tortoises on average live way longer than humans. Would you save that?

I get that it's a moralistic thing where humans > all, but sheer lifespan is a bad argument for it

Lifespan is just one of the reasons I'd choose a person. Intelligence is another and I don't consider tortoises all that intelligent. So they are out.

So when it comes down to two intelligent beings, I'd choose the one who lives longest.

Of course, I also think that human > animals.

Oh no I got where you were coming from, I meant the way you put it and pointed out the human lives longer made it sound like that was the reason and not "humans > animals regardless of anything"

Eh, I'd probably rescue my pet. There is no shortage of either pets or children, really, and it would come down to the being I would be more motivated to save.

That being would be the one I love, not the one I have no connection to.

Saving the kid. Because if you didn't you would have to face that child's parents. Good luck with telling them, "Sorry. My dog comes before your kid. Deal with it."

Yeah, that's not going to end up well.

No one saw you save the dog, so they can't blame you for not saving their kid unless you go tell them you had time and chose not to.

As much as I love my pet (and it would seriously kill me to let something happen to it, ugh, these questions are evil, why am I answering them), I would rescue the infant.

Pet.

I'll grant that the infant has more potential, but not all potential is realized and honestly, compared to a 1 month old human, my 10 year old dog has more intelligence and emotion at this point in time. The infant is too young even have a sense of self or danger or betrayal, whereas my buddy of 10+ years would be in the fire yelping for help and wondering why I'm walking away from him.

SA

Plus when I adopted an animal, I made it a promise that I'll look after it and it will be my personal responsibility for the rest of its life. I made that promise and I adopted the animal, I owe it to the pet to do whatever I can. I don't feel that personal responsibility toward a stranger's infant. I didn't sign up to be its protector. I did sign up to be the protector of my pet. I betray no one by not saving an infant, but I do betray myself and an innocent animal by not saving my pet.

That's how I feel on the issue anyway.

If the human is incapable of helping themselves, then I help them. If not, you're on your own, bud.

I can actually say this with 100% conviction, because I am that asshole who walked out of a burning building carrying my dog, and purposely left behind a human idiot.
I did tell him that the building was on fire and he should get out. That's as far as my heroics extend when I don't actually like you and you can find the damn door on your own.

And yes, people actually recoiled when I was able to calmly explain that I left someone to die. He didn't, FYI.

Was your house on fire? Were you ok?

It was very much on fire. I had some burns inside my nose and my lungs were gross for a week or so, but otherwise the damage was mostly the being homeless and lacking material possessions and money. It turns out you can't access your bank account without your cards or your ID or a birth certificate. Also, when insurance agencies say they will provide you with temporary accommodation in the event of an emergency, what they actually mean is they will tell you they can't authorise the expenditure right away, which really means they're desperately trying to find a reason to invalidate your entire policy so they don't have to give you a cent.

If I sound bitter it's because I am. I'm not even sure what the question was. Argh.

That sucks. Having no place to stay in addition to seeing the fire and brathing smoke. I was in a burning car once, it was very stressful.

Yikes!

P.S.
I can't deal with how adorable your icon is. Is that a hedgehog? I want one.

Re: A different kind of Ask thread

solticisekf - 2015-06-08 23:16 (UTC) - Expand

That's all reasonable in my books. You look after yourself first and you let others know but you're not trained or expected to go in and grab the other person. Yelling out fire and getting the fuck out is the expectation (and tbh if I was in a duplex or whatever with a fire I'd grab my pets and get out while yelling fire, but i'm not hanging around trying to find other people. That'd just get us all dead.)

Idk. I guess people have this idea that you're supposed to evacuate in an orderly fashion at the same time? My neighbours were all asking me where he was and I was like "I assume he'll be out shortly" and they clearly thought I had snapped and tried to kill him or something.
Then the cops showed up and remarked on how abnormally calm I was. That's the PTSD. Making people think I'm a sociopath and shit. :/

What is with the questions here, honestly. oO I'd rather a baby/kid/adult/old person lives.

Infant all the way. I'd never live with myself if I chose otherwise.

I love my pets but I would rescue the infant. Then go back for the pets in an attempt unless it is too dangerous to go back again.

But that's all a very hard choice, in all liklihood they'd be near each other and I'd just grab both.

Also in order it'd go rabbits, then baby, then dog because that's roughly the vulnerability going on. Rabbits would die first so I'd grab them first. Dog and baby are pretty easy to grab at once.

Edited 2015-06-08 00:43 (UTC)

I would rescue the infant (assuming it was clear to me that it was still alive) but it would be extremely painful. :(

I'd do my damndest to get them both out though.

I think if it were a situation where I assumed I'd have time to deal with them both I'd get the baby first, unless the pet were more likely to die right away, but it's actually a harder decision to make if I knew I could only pick one.

I also find this a harder situation than the bus one above because it feels less absolute. There's likely no way I'd KNOW for sure that I could only rescue one, but if someone put the buttons in front of me and said "choose" I'd have to pick. So I'd still be inclined to try to rescue both if I believed it were possible.

Honestly, I wouldn't even think twice and I'd try to save both because I'm fucking stubborn when it comes to saving people.

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