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Yeah, sorry for not being too kind to people who would prefer to save a freaking dog over me as an infant.

If I find an opinion completely revolting, I'm not going to go out of my way to be civil. Sorry.

OP here

I think you're taking this way more personally than it's intended. Everyone was an infant once, including me! I wouldn't have blamed someone for rescuing a puppy over me when literally all they knew about me was that I was a some random baby.

...You wouldn't be offended if someone had picked a puppy to live over you as an infant?

I don't think I can even argue with you.

OP here

Nope, not a single bit. I'd hope they were happy with the choice they made and the puppy got a good home and made people happy.

At that point I wouldn't have been able to grasp the concept of offended at all, anyway.

I don't think you should even try. This thread makes no sense to me at all. And disturbs me.

:(

Yeah, it really disturbs me too. I'm glad I'm not the only one! :/

*hugs*

Aw, thanks! <3

Most would though. In fact, there'd probably be a large group that argued that if they knew you did such a thing, violence upon you and your own death would be justified.

Many would consider your choice murder in this hypothetical scinario. It's an effective survival mechanism for our race to consider our own young more important then an animals. Your damage makes you a less desirable member of the pack with less to contribute in multiple scenarios and your removal or at least ostracism a probable benefit for the group on the whole as you have suggested you have less to contribute.

OP here

I realize that. That's why it's here in this thread. Isn't that what it's for? It's unpopular!

And most people would toss knee-jerk moral judgment at me for it instead of realizing a contrived situation in which I would have to choose between a puppy and a baby is pretty much never going to happen and a totally moot point anyway.

I've never met a single person who thinks like this (and I've met to date 3 irl) who was likeable.

To clarify: They were unlikable even if you entirely removed this viewpoint from your estimation of them. In two cases I checked with other folks who knew them and their unlikable status was not soley shared by me.

It's possible you are an otherwise endearing person. But it seems rather unlikely. It's possible you are very good at hiding things, but I'm going to bet this isn't your only unpopular viewpoint if we come down to it.

But this isn't even a moral issue. Your actually offending the sensibilities of people on an instinctual level. I'm sure you'd find somebody who talked about wanting to kick puppies reprehensible. Your hitting that same nerve.

As I have met people like you, I don't believe your a troll. Though if you got me with this one 10/10 btw.

OP here

I don't want to kick babies though. There are simply things I like more than babies. It's nowhere near on the kicking puppies level which is intentionally hurting things.

I probably am missing the instinct that makes people like babies or something. According to this thread, I'm not the only one, though. Nor would I be the only one who likes puppies more than babies. But I'd find it hard to believe that we're all people you would find impossible to like.

Since one of my jobs has involved working with kids, and I rather like babies, it'd probably be a struggle for somebody who shared this viewpoint with you and brought it to my attention to be somebody I'd consider likable.

I wouldn't say impossible. But difficult. And perhaps not considered worth the time/effort. Sure, it's possible that there's somebody out there with this viewpoint I'd find utterly charming. I haven't met them yet. Based on my admittedly singular viewpoint with anecdotal experiences, they are likely few and far between.

While you aren't the sole holder of this viewpoint, It's a safe bet that the majority of the world does tend to possess that instinct.

I'm aware you have no desire to punt either. Rather, I'm attempting to find an example you can better relate to. If you heard somebody express that desire, even if they said they'd never do it, I'm going to bet that'd illicit an emotional reaction in you towards that person.

Re: Here's the honest thing

(Anonymous) - 2013-10-12 04:19 (UTC) - Expand

Re: Here's the honest thing

insanenoodlyguy - 2013-10-12 04:28 (UTC) - Expand

Re: Here's the honest thing

(Anonymous) - 2013-10-12 04:37 (UTC) - Expand

OP here again

If someone said "I would rather kick a puppy than a baby, if I were forced at gunpoint to kick one or the other" I would not find that morally reprehensible at all. I wouldn't find the reverse reprehensible either. Again, these are ridiculous contrived situations that will never happen and that person will go along happily not kicking anything at all otherwise.

But where would they rank compared to someone who would panic and perish along with both?

Or panic and leave both behind. I believe that would be the most common response.

A reprehensible coward but not a murderer. The puppy saver had the time to make a choice and chose to allow a fellow human of the most vulnerable and sinless type to expire in favor of saving a dog.

Re: Unpopular opinion thread

(Anonymous) - 2013-10-12 04:49 (UTC) - Expand

They would, but personally I'd say that 'deliberately causing the violent death of a healthy adult' is far more serious than 'failing to prevent the accidental death of an unknown infant whom you have no responsibility towards'. And even if some people would consider not saving the infant murder, it really isn't, unless the puppy-saver also started the fire/blocked others from saving the infant/did some similarly assholeish thing which actively made the situation worse.

In a legal sense? No. Duty to act laws are scant and not often enforced... although an incident like this if fully disclosed to the public might result in the clamor to create/enforce one.

That said, if you go outside to find the childs mother, being physically restrained from entering that burning house as she desperately screams for her child... how do you think she'd respond to the good news the puppy was saved instead?

Or the mother is dead and nobody is around to take care of the baby and a family member who never wanted and wasn't prepared for a baby has to take care of it now.

Again with the tacking on tragic situations to the comparison that weren't originally there. Remember it can always go in either direction.

Re: Unpopular opinion thread

insanenoodlyguy - 2013-10-12 14:05 (UTC) - Expand

Not liking babies is being "damaged" now? Jesus Christ.

Why are you making it all about you? Nobody has mentioned you in particular, it's a blanket statement about all infants.

I was an infant at one point, though, so the scenario is applicable to me. The question wasn't, "Would you rather save a dog or a pig?" That wouldn't be personal for me because I was never a dog or a pig.

Also, think about if we changed the question to something like, "Would you rather save a plumber or an attorney?" The plumbers would get offended if people chose the attorney, and the attorneys would get offended if people chose the plumber.

But yeah, it's not just about me. I'm pretty offended on behalf of infants everywhere.

I was an infant too. So was everyone else reading this thread, meaning it's applicable to us all. Yet the only one taking this much offense is you.

OP here

Well it is a thread for unpopular opinions, lol. I'm surprised tbh, I was expecting more backlash of the emotional type. Everyone's staying pretty rational around here, it's a bit odd. Not in a bad way.

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