just wasn' 'avin it, simple as
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I don't agree, but I understand
Shoudinta pinched me chip
psycho behavior.
Absolutely. It's fucking unhinged.
Thank you! Somebody said it
yeah its something where me and my friends would be laughing so hard.
Watched The Lighthouse one time too much eh?
yep, alas this comment section is a goldmine to block overly violent men.
completely unprompted misandry very cool and woke. Hard to imagine 'this comment section is a goldmine to block irrational women' getting double digit upvotes on lemmy but I guess misandry still gets a pass sometimes.
Man's justified
Sometimes I think guys just aren't aware that you can't just kill things for stealing your chip
Weird day on Lemmy when animal murder is being celebrated.
Killing animals (without eating them) is serial killer shit.
Eh, factory farming is messed up too even if you eat the bodies.
How do you know he didn’t eat it?
I always did think hippos had a serial killer quality
If any animal fucks around, they have to expect to find out. Feels like a golden rule situation.
Sure but that doesn't make revenge killing a bird with your bare hands not psychopath behavior.
Imagine two videos. One where a small child deliberately pesters another child until the other child hits their limit, pushes the bully over and the bully cries. Could be kind of funny with the right framing. Extremely different vibe if the person being pestered is an adult that snaps and makes the bully cry.
You haven’t had to deal with seagulls and it shows.
To be fair you could probably one punch a seagull and one punch seems completely reasonable for something stealing your pastry.
Animal cruelty is a sign of psychopathy. You're probably kidding, but the idea triggers me a little
You can't do that? I thought it was pretty badass, actually.
I'm an animal lover, but seagulls are a different story. They're the MAGAs of the bird world, and it's okay to smack one around if you catch one stealing from you.
They're the MAGAs of the bird world
lol
That's... a wild take.
I grew up around the great salt lake where there are hordes of these mother fuckers, if you don’t despise them as the devil spawn that they are then you’ve never had to deal with them. I love animals, but I would support a seagull specific genocide.
Wow, that got dark quick. From fuck seagulls to genocide in the blink of an eye.
They drew first blood… they drew first blood…
See, this guy gets it. [Fist bump]
How so exactly? Super loud, consume garbage, annoy everybody, nobody likes them. Seems fairly accurate.
Nah they're protected species in the UK. Idk what the law looks like elsewhere. It does seem a little cruel to punch the bird and it not die and then leave it to go wander off and die from its internal injuries. I'd have more respect it dude just broke its neck and have it a quick death.
Kind of reminds me of Canadian geese in the USA, I wish I could kill those bastards but they're protected. I don't know if it's possible to get a license to kill them or not, depends on how they're protected and the legislation around it - I'm too lazy to bother with any of that and don't hunt so wouldn't go through the hoops anyways. Those things are a menace and mean as hell a lot of times but you just live with it.
I'm curious now though if the USA has protections for seagulls or not.
Yes, all types of gulls are protected by US federal law.
In Denmark they're everywhere in the cities too, only thing more frequent then these shitbirds is rats.
In seattle seagulls are rain forcasters. When you hear their cries, rain is usually on the way within an hour or two.
Seagulls and most other gull birds are not protected under federal law, however disrupting/modifying wildlife of any kind (including seagulls) without a permit is illegal. However on a state level some do protect many gulls including seagulls while also controlling their population to reduce nuisance.
Then you have places like Florida, where seagulls are not even protected under the local animal cruelty act. You could torture them for being the scavenger animals they are and not get into any trouble at all. It’s really sickening.
As someone from Florida, this is a true, but once you have been the victim of, or seen families become victims of, a swarm of these assholes, you can understand people reacting violently. As another commenter said: I disagree, but I understand. For me personally, when I would go to the beach, if I saw 30+ seagulls sitting on the beach, I'd tell the kids "sorry, not today" and we'd leave. They are that bad.
What? Why? There are literal flock of seagulls. We ain't gonna run out of em.
Exactly! Are fucking rats protected under federal law now too?
See the slush fund and current administration
Well there goes my dreams of building the ultimate gull crushing machine :(
You can hunt Canadian geese in Canada ironically. They're apparently not bad eating and the bag limit is 2-4 depending on which province.
yes but you can only hunt them ironically.
True. The nonironic bag limit is 0
... Why do you have this need to harm animals for behaving like animals? Did your mother not love you or something?
Seriously, you think it's normal wanting to kill animals just because something a few of them did annoyed you?
They didn't attack you
They didn't shit all over you
And even if they did... It's animals doing their thing, just let them. Whatever you think these birds did to you I guarantee you that humanity has treated them a hundred times worse. If anything, birds do have a reason to kill us
Found the Jainist
Why are you trying to lecture that animal about animals? Did he shit all over you?
You forget, we are animals. And deep inside we still have those primal moments. Where don't fuck with my chip or I'll fuck you into the afterlife.
Seagulls are essentially rats in sailor suits, except a LOT more aggressive.
Oi!
So you're not really an animal lover
Some animals are more equal than others
But you want to treat some animals as though they have no moral value whatsoever.
The gall of using Orwell for your self-deluding sophistry
Mostly mammals.
I was mugged by a gang of gulls in California. One swooped in and kicked over my fries, then the rest rushed in to grab what they could. A family at the next table rescued me. "Circle the wagons," the dad said.
I’m an animal lover
written with the flesh of vulnerable individuals still rotting between your teeth
They have good taste, that is why they love them.
You taste exactly the same to me.
I dunno, I am a bit old and sinewy to be honest. You probably want to cannibalize someone a bit tastier. Perhaps if you slow cook me it would turn out better.
This is literally the most polarised comment section I've seen. Both sides of the argument for and against the killing are getting downvotes out the wazoo
There: 🫴🔪
Pick your side.
I am for smacking the seagulls. One smack is enough. Beating it to death or slamming into a wall is overkill.
It's still senseless, while being willfully cruel and violent; it's just a smaller magnitude in the same wrong direction.
I don't think so. It's my food and if a seagull comes in to steal it it's getting smacked away. It is the way of life. You think a different animal would let a seagull steal its food? I doubt it. And my benevolence only stretches so far.
There's 'smacked away' and then there is 'repeatedly punched so hard that it's chest cavity caves in' though.
Did you not read my original comment? I am against reducing the seagull to a pulp.
Yes, I was just pointing out that the dude in the article didn't just 'smack away' the seagul, so we agree.
Oh, absolutely.
Beating it to death is 'overkill' though if your intention was simply to 'make it sorry'.
Tbh, reading this thread it seems like a lot of people don't feel able to pull their punch accurately enough to both make a seagull regret taking your food and not injure it in the process.
I mean, if you're really angry, and you've physically caught it, what's wrong with screaming in it's face then throwing it into the air. It'll be off like a bat out of hell after that.
But at the end of the day, it's a bit of food, not even worth doing the above either but I guess it depends on your anger management skills.
I hate to be that guy but beating it to death is 'kill'.
Beating it to death, then continuing to beat it some more... that is 'overkill'
On the other hand: It will never steal anything ever again.
Isn't this like an early sign of early psychopaths? To kill animals without remorse.
No, they go looking for them.
Crime of passion
rats with wings
Rats ain't nearly as loud about being a pest
This is a sort of energy we need to be bringing to the US World cup. Give the cops something to really worry about.
Seems like a somewhat bad idea. US law enforcement don't get punished for murdering US citizens. They probably wouldn't care about using overly aggressive tactics for even benign situations.
I nearly stamped on one of the wankers after it nicked my icecream yesterday
Seagull fucked around and found out.
They are a protected species, you know
I'm sure some of them are but they're an entire subfamily with dozens of genus and hundreds of species. Considering some are seemingly more common than rats, the chance he plucked an endangered one out of the air and punched it is really low.
Good guess, but wide of the mark. While few species are on the red list, literally all wild birds in the UK are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Don't steal my food unless you're prepared to taste defeat.
Gonna serve up a knuckle sandwich with a side of just desserts.
well he's roit now innit
Good riddance. Fucking birds should've gone extinct sixty-five million years with the rest of their misbegotten ilk.
Imagine getting seriously mad about a seagull...
"MINE!"
Was he intending to get it to cough the pasty back up so he could eat it or something?
If we’re talking Michigan pasties, then not only is it justified it’s moral
National hero.
Yes. A big fuck you to seagulls, and the half frogs that feed them. With love, NJ. While we're at it, genocide for all mosquitoes.