https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcJJ7UldMc8

many people choose other lines, and their decisions are equally as arbitrary as someone who draws the line at sentience.

it is arbitrary, since you can choose to draw the line in many places.

what I mean is it’s an arbitrary line to draw. you might choose to draw the line at living things, or terrestrial life, or terrestrial and ocean life. but, arbitrarily, some people choose to draw the line at sentience. the vegan society definition arbitrarily draws the line at animal life.

sentience is arbitrary, too.

what in the boomer book is this doing on lemmy

your not countering them, you’re just being mean.

objectively, it is a veterinary procedure. that’s the reality.

now who is putting words in others’ mouths?

i haven’t supported any opinions at all.

I haven’t said they’re lesser. I don’t think they did either, but it’s possible I missed it.

Artificial insemination is not a veterinary procedure

it is. denying it doesn’t change reality.

you’re just doubling down. try some selfcrit

Theunknownmuncher said that I trivialize the experience of human rape victims.

i think it’s reasonable to say that when you compare a veterinary procedure to rape.

You made a personal attack when you put words in my mouth

no, they didn’t.

you’re sick and twisted

Yes dumbass.

Truly not shaking the dumbass reputation.

for the record, you don’t care about women getting raped. You literally don’t give a fuck

your sick, egotistical, selfish world view blocks you from giving a shit. I suspect this world view also extends to other beliefs of yours.

Go crawl back into the hole where you feel morally righteous

the other user hasn’t said anything that rises to the level of these statements from you.

try to be civil.

Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.

the last I checked, the oil was about half the value of a bean, and growing

Matrix, to my knowledge, is only chats, servers (or more properly rooms in Matrix, since they have real servers), and DMs.

I was responding to this

there are “spaces” now which is a collection of rooms, which is a pretty good analogue for discord “servers”