bees@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agoVampires are from Jerseysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1495arrow-down16
arrow-up1489arrow-down1imageVampires are from Jerseysh.itjust.worksbees@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up47arrow-down1·3 months agoOff topic, but it paints a grisly picture of humanity that all vampires have higher standards for consent than many humans.
minus-squareqarbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoA “standard” implies it’s a societal norm they’re participating in, rather than a supernatural compulsion they’re restricted by.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoThat’s a good point. Perhaps they’re instead restricted by a social code of honor and limited empathy. Like they could come in against your will, but most won’t because it’s a shameful violation of vampire ethics, and they would feel bad about it.
minus-squareqarbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoI mean, sure. But that’s some supernatural ability to compartmentalize. “I’ll drain the blood from your veins in a fit of bestial hunger but I won’t just…enter your house uninvited. I’m a monster, not an animal.”
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months agoI’ve eaten a steak before, but I won’t slaughter a cow. People are complicated and inconsistent sometimes.
minus-squarekamenLady.@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-23 months agoI’m beginning to realise that even stones may have higher standards for consent than most humans.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoFor the sake of us all, I hope you’re wrong, but history being what it has been, I’m having trouble coming up with a counterargument.
minus-squarefrog_brawler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoThat’s because vampires are fictional.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months agoYou’re right, of course, but you should still see the comment about Bryan Johnson elsewhere in this thread, if you haven’t already. https://lemmy.world/comment/17214940
Off topic, but it paints a grisly picture of humanity that all vampires have higher standards for consent than many humans.
A “standard” implies it’s a societal norm they’re participating in, rather than a supernatural compulsion they’re restricted by.
That’s a good point. Perhaps they’re instead restricted by a social code of honor and limited empathy. Like they could come in against your will, but most won’t because it’s a shameful violation of vampire ethics, and they would feel bad about it.
I mean, sure. But that’s some supernatural ability to compartmentalize.
“I’ll drain the blood from your veins in a fit of bestial hunger but I won’t just…enter your house uninvited. I’m a monster, not an animal.”
I’ve eaten a steak before, but I won’t slaughter a cow. People are complicated and inconsistent sometimes.
Fair enough.
I’m beginning to realise that even stones may have higher standards for consent than most humans.
For the sake of us all, I hope you’re wrong, but history being what it has been, I’m having trouble coming up with a counterargument.
That’s because vampires are fictional.
You’re right, of course, but you should still see the comment about Bryan Johnson elsewhere in this thread, if you haven’t already.
https://lemmy.world/comment/17214940
🙁