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i agree i'ts more complicated if the cat is a human My dad had a goat and one day he foud it dying in agony (maybe it would have survive, i know), maybe poisoned or something, he killed it to make its (their) pain stop He just told me today that he did it by breaking its cervical vertebrae, a quick and strong movement So i guess what you see in horror movies is true when it occurs on humans, in the end i guess this is what i could do, to answer question of this thread I didn't expect it's really doable mostly on animals of this size regarding if the cat was a human, that makes me think about the movie "Million Dollar Baby", there the agony is mental

I appreciate your sharing, thank you i think my biggest problem is i don't know when to eye contact, it's not natural at all for me When i share an activity with people, like a common goal, i do eye contact naturally But when i pass unknown people on the sidewalks of my city of 50k people (~1 person per minute i think), i don't want to eye contact, i would prefer if they wasn't there so if i initiate the hi/nod, that can't really be pleasant for both sides, since the intention is negative, i think that's the real cause of my problem, i keep initiating without wanting to -> So now, i plan to never initiate anymore, and if i somehow feel the person watches me, then i will verify and if the person indeed eye contact me, i will do too, during like one second After that second, if the person done nothing, i would have done absolutely nothing neither, no more initiation from me. I will look towards my direction again If the person did say hi/nod, i would have done too Seems like i found the solution to my problem, nice

I couldn't find any sociology category so here i post This thread might sound dumb but in my case i have a big issue regarding this subject and i hope to learn about it and get recommendations When i'm walking on a sidewalk to go from A to B, and i see a person or a duo/trio... coming towards me, i'm let's say in pain I keep thinking about them, are they thinking about me, when should i start watching them to say hi, if they don't watch me while i watch, should i watch again in 2 seconds, and again? Is there any system to apply when passing people not to have to bother worrying and feeling awkwardness? (when it's a street with ton of people like in movies i just ignore everyone) Most of the time in streets, when it's two people coming, i never look at them, i do like they don't exist They are not alone like me, they do their stuff, we are strangers to each other, we will probably never pass each other again, i think it's like useless to say hi But when it's a single person, i would feel it really sucks/be weird/sad to pass each other like we are not here When it's two people in forest trails, it's horrible for me, i can't ignore them, i get like the same feeling as when it's a single person, i couldn't ignore them, probably because it's a nice place without too many people Often i quickly look at them, say a quiet hi, then look back to my direction, and hear no response, it kills me, i'm starting to think i will now just never look at people anymore when passing them, maybe even single persons Maybe they feel i don't want to pass them and i say hi just to be polite/be positive ___ should i have posted in "Psychiatry and Psychology"?

I don't follow i'm sorry edit: i think you meant i should reconsider about imagining taking the decision to end the life of an animal Because i might make the mistake of preventing a saving or making pain worst in that case, i agree it can be dangerous/regrettable Lol there was no animal i was just wondering what to do in case it happens to me ___ Conclusion: i'm walking on a sidewalk I see a cat got hit by a car, i see it is in agony, crushed, then i get to believe it will die in few minutes in agony I have no gun, no knife What i will do is -> I don't know ___ I should contact the SPA as Phi for All said, to ask them what they think i should do

According to religious books, why god would want us to be happy? Does he want something from us?

Hi i understand that no matter if we want: a ton of money to buy cool cars make the world a cleaner place help animals We do this because achieving it would make us happy Is the brain searching for happiness the main the motivation of a living being?* No matter the species? If yes, knowing that, doesn't it mean you know that all your life you will basically just try one thing: be happy? Isn't it depressing/boring? i'm never bored, but thinking about this, i think it is I like to hack stuff, I'm wondering if there was a way to replace the goal of happiness by something else, what could it be, what could be the result... And anyway why the brain wants that? Does it serve some greater cause in the end? Us being happy, might profit to a living conscious being that we don't know about ___ *Or is the main motivation about not being hungry/cold/sick, then be happy?

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Yes i meant the human species, I try to achieve projects to leave more good than bad I guess we could measure these things: The amount of sectarian/religious people (and then what comes from it such as wars and limitation of the mind) The amount of pets (and then what comes from it such as sadness and pain) The amount of produced toxic materials (and then what comes from it such as diseases) Maybe i could find more item if thinking longer So I guess if comparing such data each x years, we could know if it's getting worst or not @zapatos I didn't know about Cyanobacteria, if i understand correctly, it killed some early life forms, and allowed the new ones to appear, imo that's an interesting way of wondering that if something that can appear bad now, maybe it will allow to produce good tomorrow. I don't mean that what the Great Oxidation Event caused is good, neither the opposite In the end it's difficult imo to talk about what is good and bad, of course something like killing for fun is bad, although i guess there is no physical formula to prove it but it's like common sense/obvious, i guess But in the long term so many things can come from a bad or a good event, that in the end, maybe something that seemed bad at the beginning, will be considered positive later, at least what result it caused, and even later, we would change our mind again.......... I agree but we also are the only one with the malice to do the opposite, seems to me But is it malice or lack of knowledge... Regarding Earth's well-being, I meant environment and other species, and why not even ourselves... @TheVat In the past i thought that if we disappeared suddenly, all other life forms would disappear because nuclear power plants would explode, but recently I understood that this and the other elements you mentioned would not be enough to destroy all of them, i hope that it's indeed the case and that it will never change

Hi It's the second time i notice this issue, i just lost some text, it was like: send a message edit it edit it again and again, but this time, all/a part of previous modifications are gone -> click Save (i noticed the difference before clicking, but clicked anyway hoping it will not really be gone) -> some previous modifications are lost (i use firefox)

for the planet Earth (health, cleanliness...) I struggle to believe you really don't see that what we humans done and do to it, is worst than if we have never been there It seems to me that it's obvious that we are the worst, or can you name another species that is worst than us regarding degrading the planet? Regarding helping ourselves, I see a lot of things done to reduce our impact, such as recycling Recently I accidentally saw a video of someone doing something that makes me feel very sad and angry, that made me lose like 0.5% of the last percent of hope I had/have When i think about it, i know there is much worst than the video I saw In the past I did bad things too, I believe nothing is nobody's fault, but just cause and effect I guess the 0.5% of hope i have remaining, is that I know people can change in good, even if they were monsters before But anyway, imo the human species evolved in a way that makes it too much different of the other species on the host A way that is bad for the host and the other species Right now i realize i see humans maybe like a cancer Consuming its host And the animals would be the bacteria in harmony I don't know well about cancer, but I know it can kill the host, I also heard that rarely, it can go away without taking drugs, i guess it's caused by some protection triggered by the host I like the idea of being Earth's caretakers, I guess my 0.5% of remaining hope dreams that someday, we will provide more good than bad I also like the idea that in a very long time, we will find other planets, with life forms on them, and we would help them | | | Regarding this idea i wrote: I see these outcomes in case the comparison of ourself to a cancer is right: Earth triggers something that will make us die or reduce population to -99% We will kill the Earth (i doubt it, in the deep of the seas, i believe stuff will keep living after us, except if we create some self sufficient/reproductive destructive nanotechnology, that will reach everything) A drug will be created to fix us, by killing, or by just stopping the harm I guess my real hope, is the last option, if it doesn't take too much time

I believe it would be the human race disappearing What would it be in your opinion? I imagine someday, someone, or a group of people, wiping us, it would be kinda sad, but i guess we can't deny that it would be for the good of our host and its other guests I guess that achieving that would be wisdom, and not doing it would be egoism One could say that achieving this would be like giving up*, betraying the others *But giving up on what? On more discoveries? entertainment? enjoyment? I guess by posting this thread, i kinda hope someone would change my mind, but i guess this is just how it is I will always prefer to be sad and afraid than lying to myself, i hope

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These moments must have made him kinda hate people sometimes

If by type you mean lacking knowledge then I confirm, that's why i opened this thread If you meant state of mind: when i imagine an animal suffering because of humans, that kills me, so i think i would be very motivated to act, maybe even happy, or maybe i would be too much afraid to make things worst

I'm not sure you understood my line of thinking I was wondering if I see a dog hit by a car, slowly dying in agony I'm on foot, no tool nothing, how to make his pain stop as fast as possible @npts2020 i wasn't thinking about this, thank you

@Phi for All I should ask them yes @zapatos Thank you for sharing It seems the most accessible and efficient method in my case would be to carry a knife, for bleeding And if I have none for whatever reason, i don't know what i should do, if it's like a big dog, what about kicks in the back of the neck? It might be very scary for the animal, and painful, but if it takes 4 seconds, is it better than bleeding to death for 4 minutes? I don't pretend i would have the guts to do these actions, but if i prepare myself in case that would happen, i guess if i'm confident i have the knowledge to do it, that could give me some courage to act

@iNow What about if i have no knife/gun? @CharonY What about cervical dislocation if it's the size of a dog? By learning theory, could that allow to manage to complete the act at first try if i have to do it someday? Or it's very complicated and requires a lot of practicing? (and how would you practice such thing anyway...) I don't want to make the pain worst, except maybe if it's to reduce the duration a lot... I can't have a gun, and i'm not sure i want to carry a knife because i'm afraid that if i do, in case i get attacked, i would then get the reflex to count on it by priority, and i'm not sure that would be good But if carrying one could shorten a smashed animal suffering, i guess i will carry one, although i would still prefer to know how to do without, in case i forgot my knife etc ignore below, website bug, can remove this part (gonna report the bug):

Hi I live in france, if i see an animal that got hit by a car, suffering to death on the road, i would like to shorten its suffering (if i see it's completely smashed and will die for sure) I don't even think there is a service of the government to call in such situation*, that could come fast to try to save the animal Could you please recommend a way to kill the animal so it's as fast as possible ? or slower if it's less painful, i hope you understand. Without knife/rocks, in case i have nothing. Regards *last time there was a dog, it seems he had a broken leg, i called the firefighters, 20 minutes after, still nothing, the guy on the phone said he sent people but i think he lied. Then a man from the SPA saw us and took the dog

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I think mine is like the majority of people but I was wondering if there is some way to make it naturally more protected But now i understand that the spine is the/a protector of the spinal cord I guess if there was muscle over it, we would struggle too much to e.g. grab stuff on the floor... ^^

Ok thank you guys So it's normal that no muscle grow over the spine? I mean that you can directly feel it by touch... 😱

Hello I don't do any power lifting, neither have a physical job, is it the reason i can feel my spinal cord bones so easily by finger touch? I'm not sure but it seems to me it's just how the human body is made I'm surprised it seems that much exposed, is there some way to make it less exposed? It's scary imo

Hi Seems to me we always think god is someone nice etc, i propose we think things differently, maybe to have some fun but mostly to try to evolve about this subject Personally, if god / a god exists, i see it as a conscious living being, who created universe, for an experiment, to see how things would go in, maybe just to be curious/for fun, or maybe for a future job Anyway.... -> What if god was a jerk? What if god was dead?

Hi, I ask this because it seems to me that randomness doesn't exist, I don't know what science/scientists think about this, and sorry for not having searched Google before posting E.g., when you throw dices, I believe 0% of the result is based on randomness, I believe 100% of the result has reasons, such as maybe the way the dices have been thrown, maybe the temperature of the room, the distance to the impact surface, its density... Is there some experiment that proves randomness exists?

Thank you very much TheVat