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        Right, this is animal cruelty. There are people who find humane ways to deal with “pests” or “vermin”, so the fact that we have extermination practices for some population of animals doesn’t make this okay.

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        The only correct answer. Idgaf about some sky rat, but I’d be a little shocked if someone snatched a seagull out of the sky near me and slammed it into a wall until it died.

        I’d also not give a shit five minutes later and would probably regale my friends with the story of the seagull slammer.

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      And those people aren’t any more right… Seagulls are actually pretty interesting, long-living, and intelligent creatures. They simply can’t compete with humans, that’s all.

      Humans should be above this sort of thing.

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    Justified. I was in Edinburgh with my family and we had a lovely outdoor table.

    I went to the bathroom and our dinner came out while I was in the bathroom and a seagull STOLE MY GODDAMN £30 STEAK. Just hopped up on the table next to my brother-in-law and yoinked my medium-rare ribeye.

    Fuck those sky-rats.

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    Seagulls are filth. The more domesticated ones will basically attack you at the beach if there’s any food.

    Hopefully we get seagull slaying more mainstream.

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    I’d say the comments section is gross and cynical, but then I remembered this is a British community.

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      It’s amazing how many others there are rooting this guy on in this thread. I honestly wonder if Reddit finally is collapsing if we’re seeing this sort of douchebaggery seep in.

      Did I miss something? Did we get an influx? Usually I’m fending off socialistst extremists—

      Oh. It’s an election year… Okay.

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        I know right, some people are so utterly ghoulish, they advocate for cold blooded murder left right and center. Imagine the twisted minds that would ever feel an urge to kill… Pests?

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        It’s an election year

        It’s always teatime somewhere, sunshine.

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    This thread makes me wish i was an alien, not part the same species as this lot.

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      Yep, forevermore they will wake screaming at the thought of some geriatric gammon about to grab them by the legs

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    I will not… No, I will not, I will not I’m stronger than that. Oh whatever, I’m weak: shouldn’t have.

    Sorry

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      I mean, yeah… We’re kind of fucking the whole world up at this point.

      Are you old enough to remember driving through bugs on long car trips as a kid? Yeah… Not so common now.

      Winning isn’t what our parents told us it was, friend. We’re kind of killing ourselves, as a species.

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        That’s the one that worries me. What was essentially the most successful form of life is plummeting. That’s going to have major consequences, right along with the obvious effects of temperature, climate, and sea levels. I recently went out to visit a cousin in the woods, and where we once caught dozens of fireflies out of the hundreds or thousands visible… we saw one. ONE.

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        driving through bugs…Not so common now

        Obviously its because the sky rats are taking over the world quietly and this asshole is the only one noticing!

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        It’s weird because it’s not even about the killing. It’s a good thing for kids to understand animals die for the meat they eat! The real issue is the violence of it. The absolute overreaction of it. Maybe the guy has severe gull PTSD and he snapped, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, but a person in control of themselves shouldn’t be this violent.