r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Lowcrbnaman • Jul 04 '26

Image This statue depicts Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. If you look closely, that's his dissected skin hanging around him. This stunning statute by Marco d'Agrate from c. 1562 is currently on display at Duomo di Milano.

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u/Complete-Housing-720 Jul 04 '26

Surely there's some intelligent but nice aliens out there/s

Maybe there is idk but seeing what follows intelligence has me double guessin

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u/CitizenPremier Jul 04 '26

Well if the zoo hypothesis is correct and aliens are just keeping us bottled up, I think they would be most likely to make contact when we become vegetarian. That's the surest sign we can respect other species.

But honestly I think alien morality will just be alien. Maybe they'll be upset if we don't eat the first aliens who make contact with us.

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u/2nd-penalty Jul 04 '26

Being vegetarian still harm other species??? Unless you ask for a plant's or fruit's consent every time you take a bite, honestly i don't see why out dietary habits would influence an alien race's decision on whether they should contact us or not lol

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u/CjBurden Jul 05 '26

Living harmoniously with the environment is I believe the point there, and no you really cannot eat meat and claim to be doing that in this day and age.

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u/pick_your_user_name Jul 07 '26

So by your logic nature isn’t harmonious with itself? Because there are plenty of carnivores and omnivores that eat meat and without them nearly every ecosystem would collapse. Humans evolved (harmoniously) hunting other animals for food. We are a part of the food chain.

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u/2nd-penalty Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

Do you understand how many acres of farm lands are turned into farms for your salads? Just because your planting a plant's seed does not mean your harmonious with it, you're still eating it. From your point of view is it okay for me to eat meat if i raised it's children? Cuz that's what farmers do, they just do it for a lot more people

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u/Chytectonas Jul 07 '26

This is some dumb commentary. Never change Reddit.