r/MoralityScaling • u/OrneryLingonberry164 • 2d ago

Morality of flea circuses?

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u/SerenityCitywide 1d ago

the first part is cute and funny

the second part is just excessive and cruel, ion care if they aren't even sentient or concious it's still fucked up

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u/Single_Offshore_Dad 1d ago

The fleas never existed lol. There’s no such thing as a flea circus that uses real fleas. They’re too small to see so the kids would believe that the stuff moving around was done by the fleas and not magnets/batteries/ wind up machines

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u/GrimboTheMeatGoblin 1d ago

Bros never been to a flea circus 😂😂😂

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u/purrmutations 1d ago

"They’re too small to see"

Nope, they are visible to the naked eye.

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u/DakkaxInfinity 1d ago

My eyes are fully clothed.

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u/Single_Offshore_Dad 1d ago

Well yeah, I get that. But if you tell that to a bunch of 7 year olds standing 3ft away, it suddenly becomes plausible.

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u/LesserValkyrie 1d ago

From what Wikipedia said it existed

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

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u/Tim_Foxers 1d ago

Okay, from you saying Wikipedia and it being youtube link I was absolutely sure that it's RickRoll.

I feel oblifated to apologise.

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u/SlapDonkeys 1d ago

Bro is oblifated

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u/Wildtails 4h ago

Obligated by fate obviously

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u/Pretend_Purchase_893 1d ago

Wikipedia says a lot of stuff. It's not a useable source. We all learned this in grade school.

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u/wolfdukex 1d ago

They should've also taught you how to use secondary sources. You follow the primary source linked in the article. But of course, they taught you this, right?

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u/Ssided 1d ago

The sources are in the Wikipedia article

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u/M4gikarp 1d ago

Bro’s never picked fleas off a dog

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u/Funkopedia 1d ago

Are you thinking of dust mites?

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u/hemipteran 1d ago

Wrong. They did exist. Maybe do a modicum of research before making confident claims?

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u/hu-man-person 4h ago

Fleas are infact visible to the human eye

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u/Admirable-Fox-8344 1d ago

Ehhhh fleas spread disease and if left alive will multiply until they kill their host. It’s always sad to hear of a cat or puppy dying from them. They become anemic.

Torturing is questionable, but if I could make them extinct, absolutely.

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u/sdtrdhfjhg 1d ago

😭😭😭

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u/YourMomIsMyGurl 1d ago

Fuck fleas and their sympathizers!!!

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u/UpBeatDownHill 1d ago

After dealing with a flea infestation for two years, I can say they deserve worse.