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If you press the button, all animals who perform sexual coercion (rape/harassment/intimidation/etc.) in the animal kingdom, lose the urge to do so. Assume magically new animals are created to replace the resulting drop in population, and nothing is significantly effected.

Yes, press that button
64.3%
No, don't press the butto
35.7%

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9:19 PM · Aug 8, 2022

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The only possible downside to choosing "Yes" was compensated for with the replacement clause. So... I mean, yes.

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Whats the reasoning behind not pressing it?

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why would you not press the button? literally no downside

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my instinct is to press yes but i want these videos to still exist. turtles are fuckin ridiculous and have the absolute weirdest sex noises

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Turtles having sex and fighting

two turtles having sex and fighting on a dirt road in Greece

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i dont see how this is even slightly ambiguous wtf

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Hmm probably not. I would be more inclined to press if it were more moderate like a 50% reduction, but 100% seems quite extreme

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but what about the animals with rape fetishes? are they able to set up a safe word?

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Gotta be honest, this sounds like something straight out of Star Trek #StarTrek

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Nah, horror in nature plays a useful role. If only to remind us that it's not the best place to take moral hints from. The fact that it happens is fascinating, also. So I'd rather allow it to happen to study it rather than eliminate it.

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Can you do one without the second sentence?