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What a disgusting piece of vomit you are, Goldy.
Making these videos and putting them on Youtube is one thing, but WHO THE HELL POSTS THEM ON THEIR BLOG???
What the hell is wrong with you, man???
I kind of thought the point was to get people to think about how human endeavors cause suffering to non humans with varying degrees of intentionality and a range of inherent ethical dilemmas. Every year a few animals are hurt, or killled, because bicycle races tie up the roads in a way that is so novel the animals don’t know how to interact safely. But a large majority here don’t really seem to care about that, but rather are hyperfocussed on their own wounded sensibilities.
I have been unable to find an article addressing the ultimate fate of the cat. Whereas there are innumerable articles focused on the racing life of Ben Hermans, and of course, this video itself. Basically, most humans don’t give a shit about the suffering of others. Those who don’t enjoy it care passionately that they not have to see it.
@54: I fucking care about road kill. I was driving in a neighborhood one mid morning this last spring when I saw a pair of ducks in the road ahead. The female had been killed and her mate would not leave her. Since there was no traffic I got out of my car, picked up the dead duck and moved it to the grass so her mate would not meet the same fate. Then I cried all the way to the office.
@56: I doubt very highly that that was Goldy’s point. I think he’s just finding categories of bikes vs whatever the fuck and throwing them up there because they are vaguely topical. I’d also like to point out that when a post can unite commenters that rarely have a civil word to say to one another then it’s a pretty fair bet that a line has been crossed
@57 I doubt this has united anyone. It just drove out the white narcissistic provincial hipsters for whom an animal got hurt video two pages down now has no immediate entertainment value, and bought out the literalist moralists capable of empathy with animals and those people who just don’t like things that are yucky.
Your duck rescue story highlights for me what is so disturbing about the video – there is no response anywhere about what happened to the cat. Don’t you want to know?
To fulfill the illegal trade in pet sloths, baby sloths are stolen from their mothers in the wild, and their teeth are ripped out of their mouths without the use of anesthetic (sloth teeth are sharp and poisonous). Sloths are also extremely sensitive to light, so any normal human home would pretty much blind one. Those “cute” sloth videos are actually of a horribly abused, traumatized, and blinded animal that’s clinging to the nearest object out of abject terror.
I’d prefer that no sloth videos be posted here, thanks.
@58: I would love to hear that some one picked the cat up and took it a vet, but I’m assuming the cat was killed.
Again I say when people like Lord Basil and Matt in Denver are in agreement on something, and passionately at that, it should give one pause, and I hope Goldy will refrain in future from posting this sort of thing. The discussion I think you would like to have can be had with out these awful visual aids.
Can we have a video of old people getting mowed down next? How about toddlers?
This is repulsive.
@55 Great God Almighty. It had to happen sometime. I find myself in complete agreement with one of Lord Basil’s posts.
Goldy = douchebag, hipster-arsehole
Just to re-iterate: Goldy, you suck
That cat was not a stray. He is well fed and probably walked that street every day as part of his territory. Most likely, he has never seen a bike race and did not know of the danger. Now if he lives, he will most likely be paralyzed. I am shocked that Goldy thinks sharing it with Slog readers is OK, and I am saddened because the rider never stopped and barely slowed down. Rest in Peace, my innocent.
Oh, and Goldy, I want you and all of the advertisers on Slog to know that I will never visit this site again, nor will I ever read another copy of the Stranger as long as you are on the staff.
I’m glad I always read the comments before I read an article because I got to avoid seeing this horror. I’m sure you’re happy with yourself Goldy for stooping to the level of….well, actually youtube and all other video sharing sites would take a video like this down so really you’ve stooped to the level of an underground snuff site. My aren’t you cool! Asshole.