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Hey i just wanna know are raccoons evil in some kind of way ? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/asklemmy

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A lot of things i thought were cute and nice like dolphines, ducks, cats (i saw one cat eat anothers new born), dogs (multiple cases of eating dead owners due to a variety of reasons starting from trying to wake em up to other malicious reasons), hamsters etc turned out to be wrong . Raccoons are the only thing i believe in anymore so give it to me straight are they as they seem ?

Edit : To reduce confusion and to not have to answer to duplicate comments NO I do not hate animals . I think they are all neat and they are what they are and I don't hold them up to humans standard but I'm not an animal person like cat people or dog people either . I hope this clears it up.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fuck, this one did it for me .

[–] Pronell 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think it's better to not look at it as good and evil but as joy and pain.

There will always be both joy and pain in the world. And there isn't even a 'balance' between the two. Some experience more pain than joy. Some, more joy than pain.

Part of the trick is to learn to focus on the joy. The pain will be there and requires acknowledgment, not attention.

[–] dingus 1 points 7 months ago

I like this take. Thank you for your words.