Man's justified

I nearly stamped on one of the wankers after it nicked my icecream yesterday

Watched The Lighthouse one time too much eh?

Completely reasonable and understandable

Don't steal my food unless you're prepared to taste defeat.
Gonna serve up a knuckle sandwich with a side of just desserts.

rats with wings

"MINE!"

Shoudinta pinched me chip

yep, alas this comment section is a goldmine to block overly violent men.

You can't do that? I thought it was pretty badass, actually.

I'm an animal lover, but seagulls are a different story. They're the MAGAs of the bird world, and it's okay to smack one around if you catch one stealing from you.

Seagull fucked around and found out.

Rats ain't nearly as loud about being a pest

They are a protected species, you know

They're the MAGAs of the bird world

lol

I don't agree, but I understand

psycho behavior.

Nah they're protected species in the UK. Idk what the law looks like elsewhere. It does seem a little cruel to punch the bird and it not die and then leave it to go wander off and die from its internal injuries. I'd have more respect it dude just broke its neck and have it a quick death.

Kind of reminds me of Canadian geese in the USA, I wish I could kill those bastards but they're protected. I don't know if it's possible to get a license to kill them or not, depends on how they're protected and the legislation around it - I'm too lazy to bother with any of that and don't hunt so wouldn't go through the hoops anyways. Those things are a menace and mean as hell a lot of times but you just live with it.

I'm curious now though if the USA has protections for seagulls or not.

Oi!

Weird day on Lemmy when animal murder is being celebrated.

Killing animals (without eating them) is serial killer shit.

well he's roit now innit

Yes, all types of gulls are protected by US federal law.

Eh, factory farming is messed up too even if you eat the bodies.

Sometimes I think guys just aren't aware that you can't just kill things for stealing your chip

Thank you! Somebody said it

yeah its something where me and my friends would be laughing so hard.

In Denmark they're everywhere in the cities too, only thing more frequent then these shitbirds is rats.

Well there goes my dreams of building the ultimate gull crushing machine :(

If any animal fucks around, they have to expect to find out. Feels like a golden rule situation.

In seattle seagulls are rain forcasters. When you hear their cries, rain is usually on the way within an hour or two.

... Why do you have this need to harm animals for behaving like animals? Did your mother not love you or something?

Seriously, you think it's normal wanting to kill animals just because something a few of them did annoyed you?

They didn't attack you

They didn't shit all over you

And even if they did... It's animals doing their thing, just let them. Whatever you think these birds did to you I guarantee you that humanity has treated them a hundred times worse. If anything, birds do have a reason to kill us

Why are you trying to lecture that animal about animals? Did he shit all over you?

How do you know he didn’t eat it?

Isn't this a sign of early psychopaths? To kill animals without remorse.

What? Why? There are literal flock of seagulls. We ain't gonna run out of em.

I'm sure some of them are but they're an entire subfamily with dozens of genus and hundreds of species. Considering some are seemingly more common than rats, the chance he plucked an endangered one out of the air and punched it is really low.

You can hunt Canadian geese in Canada ironically. They're apparently not bad eating and the bag limit is 2-4 depending on which province.

Exactly! Are fucking rats protected under federal law now too?

Found the Jainist

To be fair you could probably one punch a seagull and one punch seems completely reasonable for something stealing your pastry.

If we’re talking Michigan pasties, then not only is it justified it’s moral

Animal cruelty is a sign of psychopathy. You're probably kidding, but the idea triggers me a little

So you're not really an animal lover

You forget, we are animals. And deep inside we still have those primal moments. Where don't fuck with my chip or I'll fuck you into the afterlife.

No, they go looking for them.

That's... a wild take.

EDIT: Yeah, I guess they are.

I grew up around the great salt lake where there are hordes of these mother fuckers, if you don’t despise them as the devil spawn that they are then you’ve never had to deal with them. I love animals, but I would support a seagull specific genocide.

You haven’t had to deal with seagulls and it shows.

I always did think hippos had a serial killer quality

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