They're both drowning, you can save only one... (1 Viewer)

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Posted picture of a dog: 

 

[The Iguana]

Even given the proliferation of pit bulls?  Maybe we could have a pit bull exception?  I would save the dog unless it was a pit bull.

Wait, if we start qualifying matters and creating exceptions then we go down a slippery slope. Next someone will have the hot chick in yoga pants addendum where she get saved over any dog. 

it's "your dog" vs "random stranger" so not sure you need a breed exception - you probably aren't owning a pit if it will sway your vote in the matter. "random dog" vs "random stranger" is a totally different discussion.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

it's "your dog" vs "random stranger" so not sure you need a breed exception - you probably aren't owning a pit if it will sway your vote in the matter. "random dog" vs "random stranger" is a totally different discussion.

So it is.  I had forgotten the original question.

 

[Ned]

Honestly, at in 2019 and beyond, if the choice was a human or a ham sandwich, I'd save the ham sandwich.  And I'm not supposed to eat pork.

I'd save this ham sandwich.

 

[Don't Noonan]

This thread still pisses me off.  Those of you voting dog had better be joking or else your heart is as hard as a rock.

For every person that's wronged you or that you just don't like there are hundreds of other people who are good and deserve to live.  While a dog can be a great companion that can never compare to a father, son, daughter, mother, sister, brother, wife, husband or any other person who is of great value to you.  Imagine someone letting your loved one die because they wanted to save their five year old Saint Bernard who growls at strangers.  When the shoe was on the other foot this poll seems like a bunch of stupidity.

I get loving your dog as I am a dog owner too.   I understand it would be a horrible decision to make.  However, I don't get the joy people seem to get saying they would let another human die.  Pretty disgusting.

 

[SwampDawg]

I get loving your dog as I am a dog owner too.   I understand it would be a horrible decision to make.  However, I don't get the joy people seem to get saying they would let another human die.  Pretty disgusting.

I love my dog, I literally dislike at least 50% of people.

 

[Don't Noonan]

I love my dog, I literally dislike at least 50% of people.

We are talking about a stranger

 

[dkp993]

We are talking about a stranger

Well then, I dislike 100% of strangers.   

 

[TheIronSheik]

I hate 100% of strangers. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Honestly, at in 2019 and beyond, if the choice was a human or a ham sandwich, I'd save the ham sandwich.  And I'm not supposed to eat pork.

Some ham sandwiches can be pretty good.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Some ham sandwiches can be pretty good.

I have an urge to eat one right now.  I like mine with swiss cheese, spicy brown mustard, and caramelized onions on Russian Rye.  For no particular reason I call it a Ned.

 

[Don't Noonan]

Well then, I dislike 100% of strangers.   

I don't believe that

 

[dkp993]

I don't believe that

Depends on the day.  Lol

 

[bostonfred]

Posted picture of a dog: 

Edited 4 hours ago by Ditkaless Wonders
I just noticed the violation of TOS. Shocked

Was this it?

 

[Politician Spock]

Some days, the best part of my day was a good ham sandwich. 

 

[Chaz McNulty]

I love my dog, I literally dislike at least 50% of people.

And you would have no issue with a stranger saving their dog over your friend/child/mother/father/sibling/etc.?

 

[chet]

cold hearted #####es at otis' purse forum

Dog 3 100.00%

Stranger 0 0%

Voters: 3. You have already voted on this poll

I think the gals over at the Purse Forum axed this thread.  @Otis what are some hot topics over there?

 

[SWC]

i hear you about ham sandwiches but is a hot dog a sandwich or what take that to the bank brohans 

 

[Psychopav]

I'd save my dog  510

I want you to know I'd still save all you guys over the dog.

 

[Angry Beavers]

I would save my dog and it would not be close.............

I would likely even save a strange dog over a strange person.. and that is only somewhat closer....

where is gets trickier is if it is someone know or love... then of course I need to save them.... unless they are a jerkface, in which case, I still save the dog

Moral of the story:  Don't be a jerkface

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I would save my dog and it would not be close.............

I would likely even save a strange dog over a strange person.. and that is only somewhat closer....

where is gets trickier is if it is someone know or love... then of course I need to save them.... unless they are a jerkface, in which case, I still save the dog

Moral of the story:  Don't be a jerkface

It's an even harder decision to make when your dog is also a jerkface.

 

[perbach]

Save the dog (doesn't necessarily have to be mine even).  

 

[perbach]

Should start this poll over.   A lot has changed since 2004 and the value of human life has changed significantly.   We see it everyday.

 

[Angry Beavers]

It's an even harder decision to make when your dog is also a jerkface.

You shut your whoremouth right now! No chance my dog is a jerkface. The cat on the other hand is a completely different story. 

 

[HERBERT THE HIPPO]

You shut your whoremouth right now! No chance my dog is a jerkface. The cat on the other hand is a completely different story. 

couldn't find the laughing so hard I can't breathe emoji.

 

[DaVinci]

Lady Gaga would obviously vote “dog”. $500K reward for the return of her dogs; $0 for catching the people who shot her dog walker.

 

[HERBERT DA HIPPO]

The poll has been reopened. Vote "dog"

 

[Mitchie]

if attractive woman would save her, otherwise probably dog

 

[-fish-]

Happy to say I posed this question for the first time to my significant other and she's team dog.

 

[FarFromHome]

What a cool question for a thread. My instinct was to absolutely save my dog first. Then I felt bad about myself for choosing a dog over a human. Then I accepted it. Id definitely save my dog first. I love my dogs.

 

[-fish-]

What a cool question for a thread. My instinct was to absolutely save my dog first. Then I felt bad about myself for choosing a dog over a human. Then I accepted it. Id definitely save my dog first. I love my dogs.

welcome to 20 years ago. you made the right choice.

 

[Northern Voice]

Still my dog every single time.

 

[Jayrod]

I know it is supposed to be a light/funny thing, but this topic literally makes me sick to my stomach.

I've typed about 10 different posts ranging from gentle to scorched earth and should probably just walk away now.

 

[bagger]

I know it is supposed to be a light/funny thing, but this topic literally makes me sick to my stomach.

I've typed about 10 different posts ranging from gentle to scorched earth and should probably just walk away now.

You should type them all and we can pick the best one.

If this thread gets you that upset I honestly would suggest you look into counseling.

 

[Nigel]

20 yrs later, first time dog owner as of 5 years ago, I’d like to change my answer.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I know it is supposed to be a light/funny thing, but this topic literally makes me sick to my stomach.

I've typed about 10 different posts ranging from gentle to scorched earth and should probably just walk away now.

I think what you miss is a person's dog is their responsibility. It's a commitment just as raising a child is (and before you get nutty I'm not equating some one's dog with some one's child),

- the real answer is most people would try to save both. It's just a silly "what if" scenario that isn't very realistic.

I would save my dog, because I don't think I can live without him at this point (he's helped me through a very difficult stretch of my life), but it would also haunt me that I let some one else die so I'd probably die trying to save both in real life.

 

[parasaurolophus]

I hate everybody else's dogs. But god I loved my dog. No way I wouldnt have saved her.

Convinced that the people saying stranger are mostly people like me that hate dogs, but never had the joy of one going crazy when your car turned in the driveway. Looking in the front window and seeing the dog popping in and out of view jumping up and down because she wanted to see me.

 

[Psychopav]

I'm so glad this isn't one of those public polls. There are some things I just don't want to know.

 

[AAABatteries]

I'm so glad this isn't one of those public polls. There are some things I just don't want to know.

Not looking to turn this in to a religious discussion but I think generally speaking the people who are shocked and disgusted by people choosing their dog view human life as sacred and that humans have a soul. It’s not surprising that some people just see humans as more evolved animals and wouldn’t see saving a human as some moral obligation.

 

[AAABatteries]

And FTR, I voted stranger but agree with @Dr. Octopus that this is just a “fun” exercise. First time around I’m not sure I even had a dog but I do now - it’s essentially an impossible thing to answer. Part of me likes to think I would save the stranger but part of me realizes I love my dog and it would be extremely difficult to not save him. I truly don’t know how I would react in the situation except like the good doctor says, I’d try to save both.

 

[General Malaise]

I'd save my dog. I can always get a new stranger.

Still the funniest line in the thread.

 

[Terminalxylem]

I know it is supposed to be a light/funny thing, but this topic literally makes me sick to my stomach.

I've typed about 10 different posts ranging from gentle to scorched earth and should probably just walk away now.

We had no wedding registry. Instead, we asked people to donate to one of three charities - two supporting the diseases which killed my parents (diabetes and cancer), and the humane society.

In a group including 30+ human healthcare providers, wanna guess which charity won out, by a long shot?

 

[Terminalxylem]

I hate everybody else's dogs. But god I loved my dog. No way I wouldnt have saved her.

Convinced that the people saying stranger are mostly people like me that hate dogs, but never had the joy of one going crazy when your car turned in the driveway. Looking in the front window and seeing the dog popping in and out of view jumping up and down because she wanted to see me.

I like dogs, but don’t really care for how needy they can be. But anyone who’s had a pet can understand the emotional attachment you develop.

In a high pressure, split second decision, those emotions would surely trump intellectualizing the value of human vs. animal life, at least for me.

 

[Psychopav]

I hate everybody else's dogs. But god I loved my dog. No way I wouldnt have saved her.

Convinced that the people saying stranger are mostly people like me that hate dogs, but never had the joy of one going crazy when your car turned in the driveway. Looking in the front window and seeing the dog popping in and out of view jumping up and down because she wanted to see me.

I like dogs, but don’t really care for how needy they can be. But anyone who’s had a pet can understand the emotional attachment you develop.

In a high pressure, split second decision, those emotions would surely trump intellectualizing the value of human vs. animal life, at least for me.

I agree, and is why there is value in discussing these types of hypothetical, perhaps even light-hearted, scenarios. In a high pressure, split second decision situation, I have the benefit of thinking this through rationally when emotions aren't ramped up, and I would like to think that work would pay off in the decision I would make at that point. Make no mistake, there would be doubts and guilt for me no matter what decision I made in that moment, but I firmly believe that saving the person is objectively the right answer (with the caveat and a nod to @AAABatteries point above that this is my own perspective based on my own worldview).

Heck, even if you don't hold my worldview, the benefit in thinking things like this through dispassionately is the same imo. May each of us develop our conscience and then follow our conscience, and may all our days be guilt-free

 

[Terminalxylem]

One other interesting thing to consider: the dog would probably be less cooperative in rescue, increasing the odds the rescuer drowns with their pet.

 

[foxco]

Which would be easier to save without putting down your beer?

 

[Gally]

the human society.

Is that any relation to the Human Fund? I plan to make a donation in the name of FBG's this year as a Christmas gift to the message board.

 

[BlackCrowes]

still a classic

child
dog
adult stranger

 

[KarmaPolice]

I'm so glad this isn't one of those public polls. There are some things I just don't want to know.

Not looking to turn this in to a religious discussion but I think generally speaking the people who are shocked and disgusted by people choosing their dog view human life as sacred and that humans have a soul. It’s not surprising that some people just see humans as more evolved animals and wouldn’t see saving a human as some moral obligation.

Not a religious thing at all for me, and I own and love pets, but I guess I have a bigger separation between pet and human. The way I thought of it as I answered was I would be able to look into my family's eyes to tell them I had let the dog go to save somebody, but I couldn't do the opposite - tell a family that I couldn't get to their parent/kid/whatever because I saved my dog.

 

[Ridgeback]

I know it is supposed to be a light/funny thing, but this topic literally makes me sick to my stomach.

I've typed about 10 different posts ranging from gentle to scorched earth and should probably just walk away now.

I agree. I can't really believe people would choose a stranger over their dog.