That'd work until you happen to get a reptile enthusiast on the show that can recognize the species, at which point you just have a show of a guy completely missing the point whilst nerding out over snakes.
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I would watch that show. ๐
Not a reptile enthusiast, but knowledgeable enough to know a few things about them.
A well fed snake, hell most snakes (not all, some constrictors you don't want to fuck with) won't see a human as food, and won't attack unless provoked. Don't sneak up on a snake, don't step on a snake, don't harass a snake and it won't give 2 fucks about your presence.
A venomous snake usually (there's always an exception) has a "neck", if you can see where it's head ends and it's body begins it's more likely venomous than it's danger noodle looking counterpart.
There are a lot of exceptions. Most of them, as it happens.
Vipers have that "neck" and a wider head than their bodies. Elapids typically don't, and can be extremely venomous. In fact, the most deadly venomous snakes in the world are elapids including cobras, taipans, and black mambas.
Tl;dr: Rarely wise to step on snek.
it's not only unwise to step on snakes, it's also rude. which is worse
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Let's play a game. Swap the demographic to see if it's sexist.
"Men are rapists"
Now let's swap it out for a different demographic.
"Black people are rapists"
Wow, turns out y'all are a bunch of sexist pigs.
None of this kind of discussion is intelligent.
The correct reply is "Don't broadly generalize anyone."
Clever swap-around games distract yourself from the point more than anything, and the people you're trying to present this to don't care about reasonable arguments OR racism.
Well, yeah, that's the goal, and most people follow most of it. But for those people who have blind spots like op, that's the exercise you want to do to see if you're being an asshole.
And it is a reasonable argument.
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"Men are rapists" was nobody's point, "men are rapists" is the strawman on which "not all men" relies.
"Men are rapists" was nobody's point
Then why have I seen multiple adult women say that and mean it?
I'm with you that the dude you're replying to is gross, but let's not pretend reality isnt what it is, yeah?
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Guess we should fear all snakes then! Or all sharks! That hasn't lead to extreme fear based reactions where entire populations suffered because of fear due to a portion of the population being potentially dangerous.
The point about not knowing which one might be dangerous is a good point, but example is terrible. Use unsafe mechanical equipment or something instead.
Dudes will queue to use unsafe mechanical equipment, while telling you "hold my beer".
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