# Animal Cruelty

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-cruelty/674062>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 16, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-cruelty/674062 "2013-11-16T16:31:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![JimNightshade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jimnightshade/32/3354_2.png) [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-cruelty/674062/1 "2013-11-16T16:31:41Z")

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The link:

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw)

The thesis:  
Is this animal cruelty?

The Claim:  
“No”

The Prediction:  
Thread closure.

The Conclusion:  
Mods have no humor.

The follow up:  
Why is this so?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-cruelty/674062/2 "2013-11-16T17:38:18Z")

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Yanno, if you’d posted it without taunting the mods, I’d’ve left it open. If you’d like to try again without the trolling, feel free.

No warning issued.

**twickster** , MPSIMS mod