# I flip the bird at the concept of evil.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-flip-the-bird-at-the-concept-of-evil/677351>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 28, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-flip-the-bird-at-the-concept-of-evil/677351 "2013-12-28T11:39:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-flip-the-bird-at-the-concept-of-evil/677351/61 "2013-12-31T17:42:34Z")

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Did anyone leave him a tip?

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-flip-the-bird-at-the-concept-of-evil/677351/62 "2013-12-31T19:24:26Z")

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I heard he was a drummer, but someone wanted him off their porch.

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-flip-the-bird-at-the-concept-of-evil/677351/63 "2013-12-31T19:57:12Z")

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> [@Malacandra](#):
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> But you had to quote the entire fucking thing to make that point. :smack:

Yes. Otherwise people might think I was replying to **Alessan**. And that might have come off as rude and I wouldn’t want stupid sons of bitches to think I was being rude.

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**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-flip-the-bird-at-the-concept-of-evil/677351/64 "2014-01-02T04:04:57Z")

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I think a drunken Smurf can get away with rude- what do people expect?

Anyway, my problem with the evil computer is that it doesn’t really know that what it is doing is evil. Or, if it has awareness but is programmed to do things we consider evil, how is it different from a gun someone uses to kill an innocent person, or the machete a maniac uses to chop off the hands of his enemies? I’m saying it is someone’s tool, its evil isn’t its own.

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**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-flip-the-bird-at-the-concept-of-evil/677351/65 "2014-01-02T04:41:33Z")

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> [@Hampshire](#):
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> Were the delivery tips bigger on Christmas?
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> (Sorry, I didn’t get much further than the OP name.)

And if they weren’t, did you eliminate their evil kind with a hammer?

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