#the speciescide debacle

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

What Dinosaur would be best at hunting and killing humans in a way that would bring mankind into extinction?

Why the everloving motherfuck do you need to know? No one could possibly quantify that or figure that out in a scientific manner. Holy fuck. This is a disturbing question. What the hell is wrong with you. 

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

I have a question for a story, but I'm going to phrase it in a much less genocidal way than that nutjob. What species of dinosaur do you think would be best for hunting and killing humans in a somewhat confined and claustrophobic horror story? Background is that the dinosaur was reanimated with necromancy and is compelled to kill in its natural fashion but not eat, as it has no need to eat. Also, no need to answer this if you'd rather not! I totally understand

See, this is how you ask this kind of question 

As always, it’s hard to say. This isn’t a very easy thing to quantify, especially since it’s rather hard to glean behavior from the fossil record. Any large predator would probably do the trick, to be honest. 

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

littledinosaurarms replied to your post “*screams into void* WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK WAS THAT ASK?! That was...”

Guys they are probably wiring a story or something don't test them like a serial killer! Calm down. Breathe. You just feel attacked because you don't want to think about dinosaurs killing people bc dinosaurs are pure. But a Trex would totally eat you if it could. That doesn't make it a cold blooded killer. Why can't we talk about what dinosaurs would and would not be dangerous to humans without freaking out? So they asked in a kind of weird way. Now we have to shame them? That's mean tbh

... Right 

I am not a thirteen year old with an optimistic, romanticized view of dinosaurs. I do not feel attacked because someone “implied bad things about my precious dinosaurs.” I feel attacked because I don’t actually think talking about or fantasizing about the extinction of humanity is okay. I feel attacked because I am human? And I think such a discussion of such a topic is needlessly morbid and nihilistic. They weren’t asking about which dinosaurs 

If they are writing a book, they should have prefaced with “I’m writing a story, and I need to know [this].” Not “How would I kill off all of humanity with dinosaurs?” That is a misleading and disturbing way of phrasing the question. It sounds like a serial killer, or at a genocidal maniac. 

Don’t patronize me. That’s rude. 

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

answer the question, coward

A) I do not think “finding species-cide/genocide horrifying” equates cowardice 

B) You’re the one hiding behind the anon face, lol 

C) There is no way any species of dinosaur could have caused a human extinction. That’s not how extinction works. 

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

speaking as a writer, i would have definitely specified that i was, indeed, a writer, and only asking for fiction-writing purposes. i definitely wouldn't have then told the person i was asking to "answer the question, coward." what the hell, anon? what the absolute hell?

Yeah, also speaking as a writer, I would have specified. Very clearly. Why I was asking that question. Lol.

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

*screams into void* WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK WAS THAT ASK?! That was extremely disturbing.

Casual advocation of specie-cide (genocide?) is so much fun amiright

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

unrest in the dinosaur fandom is what im witnessing now, i assume lol

Yeaaaaah I will say I’ve had weirder controversies