
we didnt want him to eat the scorpion brcause we had got attached to it, we named him Pinchy...
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:04, Reply)

fuck off. Animal cruelty is not entertainment.
It's bad enough that you keep spamming your shit without it being disgusting too.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:13, Reply)

My comment on his previous link was along the lines of "not got anyone on 'ignore'. Tempted to make an exception."
This new link hasn't changed my opinion. Not that he'll read this...
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:18, Reply)

it's no different from bear fucking grylls eating shit he finds. At least he isn't pretending to be some survival expert while he is doing it.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:47, Reply)

I don't watch Bear Grylls either.
Ed: Are you going to tell everyone else who doesn't like it to fuck off too or just me?
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:02, Reply)

He's a weapons-grade cunt. He's said similar to others for holding differing views to his own.
[edit] Whoa- this is intended as sincere. I hope it doesn't come across as misogynous "there, there don't worry your pretty little head"!
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:08, Reply)

Not been on here much lately so have forgotten about things like this.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:11, Reply)

And cheers for the compliment ;)
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:34, Reply)

so I just told you to fuck off. Eat your own dog food.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:39, Reply)

but just in case it is, fuck off and never post again
You're trying to make a name for yourself by posting videos of killing living things. Well done, you're about as shit an example of human endeavour as I can think of.
If anyone else is bothered by this, I suggest you simply select the thumbs down icon on the YouTube page and report them for animal abuse.
If you're not bothered by this, never mind, ignore the hippy
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:17, Reply)

I'm not watching it either but from previous comments I suspect it is what it says it is.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:18, Reply)

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( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:23, Reply)

I couldn't work out exactly why he did it other than 'some thrill,' which isn't really why we want to take life is it?
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:58, Reply)

for the chinese, vietnamese and many other asians.
If the guy just stamped on it i could understand your ire. But he ate it so it did serve a purpose....
I'm not a vegetarian so i don't see the difference between eating this or a dead cow..
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 22:58, Reply)

And even though it's 'only' a scorpion, it seems a little bit cruel - not the way I imagine the life / food trade off to go, really.
Since arachnid cruelty is low down on most peoples list of nasty - you may be saved from being cunted to fuck. Though I doubt it & hope not.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:22, Reply)

and they give me the creeps, but there is no need for this. I went to the Donghaumen Night market in Beijing and they had skewers with live scorpions impaled on them waiting to be grilled. It was horrible.
I know it's a pathetic English thing but I am pathetic and English, so I think it's ok.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:28, Reply)

Anyone who hurts an animal intentionaly or causes suffering needs their genitals pushed into a belt sander!
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:32, Reply)

the next time you intentionally swat a fly or stand on a beatle, I hope your bollocks implode and your face melts like a 4 cheese pizza.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:00, Reply)

And nor does anyone who objects to this video.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:21, Reply)

That is a pure generalisation, and is paramount to someone saying "I don't lie".
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:28, Reply)

I asked you to ignore me 5 minutes ago after reading your pathetic whiney posts.
Go smoke some fucking granola.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:35, Reply)

Ok i can only speak for myself, I retract the rest of what I said. But I fail to see how your assumption about hypocrisy is any less an assumption. I'm just saying don't apply the standards of your own black and wizened soul to everyone else. What grounds would anyone have to object if they went around causing intentional suffering to insects all the time?
Personally i don't do it and havent since i was about 4 and had enough emotional maturity to empathise. So if I did object i certainly wouldn't be hypocritical. As it happens i dont give a fuck who or what you or the gentlemen in the video choose to kill needlessly. Knock yourselves out.
*edit* but if you try to kill me i'll tear your vas deferens out. Just so we're clear.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:39, Reply)

Because your human. I can guarantee you have swatted a few flies in your time, you can shout about how saintly you are as much as you want, but you're only lying to yourself.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:41, Reply)

And that avoiding killing stuff needlessly is saintly.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:44, Reply)

I could cut the sexual tension with a knife
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:48, Reply)

you wouldn't hand pick them out and place them outside or tell the exterminators to empathize
Edit: nothing personal against you or anything, just think everyone's getting their knickers in a twist really
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:47, Reply)

I would underline unnecessary. I have no issues with killing stuff as humanely as possible for food or territory. Minor annoyance, a whim, or because the Internet wants to see just isn't a good enough reason for me thats all.
Like i said I'm not trying to moralise or persuade here. Just saying if i found this video offensive it wouldn't be hypocritical.
*edit* likewise - you make a good point and it is actually something I personally do think about and would agonise over. I'm sure many would think it pretty daft.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:52, Reply)

I'm not bothered by it at all. I don't see it as animal cruelty, just eating a insect.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:30, Reply)

By fucking off and posting somewhere else?
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 22:11, Reply)

No-one's arsed when Grylls does it
Edit: Not to say i think these videos are particularly clever nor do I enjoy them, just saying.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:43, Reply)

fucking pussies, "oh someone hurt a little scorpion!", big fucking deal!! Jesus wept, someone call PETA!
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:50, Reply)

( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:32, Reply)

www.thisblogrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/soldier-cat.jpg
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:35, Reply)

you should post it there too
am I doing this right?
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 20:49, Reply)

any video that manages to drag a load of cunts out of their tree for an OTT rant about "animal cruelty" involving a fucking scorpion of all things; gets my vote!
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:02, Reply)

Let's see him wrestling a Honey Badger.
After all, it's only a fucking badger of all things.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:34, Reply)

are we going to get into a debate about what animals are okay to kill and what ones aren't? Are we going to argue about basic things such as size? or beauty? Or maybe argue about its level of intelligence. Or maybe just its rating on the anti-karma table?
I'd like to see him eat YOU whole and live next, if possible.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:37, Reply)

but posting a "look at me eating a scorpion" video on the internet has nothing to do with subsistence. It is merely doing it for the hell of it, which is wrong.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:47, Reply)

That was clearly a humorous post and you've gone off on one.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:50, Reply)

just read the ones he posted prior, getting on his high horse.
( , Wed 19 Oct 2011, 21:37, Reply)

Oh come on people, getting wound up about a man 'eating' a CGI scorpion...I thought better of you...pathetic. Fake and GHEY!
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:15, Reply)

If you ever go further east than Hackney, I advise you to shut your peepers.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:37, Reply)

Not wanting to get into an argument, I don't consider this as animal cruelty.
I'd be angry if they were pulling it's legs off and filming it.
I also wasn't aware you could eat a live scorpion, so at very least, it's informative.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:58, Reply)

...I think that people on here are taking an exception to this because you are a Trustafarian cunt-hole.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 21:58, Reply)

What's been going on here then?
Oh, it's a man doing exactly what Itv show on 'I'm a celebrity' during prime time.Not big or clever, but hardly worthy of the level of vitriol that is already at bursting point.It looked like it was over pretty quick.
I was a vegetarian for 10 years (by choice).
But i wouldn't think twice about swatting flies or those wasp muthafuckers.
And Mosquitoes can get to fuck with their killing around a million people each year.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 22:30, Reply)

but this sort of shite is all over mine :/
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 22:42, Reply)

If you're amazed at unnecessary vitriol, you must not be that familiar with the internet
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 23:38, Reply)

Although there's a few articles on NewScientist about
how scientists are genetically engineering them.
Interesting reading I must say
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 22:48, Reply)

I come to B3ta to cheer up and have a giggle.
Ethics completely aside for one moment - this is not the sort of thing that fits in around here.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 23:24, Reply)

but fucking hell, get a grip you self righteous twats.
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 23:39, Reply)

I couldn't care less about the scorpian. But is the video entertaining? No; not to me- it is a scruffy man eating. Is it informative? No. Is it funny? Nope. Is it some guy on an ego trip trying to impress people by doing something gross? Bingo!
I'm afraid I don't have a lot of time for people like that. What next, he eats his own shit and posts it? Would anyone find that any more entertaining?
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 23:53, Reply)

if he posted a video of himself eating his own shit I would watch it.
( , Wed 19 Oct 2011, 21:41, Reply)

Coming round here with their scorpion rights agenda.
( , Wed 19 Oct 2011, 0:03, Reply)

Namely that this poster is obviously a massive Spamcunt.
Do fuck off, there's a good chap
( , Tue 18 Oct 2011, 23:49, Reply)

Whatever your take on the poster, and yes, he definitely does seem to be a Spamcunt, there are an awful lot of posters willing to share their own opinions on the subject. I really am not taking the piss.I find watching B3tans discussing the morality issues over a pointless but subjective video more entertaining than the video itself.
( , Wed 19 Oct 2011, 1:10, Reply)

It's one of the bits of my philosophy degree that I still think about from time to time. Basically I don't believe for a moment that insects, arachnids, worms, slugs, snails, oysters etc have any kind of consciousness, they simply don't have the processing power. Assuming they aren't conscious, they can't suffer.
It's impossible to test of course, but I reckon they are more akin to little robots carrying out actions without thought than like higher creatures.
I reckon pretty much any vertebrate can experience suffering, though a lot of people would probably disagree that reptiles are conscious. Some people would probably disagree about fish as well, notably vegetarians who eat fish. It seems pretty clear the octopi and squid are switched on as well.
So anyway yeah on that basis I don't reckon there's any cruelty involved in eating a live scorpion any more than there is eating a live oyster.
Feel free to disagree, no-one can prove it one way or the other for certain so it's a purely philosophical question really. And I'm not about to eat a scorpion alive or otherwise. But I do very much like eating oysters alive and i don't reckon there's anything wrong with that.
( , Wed 19 Oct 2011, 10:53, Reply)

I have never understood vegetarians who eat fish, that's just like a tea totaler drinking only wine....
( , Wed 19 Oct 2011, 11:13, Reply)

nice to see someone use some logic on the subject.
I feel some people aren't conscious either, they do such stupid things that they couldn't possibly all be concscious, just saying like...
( , Wed 19 Oct 2011, 21:39, Reply)

I can tell you they are definitely conscious and anyone who disagrees is a cunt.
( , Wed 19 Oct 2011, 21:46, Reply)

certainly stirred the
( , Wed 19 Oct 2011, 23:04, Reply)

you would be the first to kill it with hammers if it was in your tent or sleeping bag, probably be up for a witchetty grub too, why don't you vent your frustrations on ITV and the stupid "GET ME OUTTA HERE!" Shite they ceaselously produce or Gordon Ramsays puffin habit? I'll bet all of you have slapped a mosquito or fly. Just because it's bigger doesn't make it more wrong he just couldn't fit a panda in his mouth. I'd eat an ant for a bet.
( , Wed 19 Oct 2011, 23:24, Reply)

another pet hate of mine; albeit slightly irrational. 'I'd do it for a bet' or; 'I wouldn't normally do this, but it is for charity'. Bullcrap. People who say this ALWAYS want to do it to impress their mates but want the comfort zone in case is doesn't. Then they have a fall back posistion. They want to be daring, eccentric or LOLWACKY but instantly prove they aren't by filming it, sponsoring it or telling all their friends about it. True daring, eccentrics and whacky people just do this stuff and wonder why anyone else gives a shit when they find out.
( , Thu 20 Oct 2011, 0:38, Reply)

The number of responses this cruel shit has elicited plays right into the hands of the silly Troll.
Bye bye cruel, silly Troll.
*Ignore
p.s. you have truly fuck-ugly hair
( , Thu 20 Oct 2011, 20:31, Reply)