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[RedKing]

Would furries count as animals or people? And what if you have furries who own pets?

Depends on the pet, usually considered to be akin to owning a pet monkey if it's the same species belt.

I'm slightly disturbed that this is an answer which has apparently had some forethought. I guess I'm glad the community has that introspection, though.

(Though there isn't an actual 'Road Tax' as soon many believe there is.)

So what do tax disks show you've paid? My life has been a lie.

Roads are maintained either through a small tax on gas and large vehicle (55,000+ lbs) registration (for the national level) or through vehicle registration fees at the state level mostly (though this varies a little bit from state to state).

It is also funded by road/bridge tolls, at least around the New York/New Jersey area.  They've raised rates a few times over the past few years on some of em.   

I misread that as Trolls, which seemed like a nice and historical way to gather taxes.

I so want to use this in a fantasy setting now -- trolls employed by the local king to gather customs duties from travellers. Adventurers could be hired by a merchant company to kill the trolls at a certain bridge before they send a particularly high-value caravan through, only to find out later that their "good deed" constituted murder of the King's officials and now they're wanted criminals.

This is actually sort of brilliant, because trolls are:

1. Somewhat unimaginative and single-minded, at least in DnD, because they're low Intelligence and low Wisdom. They just want da bux for da baws, brah.
2. They're tough, nigh immune to death from non-fire/acid sources, and if you cut them apart, you just have more trolls to deal with.
3. They'd probably be a cheap hire. "I will give you one animal of your choice for every month you watch my bridge."
4. They're intimidating. No one wants to tell the ten foot tall, insta-regenerating, man-eating monster 'no'.

They're also unlikely to be smart enough to embezzle funds.

[Vattic]

IIRC, they equate animal domestication to slavery. Or at least indentured servitude.

Because those cats have it so fucking hard, what with all the sleeping they have to do, and the cat condo and free food. Seriously, if there's any pet whose life is the opposite of indentured servitude, it's a cat.

Once again I can see where they are coming from. There is something about freedom even if your lack of it is really comfortable. It's not an uncommon sentiment to object to animals being kept it zoos if they could have survived in the wild, even if less easily. I've kept cats and dogs and would agree that it's more complex, but it could be argued we've bred them into dependants. If you believe animals deserve equal rights to humans then breeding species of animals for work, company, and food would be a bit dodgy.

I can see where their problem with Pokemon comes from. If you agree that dog fighting and similar is wrong then pokemon fighting is not much different. If you assume media normalises behaviours then Pokemon is normalising animal abuse.

So they think Pokemon is a gateway to dogfighting/cockfighting/etc?

That's a rather extreme slippery slope argument, but one I could at least debate. But then WTF is with the McNugget weirdness and having a blood-drenched evil clown boss fight?

I was posting about their stance in general with the games being about overthrowing evil pokemon masters (right?). This time it seems like they are annoyed that a popular franchise they already dislike is being used to advertise something else they don't like. Axis of evil I guess. I'm not sure they mean gateway as they believe the abuse is already happening. It's not dissimilar to the sexist media normalising sexism argument.

[Graknorke]

1. Somewhat unimaginative and single-minded, at least in DnD, because they're low Intelligence and low Wisdom. They just want da bux for da baws, brah.

Trolls are liberal, confirmed for true fact. They have low intelligence and collect taxes.

[frostshotgg]

How much heart do trolls have? That's how we'd know how liberal they are.

[Putnam]

Doesn't matter, their wisdom is negative.

[Eric Blank]

How much heart do trolls have? That's how we'd know how liberal they are.

Anywhere between 5 and 25 kilograms.

[tahujdt]

How much heart do trolls have? That's how we'd know how liberal they are.

Anywhere between 5 and 25 kilograms.

Not all of it their own, of course.

[scrdest]

How much heart do trolls have? That's how we'd know how liberal they are.

Anywhere between 5 and 25 kilograms.

Not all of it their own, of course.

Yeah, plus it depends on the climate and refridgeration capabilites.

[GiglameshDespair]

You can buy heart in my local supermarket so i guess trolls have as much heart as they can afford and fit in the fridge.

[Mephansteras]

Trolls regenerate even from mortal wounds. They have infinite heart!

[scrdest]

What if... What if Owlga isn't really an anime girl?

[Descan]

That's silly. That's like asking "What if Xantalos isn't human?"

Everyone on the board is an anime girl!

And also human!

Right, Xantalos?

[scrdest]

That's silly. That's like asking "What if Xantalos IS human?"

FTFY

[LordSlowpoke]

Everyone on the board is an anime girl!

descan has bay12 all figured out

watch and learn from her antics

[Eotyrannus]

Everyone on the board is an anime girl!

descan has bay12 all figured out

watch and learn from her antics

B-but I'm not a girl!

Silly Cmega3-chan, of course you're a girl! Why else would we all be wearing pretty skirts?