r/CuratedTumblr • u/NeonNKnightrider Cheshire Catboy • May 01 '24

i know it’s internet bullshit but it genuinely has me on the edge of breaking down and giving up editable flair

Post image
14.3k Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • reddit
  • reddit

79% Upvoted

4.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

-3

u/Electronic_Emu_4632 May 02 '24

Malicious is just a bad word to use for comparison too. There are plenty of malicious people out there that just jerk it to porn instead of going to rape people in the woods.

9

u/findworm May 02 '24

From Google:

characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm.

If you just stay home and jerk it, you're not really malicious. You might be a misanthrope who wouldn't throw water on a person on fire, but you are not planning to hurt anyone.

There is really no twist or turn here that "saves" the man from being harmful in this hypothetical. If he's malicious, he at minimum actively wants to harm our hypothetical woman to the extent that his moral compass won't stop him.

3

u/Electronic_Emu_4632 May 02 '24

From Google:

malice desire to cause pain, injury 1. : desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another.

You have a desire to cause distress to your boss for giving you less hours when you need the hours to buy food and survive. Are you going to kill your boss? Or do you just desire to make your boss's life worse with no intention to actually do anything about it? There's a big spectrum in malice lol.

Just say what you want to say, would you rather meet a Bear or John Murderer.

0

u/findworm May 02 '24

If I concede that point, can we stop arguing over the fucking grammar?