Instigator / Pro
18
1490
rating
6
debates
41.67%
won
Topic
#284
Ducks are the most dangerous animal
Status
Finished
The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.
Winner & statistics
After 8 votes and with 35 points ahead, the winner is...
nmvarco
Parameters
- Publication date
- Last updated date
- Type
- Standard
- Number of rounds
- 4
- Time for argument
- One day
- Max argument characters
- 30,000
- Voting period
- One month
- Point system
- Multiple criterions
- Voting system
- Open
Contender / Con
53
1536
rating
19
debates
55.26%
won
Description
Ducks are dangerous
Round 1
Ducks enslave people to feed them bread Wich humans are the second most dangerous animal
Thanks to my opponent Jboy3r for such an interesting topic. I do realize what I have written is short but the context of the situation and the topic is very vague. My argument and rebuttals follow.
Argument
Ducks are not inherently dangerous. They will only bite you if they are brooding or have been attacked recently [1]. Plus, they do not even have teeth. If anything, we are the ones making their lives dangerous. We are the ones destroying their habitat [2] and mistreating them in factories [3]. Pro’s argument simply makes no sense and is hard to understand.
Rebuttal
Pro simply says that ducks have somehow enslaved us and forced us to eat bread. Ducks do not have that kind of technology or capability to do that. This is a assertion, and not based on any sort of facts. I have been to places where ducks live, and never have I been forced to give them bread or felt a compelling urge to give them bread or any other sort of food. Pro then states that humans are the second most dangerous animal. Again, this is not backed up by any sort of fact or source or even theory.
Round 2
But ducks don’t have to be smart to be dangerous. Sum ducks are poisonous and have pointed bills and are pritty spoopy if I do say myself sometimes They attack me at random times if that isn’t dangerous I don’t know what is.
Con concedes that ducks are not smart and that they cannot have enslaved us to force us to feed them bread. Con follows by saying:
Sum ducks are poisonous and have pointed bills
The only duck ever reported to be poisonous was known as the Paraguayan Venomous Duck (https://venomousduck.wordpress.com). But this claim is not backed up and the PVD does not appear on the list of ducks, geese, and waterfowl of Paraguay (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Paraguay?scrlybrkr=0692e020#Ducks,_geese,_and_waterfowl).
Ducks can have pointed bills but their bills could never be pointed enough to actually inflict trauma or serious injury. Then Con says:
and are pritty spoopy if I do say myself sometimes
By stating this, Con concedes by calling them spoopy, which means he does not think they are dangerous but rather funny (https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/internet/2017/10/what-does-spoopy-mean). Con says:
They attack me at random times if that isn’t dangerous I don’t know what is.
Con provides no proof or background information that ducks attack him at random times. Even if they do attack him, they certainly do not gain the title of “most dangerous animal.”
I will now let Con rebut my arguments and rebuttals.
Round 3
Forfeited
Extend.
Round 4
You should also be scared by how they can run at you at 12 feet per second or they can fly at 31.2 in comparison humans run at 26 miles an hour so they can fly and then pull out your eyes and then the could scare away everyone else so no one would help you and you would die a slow death. Don’t even try fighting back they can peck hard enough to cut you so you will bleed out and die. Also ducks are very quiet and can slice your throat open and then you will be dead so a duck would silently sneak up at you at night and sit your throat and nmvaco I shal summin the duck god to smite you in your sleep tonight.
Last argument all the times I mentioned Con I meant Pro. I apologize. My final rebuttal follows. Pro says:
You should also be scared by how they can run at you at 12 feet per second
I could not find any place to corroborate this fact, but I could find places to refute it. The average human runs at about 10 to 15 mph [1], easily outrunning a duck (12 feet per second is around 8 mph). Pro then says:
or they can fly at 31.2 in comparison humans run at 26 miles an hour
Pro has clearly researched some disreputable sources for I have found that the average duck flies at around 50 mph [2]. Pro follows by stating:
so they can fly and then pull out your eyes and then the could scare away everyone else so no one would help you and you would die a slow death.
There speed would instantly decrease after maneuvering and even if they pull out your eyes it does not mean you will die. If your eyeballs were bleeding uncontrollably, you would probably be knocked out from the impact of the bird and you would die not knowing you were dying. Even that would not be slow. Besides, ducks would not want to attack humans. We are the ones with guns and nerve agents. That’s why there should be less strict concealed carry laws. Pro then says:
Don’t even try fighting back they can peck hard enough to cut you so you will bleed out and die.
The only places where you could actually bleed out and die is your main arteries and I severely doubt ducks have studied human biology and would deliberately peck you there. Pro says:
Also ducks are very quiet and can slice your throat open and then you will be dead so a duck would silently sneak up at you at night and sit your throat
Ducks are only quiet when they are not angry [3]. Obviously a duck in the situation described by Pro would be very angry if it wanted to slice your throat open. Then, Con again concedes that ducks are not dangerous, for sitting on a human’s throat might be seen as a gesture of love. Pro finishes by stating:
nmvaco I shal summin the duck god to smite you in your sleep tonight.
Obviously Pro is a crackpot because I do not know who nmvaco is and I am not nmvaco. I rest my case. Vote Con.
[1] https://causeiloverunning.com/average-running-speed-of-a-human/
[2] http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/mallard_duck_facts/587/
[3] http://www.backyardpoultry.com/keeping-ducks-as-pets/
[2] http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/mallard_duck_facts/587/
[3] http://www.backyardpoultry.com/keeping-ducks-as-pets/
OMG I JUST NOTICED LMAO
Category: Art
As an aside, I gave a pretty legit review for this debate, regardless of it being a "troll" debate or not. Someone is reporting my votes just to be a dick and waste the moderator's time.
It fits the definition moderation uses in that it is primarily a humorous/facetious debate. This is evidenced both by the topic and the content of the debate. Exhibit 1: "Ducks enslave people to feed them bread."
How is this a troll debate?
I talked to Jboy irl and he seemed quite serious about this. I was too.
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>Reported Vote: SupaDudz // Mod action: Not Removed
>Points Awarded: 7 points to Con
>Reasons for Decision: PRO made arguments, but they were refuted better by CON in an organized manner. I believe his arguments are more stronger and have relevancy to them
S&G to CON. Various errors and missed periods cause me to vote CON. Run on sentences that drag on too much
Conduct to CON. Summoning the Duck God and being at peace with them is just bad logic
>Reason for Mod Action: Troll debates are not moderated, per the site voting policy guidelines. No moderation action is appropriate on this vote.
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>Reported Vote: Raltar // Mod action: Not Removed
>Points Awarded: 7 points to Con
>Reason for Mod Action: Troll debates are not moderated, per the site voting policy guidelines. No moderation action is appropriate on this vote.
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Rational Madman was trying to summon the DebateArt 'god' to smite Jboy3r!
I was saying to report it to bsh1
Last round
When did Pro make a death threat to Bsh1?
Dude nmvarco is my friend it was a joke
Report pro for the death threat to bsh1 and remind anyone who votes you down on conduct of what we implied.
It's still poor conduct. You shouldn't insult other users even if they deserve it because it could cost a conduct point. If you think they are showing poor conduct, let the voters award you a conduct point.
I called him a crackpot, which means an eccentric or foolish person, not a crackhead, which means somebody who smokes crack a lot.
People say extend because they are waiting for the other person to post their argument, because burden of proof is on them.
I know jboy3r irl and he is Catholic so I shall ask the pope to excommunicate him.
Man, I hope Con provides his final rebuttal before the Duck God smites him!
Why does everyone say extend when their opponent forfeits a round?
Is spoopy even a word?
Lol
Bro, you better take ducks seriously. Those things got pointy beaks and poison.
There's a duck behind you.
It's staring with glowing red eyes.
... I can hear its thoughts. "I am Spoopy. Fear me."
I would be very serious about this too if I were the contender.
This is very entertaining.
It is so funny how nmvarco is so so serious about this.
Can't stop laughing. Help.