My neighbor tried to raise some turkeys for Christmas. Those were bred to grow really quickly but his timing was off. They have to be slaughtered within a small window before they get too fat and their hearts give out. He had to do an early Christmas.
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That's a pretty miserable existence for turkeys
It's pretty common for animals in the meat industry. A broiler chicken goes from hatching to supermarket in 6 weeks. That's what's being called efficiency these days.
I worked at a broiler farm one summer. 35 days is the time from when they arrive to when they leave to get slaughtered.
A lot of people live this way too. They just keep working and getting fatter until they die of a heart attack at 60
Lmfao fair point
Don't know about the small window thing. We had turkeys for a while, but to be fair it was more about domestic animals than food source. Those things would get huge. I remember once some friends were coming to visit at night and seeing them on the roof got scared and ran off.
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You're supposed to change their feed when they get to the desired size.
I want to be eaten. Nobody's doing anything about that.
Mmm.... Turkish delight... 🤤
If don't want to be eaten, why delicious?
I'm sure there's a turkey furry out there with a vore fetish.
If they don't want to be eaten all they have to do is say it.
They do, in their own way.
All mine said was "gobble gobble," I'm getting mixed messages here.
If Turkeys dont want to be eaten, why are they made out of food?
the greeks are here
Yo! Grey wolves = fascist, don't repost that shit
Wtf are you on about? They don't get to decide what symbols belong to them. Ok 👌? 🐸 Fuck Nazi's appropriating culture for themselves. Iirc the style of this comment indicates their membership in THE PACK AAYROOOO
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Are not grey wolves a cultural symbol related to an old turkish tale? Does not look facist to me.
I'm not letting some obscure group of fucking Turks claim a goddamn emoji as their own and stop using it myself. Same with Pepe, a 🐸 emoji, or 👌. They already have the swastika and a bunch of others from the ACTUAL Nazis, let them use those instead.
In the Turkish diaspora they are used as a dog whistle for Turkish nationalist. Good dog whistle too. You don't hear it.
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You‘re getting downvoted but I agree with you. The joke in the image is funny, but the presence of these grey wolve emojis suggests affiliation with the Grey Wolves which are fascist. No debating that, I don’t get the other comments here.
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Yes, that is the point. Oh, this isn't about 40k?
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A lot of plants don't want to be eaten either. Tough shit, I am hungry.
Wanna guess how many plants are wasted to feed animals, only for humans to eat them?
fun fact: we kill between 1 and 3 TRILLION animals a year for food and textiles.
Wait, that's not a fun fact!
That's it? I was hoping to see at least 10 trillion animals killed this year... /s
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- Plants don't want to be eaten.
- Plants don't want to be eaten.
- Plants don't want to be eaten.
- Plants don't want to be eaten.
- Plants don't want to be eaten.
- Plants don't want to be eaten.
- Plants don't want to be eaten.
To be completely fair, some plants actually produce fruits with the intent of them being eaten, because that's their way of Zoochorie/Hemerochorie
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Some do, actually. Most plants that taste good basically rely on being eaten as part of their reproductive cycle.
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Plants have feelings too
No, they do not. There is no serious study to suggest that they do. Plants do not have a brain or central nervous system. At most, they respond to stimuli. If you really care that much about the welfare of plants, you should go vegan, since many more plants "die" for animal feeding.
Do you feel bad while mowing your lawn? And would you rather rescue a potted plant than a dog from a burning house? Is docking pig tails the same as branch trimming to you? Question upon question...
What part of "Tough shit, I am hungry" made you think I care about the desires of the plant?
Plants communicate.
Those tears you shed when cutting onions is because of a defence mechanism of the onion, the scent you smell when cutting grass is another.
We also know that fungi and trees communicate with eachother as well. They even help eachother gain nutrients.
Yeah, agreed. Life wants to live. Pain and fear is something animals feel so they can get away from potential harm. If you're immobile like a plant, it doesn't make sense to feel pain because you can't run. You don't need to have a brain nor a central nervous system to deal with that.
70% of global crops are fed to animals. Stop eating animals and grow forests instead, to make our planet healthier.
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Fuck plants! I'll eat 'em all!
If I could photosynthesize and fix my own atmospheric nitrogen, I happily would.
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