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Zarkanthrex t1_jdgc6wh wrote

Sadly it's the same for birds. Before I even wanted one, I made damn sure to look up how annoying they are. I still love my Pepper but, damn do I sometimes need to feel like I wanna walk away. Then I just let her scream into my ear everyday because she's still better than some humans. That, and I willingly submitted to the fact that parrots are awesome and the squawking is just a part of it like a baby that cries 24/7 lol.

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Nekokamiguru t1_jdg58ly wrote

When that craze happened loads of people got piglets near where I lived at the time , but they grew up to full sized pigs and since we live in a rural area most of them ended up as bacon. since there was nowhere to keep them except with the other pigs.

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OkayRuin t1_jdg1e13 wrote

I would argue that intelligence is not the only quotient for whether an animal should be eaten or not. In the case of dogs, they’ve been bred over 10,000 years specifically to serve as companion animals. They feel an adoration and affection toward humans that other animals do not.

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but_why_is_it_itchy t1_jdfv68t wrote

I don’t think you understand what they’re saying at all.

“This animal is sentient and doesn’t deserve to be factory farmed into an existence of nothing but immense suffering just to be my snack.”

“Yeah, but they can’t talk like me, tho…bacon”

If sentience or intelligence doesn’t affect your choices then why on earth would language acquisition make any difference?

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