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AnStation OP t1_jdir3ti wrote

Reply to comment by Heiks in My scene "Way home" V2.0 by AnStation

I'll explain. You can look at the speedometer there is not a small speed and at the rapidly flashing fences, it goes fast! at the same time bumps into irregularities, I wanted to show this dynamic movement with sharp maneuvers.

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dalthir t1_jdiqmfk wrote

Reply to comment by MafiaMommaBruno in Zoomied her outfit off by lnfinity

A pig can be a good animal to have on a small farm, but when people use the term "pet", the general image that comes to most minds is a domesticated animal that will live with you in your house and pigs are definitely NOT good for that.

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calgil t1_jdinzw9 wrote

Reply to comment by HighNoon1200 in Zoomied her outfit off by lnfinity

Dude people don't eat animals that die of old age. You really think people say 'oh my beloved Bessie has had a good long life, let's carve her up.' The meat would be awful and not worth it anyway.

Don't pretend that meat eating is preventing waste because it literally doesn't work that way. Animals are eaten in their prime or younger. Nobody even commercially eats adult sheep because mutton is tough and awful.

You either eat them when they still have a long life ahead of them or you don't eat them at all.

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Evening-Turnip8407 t1_jdin6ns wrote

Reply to comment by Somnif in Zoomied her outfit off by lnfinity

And that's the point, if you have space for a lil stable and can keep at least 2 pigs (ANY farm animal needs to be kept with at least 1 mate that communicates in the same manner, anything else is considered animal abuse where i live. Dogs are different cause obviously they've been house pets for 10k years, pigs sheep and alpaca haven't) that's all fine and dandy. Just learn about them and give them what they need, don't just put them in the role of a dog. Just cause they don't immediately DIE doesn't mean it's in their best interest.

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paulfunyan t1_jdiky2v wrote

Reply to comment by HighNoon1200 in Zoomied her outfit off by lnfinity

I mean, I kind of understand what you're trying to say... but you're looking at it entirely in a vacuum.

There are plenty of things that are wrong with factory farming even if you hold the view that it's not animal abuse.

Having pet pigs and not eating them is far less wasteful than the factory farming process. Feel free to look up the sheer amount of resources pumped into agriculture, and then feel free to look up food waste per capita.

We heavily overproduce and it isn't even close.

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piclemaniscool t1_jdikvia wrote

It's very simple. We think of dogs as cute and pigs/cows as ugly. That's all there is to it. You know how textbook illustrations make animals look grim and sterile? That's how most American children growing up before the internet saw cows because they were many miles away from the nearest farm. It's only recently with everyone having a video camera in their pocket are we able to see that cows IRL can be just as adorable.

Pigs do get uglier as they age tho so it's harder to PR. Any time I see pigs on Reddit outside of animal sanctuary subs, they are always babies.

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