• PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    My wife’s cousins dairy farm has one of these robots. It’s like a big roomba that dispenses hay. The cows love that machine lol. He also has an automated cow hugger and cows walk up to get squeezed by this machine. It’s pretty cool.

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      8 days ago

      For real, this has nothing to do with animal welfare. The cows still get forcefully impregnated every so often and have their calves taken away, just so you can drink their milk. Supermarkets are full of tasty plant milk variants, yet most people still see the need to let cows suffer instead.

        • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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          I am 100% not a vegan. I eat meat and cheese and eggs and pretty much all animal products. So hear me when I say I regularly grab oat milk when I’m at the store.

          It’s not just the best milk substitute, it is better than regular milk.

          • lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de
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            My milk ranking:

            Almond < Dairy < Soy < Oat

            I rarely drink any milk at all, but when I do, it’s gotta be oat.

            (Also not a vegan, but that doesn’t have anything to do with my taste here)

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    8 days ago

    I was skeptical - really skeptical. Then I read the article and cheered. Thank you.

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      7 days ago

      I lived on a dairy farm. They are not abused like cattle for beef production. And are you saying in-fertilization is rape? Because I mean. Normal Stud mounting is far worse than an arm up ones vagina.

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    8 days ago

    Absolutely fascinating and promising. Thanks for sharing. Any downvoters clearly didn’t read the article.

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      8 days ago

      That’s not its job. It’s supposed to grab you. And hug you. Like a cow…