tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoIf we could communicate with animals, how would we fuck it up?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down12cross-posted to: asklemmy@lemmy.world
arrow-up145arrow-down1imageIf we could communicate with animals, how would we fuck it up?lemmy.mltetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square24linkfedilinkcross-posted to: asklemmy@lemmy.world
minus-squareDutczar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoConsidering that negotiating with livestock would be a hassle, probably just pretend we can’t understand them
minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year ago…while still listening to everything they say in order to control them more efficiently.
minus-squarejoelfromaus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoSounds like a good premise for a scifi story.
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoIt’s not like we can’t understand the screams and cries from livestock right now already…
minus-squareDutczar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYeah, but the living ones are not asking “hooman, what happened to Stacy?”
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoCows are known to cry and wail when their calves are taken and killed.
minus-squareDutczar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoTIL, I thought we usually kill the older animals first.
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoDairy cows are impregnated around 7 times so they can be milked. Most of their calves are used for veal.
Considering that negotiating with livestock would be a hassle, probably just pretend we can’t understand them
…while still listening to everything they say in order to control them more efficiently.
Sounds like a good premise for a scifi story.
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It’s not like we can’t understand the screams and cries from livestock right now already…
Yeah, but the living ones are not asking “hooman, what happened to Stacy?”
Cows are known to cry and wail when their calves are taken and killed.
TIL, I thought we usually kill the older animals first.
Dairy cows are impregnated around 7 times so they can be milked. Most of their calves are used for veal.
Cruel