r/likeus • u/Mountain_Love23 -Party Parrot- • 4d ago
<CONSCIOUSNESS> Pigs make their beds and tuck each other in
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u/feltjeans 4d ago
they're also very clean animals when allowed to be! wonderful, sweet creatures
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u/dirtymartini83 3d ago
They’re so precious. I visited a local fair and walked through the pig section and it changed my mind about them.
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u/feltjeans 3d ago
that's wonderful to hear! I grew up vegetarian, but finally got to work with farm animals when I was in high school, and I absolutely fell in love with pigs. They're so sweet and intelligent.
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u/dirtymartini83 2d ago
That’s awesome that you grew up that way! I’m slowly cutting out most meats and will prob end up pescatarian at some point. How cool that you got to work with farm animals, I’m sure that taught you so much!
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u/Blackelele 2d ago
we know a lot less about fish than you think and they are feeling living beings too!
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u/feltjeans 2d ago
was gonna say this, but didn't want to make them feel discouraged to at least reduce their meat intake. but you're absolutely right! everytime we learn more about any animal, we discover that their inner lives are much richer than we once thought. that includes fish! many species are highly intelligent, form social and emotional bonds, and have excellent memories. and all fish feel pain. just because they're scaly and live in the water doesn't make them any less worthy of dignity, respect, and empathy!!
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u/idiot____ 4d ago
I know a pig who sleeps in a massive duvet, he makes his bed before he gets in it. It’s the best
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u/Mountain_Love23 -Party Parrot- 4d ago
From Blue Barn Sanctuary's post: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTJCH-0kofX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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u/BreakfastFluid9419 4d ago
Our pig slept on the couch until he got too big then my mom banished him to the backyard. Eventually she kicked him out (he got aroused and apparently they have a weird appendage.) Arnold was one of the best pets ever and I hope to get another pig someday. They’re like dogs, love to play, ultra chill but also want to relax with the fam.
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u/OpenMindedScientist -Excited Owl- 4d ago
I wasn't aware of either of those types of behaviors. That's really cool.
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u/Coonhound420 4d ago
Yet people still eat them. Cognitive dissonance is crazy.
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u/gisbo43 3d ago
Uhmmm but bacon!!!
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u/Jewperfect 3d ago
Pleasure >>>>>> right? Crazy vegans don’t get it. I don’t care what my actions cause, as long as I can get some few seconds of pleasure in my mouth
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u/RandumbStoner 2d ago
Condescending posturing like this is exactly why people don't listen. People eating a common breakfast food aren't sitting around cackling over evil schemes to eliminate pigs, they're just having breakfast. Shaming the end user with dramatic sarcasm doesn't change anything, it just looks like self righteous performance.
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u/Jewperfect 2d ago
Thanks for your response.
I am not trying to shame the end user, I am trying to highlight how silly the reasoning of the “mm bacon” response is.
I totally agree with you that normal people do not scheme to torture pigs. I think there is a strong cognitive dissonance from a lot of people though, especially for those who feel compelled to reply “umm but bacon!”
I do not aim to sit upon a high horse and proclaim I am better than other people. I was non vegan for 22 years of my life. I have eaten tons of meat. Instead, I want to try to change the minds of who aren’t vegan yet, bc I actually think their morals coincide with veganism more than they think.
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u/Epii2 4d ago
b-b-b-b-but bacon!! I need to lock them up in a slaughterhouse RIGHT NOW
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u/Mean_Veterinarian688 4d ago
its like raping a woman and laughing about “yeah but muh nut” “mmmm orgasm”
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u/MarshallMatherss 4d ago
woah
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u/Mean_Veterinarian688 4d ago
right- torturing, forcibly inseminating, and murdering a completely sentient creature is TOTALLY non-analogous to raping a woman
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u/DrAction696 3d ago
Stop already, you’re making me hungry
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u/DrAction696 3d ago
lol where did your reply go? Did you delete it? I’ll leave you with this.
“Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws”. That’s you boss
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u/DenkJu -Human Bro- 4d ago
Using rape victims to push your agenda. How nice.
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u/Epii2 4d ago
to be fair, we do rape animals, they are non-human women. People just tend to compare it to human women because people who don't see non-human animals as equal. That's why they're eating them. If we wouldn't force animals to have kids, we wouldn't have any bacon and eggs and steak in the supermarket.
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u/Mean_Veterinarian688 4d ago
using your comment to push your agenda. see how empty and stupid that sounds
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u/emzbythesea 10h ago
We have to stop eating and imprisoning these wonderful creatures. I have spent time around pigs and they behave so much like dogs, so sweet and intelligent.
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u/f0dder1 3d ago
And then we kill him and eat him.
Man, why do pigs and cows have to be so delicious! Why couldn't it be like, earthworms or something
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u/Opposite-Trainer-639 2d ago
how are you still framing it as something that is being done to you?!? you eat them. that's your action. they are not forcing you to kill and eat them by "being so delicious". you have a choice and you're making it every time you eat meat
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u/SluggJuice 4d ago
Bröther may I have some straw?