Happiest cows, ever!

[The Feral Underclass]

They are so pleased not to be caged any more.

http://vitaminl.tv/video/2677

[The Jay]

That was pretty adorable.

[BIXX]

I saw that video before- it makes me happy every time.

[#FF0000]

this is actually the happiest cow

http://i.imgur.com/nfyEjNj.jpg

[Slavoj Zizek's Balls]

That was really pleasant to see.

[Crabbensmasher]

I'll admit, I got a bit teary-eyed

[Art Vandelay]

Well that was pretty precious.

[Fourth Internationalist]

:'-)

[Marshal of the People]

I hope the mindless slaughter of animals for trivial reasons gets banned and is looked down upon in the future.

[Brandon's Impotent Rage]

Yes, it is rather sweet.

Just a little bit of correction, though: These cows weren't being held in the barn permanently. They were only in the barn for the winter (cows react the same way when they're going into the barn, because they know they're going to get fed and groomed). They're naturally playful creatures.

This was one of the old-fashioned, open range dairy farms. Now, factory farms on the other hand are a different story.

[motion denied]

I like my barbecue happy.

[BIXX]

I like my barbecue happy.


:(

[synthesis]

I like my barbecue happy.

Yeah, this video alternated between poignancy and making me hungry.

[Brandon's Impotent Rage]

Yeah, this video alternated between poignancy and making me hungry.

Yeah....now that you mention it, I could really go for a roast beef sandwich right about now.

[Quail]

Okay, so you guys can't go five fucking minutes without thinking "we must kill cows because cows are tasty" - wonderful. Aren't you lovely people.

[Marshal of the People]

Okay, so you guys can't go five fucking minutes without thinking "we must kill cows because cows are tasty" - wonderful. Aren't you lovely people.It's disgusting, how would they like it if I ate them or someone they love?

[The Feral Underclass]

Okay, so you guys can't go five fucking minutes without thinking "we must kill cows because cows are tasty" - wonderful. Aren't you lovely people.

I find that this attitude is typically a male thing. It's basically just macho bravado. It's pathetic, really.

'I must make sure everyone knows I don't care about the cows and I want to eat them!!!' Yeah, yeah, blah, blah. We get it, you don't care about the cute animals. 'I'll show those people who funny and indifferent I am for caring about stupid cute animals.'

Dicks. Fuck off!

[The Feral Underclass]

Yeah, this video alternated between poignancy and making me hungry.

That is disturbing.

[The Garbage Disposal Unit]

It's disgusting, how would they like it if I ate them or someone they love?

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[The Jay]

Jeeze people, can't we just watch and enjoy the cows being happy? I mean, sure, I'd still eat them but I'd rather they be happy in life. That's a little contradictory, I know, but I think that they should be happy cows and not given the chance to be what they are, a grazing animal.

[Le Libérer]

Shouldnt this be a chit chat thread?

[The Jay]

Probably. The cows are cute though.

[synthesis]

That is disturbing.

I don't really see a discrepancy between wanting to see the cows be happy and wanting to eat them at some point in the unspecified future.

[The Feral Underclass]

I don't really see a discrepancy between wanting to see the cows be happy and wanting to eat them at some point in the unspecified future.

I meant, I find the juxtaposition between you feeling something poignant while simultaneously wanting the thing that elicits poignancy killed for you to eat, disturbing

[synthesis]

I meant, I find the juxtaposition between you feeling something poignant while simultaneously wanting the thing that elicits poignancy killed for you to eat, disturbing

Well, it's not simultaneous - that'd be schizophrenia (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19911214&id=h8c0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=nG4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6892,4848986). I don't justify eating meat on the basis that "it's natural," but I think that saying that kind of reaction is "natural" works in a purely descriptive sense of the word. Like those videos where the tiger cuddles with the small abandoned churchmouse or whatever, and then when you read further you found out that the tiger ate it a few days after the video was taken. We are contradictory animals, and to me alternating between empathy and carnivorousness is kind of part and parcel of evolving as a social mammal on the one hand and as a predator on the other. (This, people, is the basis of cognitive dissonance, not just arguing two contradictory things at different times.)

[The Feral Underclass]

Well, it's not simultaneous - that'd be schizophrenia (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19911214&id=h8c0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=nG4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6892,4848986). I don't justify eating meat on the basis that "it's natural," but I think that saying that kind of reaction is "natural" works in a purely descriptive sense of the word. Like those videos where the tiger cuddles with the small abandoned churchmouse or whatever, and then when you read further you found out that the tiger ate it a few days after the video was taken. We are contradictory animals, and to me alternating between empathy and carnivorousness is kind of part and parcel of evolving as a social mammal on the one hand and as a predator on the other. (This, people, is the basis of cognitive dissonance, not just arguing two contradictory things at different times.)

Every syllable of this is pure, unadulterated horseshit. It is nothing but self-justifying drivel. Just saying 'well this is how I am' doesn't make it any less disturbing.

[The Feral Underclass]

Shouldnt this be a chit chat thread?

Yes, possibly :unsure:

[synthesis]

Every syllable of this is pure, unadulterated horseshit. It is nothing but self-justifying drivel.

:lol: Fair enough.


Just saying 'well this is how I am' doesn't make it any less disturbing.

I agree.

[The Feral Underclass]

Stop being so reasonable. It's freaking me out.

[Skyhilist]

Why do assholes have to always ruin the threads that initially made me happy? The way some of the posts read are basically "Hey looks like your happy mood from the video made you forgot there are assholes on this site. Well don't forget me, I'm an asshole!"

[Skyhilist]

Some people are just fucking begging for attention.

[synthesis]

Why do assholes have to always ruin the threads that initially made me happy? The way some of the posts read are basically "Hey looks like your happy mood from the video made you forgot there are assholes on this site. Well don't forget me, I'm an asshole!"


Some people are just fucking begging for attention.

I'm assuming from these posts that this is your first time on the Internet.

[motion denied]

Fighting over the striking reality of the proletariat is obsolete, let's fight over barbecue.

(yeah, now unleash the fury. I'm a dick, a drunk dick)

[PhoenixAsh]

Those cows are cute.

...not to add oil to the fire (he said; while pouring the gasoline) but happy animals produce better meat...milk, wool, eggs, offspring...etc.


http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/08/how-animal-welfare-leads-to-better-meat-a-lesson-from-spain/244127/

[The Feral Underclass]

Fighting over the striking reality of the proletariat is obsolete, let's fight over barbecue.

(yeah, now unleash the fury. I'm a dick, a drunk dick)

Because we can only do one or the other.

[Skyhilist]

I'm assuming from these posts that this is your first time on the Internet.

Nah, it was my first time actually spending any significant amount of time on revleft in awhile - and of course just served to remind me why I don't post as much anymore.

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

saw this a couple of weeks back, such a beautiful video.

I'm a horrible carnivore but I really do find unadultered nature and flora and fauna beautiful. How amazing our planet can be when it's not pillaged and destroyed by us.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I've heard that if humans were to suddenly vanish from the planet, dairy cows (and cattle generally) would go extinct.

[Sentinel]

Shouldnt this be a chit chat thread?


Yes, possibly :unsure:

On that note, moved to Chit Chat.

[Ele'ill]

how can you engage in actions against other animals that feel physical pain and emotional distress while decrying such things against humans? It is magical cult thinking that allows this obvious fault in logic to exist

[Anglo-Saxon Philistine]

how can you engage in actions against other animals that feel physical pain and emotional distress while decrying such things against humans? It is magical cult thinking that allows this obvious fault in logic to exist

Who says we decry such things when done against humans, as a rule? The revolution will not be nice.

For that matter, I could go for a bourgeois steak but apparently that's illegal, hmpf.

[Ele'ill]

Who says we decry such things when done against humans, as a rule? The revolution will not be nice.

For that matter, I could go for a bourgeois steak but apparently that's illegal, hmpf.


i'm not really down with factory farming humans as a revolutionary strategy