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[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

It is, but most of the actual killing in like 90% of the world is done as fast and cleanly as possible. If only to keep the process as efficient as possible.

Fun fact, if you want ethically killed meat (if such a thing can exist), the best option is actually Kosher meat. There are religious laws and such, and the easiest way to comply with them is a sort of guillotine. It's an instant death.

The animals of also generally better treated than most factory farm setups.

[-] Floey@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

A 90% figure that is pulled out of your ass sounds a lot less compelling when billions of animals are slaughtered for food each year. How many is too many? And the killing isn't even the worst part.

[-] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I think halal follows a lot of the same rules as well

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Similar, but in practice it's quite a bit different.

Halal requires a swift cut with a sharp knife across the throat of the animal. Severing the spine is expressly forbidden.

The animal then bleeds out, which can still be a quick death, but nowhere near as fast as decapitation, which is most commonly used in kosher butchery.

The bolt pistol used in modern butchery can also be instant. You place what looks like a pneumatic drill on the cow's forehead, and then pull the trigger. It fires a stainless steel rod forward into the cow's skull. The rod is captive at the end of its travel, so you just have to cock the tool, and you can use it again (provided it's actually pneumatically powered, and not powered by a blank round, or something else, there are a lot of versions, even some that are designed to not penetrate the skull.)

[-] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

https://oukosher.org/blog/news/setting-the-record-straight-on-kosher-slaughter/

This says they don’t, it’s not gospel but, it’s one of the first results.

Not fighting, I just looked more into it because I am that special kind of crazy

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I look that sort of stuff up myself.

Now I'm not finding a source for the guillotine machine... I've seen one in person, and it had a spinning disc blade, because there are Jewish dietary laws that say you can't press the blade into the neck, it must be a slice.

It might also have been a case of an enterprising butcher being inventive and sidestepping the rules...

[-] interceder270@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What about their living conditions?

"Yeah, they spent their entire lives packed like sardines sitting in their own shit because they're too fat to stand and never see the light of day. But at least they were killed humanely!"

The cognitive dissonance among meat-eaters is worse than that of conservatives. You people are a shining example of how 'rational' thinkers will become irrational at the drop of a hat if that's what their peers are doing.

Autonomy just isn't a valuable trait these days. We pride ourselves on being stupid and ignorant if that's what makes us fit in. Then we get mad at anyone who calls it out, lol. Useful idiots are the norm.

[-] Pulsar@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The way you communicate your point is as important and the message itself. I stopped eating meat myself many years ago and really despise the meat industry, but unless we stop attacking meat eater and find a better way to communicate our ethical, environmental and health concerns we will not be able to change anybody's behavior.

[-] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

For that they'll need to stop considering themselves as better than others first.

[-] interceder270@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

but unless we stop attacking meat eater and find a better way to communicate our ethical, environmental and health concerns we will not be able to change anybody’s behavior.

Sorry, people don't want to change unless they have to. My goal also isn't to get people to change. Simply exposing them to the knowledge that they're delusional hypocrites is enough for me.

Trying to change people is usually an act in futility. You'll understand when you're older.

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