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Haterbait_band t1_jcz89z5 wrote

Reply to comment by Unl0vableDarkness in This packet of eggs came with a sticker regarding the chickens housing welfare due to a new packaging law by HoogerMan

So, free range eggs are increasing our risk of disease? Now I want barn eggs. Safe chickens that are indoors and have nice air filtration to keep bugs out.

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ledow t1_jczfy17 wrote

It's almost like we originally started down the processed food route for a bunch of good reasons.

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ocmaddog t1_jczk4iw wrote

10.1 billion good reasons a year for the US Egg industry, another 58 billion for US Chicken.

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Haterbait_band t1_jczhhyu wrote

Yeah, we wanted food production that could keep up with the demand of a growing population. Now we have people that care more about a chicken’s mental health than they care about hungry poor people that can’t afford eggs. Good job humans! I’m sure the Chicken God will reward us for protecting the emotional well-being of his horde of mindless meat robots in the afterlife! The poors will just have to get a second or third job if they want to eat historically inexpensive breakfast foods. It’s worth it simply for the look on the chicken’s emotionless, cold face when it steps food into a spacious field of dirt and shit. And the virtue signaling that the marketing department gets to print on the cartons is just a bonus! “Happy” chickens! Because chickens are capable of feeling complex human emotions! And nothing tastes better than some good ol’ anthropomorphism!

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OpalBanana t1_jczldh0 wrote

People who don't give much of a shit about chickens continue to buy cheap eggs. You've created a non-problem that takes place in an alternate reality, and then got upset by it.

Intelligence isn't the only metric we use to care about animals. Pigs are more intelligent than dogs, so what? I'll eat a pig, but I'm sure as hell not comfortable eating a dog.

I'm not a vegetarian, but I can't see anything wrong with wanting a world where the animals we eat aren't put through suffering. And yeah, there's lots of things that I'd like to see improved (e.g accessible health care), this is just one of many things we as a society can try to improve.

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Haterbait_band t1_jd071et wrote

Although I think we can say that a fresh pandemic is better than some claustrophobic chickens, assuming that being outdoors and mingling is what increases the risk of various illnesses.

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