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Amends (2018-05-23) (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 month ago by [M] to c/pbf@discuss.online
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[โ€“] 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Do you think most people today would go slaughter their own animals for food if the other option was picking up vegetables and other easy options at the store? Most people don't have the stomach or tools to kill a cow, chicken, or pig and prep it.

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 1 month ago

    I think that's more a side effect of people largely not living an agrarian lifestyle anymore since folks literally did that for thousands of years. Though you often times did also just get s butcher for larger animals since they were professional and often did it in exchange for a share.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I can't legally keep my own chickens where I live, otherwise I would.

    I had to put down my rabbit, I had to crush my pet spider under my heel. I sure as hell can take out a chicken that I've raised explicitly to be food, and if I can't... Well, my wife grew up on a micro farm, where they raised their own cows and chickens, she definitely can slaughter an animal and butcher a carcass.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I said most because I know there are still many out there like yourself; seems like you'd one of the exceptions to the rule. Even then, I'd think the amount of meat you consume would be cut down by a noticable degree.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 month ago

    Even then, Iโ€™d think the amount of meat you consume would be cut down by a noticable degree.

    Probably not a whole lot TBH, but types of meat would definitely change. Pork and Beef would basically be gone, and I think I would be a lot less selective about which cuts of chicken I would eat. I'd imagine I'd be more concerned with wasting meat too. Normally if a chicken breast or two gets tossed, it's not the end of the world, but if I had to raise my own chickens, I'd probably be a lot more concerned about where every part got used.

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