Creepy Wikipedia

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Eyestalk ablation - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] Narrrz@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I'm pretty sure this is essentially farming 101.

there was an article not that long ago about VR headsets for cattle.

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago

That may be debatable but the shrimp industry has a problem that is beyond almost all other examples. People still do get shanghaied and forced to labor.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=shrimp+industry+slavery+&t=fpas&ia=web

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