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I recently slaughtered and butchered two young pigs as an exercise in getting closer to my food sources and an experiment in economy. The situation was six pigs

by aklemm 8y ago

I recently slaughtered and butchered two young pigs as an exercise in getting closer to my food sources and an experiment in economy. The situation was six pigs in a trailer, and our task was to shoot two of our choosing. When the first pig was shot, he fell and lurched for a bit while blood spewed. The rest of the pigs were alarmed by the noise and the human in the small trailer. One pig came to investigate the dying pig. Quickly it went back to eating with the others. I mentioned this to the farmer and he said the pigs seem to understand fear of death but not death itself. Each year I get closer and closer to the idea that humans are shockingly not that different from other animals, but this set my idea back a bit. Of course, elephants are a counter-example to this behavior with their apparent mourning of the dead, so that has to be considered too.

rv-de 8y ago
Next step is going to India and yelling at children to stitch faster? Then you can justify wearing cheap clothes :D Possibly the pigs are just traumatized. Read Frankl's "Search for Meaning" to get a perspective on how even educated and highly civilized human beings can become insensitive towards death and dead bodies.
- aklemm 8y ago
  It's unclear what point you're trying to make here and whether you understood my story. I have already read Frankl, but thank you for the suggestion anyway. Everyone should read it.
- ASalazarMX 8y ago
  This remembered me a story someone told in Reddit months ago, which may or may not be true: Said guy had a wild hog family persistently ruining his crops, until he decided to camp and shoot them. When the family finally arrived, he aimed and shot the first in the head. The other hogs became curious, but continued eating while their relative lay bleeding right there. He shot another with the same effect, but missed a third shot, which hit a metal container and scared the bejesus of the remaining hogs, which fled. He was curious about why they were more scared from a loud noise that their brothers' heads mysteriously exploding.

by aklemm 8y ago

rv-de 8y ago

Next step is going to India and yelling at children to stitch faster? Then you can justify wearing cheap clothes :D Possibly the pigs are just traumatized. Read Frankl's "Search for Meaning" to get a perspective on how even educated and highly civilized human beings can become insensitive towards death and dead bodies.

aklemm 8y ago
It's unclear what point you're trying to make here and whether you understood my story. I have already read Frankl, but thank you for the suggestion anyway. Everyone should read it.
ASalazarMX 8y ago
This remembered me a story someone told in Reddit months ago, which may or may not be true: Said guy had a wild hog family persistently ruining his crops, until he decided to camp and shoot them. When the family finally arrived, he aimed and shot the first in the head. The other hogs became curious, but continued eating while their relative lay bleeding right there. He shot another with the same effect, but missed a third shot, which hit a metal container and scared the bejesus of the remaining hogs, which fled. He was curious about why they were more scared from a loud noise that their brothers' heads mysteriously exploding.