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We say that women cannot eat this food, its religion. We don't question it. They study the food and find it is toxic, causes abortions or fetal development issu
by GhettoComputers 5y ago
We say that women cannot eat this food, its religion. We don't question it. They study the food and find it is toxic, causes abortions or fetal development issues, but the meaning was lost, its now our religion.
- raxxorrax 5y agoDon't eat pork because it spoils quickly. A rule deprecated by freezers, but still practiced quite often. Don't drink alcohol because... well, luck favors the bold...
- GhettoComputers 5y agoI thought pork was just full of worms. I heard in the middle east it was just not as productive as chickens, which would not only give meat but eggs, they used to eat it there.
- raxxorrax 5y agoChicken spoils quickly too, but you aren't usually storing it in large quantities. But maybe it was also worms, just reinforces the point.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoPigs make lots of manure, lbs of it.
- candiodari 5y agoIf you think pigs are bad with the environment, watch until you see the environmental damage that goats do. They literally graze everything to the ground. They fatally wound most trees. They leave behind desert.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoPigs (especially older breeds) do basically the same thing and will also go through the extra step of finding and eating roots. There's a reason a pen containing goats is typically thought of as a pasture whereas a pen containing pigs is generally thought of as a mud pit.