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by Falling3 9y ago
I don't think we should. I don't see any rational argument for the inherent moral value of a species. And we should keep in mind that species is just one rung on the taxonomic ladder. It's also an arbitrary grouping with mult
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While I understand (and agree with to some extent) the sentiment, I hate that this is the first and most prevalent argument. Instead of worrying about the loss of individuals that make up a species, the concern always seems to be what human
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Really? I haven't seen that before; do you have an example?
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>lawmakers seek to punish someone, they aren't doing it because they relish the suffering of the other person, but because they hope that person's pain will dissuade others from committing those same crimes Unfortunately this b
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The claim that google was altering their search results to show more plus-sized women for "political correctness". His seemingly constant assertions that Marxist academics are out to destroy society. Most of his discussions around
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by Falling3 9y ago
Peterson galvanizes the alt-right and he also pushes ridiculous conspiracy theories. His conspiracy theories are much more mundane than the likes of Alex Jones and crisis actors proponents, but that likely makes him more dangerous. I'd
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Broiler chickens aren't kept alive long enough to reach sexual maturity. They live for just 6 weeks, so docility due to sex really isn't a factor.
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Roosters are raised for meat - just a different breed from those raised to lay eggs.
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Taking away their life before they've had any opportunity to experience it is fairly disturbing. But it really depends on what their life looks like for those few weeks.
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I'm not sure what the breakdown of different methods is, but gassing is common as well as simply dumping them into a bin and letting them suffocate each other.
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Why would you dispute painful?
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I've worked with chickens for years. Among lay people, being able to correctly sex a chicken after 2-3 weeks is a difficult skill. It's incredibly interesting that these people are able to do it so easily at such an early age. It&
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by Falling3 9y ago
That's the standard (cheaper) approach, but you can also pay a little more to have your pet cremated alone and get their ashes. My wife works in the funeral industry and she's done this with all of her pets that she's lost.
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by Falling3 9y ago
The impact of drinks really can't be overstated. As a booze-loving city, Portland restaurant's economy is especially interesting. At least half of the meals I eat out are at bars and you can get a quality meal for $8-12. But this
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I know sentience is an abused word, but for almost any of its practical definitions that's a false statement. Sentience is the ability for subjective experience, which applies to any of the animals being discussed here. If you're
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Yea, those are all really interesting suggestions! I assume they'll be trying some small changes to see how they affect the experience.
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The timing of this for me personally is very interesting. I encountered and used one for the first time at IKEA yesterday. Their terminal was aimed specifically at customers' parking experiences, which makes me think they already know
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Sure, problems with individual machines happen. But in my experience, it's almost always banks of machines that are closed due to staff limitations.
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That seems to be a function of the number of items that people bring to those checkouts rather than anything else. All things being equal, it's always been my experience that the self-checkouts are slower, not faster.
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The "Some already do" part seems awfully unnecessary.
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>86% of our victims in these untested kits are people of color. Calling it a "racial twist" sounds completely disingenuous to me. There is obviously a strong racial component here. Why do you think it's a problem to point
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Yea, I don't see any mention of that here. I recognized several of the apartments from the pictures and these are all Inner Portland apartment complexes.
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>I would definitely draw a line between this kind of domestication and the domestication of animals by our ancestors for our own survival. I don't understand why the treatment of other domesticated animals by our ancestors is the me
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TV has the same if not better benefit - it's probably just less frequently utilized. I'm sure I watch more TV than the average American (which is saying a lot) with a screen in all of the major rooms in my apartment. But 50-75% of
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I'm not necessarily disagreeing, but what's the definition of life you're saying that would satisfy?
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I don't know how different the number is for the US specifically but around 85% of soy grown is used for animal feed. I don't know what the intersection of GMO and animal feed is, but anecdotally, a lot of the soy I see for human
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>It'd have to be running non-stop 24/7/365 for that to be true. The federal standard for gallons per flush for urinals is 1 (with some older models using 5 times that). If we're assuming, they're accessible 365 d
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>Or maybe they're exaggerating a minor issue to make the product look better like a late night infommercial. Most of those infomercial products are actually designed for the disabled. I don't bring that up just because it'
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Depression is really not something you can necessarily glean from being around people, especially in an office environment. I imagine the same is largely true for alcoholism as well.
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Link is in the first line of the readme.

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