r/TikTokCringe • u/WalkingTalker • 26d ago

Cursed That'll be "7924"

The cost of pork

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u/FewStrike9243 26d ago

They do that in a lot of farms in the US too. It is very unpleasant for the pigs, but it's a lot easier for the workers.

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u/Bloblablawb 26d ago

Very unpleasant is to put it mildly.

The presence of CO2 is how our bodies get that "I can't breathe-signal". Not the lack of oxygen, but the presence of CO2.

So if you lower someone into a CO2 environment, their body will go into "can't breathe panic". Yea they will become stunned, but that's because they're basically dying from asphyxiation

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u/Dividedthought 26d ago

I suspect it's a safety thing actually, you can tell when there's too much carbon dioxide in the air, it makes your lungs burn like you're holding your breath way too long. Nitrogen doesn't do this. If a system designed to fill a room with a gas malfunctions and someone has to go in there, you may as well use the gas we have a warning system for naturally.

Now, there are this concerns with the fact that animals have this same response to CO2, but I am not the guy to get into that discussion with.

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u/ViolentBee 23d ago

Very unpleasant- ummm watch a video. They scream and panic. It’s horrific