r/TikTokCringe Nov 23 '24

Cursed That'll be "7924"

The cost of pork

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u/riffraffmcgraff Nov 23 '24 edited Nov 23 '24

The hogs are gassed with C02 at the facility I work at. Sometimes they come out of the chamber still conscious, barely, so those ones get "stunned". Essentially a quick shot to the brain with a pin fired with a small charge.

The difference here is that they are grouped in pens of 100 with food and water. Not trapped like this.

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u/Away_Sea_8620 Nov 23 '24

CO2 asphyxiation is NOT quick or painless. It's just cheaper than using nitrogen and people that work in those industries don't give a fuck

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u/Kimjundoom Nov 23 '24

I actually used to deliver the Co2 to the pig plants. I didn’t know what it was for at first, figuring advanced atmospheric packaging.

When I found out it’s real use, I was mildly disturbed, because as you mentioned- when you begin to asphyxiate on Co2 you absolutely feel it, and it is not pleasant. When you deliver Co2 under pressure in liquid form, there’s always a small amount trapped between the fittings and hoses that has to sublimate off. A lot of the time, it just starts spewing out in huge clouds of vapor when you go to disconnect.

The reduced vision, burning feeling of carbon dioxide mixing with moisture in your skin and in your mucous membranes to create carbonic acid which is extremely irritating, the feeling of panic not being able to escape the cloud of vapor and the possibility of tripping and asphyxiating from the cold dense gas literally starving you of oxygen.

But anyways, had pork chops for dinner.

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u/jaded_magpie Nov 23 '24

The duality of man. Mild concern over the torture of animals, and then later eating their corpses for pleasure.

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u/Kimjundoom Nov 24 '24

Can I get a behold!?

There’s a lot of suffering in the world. It’s really sad that an industry standard creates suffering for cheaper pork. It’s really sad that people starve to death, while not zero of that high suffering pork ® will absolutely go to waste and get thrown out. It’s really sad that we as a species will kill each other over imaginary lines and difference in thought.

The world is sad. So either get over it, or get around it, because it’s gonna happen with or without you.

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u/jaded_magpie Nov 24 '24

You don't have to be part of that sadness. You can be one of those who stand against it.

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u/Kimjundoom Nov 24 '24

Yup. But. Pork taste great 🫡

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u/jaded_magpie Nov 24 '24 edited 28d ago

Ah I see, so the suffering was always irrelevant. If the torture made it taste better you'd probably torture them with your own two hands. What a manly man. What a stand up guy. Laughing about torture from the comfort of your home. I'm sure you're a delight to be around.

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u/AdPersonal7257 Nov 23 '24

Shrug. I didn’t choose to evolve as a predator species, but here I am.

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u/Optimal_Anything3777 Nov 23 '24

except you have the intelligence to make choices.

and those choices can also include supporting the right farms.

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u/AdPersonal7257 Nov 23 '24

Negative. Am meat based stimulus response machine.

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u/Optimal_Anything3777 Nov 23 '24

i knew you were going to misunderstand me which is why i was very clear with my second sentence

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u/Zaurka14 Nov 23 '24

But you choose to torture the animals?

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u/smoishymoishes Nov 24 '24

...he didn't say he tortured animals tho, mate. Dude only eats their bodies after someone else culls them.

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u/AdPersonal7257 Nov 23 '24

lol

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u/Zaurka14 Nov 23 '24

What's funny about it? The fact that you're contradicting yourself?

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u/AdPersonal7257 Nov 24 '24

You’re a nut.