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I think it's a common misconception that domesticating animals is somewhat like enslaving them. It really is more of a symbiotic relationship. No wild animal would have willingly put up with early humans if they didn't get something out of it. Wolves wouldn't have stayed with us and become dogs if they weren't getting food and safety out of it. Many large herbivores that are now domesticated could and would have easily trampled their early human captors or broken their enclosures open if they didn't have a reason to stay. Sometimes individual animals still do if we don't give them what they need.

The animals that have stayed with us for thousands of years have evolved to cooperate with us better. Dogs have additional facial muscles around their eyes that wolves lack in order to mimic human facial expressions. Sheep grow their wool perpetually while their wild counterparts don't because a bigger fleece means they're more likely to be allowed to breed and be kept around. Domestic dairy cows produce much more milk than wild bovine species and domestic hens lay more eggs. Do you know how energy costly producing eggs or milk is for an animal? It's pretty intense! They wouldn't be able to do that if we hadn't given them the food and safety from predators and the elements to.

And we really need to show these animals respect and gratitude for what they give us by taking excellent care of them. They gave up a lot to be with us, often including the means to take care of themselves in the wild. That's a huge reason why I'm not against using animal products, but I hate factory farming. They are still living, breathing creatures with needs and feelings. They deserve a comfortable life and, when the time comes, a humane death.

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what do you mean elon musk did a nazi salute on live tv at the united states presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?

would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?

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Reddit loves just recommending random subreddits to me and this is the latest. Love the anti shrimps on land sentiment on display here

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Since the constitution was taken off of the official white house website, make sure you download a pdf of it from the archives!

PDF for The Constitution

PDF for The Bill of Rights

Download them before they get taken down too!

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I offered to come check on my friend's animals while she's away for the long weekend

She thinks I'm joking

But I'm ready

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learning a new meduim? Try fishies…

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There's a post sitting in my flagged posts that's been there for three plus years. It's a pair of onions in a bag that looks suspiciously like a pair of fat tits. Apparently it's flagged for everyone and God i wish i could show y'all

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So, until a couple weeks into the process everyone is female. This means that at conception, every person alive is female and thus now every person in the USA is female.

Trump is our first female president???

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Discussing baby’s future

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I grew up reading Calvin & Hobbes, and one of my favorite running jokes was the snowmen that Calvin would build.

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in absolute tears about the pride module at my work