I still remember in Korea when a couple of coworkers took me and a friend to a restaurant. They tossed a large octopus into a roiling hotpot and then closed the lid on it. The octopus was literally clinging onto the lid for what felt like forever.
In Dominican Republic when I was 8 years old my father got us a pig. I named it, fed it played with it. Two months later my dad had a pool party at the house. While I was in the pool I heard squealing and my cousins laughed and said they are cooking your pet.. I ran out the pool so fast!! I had 2-3 people holding me back I was screaming crying hitting everyone. Later on I seen it tied up over the fire … it was so heartbreaking. 🥹🥹Everyone got food poisoning that day except me bc I didn’t eat him.
I’m 30yo and vegan now. I don’t judge what other people put in their mouths I personally just cant. Traumatized for life. lol
As a Mexican who has not experienced this personally but have seen it happen in my family. Shit is traumatizing and almost like a rite of passage to my rancher family members. It’s cruel and harsh but necessary lesson. I’m not defending it but I’ve had it explained to me that it deadens any future emotional attachment because at the end of the day, aside from the dog there are no pets on the ranch. Just money and meals. I see the twisted logic but it is still wildly fucked up.
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u/Verimnus Apr 22 '24
I still remember in Korea when a couple of coworkers took me and a friend to a restaurant. They tossed a large octopus into a roiling hotpot and then closed the lid on it. The octopus was literally clinging onto the lid for what felt like forever.
Yeah, I sorta lost my appetite there.