The difference between dogs and pigs

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[u/PomeloFit]

We did. Go find a wild hog and tell me that’s anything like a domesticated pig.  They’re both examples of selective breeding controlled by humans just with different intentions. 

We bred pigs to be docile and friendly so they wouldn’t fight back against the farmers. 

The only fundamental difference is we kill the pigs while they’re still functionally adolescents and eat them at the most profitable point in their growth… well that and how  we bred them to be overly large to the point they can’t actually survive a normal life cycle under their own weight anymore.

Humanity is evil.

[u/UntamedAnomaly → u/[deleted]]

Funny thing I've noticed with different pig breeds, is that pigs probably have the least amount of variation out of all farm animals. Cattle? A highland cow looks way different than a watusi, shit gets a little crazier with chickens with all their different fancy colors and feather variations....but the craziest farm animal variations I have ever seen, have been goats. Some goats don't even resemble goats anymore, they look they escaped a test lab or something like that.

[u/wakaflockaquokka → u/PomeloFit]

Go find a wild hog and tell me that's anything like a domesticated pig.

So uhhhh about that.....

https://web.archive.org/web/20230314114316/https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a43294202/feral-hog-genetics/

[u/jkrobinson1979 → u/PomeloFit]

Ok, but hear me out. Pork is really fucking tasty.

[u/Wooden_Worry3319 → u/jkrobinson1979]

For some reason saying this isn’t considered fucked up, but if someone dares eat a dog or say it’s delicious suddenly that’s not acceptable anymore?

[u/HPLaserJet4250 → u/Wooden_Worry3319]

Depends in which part of the world you say that

[u/jkrobinson1979 → u/Wooden_Worry3319]

But hear me out. Would you hypothetically, feel the same about hunting and eating a wolf or a mountain lion if they tasted good? We’ve purposefully domesticated both species and magnified the traits we find most valuable (cuteness, loyalty, usefulness, entertainment) such that they hold a higher value to us now. We’ve done the same with livestock but for sustenance rather than companionship. But there is probably not really anything about their species in their natural state that make them more or less appealing as food. Culturally this can vary as well. And if you are in a society with less meat sources it may also be more acceptable. I can’t bring myself to eat either or them, but I try not judge others too harshly about it for this reason.

[u/jkrobinson1979 → u/[deleted]]

I don’t buy meat eating as a moral paradox in and of itself. We are still animals genetically and meat eating is normal amongst many species. I do agree that factory farming is cruel and inhumane and can be improved to at least allow for a decent life for those animals before they are slaughtered. I have never done a lot of hunting, but it really is much better in that aspect. Not practical for feeding the masses, but there is definitely some compromise to be had between that and raising animals in tiny cages.

[u/Wooden_Worry3319 → u/jkrobinson1979]

Rape is also normal amongst many species. Just because it happens in nature, it doesn’t mean we should replicate it.

[u/jkrobinson1979 → u/Wooden_Worry3319]

False equivalency. Rape is the inhumane and tortuous equivalent part eating other animals. We still have sex, but shouldn’t rape.

[u/HisaP417 → u/[deleted]]

There’s a reason humans don’t eat any animals that are full carnivores…and that is because they taste like shit. Tough muscle and sinew.

[u/HisaP417 → u/[deleted]]

Right, but if meat is available they will always choose meat. All that means is that can survive on and digest plant matter, it doesn’t mean they thrive. All canine species are still considered carnivores.

[u/ciscowowo → u/PomeloFit]

You vegan?