Recent comments in /f/Pennsylvania

Socketfusion t1_jdot1ko wrote

People are stupid. I worked a pretty large natural gas explosion investigation at a medium sized suburban commercial building. There were multiple 911 calls reporting a potential leak, but when the fire department showed up, almost no one had evacuated. People were still in their yoga class or catching up on some work on a Saturday. Thankfully it didn't blow up until shortly after the fire department got there and no one was injured.

Of course there is the possibility that the company are shit bags and didn't allow shut downs or evacuation. But it isn't a certainty.

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RealLiveKindness t1_jdor85s wrote

Not a black & white issue. Domesticated animals are a fact of life. Vegans wear woolen jackets, some eat eggs. PETA has done a lot to improve the lot of farm animals. I don’t know what the solution is, but I know if you want to raise empathetic, thoughtful kids time spent in the presence of domestic animals helps.

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Socketfusion t1_jdor1ej wrote

Yep. If it was just a rescue farm and they did real good PR, that could go over well with that crowd. But I know vegans who won't eat honey or use anything with beeswax in it because the bees can't consent. So that faction probably aren't going to be okay with a farm breeding goats for any reason. This story is like reporting on a distillery that decided it wouldn't attend an AA event. I'm not vegetarian or vegan. But know your audience.

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C4bl3Fl4m3 t1_jdon0ap wrote

I think they thought the vegans would love it because "vegans love animals, so why wouldn't they like snuggling animals, doing something loving to them?" I don't think they realized there's a subset of vegans that are (as far as I understand it) against humans owning/keeping animals at all.

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