• @PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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    017 days ago

    My wife’s cousins dairy farm has one of these robots. It’s like a big roomba that dispenses hay. The cows love that machine lol. He also has an automated cow hugger and cows like up to get squeezed by this machine. It’s pretty cool.

  • Maeve
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    017 days ago

    I was skeptical - really skeptical. Then I read the article and cheered. Thank you.

    • @NoisyFlake@lemm.ee
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      017 days ago

      For real, this has nothing to do with animal welfare. The cows still get forcefully impregnated every so often and have their calves taken away, just so you can drink their milk. Supermarkets are full of tasty plant milk variants, yet most people still see the need to let cows suffer instead.

        • @I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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          16 days ago

          I am 100% not a vegan. I eat meat and cheese and eggs and pretty much all animal products. So hear me when I say I regularly grab oat milk when I’m at the store.

          It’s not just the best milk substitute, it is better than regular milk.

          • NSRXN
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            016 days ago

            I evaluate basically all my food with what I call “hotdog math”. my wife hates it. my local gas station sells hotdogs at 2/$1. the free toppings can push the calories count near 550, but I know nothing comes close, so I round down to 500. milk beats oatmilk on hotdog math, and carries a wider diversity of nutrients, to boot.

            • @lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de
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              015 days ago

              Your wife is right to hate it. It’s rather shallow and narrow-minded.

              That aside, if calories-to-price is your metric, are you growing your own food?

            • @NoisyFlake@lemm.ee
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              015 days ago

              Cow milk is usually only cheaper because of subsidies, otherwise it would be much more expensive.

              • NSRXN
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                015 days ago

                I don’t know how this can be verified, nor does it matter at the point of sale

  • lemmy_acct_id_8647
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    017 days ago

    No. Not raping and abusing them for selfish human wants makes cows happier. This is the stupidest shit ever.

  • @technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    17 days ago

    Imagine believing that carnists profiting from torture, murder, and environmental destruction give a shit about happier cows.