Current Events > Unbelievable.... 1 in 8 millennials have never seen a real cow. Sad.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/31/one-eight-young-people-have-never-seen-cow-real-life/

Put down the Gameboy and go milk a cow you kids.
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This is a stupid article.
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I don't know, playing Gameboy in your free time instead of going outside doesn't really reduce your chance of seeing a real-life cow by that much. It depends more on where you live.

I could be outside all day and every day in New York City, or Philadelphia, and never see a cow because I'm in the city. Much like living in the country would greatly reduce my chance of seeing a crack addict in a parking garage at 4 in the morning.
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Yeah, it's not like a majority of the population lives in densely populated cities that are typically devoid of cows or anything

Skewed metrics makes for a dumb generalization

I'm 24 and I live(d) in Kansas, so I've seen plenty of cows. Should I feel special for being an enlightened young person?
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Something something TC's mom

Muffinz0rz posted...

Yeah, it's not like a majority of the population lives in densely populated cities that are typically devoid of cows or anything

Skewed metrics makes for a dumb generalization

I'm 24 and I live(d) in Kansas, so I've seen plenty of cows. Should I feel special for being an enlightened young person?

Not special, just happy you don't live in a bubble.
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I guarantee TC has never milked a cow, and if he says he has, he's lying.
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I don't feel that my life is enriched by having seen cows
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

I guarantee TC has never milked a cow, and if he says he has, he's lying.

Never said I did. But I've milked other things.
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This is explains why millennials hate so many US states. They are totally sheltered.
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I played the original Gameboy on car trips and still saw plenty of cows.

What the fuck...
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What is there to gain from seeing a cow? Who gives a shit?
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Leanaunfurled posted...

This is a stupid article.

found the girl too busy playing weeb games than to milk a cow!
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shanefu22 posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

Yeah, it's not like a majority of the population lives in densely populated cities that are typically devoid of cows or anything

Skewed metrics makes for a dumb generalization

I'm 24 and I live(d) in Kansas, so I've seen plenty of cows. Should I feel special for being an enlightened young person?

Not special, just happy you don't live in a bubble.

Bubbles were made to be popped
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Why should I go find a real cow to milk when I can pretend to milk one on my Switch?
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Leanaunfurled posted...

This is a stupid article.

How can you not think that people losing touch with agriculture and rural living is somewhat alarming?

lmfao

You think these are just things that "don't matter" because you take them for granted?
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Muffinz0rz posted...

shanefu22 posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

Yeah, it's not like a majority of the population lives in densely populated cities that are typically devoid of cows or anything

Skewed metrics makes for a dumb generalization

I'm 24 and I live(d) in Kansas, so I've seen plenty of cows. Should I feel special for being an enlightened young person?

Not special, just happy you don't live in a bubble.

Bubbles were made to be popped

Exactly. So go milk a cow.
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WilliamPorygon posted...

Why should I go find a real cow to milk when I can pretend to milk one on my Switch?

can you feel the soft elastic of the udders between your fingers and feel the tension as the cow is milked? and then drink it pure from the bucket?
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Nah, it's a stupid article because it's the typical "LOL STUPID MILLENNIALS!!!" nonsense
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

Nah, it's a stupid article because it's the typical "LOL STUPID MILLENNIALS!!!" nonsense

No it's not

Actually read the article maybe
All it does is list the facts produced by the survey and then provide some alternative opinions at the bottom.

And all the survey's results show is that millenials are unfamiliar with agricultural stuff because of a lack of exposure. There's no shaming, no positing on what this means, barely any analysis on the behalf of The Telegraph (they interview experts).
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joeun_saram posted...

Leanaunfurled posted...

This is a stupid article.

How can you not think that people losing touch with agriculture and rural living is somewhat alarming?

lmfao

You think these are just things that "don't matter" because you take them for granted?

When the stove was invented, were older people alarmed that kids back then were becoming unable to build their own fires to cook dinner?
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Phantom36 posted...

When the stove was invented, were older people alarmed that kids back then were becoming unable to build their own fires to cook dinner?

I'm not sure if you're aware, but this is not in any way the same thing as people living more in cities and not being familiar with where their food comes from
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So... how many more of you nerds feel personally attacked by an article that only seeks to inform people that our younger generations are losing touch with where their food comes from?

(btw if that fact isn't alarming you're probably not suited to think about this stuff)
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fucking city slickers

I live next to cows
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darkphoenix181 posted...

Leanaunfurled posted...

This is a stupid article.

found the girl too busy playing weeb games than to milk a cow!

SAVAGE.


But yeah TC that is pretty sad. FTR to everyone saying you don't see cows in big cities, the point here is that they've never left said big city to go out and see the world. Hell, you can even see cows in petting zoos if you live in a city.
Also this article is from the UK where they take cows much more seriously.
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shanefu22 posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

shanefu22 posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

Yeah, it's not like a majority of the population lives in densely populated cities that are typically devoid of cows or anything

Skewed metrics makes for a dumb generalization

I'm 24 and I live(d) in Kansas, so I've seen plenty of cows. Should I feel special for being an enlightened young person?

Not special, just happy you don't live in a bubble.

Bubbles were made to be popped

Exactly. So go milk a cow.

I just milked myself last night, I'm too tired for that
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You guys are too much.
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Millenials have become the most hated generation of people since Baby Boomers. I love tribalism so much.
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Less millennial s have seen a game boy.
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Phantom36 posted...

I don't know, playing Gameboy in your free time instead of going outside doesn't really reduce your chance of seeing a real-life cow by that much. It depends more on where you live.

I could be outside all day and every day in New York City, or Philadelphia, and never see a cow because I'm in the city. Much like living in the country would greatly reduce my chance of seeing a crack addict in a parking garage at 4 in the morning.

Nah fam, in the country you'll see a crackhead. He'll just be in his own car-hold.
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That article has nothing to do with "not knowing where your food comes from." Because someone doesn't live by a farm or know turnips are grown best in winter, or doesn't climb in trees or swim in rivers they don't know where their food comes from? It's horseshit logic.
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Young people aren't touch with how food is made. Wow, how reprehensible. It's almost as if mass cultivation has made seasonal produce a thing of the past.

I wonder if the people writing the article are at ease with the fact that all those cultured farm folk couldn't tell you the intricacies of how computers work or are programmed. I hope they feel shame for that.
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Leanaunfurled posted...

That article has nothing to do with "not knowing where your food comes from." Because someone doesn't live by a farm or know turnips are grown best in winter, or doesn't climb in trees or swim in rivers they don't know where their food comes from? It's horseshit logic.

rofl

did YOU know that strawberries are a summer fruit? I guarantee you people who don't know will go and try to buy strawberries in the winter and complain why they're so expensive

if you wanna know why it matters
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Phantom36 posted...

I don't know, playing Gameboy in your free time instead of going outside doesn't really reduce your chance of seeing a real-life cow by that much. It depends more on where you live.

I could be outside all day and every day in New York City, or Philadelphia, and never see a cow because I'm in the city. Much like living in the country would greatly reduce my chance of seeing a crack addict in a parking garage at 4 in the morning.

Don't most people visit a farm at least once during a school field trip?
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I have seen a cow being slauthered the old way. That means a machete to the neck and considering the size of the creature, nobody can chop it in one blow, so they just stand there tied in all limbs while writhing in pain bleeding from half chopped neck to death.

Still delicious tho
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I think the key takeaway is that before the coming nuclear apocalypse we ALL should learn where and how to cultivate food.
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YookaLaylee posted...

Phantom36 posted...

I don't know, playing Gameboy in your free time instead of going outside doesn't really reduce your chance of seeing a real-life cow by that much. It depends more on where you live.

I could be outside all day and every day in New York City, or Philadelphia, and never see a cow because I'm in the city. Much like living in the country would greatly reduce my chance of seeing a crack addict in a parking garage at 4 in the morning.

Don't most people visit a farm at least once during a school field trip?

wait holy shit did this guy really take "put your gameboys down" literally

do you people not know what allegory, hyperbole, or metaphor is
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joeun_saram posted...

YookaLaylee posted...

Phantom36 posted...

I don't know, playing Gameboy in your free time instead of going outside doesn't really reduce your chance of seeing a real-life cow by that much. It depends more on where you live.

I could be outside all day and every day in New York City, or Philadelphia, and never see a cow because I'm in the city. Much like living in the country would greatly reduce my chance of seeing a crack addict in a parking garage at 4 in the morning.

Don't most people visit a farm at least once during a school field trip?

wait holy shit did this guy really take "put your gameboys down" literally

do you people not know what allegory, hyperbole, or metaphor is

I didn't even comment on that. I just asked a question.

Edit: oh, you meant the other guy
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YookaLaylee posted...

I didn't even comment on that. I just asked a question

not you, the guy you're quoting
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Leanaunfurled posted...

That article has nothing to do with "not knowing where your food comes from." Because someone doesn't live by a farm or know turnips are grown best in winter, or doesn't climb in trees or swim in rivers they don't know where their food comes from? It's horseshit logic.

Tbqh it's not so much about literally knowing where the food comes from. That's not hard to grasp. Like, everyone knows food comes from a farm generally.
But the whole point of "knowing where your food comes from" is putting a face or image to the food youre consuming. Not for knowledge or guilt. But for gratitude. To remind you your food isn't some magic 3D printed substance (at least not yet :( ) but it used to be part of a living organism and that you should be thankful to eat it. Most kids don't make that connection anymore, hence why they're so fucking spoiled.
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As someone who has seen cows in real life, I can tell you that internet pictures do them justice. 3/10 would not recommend.
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ForestLogic posted...

Tbqh it's not so much about literally knowing where the food comes from. That's not hard to grasp. Like, everyone knows food comes from a farm much.
But the whole point of "knowing where your food comes from" is putting a face or image to the food youre consuming. Not for knowledge or guilt. But for gratitude. To remind you your food isn't some magic 3D printed substance (at least not yet :( ) but it used to be part of a living organism and that you should be thankful to eat it. Most kids don't make that connection anymore, hence why they're so fucking spoiled.

This guy gets it
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NibeIungsnarf posted...

Something something TC's mom

You haven't lived until you've sat through a cow show at a state fair.
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if every millennial would just go out and see a real cow they would stop being so fucking sheltered
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It's a stupid article because "not actually seeing your food" doesn't mean you can't grasp where it comes from.

And growing up in a rural area doesn't mean you'll understand it better than those who don't, hence why it's a stupid article.
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joeun_saram posted...

Leanaunfurled posted...

That article has nothing to do with "not knowing where your food comes from." Because someone doesn't live by a farm or know turnips are grown best in winter, or doesn't climb in trees or swim in rivers they don't know where their food comes from? It's horseshit logic.

rofl

did YOU know that strawberries are a summer fruit? I guarantee you people who don't know will go and try to buy strawberries in the winter and complain why they're so expensive

if you wanna know why it matters

I have a strawberry plant that has been making strawberries since March actually.

REKT
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