Board 8 > Annual reminder: 45 million turkeys die every year for Thanksgiving.

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https://time.com/5022315/turkeys-killed-thanksgiving/

45 million. Let me put this in perspective. If each turkey were a person, that's like eating the population of the 24 least populated US states, largest being Oregon. For what? Thanksgiving? Disgusting.

This year, why not consider vegetarian options? There's tofurkeys and they taste great. Not wanting turkey? Impossible burgers are AMAZING and eating them reminds me of when I used to eat burgers. They're not vegan since they use the same grills as meat burgers, but at least no animal died for your meal.

You could be compassionate and eat vegetarian/vegan food, or eat the flesh of innocent animals that only ever wanted freedom. But before you do, put yourself in their position. How would you like it to be raised on a factory farm, having an awful life until you're eventually steamed alive, plucked, killed, shipped, frozen, thawed, cooked, and then eaten? You probably wouldn't like that. So why pay for people to do that to some innocent animal?

Boycott meat and have a cruelty-free Thanksgiving.

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Just 45 million? I think, as a nation, we can do better. Let's shoot for 50 million next year, everybody.

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Nanis = LameJokeAlt?

You convinced me, I'll switch to pork and chicken
thanks

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Nanis23 posted...

45 million. Let me put this in perspective. If each turkey were a person, that's like eating the population of the 24 least populated US states, largest being Oregon. For what? Thanksgiving? Disgusting.

how many of those states voted red

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I'm Canadian so I won't be having Turkey today ok?

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249USDollars posted...

Nanis = LameJokeAlt?

No I was tired of waiting for him/her to make this topic

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the alternative to killing the 45 million turkeys isnt a vegan option

its killing chickens and cows instead

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thanks nanis. i was getting worried

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This would not have been a annual reminder if we missed a year

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For real for real though, I watched this documentary on Netflix about nutrition in relation to fitness and it really opened my eyes on a lot of stuff and I'm even considering trying to slowly convert to vegetarianism. Not vegan though cause that's just too much work and those people are annoying and preachy.

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On an actual serious note I do think about the treatment of animals and how we bring them into this world just to harvest them. They are living creatures and its a sad existence we put them through.

Its clear to see how some works of fiction get the idea to reverse the roles, like those Abe games, that soylent green bullshit, and even with FFVII, what with harvesting souls to power your lightbulbs.

at the same time, I still don't do anything or haven't changed my lifestyle to protest it. I do try to appreciate things in life more now, and with my many pets, I try to do the same with animals.

At this point it really is a machine too big to stop since literally the world relies on doing this to animals for food

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Punnyz posted...

On an actual serious note I do think about the treatment of animals and how we bring them into this world just to harvest them. They are living creatures and its a sad existence we put them through.

But it's perfectly OK to do the same thing to plants, which are also living creatures?
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Xeybozn posted...

But it's perfectly OK to do the same thing to plants, which are also living creatures?

Doesnt it just feel so good when you see a plant that is whithering, sagging, and essentially suffering.

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249USDollars posted...

Nanis = LameJokeAlt?

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The president doesn't actually have the power to pardon a turkey

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And its damn good eatin.

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Fastbreak posted...

The president doesn't actually have the power to pardon a turkey

I will be leading the children in song, for I am the press secretary.

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I'm doing my part.

Playing Death Road to Canada, and trying to complete a run with the Turkey still alive.

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Xeybozn posted...

But it's perfectly OK to do the same thing to plants, which are also living creatures?

yes this is the obviously valuable response his points warranted

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scarletspeed7 posted...

I will be leading the children in song, for I am the press secretary.

Hey, I was just flipping a nickel in my office. Sixteen times in a row it came up tails.

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Have you ever seen a wild turkey? They're assholes. They deserve to be food. They're going to be food for humans or bears, it doesn't matter who.

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Lord Ephraim posted...

Have you ever seen a wild turkey? They're assholes. They deserve to be food. They're going to be food for humans or bears, it doesn't matter who.

They all have their quirks

Some are photogenic

Some don't like to be touched

But they're all delicious

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Oh and before you say "well cats are assholes and we don't eat them!"

Trust me, if cats were delicious we would be eating them too.

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Lord Ephraim posted...

Oh and before you say "well cats are assholes and we don't eat them!"

Trust me, if cats were delicious we would be eating them too.

Guinea pigs are supposed to be delicious and I hope one day I travel somewhere where they are served

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guinea pigs are disgusting actually

of course when they served it to us when I went to Peru they didn't treat it so you could still see its face and teeth

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LeonhartFour posted...

guinea pigs are disgusting actually

of course when they served it to us when I went to Peru they didn't treat it so you could still see its face and teeth

Yeah I've only eaten one thing that still had a face and it was... interesting.

I've heard they taste like a mix of duck and rabbit and those are like my two favorite things so I won't be deterred!

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Everyone should always consider more vegetarian options, easy enough to make delicious and economical food, and there's some seriously good veg food... basically all I cook personally. It's just easier with meat to make something protein filled and tasty.

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scarletspeed7 posted...

I will be leading the children in song, for I am the press secretary.

You don't even know the song, though...

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ChichiriMuyo posted...

Just 45 million? I think, as a nation, we can do better. Let's shoot for 50 million next year, everybody.

It's times like these that I almost wish GameFAQs had an upvote button.
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Volunteered at the Salvation Army to serve 80 turkeys today. Felt good.

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45 million seems high. So that's basically one per 7 people in America? I mean, sure, I ate Turkey on Thanksgiving, but in a crowd of more than seven people. If we use a 10 people : 1 turkey ratio, we'd only need like 30 million, right? You can't tell me we overproduce by 50% and 15 million birds get stuck in grocery stores unsold or whatever.

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SwiftyDC posted...

Volunteered at the Salvation Army to serve 80 turkeys today. Felt good.

Gross.

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Waluigi1 posted...

Gross.

Funny thing is I don't go to church or consider myself a religious type at all.

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As long as they get eaten, I'm fine with it. It's the wasted Turkeys that are the real travesties.

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