The video is to prove a point really fast, but, cows actually do only eat proteins. They have three stomachs that they use to feed grass to bacterial colonies, which they then pull into their fourth stomach to eat, with any of the grass that's left un-eaten by the bacteria being shit straight out without being processed any further. They don't eat the grass, the grass is there to feed what they do eat, which is supplemented by eating any large animal small enough to fit in their mouth. I read a study once that almost all cows when dissected had at least 1 animal in their digestive system at a time.

The notion that cows are good peaceful harmless herbivores who eat nothing but grass is nonsense. Here's a video of a cow eating the corpse of a donkey. Of note: there's grass right next to the body. And it isn't just a result of cows being fucked up by human domestication, wild deer (who you cannot blame on humans malnourishing it or contaminating its feed or whatever) do it too.

constructing an elaborate worldview out of a kindergarten level understanding of biology and then getting extremely smug about it annoys me relentlessly. Cows would eat you if they had the chance

  • QuillQuote [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Perhaps a grillpill break would be more advisable than continuing this

    • volkvulture [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Thank you for warning me! I will definitely stop responding when this person does

      I don't grill though

      Cooking meat at high temperatures produces cancer-causing chemicals called heterocyclic amines

      • QuillQuote [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Thank you for warning me! I will definitely stop responding when this person does

        That's pretty childish, cmon. This isn't a healthy or productive interaction for either of you

        • volkvulture [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          I agree! I wanted it to be productive & thought there could be some exchange of information and perspective

          Definitely don't want to be bogged down examining the tone of these arguments & just want to not have these notifications