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[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 68 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Absolutely incredible headline, but kind of a fucked up article. They're hurting camels to win a pagent, what the hell.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 month ago

Now remember that child pageants exist.

[–] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wikipedia recently picked me this article to rabbithole. These bots are supposed to replace child slaves because the usual adult camel riders just doesn't tickle the same, huh

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

The slave is under the robot

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

From the same species that brought you rooster fighting, one way tickets to space for dogs, and shark fin soup: Extreme Makeover - Camel Injectables Edition

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Don't forget "driving lemmings over a cliff to make our documentary seem cooler while also spreading wild misinformation about the behavior of lemmings."

[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What the heck! Which documentary was this?

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Oh interesting! Thanks for the link!

[–] blarg_dunsen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

The "Family Friendly" Disney documentary from the 1950's.

[–] Town@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

Did you know the biomass of farmed mammals is 30 times greater than wild mammals? Our industrialized suffering is enormous.