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[@katiekat4457]

They had the automatic brush massager there too. I saw it in the video. Those things are tens if not thousand dollars to buy one. And all they do is make cows happy. The cows love them. It’s nice when were start treating animals a little bit better for all the work and pain they go through for us.

[@dbdb9334]

Pounds even.

[@Shawn_the_Protogen]

I've seen the basic ones that are like shoved into the ground in a field and don't rotate, the cows I saw would spend what seemed like 10+ minutes rubbing against those brushes.

[@ActuatedGear]

Happy cows! Happy cows! Happy cows!

[@cristoux]

Imagine going into a machine that washes, masagges, feeds and milks you on demand. I need that machine.

[@cristoux]

Is it?

[@LilDimSumBoy]

its not weird per say, but it might speak something about your love life

[@LilDimSumBoy]

i think its more of being lazy than being a fetish. why put in the effort when you don't have to

[@novafawks]

I'm 100% for this

[@LilDimSumBoy]

Rachel White its not something i personally desire but i can understand the reasoning behind it

[@SS-qf3pq]

"We all know how that feels like..."

[@Renzus_Art]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

8============⚫️

[@ericelegar5469]

getting nasty here...

[@williammakhmuryan7901]

Lmao I absolutely knew someone had to comment this 😂💯💯

[@noreally2120]

Yikes- but he’s right..

[@ut192]

“We all know what it feels like!” 😂

[@MerrickKing]

Where can I get one of these magical houses that only cost 120k?

[@Kal-0000]

Merrick King probably talking about rural areas because farms

[@luminescentlion]

anywhere not in California or a city in the US you can find decent but relatively small houses for 120K.

[@MerrickKing]

Am UK, expensive housing :(

[@phancypants1892]

Nottingham

[@icedirt9658]

*laughs in 2022*

[@drastichaudhari]

Cows are sooo smart and they are one of the cutest animal alive!!

[@BrainToMush]

This shows humane solutions are often the better solutions all around.

[@RiggyRonnie]

Well worth the money I guess so long as it doesn't break

[@k1ngjulien_]

This would be a very different video if it were humans and not cows 😁

[@Kal-0000]

K1ngjulien_ it would be, i cant imagine cows using their hooves to operate machinery or drive cars?

[@Kal-0000]

K1ngjulien_ it would really suck if im on a plane and suddenly hear cow mooing on the intercom. I think i would want to become a Buddhist by then, if the cow actually landed the plane.

[@nDenTzMotionZztrujillo]

omega73582 yeah right? Like people with down syndrome can't either. We should treat them as well given that they don't have the same mental capacity right?

[@TheGiantHog]

Down Syndrome vs animals, why are you comparing the two? In my belief, humans and non-human animals are different, and I would be happy to discuss this with you

[@Kal-0000]

nDenTz_MotionZz trujillo i didnt delete any of my comments. Im no coward.

[@ModernDairy]

Appreciating this kind of Expos and they have to be encouraged, such that many endangered species can be saved out of it. It is convincing and will effectively support whomsoever viewing this video.

[@anneahlert2997]

Ask a human female how it feels to breastfeed a baby. I have had that wonderful experience, and it's very much like a relaxing drug "high" or "buzz." Nature makes a milking mama release endorphins when we give milk to a baby, so we WANT to breastfeed. If we don't feed the baby, our breasts feel "full," kind of like your bladder when you really need to pee. The day my breastmilk dried up was a very sad day for me. I cried all day. Not only was there the "buzz" from milking, but there was also the wonderful loving feeling of bonding with my baby daughter. So no, the cow does not mind that feeling of giving milk. She is undoubtedly enjoying herself while having a nice snack at the feeder. It's why the cows walk up to the machine-- they WANT to get milked.

[@nijamkaj]

Respect for comment, this is true.

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

Due to my visit to Chernobyl, now I need one of these.

[@bryanmagnor4217]

me too

[@stevencole4602]

😂😂😂 ones in being milked and the others are queuing 😂😂😂 how very British 🇬🇧

[@smellsliketheonlynirvanaso7715]

but can you make a machine that PRODUCES the milk XD

[@goldenhorshoe4814]

I can’t say that I’ve ever been milked lol but I guess all I can say is it must feel like when I gotta take my first piss of the day. lol 😂

[@mramirez5239]

Farmers of America, please consider this method!

[@RazyMon]

Could use one of those...for research purposes, ofc.

[@dark-lord-vinay]

Asking the real questions here

[@Kal-0000]

I could imagine a tanker arriving at a sperm bank

[@benjaminlehman3221]

How did you teach them to come in by themselves the first time?

[@kimmiewise1044]

That’s probably what the feed is for. They would give the cow food while leading her to the machine and they probably register her tag at this time so the machine can recognize her. At that point they would calibrate the machine and then to a test milk with her. Then when she is finished and she is let go. They probably do this a couple of times of leading with food at random times to let the cows eventually understand the concept of getting in this special pen and being milk. And as long as one cow understands, the rest of the herd will eventually get it and follow her to do the same. Then you have a constant flow, even between generations.

[@PantsB4Squares]

Always wash your teets

[@astriodia]

I’m laughing hysterically

[@fadimansour6271]

(وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْأَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةً نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِي بُطُونِهِ مِن بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَّبَنًا خَالِصًا سَائِغًا لِّلشَّارِبِينَ) And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers.

[@emmaheffner4278]

I wonder if cows making multiple trips to be milked is ever food motivated as well? As in they know they’ll get fed if they keep going back to be milked

[@anneahlert2997]

For human females, the act of giving milk literally gives us an endorphin "high." It's a very pleasant experience. The food is undoubtedly there to distract and keep them from getting too curious about what the robots are doing. They do have other food troughs, so they could easily get food elsewhere, but they choose to get milked.

[@kellysaunders3446]

@@anneahlert2997 3:47

[@Festaleitepovoadolindafrança]

Exelente trabslho❤❤❤

[@isakgillberg5279]

I wonder how that vegan teacher will react when seeing this?😂

[@thereturningshadow]

TAKE THAT VEGANS!!!! Not all cows are treated cruelly.

[@crazayhounddog]

@@jetthamilton501 L + shut up

[@josefstrondala3885]

@@jetthamilton501 Lmaooo, not true at all and i can't stop laughing to it. Have you ever been on a farm like this? I don't know shit about your county, but at least in Czech republic (and I would bet that it's the same in other "richer" countries) we treat the cows as best as we can. Yes, we inseminate them, is that bad? No, sometimes even natural copulation with bull is much more dangerous than this. Their anal is big enough so we can find the cervix, but it's not like we hurt them, instead it's maybe like annoying feeling but not much more. Next up, taking the calves away from their mothers. It actually depends if it's a beef breed or a dairy cow. If it's a dairy cow, she will 99% end up with milking, otherwise it would not make any profit for the management right? Makes sense. Also we take them away, bcs it's lowering the risk of danger for her, cow could hurt her someway, even if she wouldn't want to. Next we give them frozen (like we heat it first of course) colostrum, so we make sure, she has enough imunoglobulins to be healthy and survive, and then after a week or so, we prepare her rumen for solid feed, so she can grow up correctly. Yes, we do everything, so cows can grow up and and have a nice life. AND I almost forgot, beef calves even stay with their mothers, because we don't use their milk, bcs she has enough for her calf, but we don't need it so why not. I hope you've got it somehow. like it or not, I stand for my opinion and nothing is going to change it when I know what I'm talking about. Oh sorry, one more thing... Cows aren't "engineered, we just genetically select the best animals to produce another cows and bulls. It is called selection and it's not wrong in any way. Have a nice day and I hope that at least somebody will rethink their opinion 😉

[@icedirt9658]

You can’t reason with vegans

[@antiveganloser6171]

Guess where they all go when their production declines?? 🙃 Imagine thinking better welfare makes it ethical to kill. 🙃

[@Autistic-Noice-Panda-2023]

@@icedirt9658but u can reason with Peta activist vegans hahaha!!!!!!

[@SupermotoZach]

I expected to see a tonne of comments saying this is good, I am so glad I see a bunch of vegan comments.

[@millimetreperfect]

Who wrote the title: Cow Farming? This is Dairy Farming rather than Beef (both moo cows 🐄)

[@vaalrus]

So, how closely do they manually monitor the cows to be sure they aren’t showing signs of infection?

[@666Tomato666]

likely on a weekly basis, but the milk is tested every time, same for meat when it it slaughtered

[@vaalrus]

I have trust in the overall milk supply, it just strikes me that there is the potential for wasting a lot of product if a tank has to be dumped if an early sign of infection was missed because a human operator wasn’t acting as that last check before an individual cow was processed.

[@anneahlert2997]

​@@vaalrusEach cow's milk is individually tested for infection and safety before it is sent along to join the other milk supply. If one cow's milk shows signs of infection or another medical issue, the machine flags that cow in its database, for needing a medical exam. The cows have tags on them that the machine scans as they enter, so the computer knows which cow is giving what milk.

[@dagmarsigridmanondenijs-bl7156]

The whole world should adopt this system. Please

[@aidenmcaloon3970]

And where are the farmers going to get the money?

[@dagmarsigridmanondenijs-bl7156]

@@aidenmcaloon3970 trading for machinery etc… trade

[@kevinandre7064]

How's it know if the milk is bad or not???

[@helloworld0911]

1:55 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ghazwanalwan4303]

This video should be been titled "How to make a cow happy"

[@roscoemclean4761]

Should have featured Lely robotics... De Laval is pretty sub-standard in comparison

[@law8335]

Hey sir, Give me that milker.

[@sowmyukthkumar1260]

I have a doubt... After the age of those cows do they been slaughtered...!??

[@PantsB4Squares]

sowmyukth kumar would that be a problem?

[@MoneyRazorVEVO]

no they are kept until old age usually and die of natural causes

[@sowmyukthkumar1260]

PantsB4Squares nope but i jsg want to know it..

[@liberalpyromania6703]

sowmyukth kumar for a productive dairy cow, they generally live for around 15 to 20 years.

[@MoneyRazorVEVO]

sometimes even 25 years when cared for properly, thats like living to 120 as a human with private healthcare

[@LarryOfilms]

Omg this should be more widespread

[@liberalpyromania6703]

Larry O it is becoming more widespread as the technology becomes more affordable. More dairy farms are switching over from traditional milking systems since the increase in productivity and animal welfare out-ways the cost. There is also the pressure of finding people to work in traditional milking parlors has become more difficult and a robotic system allows one farmer to milk a greater number of cows without help

[@matmul4850]

Liberal Pyromania Did you just mention animal welfare while talking about the dairy industry.... smh

[@Kal-0000]

mat mul do you work at a dairy farm?

[@LarryOfilms]

Liberal Pyromania That’s great to hear as I’ve seen old videos of farmers milking the cows and it looks like a chore for both parties.

[@IMADALBASRII]

Vegan people Can you stop been like fly’s If you don’t like milk it’s up to you We do like milk and we hate your believe Take care of animals for humanity

[@Jason-Peters]

Stop trying to sell this as a 'happier cow' story... This is all about productivity, not about the welfare or enrichment of the lives of cows. I grew up on a dairy farm and know that cows will want to come in to me milked, partly because they are uncomfortable due to swelled udders that haven't been reduced naturally by a suckling calf, and partly because they will get a cake feed. Cows are intelligent animals and so will obviously want a more frequent milking and feeding but that doesn't detract from the fact their baby was stolen from them, they are living in grotty sheds or that they will be murdered as soon as their productivity drops. Milk is not cool howsoever you try and sell it BBC! #GoVegan

[@Kal-0000]

Jason Peters woah chill man, the world population isnt getting smaller. Wanna start WW3? or release an incurable plague to reduce the world population a wee bit so we stop miking cows and out the demand to 0 OR genetically engineer almond trees to have teats and produce at least 25kgs of almond milk, that would be cool.

[@movement2contact]

omega73582 *clueless* ....

[@Kal-0000]

movement2contact smh I work at a dairy farm lol. I do sympathize with cows when they're treated poorly but in the grand scale of things dairy products is a vital resource for a society. Lol but please do fill in the things when you meant im clueless.

[@ДимитърИванов-д3ш]

And yet it is an improvement in their lives, even if it is an indirect result, so it is good.

[@Kal-0000]

Димитър Иванов vegans dont understand what society need they understand what they need and try to enforce people to have the same needs to other people indirectly by saying "hey im better cause i eat grass" they dont understand that you just can't substitute everything because not everything has a substitute. They dont take into account on how much of the resource can be made which is why soy and almond milk doesnt and cant substitute cows milk because making soy or almonds milk needs more time and energy to make.(on supermarket/demand scale anyway)

[@icedirt9658]

“You could buy a house for the 120k price tag” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH no.

[@TheVin4enco]

Now make a machine to auto-collect the salty tears from vegans so i can drink them.

[@Kal-0000]

Vin4enco you need to breed vegans first.

[@TheVin4enco]

omega73582 no need , there are enough of them in the wild lol

[@Kal-0000]

Vin4enco id like to join the hunting expedition

[@carothehonestpeanut]

Going from breastfeeding to drinking tears, nice! Some vegans might even give you some consent to go with that.

[@leonardodavid2842]

Vin4enco ?

[@docgspot]

very clever stuff

[@scholarlyreader383]

Wow this great

[@devourplants5529]

Let's not think about the fact the cows are producing the milk for their babies and that their babies have been taken away from them.

[@akdjeofkca509]

Welp, thats the system. Oh well.

[@convex7456]

Im sure if u were days away from starving to death. You would turn down that evil beef and milk. 🍔🍵

[@sindrehansen9647]

Let's stop domesticating cows and see how long it takes untill there are no more cows in the world, they either do the work or disappear from excistence, you choose.

[@luminescentlion]

Modern cows produce alot more milk and for a lot longer than is needed for the calf, many farms leave the calves with the mother's until the calves are of age to stop feeding on milk.

[@ivarbaratheon264]

Cows milk is for cows

[@user-fx3os4yp9v]

Nice video

[@anayprobensyanotv]

I like to promote your product in the philipines cant you help me

[@voxcasx]

On any dairy farm, no matter how organic or "free-range" (i hate this term, it's the definition of doublespeak), the cows are artificially inseminated against their will (some would say raped), so that they can give birth over and over like birth machines. Cows’ horns are burned or sawed off, most often without any anaesthetic at all. Every four to five weeks, dairy farmers use a propane torch to singe the hair around cows’ sensitive udders. Through genetic manipulation and drugs, cows produce abnormally large amounts of milk. This unnatural production and the physical damage caused by milking equipment often lead to mastitis, a painful udder infection. This leads to an excessive use of antibiotics, which also puts all of OUR lives in danger Unfortunately, the image of a cute little farm with a grandma milking the cows that walk freely around as they wish is just not accurate. It's an idea spread specifically by companies that abuse animals to keep the consumers' minds at ease. Most people don't even realise that cows need to be PREGNANT to produce milk - even though when you think about it, it's entirely obvious - specifically because since we are born we are told that cows make milk. Ok sure they do, when they have babies to feed. But so do humans. Think about how perverse for a moment to consume the life-giving fluids for the offspring of another animal. Not only that, but how unethical is it to steal those offspring, murder them or underfeed them and take away their right to a mother who loves them. Would you drink human breastmilk with your coffee, or on your cereal? Would you eat cheese made from human milk? We live in a carnist society, that tells us it's ok to abuse animals because that's what their for. But the most dangerous words in any society are: "That's how we've always done it"

[@ethanr9080]

Casper Sanderson Depends how you think of the cow. Some people don't want to think about it. Other's would say all your doing is exploiting a large ball of cells made of dead things that's only drive is to survive and reproduce. While others see cows as intelligent animals with the capacity to feel pain and suffer physically and emotionally as we do. It all down to how relatable you find animals.

[@666Tomato666]

> cows > intelligent cats are intelligent, cows are dumb

[@yeahbutytho126]

Casper Sanderson, very nicely put! I might copy it so I don’t have to write all that out on other posts. Keep up the good work mate

[@voxcasx]

Yeah but, Y tho? Feel free :) thanks

[@ethanr9080]

Ivar Baratheon I said some people believe not I believe to be clear. And yes some disgusting people do have the opinion that you can do those things to people. Also the difference between human balls of cells and cow balls of cells is surely we as social animals have an instinct to protect others of our own species in our immediate group (which is all other humans thanks to globalisation and compassion) because we have evolved to work together and the suffering of one individual can negatively effect the success of the collective. Again I haven't decided what I believe and I can argue from both sides and agree so who knows...

[@koosvanleeuwe2580]

Zeker bordeel in emmen. ( DRENTE) HOLLAND.

[@muneshwaraenterprises4247]

Super video nice to

[@TrustEngineers]

And the next day, the cow gets slaughtered for meat

[@cestlavegan5793]

Animal agriculture is so sad. I can't wait for cultured meat/dairy and other veg alternatives to end it all.

[@kimmiewise1044]

Yeah, Pasture fed beef and dairy is the only ethical choice! Minimal agriculture all the way.

[@ky5069]

What they fail to say is how many times theses cows are made pregnant and then have their calves removed from them. But hey, at least they can get milked whenever they want... Anyway, at least they seem to treat much better than other producers

[@Kal-0000]

Suharto Gutur bro these aren't heifers

[@ky5069]

omega73582 yeah, that's the point I was making, they already had one or more calves

[@Kal-0000]

Suharto Gutur i dont think the point of this video was to show what the cow had been through to produce milk but rather show the process of collecting milk done by a machine/robot.

[@ky5069]

omega73582 sure, I get that. My point is that very few reports present the whole cruelty behind this process, and how it makes these animals suffer.

[@jonathandpg6115]

@@ky5069 people like you are disgusting and cruel wanting the calves to be trampled on and to get sick from infections. Visit a dairy farm instead of talking shit and look at how much work is done to keep all the calves healthy and comfortable (and the cows for that matter.). They are treated quite well and are cared for. People have to stop listing to shit and visit a farm themselves

[@bonnieforman9700]

THese dairy farms for cows are a living hell.

[@uzzi3760]

Bonnie Forman This is the only dairy farm where they probably actually like it

[@NoInjusticeLastsForever]

Cat’s milk is for kittens 🐈 Dog’s milk is for puppies 🐕 Giraffe’s milk is for baby giraffes 🦒 Elephant’s milk is for baby elephants 🐘 Rat’s milk is for baby rats 🐀 Yet cow’s milk is for... humans? 🤔 Go vegan. ♥️

[@icedirt9658]

Domesticated animals and all their products are for humans. “Cows milk is for cows” Ok let’s just ignore how many babies lives were saved by cows milk. The real reasons to go vegan, the good ones, cannot depend on cultural values. They need to be based in economic realities. The planet cannot support this many people and their domesticated cattle. Go vegan because it’s less wasteful.

[@jaherkhan5559]

Really beautiful system

[@sarahs7751]

No guys.. you don't know what it feels like. That was so bad....

[@fidelcatsro6948]

FIRST COW!!

[@erelpc]

Isn't it less stressful to just not do that to them and not steal their babies from them after forcibly impregnating them?

[@tgpoppins3904]

Yeah but you don't get any milk that way silly

[@matmul4850]

TGpoppins almond milk soy milk rice milk cashew milk and so many more. Why put a cow through a life of hell when there are so many other options

[@Kal-0000]

mat mul because you cant get 14tons of milk from almond trees every single day.

[@tgpoppins3904]

1. Soy milk is full of genistein and daidzein, which act like estrogen in the human body, it also uses a stupid amount of water to produce. 2. The taste, same reason I'm not going to eat a vegan or vegetarian burger or steak. In 20 or so years animal products will be grown in factories, no animals needed; you're just causing yourselves unnecessary pain for no short or long term gain. Cows still get milked and animals still get slaughtered, just what you don't buy gets put on sale or thrown away. If you actually want to help the animals, instead of opting out of the entire industry so your opinion means nothing to them, buy high quality, free range, organic, etc, animal products. This will incentivize this side of the industry to grown and thus will cause the factory farming, crueler side of the industry to diminish, which will actually be accomplishing something.

[@ankit22sharma]

mat mul none of that is actual milk and does not have the same benefits of milk. The FDA is even trying to stop them from being marketed that way now.

[@obarmark1000]

How can we bring this technology to Kenya? - What's the name of the technology developers or dairy farm?

[@Kal-0000]

Can it do 800 cows under 4 hours? No

[@Gallus-gallus]

Nah. Dependign on the brand, it can handle a herd of 55 to 75 cows.

[@Kal-0000]

Gallus that would be great for small farms but atm this tech is just too expensive to have/maintain. I think this is not a good investment when you produce milk for solids. Would be great for cheese makers tho, the cows do look comfortable.

[@HSFY2012]

Why do they need to be done under 4 hours? The cows can get themselves milked at any time, the timeframe does not matter at all. If it is taking too long, you can just get another machine. It's very scalable.

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

sometimes I sneak in there to

[@kellysaunders3446]

Is he the best? I’m sorry so much.

[@Kal-0000]

Comments here much wow lol

[@cwuzii]

Each cow might produce more milk but there’s no way it’s as fast as a rotary system so less milk in a short period of time...

[@asgerb2787]

Go vegan! :)

[@dark-lord-vinay]

no u

[@asgerb2787]

you're not a baby cow bro! :)

[@erelpc]

Rachel White the best diet is whole foods plant based in terms of health.

[@Kal-0000]

walentaz normal person used reality, vegan is confused, the move was very effective.

[@erelpc]

omega73582 stick to science, please.

[@MattyFez]

I exclusively eat animals

[@Kal-0000]

MattyFez pooping must be a challenge for you

[@ColHogan-le5yk]

omega73582 what if he likes a challenge?

[@IndigoXYZ18]

Without getting into a meta-ethical debate about why the cattle enslavement is right or wrong, let's instead analyze the question logically. Assuming you believe it is wrong to enslave a Human but not wrong to enslave a cow, this implies there is a difference (or differences) between cattle and Humans that justifies the difference in treatment. Whatever this difference(s) that separates cattle from Humans, if this difference(s) were found in a Human would it not justify the same treatment? If not you are applyimg a double standard, that is to say you are a hypocrite.

[@Kal-0000]

IndigoXYZ18 in human world you would be treated differently by how much money you make and by your status, so yes this definitely applies to humans too imo

[@nDenTzMotionZztrujillo]

omega73582 just because someone isn't able to function in society because of an illness doesn't make them senseless brother. You got that Nazi thinking going on sorry to tell you

[@IndigoXYZ18]

omega73582 Am I correct in aassuming you are implying the poor shouod be treated like cattle? If not, again what is the difference (or differences) that justifies the cruel treatment featured in this video?

[@TheFPSPower]

What's your opinion on enslaving dogs and cats and breeding them to the point of having tiny paws, tiny bodies, lots of fur, eyes bigger than their brains and all the pains that come with that just so humans can call them cute? What I see here is that you people don't like to face the reality of having 7.6 BILLION humans to feed won't happen with just eating grass, that's not how nature created us, we need meat, we need fish, we need plants, we need fruit to stay healthy, we're not herbivores, your body is not made to survive on grass people!

[@IndigoXYZ18]

TheFPSPower And what I see is somebody avoiding the question being being asked. Raising and caring for a pet is slavery in the same sense that raising and caring for a child is slavery. Ask yourself if you'd call raising a mentally handicapped Human with the intelligence of an animal like you would raise a pet animal slavery? Now ask yourself if you'd consider raising that Human as you would a dairy cow slavery? You should know most of our edible crops from corn to soy and the lands used to grow them go towards feeding livestock, the meat industry can only sustain itself through government subsidies while so at a minority can eat meat our bodies not only don't need but would be better off without, while the rest of the world is free to starve. Furthermore we are not natural omnivores, there is not a single nutrient in animal products that we cannot get without, and even if there were (which there isn't) we can use supplements. The longest living populations on Earth are those who eat the least meat. This unlike whatever pseudoscience you are about to cite is accepted by mainstream medical science. From cancer to heart disease, animal products are widely accepted by mainstream medical science to drastically increase ones risk for, full stop. But for the sake of argument I'll pretend that you're right (which you aren't), why can't we also treat Humans the way we do animals? What is the difference between animals and Humans that justifies the difference in treatment?

[@user-fx3os4yp9v]

Hii

[@nDenTzMotionZztrujillo]

I love how vegans are taking over this comment section, let's go!

[@OtakuAtheer]

That is why I am vegan

[@matmul4850]

walentaz you should try feeling for the cow

[@movement2contact]

Rachel White do they love being inseminated continuously and then slaughtered while contributing greatly to global warming..?

[@Kal-0000]

movement2contact in what percentage is this contribution to global warming compared to humans refining oil, using oil, making plastics with oil? Strictly speaking only with dairy farms not including any other agricultural areas.

[@movement2contact]

omega73582 first of all, google is much faster and reliable for fact-checking than asking on KZbin comments... Second: do you understand that great amounts of that same oil gets used to make dairy industry possible..?

[@Kal-0000]

movement2contact oh no i want to hear it from you, I want you to know how insignificant the percentage is comparing the co2 emissions of vehicles and power plants. Second well that is taken into account that dairy farms need energy to operate.

[@louischapman1209]

All vegans should watch this

[@SGTWinchester85]

Bet it can’t milk a cat

[@christianjames92]

Uh oh vegans.

[@gabeduff6834]

This is so sad

[@Autistic-Noice-Panda-2023]

How is it sad?

[@brandye3039]

That’s not a female cow

[@MyfoodtastesIRONY]

Inb4 vegans

[@MPS186282]

Already too late.

[@aronhegedus]

too late

[@impalabeeper]

I mean, vegans aren't wrong given all the environment and ethical considerations with traditional agriculture.

[@Gallus-gallus]

shmo shmegan!

[@lmaoroflcopter]

Milk! it's BRILLIANT!

[@loyaltyndrespect24]

stupid robots taking people's jobs

[@mazza_mayhem7]

there's urine in the milk

[@kevinmartinez8267]

good think i stopped drinking cow milk several years ago...

[@thefutureisvegan9525]

''berst thing ever happened to them'' ah wait until you meet me, you'd wish the same