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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Thats horrifying. I'm in favor of GMO plants (of course Monsanto and seed patenting is awful) but I didnt consider GMO animals. Thats particularly evil, of course factory farming with antibiotics and all that is already fucking evil, but damn.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago (2 children)

We've been genetically modifying animals for millennia. Every animal that has been domesticated didn't start that way. We bred them, with genetics.

[–] Cheskaz 7 points 11 months ago

I feel like the comparisons of chickens from the 1950s to those today really highlight this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

This is too real 😭

[–] LwL 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Would it be evil to genetically engineer a cow that can produce milk without having to get pregnant? Seems much less evil to me than the current state of things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Wow U didnt even consider this. We can't just like give the cow progesterone to synthesize a milk environment? Or I guess making more dairy cows is also part of the business.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

You guys are the reason we will never get genitically engineered catgirls