r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/James_Fortis • Sep 08 '26

Video This is the largest single-building pig farm in the world. At 26 storeys high, it can slaughter 1.2 million pigs per year. It was built in Ezhou, China, to help the country's exploding demand for pork. Pork is China's most popular meat, with the country consuming nearly half of global pork demand.

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u/Internal-Plantain-56 Sep 08 '26

Are you a vegetarian? Because this is exactly how we farm a lot of our meat. Spread out isn’t that much better than stacking them on top of each other.

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u/Jazzyoutro Sep 08 '26

Yes, I am since many years

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u/T1NC4NM4N Sep 08 '26

Vegetarians still fail to see the cruelty within animal products that are harvested without having to slaughter the animal. Cows milk is stolen from a mother after being raped, and artificially inseminated in order to produce offspring and begin producing milk. Their offspring are then slaughtered to produce veal if they are male or perpetuate the cycle if they are female. Don’t get me wrong, vegetarianism is a step in the right direction, but still have a ways to go.

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u/WormWithWifi Sep 08 '26

I’m vegetarian and don’t drink cows milk lol. I just have my own chickens and eat their eggs.
And I’ve never met a vegetarian who doesn’t know about dairy industry

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u/CMPE_PL Sep 08 '26

Would you have bought those chickens/continue to feed and house them if they didn’t produce eggs for you? If not you’re still viewing animals more as an exploitable resource than an individual worthy of moral consideration and respect

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u/Alive_Carpenter_7433 Sep 09 '26

What makes that different from a real life job. No company would hire you if they couldn't take out your labor and time for profit.
I mean if i get fed and taken care of relatively fine indefinitely with a few others to socialize with I'd prob quit my internship.

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u/CMPE_PL Sep 09 '26

The difference is they never consented to being “hired” into this job and they can never quit. They are considered your property legally and have very few rights if any (the fact you could kill them any time for any reason with no repercussions speaks to that). The better analogy here would be slavery.

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u/WormWithWifi Sep 09 '26

Yeah I keep my chickens till they die naturally which is usually well after they stop producing eggs because I love them lol they are definitely not viewed as objects, no animals are viewed as objects to me. I mean I’ve dedicated my entire livelihood to animals 🤣

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u/CMPE_PL Sep 09 '26

If you eat animals and animal byproducts you view them as objects.

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u/WormWithWifi Sep 09 '26

lol incorrect and privileged viewpoint but OK 👍🏼

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u/Imaginary_Resource70 Sep 08 '26

As a vegetarian comments like this dont fucking help. We already know and are changing, but decades of conditioning dont change overnight

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u/Vigilant1e Sep 08 '26

Maybe I speak for myself and my bubble but I think most vegetarians are aware that non-meat animal products can still be very cruel. I'd be surprise if there's not a much higher rate of using vegan alternatives where convenient and buying organic animal products among the vegetarian population than non-veggie

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u/Jazzyoutro Sep 08 '26 edited Sep 08 '26

My personal reason of the veg/non-veg debate is that if I don't have the power to give life, then I don't have the right to take it.

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u/Gimmerunesplease Sep 08 '26

Cows also scream all night for their calves after you take them away. But that's not even the main issue. Milk cows are treated just as poorly as this and their treatment is still nice compared to the literal hell on earth that hens are put through.