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[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 22 points 3 hours ago (3 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 5 points 36 minutes ago

Now remember that child pageants exist.

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 minutes 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 1 points 5 minutes ago* (last edited 5 minutes ago)

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

[–] Town@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 1 points 1 hour ago

What is it about our species that we can’t just keep to ourselves? Was the “pageant” really necessary in the first place?

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

The one thing you can rely on humans to be.

[–] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Hump Plumper is a low key insult or props. The tone and context are key.

[–] rhythmisaprancer@piefed.social 1 points 46 minutes ago

Hump plumping sounds like part of a job description for a fluffer!

[–] ApeNo1@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

Cue the Black Eyed Peas …

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

What are you doing? They're goosed, okay?!

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 hours ago

It's been a while since I have seen a post has fit this community so well.

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 4 points 5 hours ago

You show up to the camel show and your camel's got a body kit, a lift kit, a wing, and 3 fake Nitrous bottles and assure the judges "yeah its stock"

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 1 points 4 hours ago

First the skiers and now this... And they don't even go that fast smh my head 😮‍💨

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Guys will hump anything.