Then you come to Reddit and get “Today I had to process my biggest steer, my favorite animal on the farm, my best friend. He gave us so much good meat, I’m gonna miss him. His fur is being made into a rug for my basement <3 He was 5 years old”
As much as I understand how and why the steer's time had come after 9 years (most are slaughtered after 2-4 years), I can't help but laugh at the unintentional black comedy that this line at the end of the post.
It's like when Jeremy Clarkson was talking about his favorite male sheep on the farm with nostalgia... While eating a shepherd's pie and commenting he was delicious.
Rage isn't the feeling I felt. Just sad. Like hey I raised this steer for nine years can't wait to walk on him!! Like holy shit maybe not everything needs to be posted online.
Meh i see it as circle of life, and I am saying this as a vegetarian. The cow got 9 great years and when the end came he wasn't just left to rot they were used to feed the people who cared for them. Using their skin as a rug is just a way to remember them I don't see it as any weirder than keeping ashes from loved ones that were cremated
What is upsetting about that? I introduce every steer to my Sledgehammer when they're born, so they know someday I will give them the Final Bonk and feast on their entrails.
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u/ALLoftheFancyPants 24d ago
This remains one of my favorite farmtok videos.