Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

[oldrooster]

Quote: My brother had to have his dog put down last year, the dog actually watched TV and acted like she understood it. yes, like she understood it, and she would leave the room if she didn't like the show. and look at the tv every so often to see if the station/program was changed if the sounds where different for long enough (yes she actually acted like she understood what comercials were!) SO I totally understand the difference between smart/average and dumb dogs. And I have seen some awful stupid dogs. reminds me of different types of people....

 

[Peep_Show]

In our company, obese was a protected group, as I think it is in most of society.

Medically obese, maybe. Obese to the point of being a member of the handicapped class, sure. But being heavy.... What company do you work for?

Out west (CA and NV) I've seen the discrimination firsthand. Despite seniority, despite exemplary performance... Nothing like being told you're not being hired permanently because (a) you might be a health risk despite having NO health problems, low cholesterol and low blood pressure or (b) you're not being hired because you're "not their type" despite having seniority and a sheaf full of recommendation letters from higher ups. Last I checked, obese was not a protected class and it was the last true bastion of discrimination that folks could get away with it without suffering legal recourse. (i.e., I haven't seen any fat discrimination suits come through our court system)

Maybe I'm wrong, but chunky folk have been bullied for years......

 

[lazy gardener]

I think my Tessie must have been related to your Bella. she went ga-ga over kittens, and would get into the herding dog pose, and try to keep the kids rounded up and together, go room to room checking on everyone if we weren't all in the same room... if a baby cried, she'd come and get some one to "take care of the problem". She had in incredible tracking nose. My son would take off through the woods, and hide up in a tree, and she'd find him when let out... try to climb the tree herself.

 

[Cluckysnap123]

One idiot (BTW I'm vegan) said, " when u gonna cook those" and I say never and hes like, "but chickens are food not animals" and I'm like

 

[Chickadee42]

I think my Tessie must have been related to your Bella.  she went ga-ga over kittens, and would get into the herding dog pose, and try to keep the kids rounded up and together, go room to room checking on everyone if we weren't all in the same room... if a baby cried, she'd come and get some one to "take care of the problem".  She had in incredible tracking nose.  My son would take off through the woods, and hide up in a tree, and she'd find him when let out... try to climb the tree herself.

Aw. How sweet! My Bella tries to herd the chickens sometimes, but she usually ends up herding them the wrong way!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Medically obese, maybe. Obese to the point of being a member of the handicapped class, sure. But being heavy.... What company do you work for?

Out west (CA and NV) I've seen the discrimination firsthand. Despite seniority, despite exemplary performance... Nothing like being told you're not being hired permanently because (a) you might be a health risk despite having NO health problems, low cholesterol and low blood pressure or (b) you're not being hired because you're "not their type" despite having seniority and a sheaf full of recommendation letters from higher ups. Last I checked, obese was not a protected class and it was the last true bastion of discrimination that folks could get away with it without suffering legal recourse. (i.e., I haven't seen any fat discrimination suits come through our court system)

Maybe I'm wrong, but chunky folk have been bullied for years......

This is from the Yale Rudd Foundation

"~Court cases are emerging to reflect the expanded understanding of the ADA’s coverage for obesity-related claims. In a groundbreaking shift, several persons have successfully alleged that they suffered discrimination because of their obesity. The EEOC and courts now agree that severe obesity can be considered an impairment for purposes of the ADA’s definition of disability, as well as under the ‘‘regarded as’’ prong (8,10). In 2012, the EEOC obtained positive settlements for employees who were allegedly terminated based on their severe obesity as a covered disability and because the employers additionally regarded them as disabled because of their obesity"


http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/fat-fl...ines-discriminatory-actions/story?id=16271932

There's definitely inconsistency.

 

[sepaditty1]

I think most people still think of obsity as a choice. Which makes it harder to shed some light.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I think most people still think of obsity as a choice. Which makes it harder to shed some light.

There have always been medical/genetic issues related to obesity. Those things continue and they are not a choice.
IMHO, today's situation is different in several ways. Researchers in many countries search for reasons for increasing obesity trends.
Some are television, computers, fast food and processed food. Some of those things aren't a conscious choice either. People buy advertised products. Advertised products are the most profitable products and range from Ronald McDonald products, to pop tarts, to pop/soda, to salty snacks, to any processed food one finds in the middle section of the grocery store. None of those things would have been considered food 150+ years ago.

http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.88.2.277

Research shows that longevity and health is attributed to an inconvenient lifestyle and real food.
http://www.bluezones.com/

 

[lazy gardener]

Agree with you CC. The stuff in the average shopping cart is questionable in terms of providing an adequate diet. Fast, processed food, most of it. A visitor was totally perplexed when I made mac and cheese from scratch one evening while she was visiting. If it didn't come out of a box, with a little cheese packet, or out of a jar, it was a totally foreign concept to her. I'm sure it was even more perplexing when I didn't pull out a cook book to perform this feat of gourmet cooking! It becomes a vicious circle when folks are running the rat race, too busy to even climb off that wheel long enough to slow down and sit for a family meal. Harder, still to take the time to cook a real balanced meal, when running the race. Add the advertising hype that considers a fruit roll up to be a healthy snack... and... oh, just get me a ladder, so I can climb down off my soap box... again!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

We make mac and cheese from scratch. It doesn't taste the same but it's good. Almost everything that comes out of a package contains artificial flavor. Check the ingredient list.
Artificial flavor is a huge industry. It may taste as good or better but it isn't food.