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[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Silly vegoon, only the cute animals I didn't want to eat have feelings. The others are unfeeling slabs of meat that is magically created by wholesome farmers being folksy.

[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A few coworkers refer to cows as giant dogs. Then they sell them to be butchered.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Seems well adjusted. I'd keep my kids away from them if I were you.

[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago

I don't spend time with the rednecks outside of work.

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As a new parent the agriculture propaganda from the very start is crazy! Look at this happy farmer and his cute pig its so happy in its mudpit, what a wholesome picture!

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

ya, my sister is raising kids atm and she's had to hunt for books that don't associate farming with cuddly-happy—funtimes

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Its tough finding good media, almost anything pre 2000 is out because of some sort of bigotry and even after that it gets iffy sometimes, and if you filter for copaganda, zoo propaganda, agri propaganda and corporate propaganda there is not a lot left...

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There's loads of good children's fantasy like Rowan of Rin etc. This one is still at "what does Bunny like?" level though :p

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

oh mine is learning animal noises still, cat goes "ma" sheep go "ba" dogs go "wa" elephants go "pffffff" lol.

But simply finding good picture books is already a pain.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

https://www.amazon.com.au/Childrens-Books-Touch-Feel/s?rh=n%3A4893846051%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A4910122051 these are pretty nice. They've got like texture patches and stuff to play and learn with.

All the ones I've read to her have been unproblematic.

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

thank you genuinely, now I need to find them in german as well🤣😭

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I was going to ask about your home language, as dogs definitely do not "wa" in the US 😹 I love those differences.

Edit: Also, I think of German children's stories as being very bloody: kids get maimed, and the world is generally dangerous. Is that still present at all, or am I out of date by 100+ years?

Edit 2: For anyone interested, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/original-struwwelpeter-illustrations-childrens-moral-lesson-book

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

the latter lol it's just been bog-standard racism the past century. There's quite the movement to create inclusive childrens books though, to normalize different family structures and cultures right from the start, but animal books for vegans are still quite sparse.

edit: there's one book where spousal abuse is played for laughs a couple times though, by a very popular author too, extremely weird shit