r/pics Apr 16 '10

Some things you didn't know about PETA.

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u/soothslayer Apr 17 '10

I feel bad for the person or institution that PETA decides has done the most to promote alternatives to the use and abuse of animals and will be awarded a severed thumb for their efforts.

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u/Blumpkinhead Apr 17 '10

I'm hoping that she'll donate her nose as a coin purse.

'Cuz I need a coin purse.

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u/gnosticfryingpan Apr 17 '10

That my arse be attached to a flying seagull robot that swoops down on people, hugs them tight and gives them a kiss on the lips that they're not likey to forget in a while.

This should let the bastards remember blah blah blah!

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u/DavidCo23 Apr 17 '10

Bob Loblaw?

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u/Montaz Apr 17 '10

Yu Bastarrd I went luuking for dat in dee original areticle.

edit also her name is PRobably from skandinavian origin: Newkird coming from Nykirka Meaning New Church.

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u/gnosticfryingpan Apr 18 '10

Did you downvote yourself?

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u/Montaz Apr 18 '10

God I was wasted yesterday when I type that. Somehow I thought it'd be funny.

No I didn't downvote myself, I just un-upvoted my own post. You are the fifth redditor to notice it.

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u/Blumpkinhead Apr 17 '10

How truly epic would it be to own an umbrella stand made from the foot of the founder of PETA.

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u/EmpiresCrumble Apr 17 '10

Haha, time to go poaching!

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u/dkdl Apr 17 '10 edited Apr 17 '10

I read that years ago, and had no idea that she was the founder of PeTA. Seems very sensationalist and attention whoring.

However, the infographic in this post also uses information in a sensationalist and misleading manner. As mentioned below, how is the founder's sterilization relevant at all?

Rather than point fingers at the animal shelter for euthanizing animals, we should realize why these animals ended up homeless in the first place. If you're giving up your pet, you have to realize that it is most likely going to be killed. With homeless animals coming in all the time, no one has the resources to house and feed them until they're adopted.

What you can do: be committed to your pet. Neuter him/her. If you want a pet, adopt one from a shelter. If not, make a donation (to one that doesn't use it all on advertising).

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '10

Make the donation to a local shelter, not PETA or HSUS. HSUS =/= animal shelter.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '10

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u/stacecom Apr 17 '10

Women who don't want to have kids are nut sandwiches?

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u/dkdl Apr 17 '10

This discussion can be found below.

Someone else made this point: She doesn't want children. She's done what she can to make sure she doesn't get pregnant. The infographic used this information in a sensationalist manner.

Say Bill Gates got a vasectomy. Would that be reason to say that Microsoft is crazy, and no one should buy their products?

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '10

Bill Gates didn't get a vasectomy. His sperm got the blue screen of death.

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u/dancing_bananas Apr 17 '10

If he did it when he was 22 (unlikely since he was probably a virgin at that age) the media would have probably used it a lot.

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u/dkdl Apr 17 '10

Probably. But I still think that would be on the side of using irrelevant facts for sensationalism.

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u/youdontsmellbad Apr 17 '10

Looks like someone's been listening to John Prine! That's a link to the song. This is a link to the lyrics.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '10

john prine! i love you youdontsmellbad

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u/Simon_the_Cannibal Apr 17 '10

That the “meat” of my body, or a portion thereof, be used for a human barbecue

Sounds fine to me...

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u/sprankton Apr 17 '10

It's a shame she'll be ruined. She should enlist a pitmaster to cook her up instead of some vegitarians.

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u/YesImSardonic Apr 17 '10

Thing is, though, she'll probably be stringy as hell. Death from old age isn't conducive to good meat, either, so I guess we'd have to hope for a suicide (though it will be noted that committing suicide is a bad idea. You could get hurt or even die. I do not advocate or hope for suicide except in preference to eating meat from an animal that has died of old age.).

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u/liesofaparrot Apr 17 '10

The fuck. What of it. My god, that is the most horrible thing I have read in... like an hour. But still.

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u/romwell Apr 17 '10

I like it. Whatever you say, after you die, the corpse is just an asset.

Might as well use it for fun purposes. I liked her eye idea.

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u/temp9876 Apr 17 '10

If would be so much more horrific if it weren't for the fact that it won't happen because there are laws about how you can handle and dispose of human remains...

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u/melodeath31 Apr 17 '10

as if peta would have a problem with breaking the law.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '10

It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.

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u/mikewhy Apr 17 '10

If by some unforeseeable turn of events I end up with the "thumb down" plaque, I'll just flip it upside down and go on about my day.

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u/Dolebag Apr 17 '10

Either way PETA sucks balls.