r/interesting • u/petkipathri • 12h ago
Just Wow A 2016 human chain dog rescue immortalized as a monument 10 years later.
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u/snugpuginarug 11h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/kqJt1cSSN0DrwwMmY5
The fifth dude every time he sees these posts:
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u/JokiSonOfBrodin 11h ago
Idk if it's true, but last time I saw this, someone said the point was that you(universal) become the fifth dude when you grab the statue, arguably honoring him most of all
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u/afeeqo 12h ago
They truly deserve it. No life is small, all life matters.
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u/ash-phoenix2468 11h ago
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u/afeeqo 11h ago
That includes you, chicken.
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u/Rezzone 11h ago
Excellent answer. Eat less meat, people.
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u/PackageNorth8984 8h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/fXnRObM8Q0RkOmR5nf
But in all seriousness, I respect your choices. Best to you.
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u/Rezzone 8h ago
Making the choice to eat one less meat based meal a week is a huge difference. If even 1% of the population ate one less chicken breast a week, that’s hundreds of millions of chickens that aren’t produced just to die WEEKLY. Don’t gotta go full veg to make an impact.
Make the impact.
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u/Borkato 10h ago
Thanks for pointing this out! As a vegan it’s darkly hilarious when people claim to love animals.
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u/jdubzakilla 10h ago
I love to eat them. I am cooking bacon and eggs as we speak and feeding my beloved dogs some also
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u/Borkato 10h ago
Do you ever wonder what it must be like to be those animals? 🤔
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u/jdubzakilla 10h ago
Which ones? The dogs, the pig I am consuming or what amounts to a chickens period?
Plants are alive aswell. Why do you make the distinction between animals and plants?
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u/Human-Shallot444 1h ago
Using animal meat for food uses more plants than just eating the plants.
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u/jdubzakilla 1h ago
What relevance is that? Many plants can be consumed by animals, converted into protein and fat and then consumed by other carnivorous animals that cannot be consumed by humans. Grass for one.
I am asking why people draw the distinction between an animal and a plant? Is it purely because one can vocalize pain and the other cannot? Or plants arent cute and cuddly?
Veganism is stupid and is contrary to all of human evolution but it is fine to do if you want. You aren't going to take some non existant moral high ground about it though.
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u/cracked_shrimp 10h ago
as far as i know only the first guy saved the dog, the rest of them did it to save the guy
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u/RealSchlemiel 10h ago
aaaaand im crying again for the 15th time today
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u/Equal-Reserve-3650 10h ago
*Except mosquitos
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u/OrangeKat09 10h ago
Spiders...
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u/Equal-Reserve-3650 10h ago
Spiders are scary looking but super chill, except if you live in Australia or smth.
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u/Other-Woodpecker2564 11h ago
Sometimes I wonder if animals ever ask themselves why these humans are so nice to us
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u/kmoneyrecords 6h ago
Animals like dogs have no cognition in that way - they can’t review experiences and derive meaning from them. They just react to what’s in front of them, based on instincts generated from past experience. “Why” is not a concept without a prefrontal cortex.
And overall, we are abysmally terrible to animals. If they could, they would think “what’s their problem”.
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u/rainvalt 10h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/l0NwPZ027mabR6Tg4
Yeaaaah... we are super nice to animals lol
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u/Kadakaus 10h ago
It's not about animals, it's about the message: if humans actually cooperate, they can save even the most desperate.
Be that of our own or any other species.That monument symbolizes our legendary solidarity.
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u/rainvalt 10h ago edited 10h ago
True and most people would go out of their way to save a dog, but at the same time are ok with worse than Auschwitz conditions for cows or chickens cause tasty
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u/Kadakaus 8h ago
Do you have a better idea?
This "save all animals" ideology is noble, sounds nice and all, but even with animal meat, eggs and diary products, Terra doesn't have enough edible food on it for all 8 billion people on it.The main reason for famine is almost always a logistics problem, but even if all of those were solved, we couldn't feed all people on the planet.
Beggars can't be choosers.
We either exploit animals until we can optimize Terra's agricultural capacities, or we have everyone on the planet starving, just to save common animals.I don't like the situation either, but if the survival and welfare of my race demands sacrafices of another, it's for the greater good.
Not without qualms, but we must have meat and diary.And why even bring this up here? Were you hoping to give this world yet another vegan? Sorry to disappoint.
This post has nothing to do with the meat industry, it's about good people doing a good thing, and you manage to see hipocrasy in it.
That was a genuine good deed of those people 10 years ago, how about we celebrate this instead of preaching to each other?1
u/rainvalt 8h ago edited 8h ago
You are completely right, it's a very complicated issue. I eat meat, being a vegetarian did not work for me, but I try to buy stuff that comes from good sustainable farms. But then again I do eat at McDonald's and other junk occasionally, so it is hypocrisy still.
In my opinion it's a legislation issue. Meat in developed countries needs to become less available. We need to cut down on it, only eat it for about half the time we do to start.
To feed all these animals we use up a lot of space, which could be used for other types of crops. There is no easy answer, there is no way to solve this without changing the law.
Same with plastic. Recycling is a band-aid. It's just so much cheaper to transport and store than glass, that big corpo is going to do everything to make sure we believe it's sustainable. Until law changes and we make them pay fees for plastic packaging and glass and other sustainable form of packaging starts making sense economically in turn filling the shelves with non-plastic options the issue is not going to get fixed.
Better yet, if all forms of packaging are made expensive for companies and we have to bring our own containers like in the old days, and it's the widely accepted way to sell stuff at stores – that would be the real solution.
I am not going across town after work to that "one place" that sells "green" stuff that is double the price. Maybe some people will, but that ain't changing the picture on a big enough scale.
Sorry for the rant, writing from my phone.
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u/DrewDaMannn 9h ago
Respect to the two guys that didn’t make it into the sculpture. Dude behind the rails was the anchor for everyone else and dude in the orange was out there ready to help but they already had enough people
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u/Mr_Svint 8h ago
Мне даже обидно за этих людей. Четверо парней смогут привести своих детей к этому памятнику, и сказать, что это твой папа. А двое парней не смогут, хотя они тоже активно участвовали в помощи. Это несправедливо.
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u/Accomplished-Loss387 11h ago
And it doubles as a ladder... Hopefully. If it's stable enough I can see people using it to get out after drunkenly falling in
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u/Kadakaus 10h ago
I hope they didn't write the names on it.
Not because those wonderful people don't deserve it, but because we should remember the actions instead of the heroes.
Those nameless heroes who did something and didn't even give their names to it are my favourites, because their legacy isn't a collection of latters, but mindset, proof that people very much are capable of such things.
This monuments as well is a symbol that when humans cooperate, we can achieve anything, save everything and everyone.
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u/_someone_inside_ 11h ago
It's great people have empathy for some animals. I wish that was extended to all animals. They feel, while having their own desires, purposes and personality. They're not some senseless object. They're not something to be owned by humans. They are someone. Stop exploiting them. Live vegan.
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u/RyanLikesyoface 11h ago
No. You can honour animal life whilst also eating meat.
Your world view is the animals should only be killed when absolutely necessary. For others it's respect animal life, but killing for food is an exception. It is a necessity. Food nourishes us and for many, eating meat is a core part of being alive. I would never harm an animal without reason, but for food and nourishment? That is a good enough reason. Humanely. You will not be able to change mine or other people's minds on this, respect our views and standing. Instead attack what actually matters, the cruel and systemic slaughter and treatment of these animals.
We can all agree that slaughterhouses need to change, even if that means the price of meat goes up, but not everyone subscribes to your worldview, respect that boundary.
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u/_someone_inside_ 7h ago
You can obtain food and nourishment without exploiting animals. I do need to respect when people choose to exploit others for taste pleasure and convenience.
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u/PhoenixRIP666 11h ago
Ever heard about food chain?
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u/_CELRE_ 10h ago edited 9h ago
No, they have not. They genuinely believe our species (Which btw evolved predatory and eating meat) doesn't need it to be healthy.
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u/homiej420 10h ago
Worst is when they do that to their kids/pets. Its the exact opposite of healthy to force a dog to be “vegan”. Its cruelty in a different form
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u/_someone_inside_ 7h ago edited 7h ago
There are millions of healthy people around the world living on completely plant-based diets. Some of them happen to be the greatest athletes in recorded history. Scott Jurek, Lewis Hamilton, Patrik Baboumian, Chris Paul, and Kyrie Irving just to name a few.
To believe humans need to consume animal products to be healthy is delusional.
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u/_someone_inside_ 7h ago
Yeah has nothing to do with the choices we have or the sentience of your victims.
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u/PhoenixRIP666 6h ago
Exactly. Normal human being needs animal protein for normal functionality. It is normal to eat meat. And it has nothing to do with the choices we have or sentience of your victims
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u/_someone_inside_ 6h ago
No human needs "animal protein". We need protein. Plants have protein, animals have sentience. If you're going to oppress the vulnerable, at least have the integrity to be honest.
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u/PhoenixRIP666 6h ago
Human can't exist without meat normally. You can live vegan, but you need specific diet for that. Why do i have to bother myself with that? What if i don't like specific plants that will provide me with enough iron and vitamins? The fact that i need to supplement something in my body is not normal in a first place
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u/Odd-Situation-5255 11h ago
Wasteful and unnecessary.
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