German Sausage Lovers Choose Which Pigs to Eat

Lobster restaurants have been doing the non-digital version of that for years. This is just an internet pork version of the big tank that you can point at the one you’d like boiled up.

If I were a vegetarian, I might have room to find it off-putting. But I eat meat. Whether it’s from an animal I’ve chosen personally or seen on the hoof doesn’t make it any more or less icky than one that was processed without me seeing it before it hit my plate.

I grew up with eating farm animals being quite the norm. The animal you saw born or brought home as a little piglet or calf or chick and fed and cared for every day was some day going to be on your dinner table. And you knew that and it was okay. It was just the way of the world.

“Pig #2 looks particularly yummy!” = awesome.

I’m vegan, but purely for dietary reasons. I completely support the idea of people seeing the animals that they eat. Hunting is a great teaching tool in this regard.

I’m a vegetarian and have no problem with people seeing the animal they are going to eat. I hate the disconnect that people have between their meals and where it actually comes from.

Also, this is not a farmer who is factory farming. These are likely well taken care of pigs being treated well.

“The winner gets converted into sausages and other meat products.”

…and the losers?

That’s a weird coincidence. They’re all named Schwein.

ted, on a farm, pigs of the same age almost always have the same father!

Hence the winky-face, Alex. I put that in so people wouldn’t think I was serious. Loved Miss C’s reply.